I've always done roles that really appealed to me on a gut level and which I found inspiring.

Children accept their world as the world. I grew up like kids that I went to school with. Their parents were either shrinks or actors.

I don't really watch my moves all that often; I mean, really, I don't.

I've always done roles that really appealed to me on a gut level and which I found inspiring.

I think Robert Altman could see things in me that I didn't know I possessed, which is really exciting. He also instilled a tremendous amount of confidence, because he would say things like, "These are the bare bones, but I want you to go fill it out. You find the character. You bring it to me. You write whatever you want." And if you had an idea, he wouldn't want to hear about it. He's want you to show it to him.

In some ways, you're always redefining your craft and figuring it out, but in some ways, I almost feel I'm going back to what I was doing 20 years ago.

I loved acting as a kid because I was kind of shy, so it brought me out of myself.