I like playing characters who are out there on the edge, where they can explode at any moment or fall off the precipice.

It's easy to judge, to think we know for certain the right thing to do. Sometimes, it just isn't so clear.

I am tortured when I am away from my family, from my children. I am horribly guilt-ridden.

I have made decisions based from purely an actor's point of view.

To my mind the election was stolen by George Bush and we have been suffering ever since under this man's leadership.

I had a big family - two older sisters and a younger brother. My family was like moving around a lot so I lived in a lot of small towns. My father was very restless.

If I didn't have children I'd be a much better actress. I wouldn't be so distracted. I could pour 100 percent of my energies into it, to promote the investigation which acting is.