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.

If I had to start over, I'd pursue photography - probably to the exclusion of acting.

That's always been like a fascination to me - watching my family, three sisters and a brother and all growing up basically in the same situation and each one being so totally different and going on to completely different areas and directions. But for me to go into psychoanalysis really steadily, would be putting too much energy into trying to figure out why I am the way I am... Basically this is how I am and it's alright and I don't want to know why I'm this way.

For me, nothing has ever taken precedence over being a mother and having a family and a home.

Digital doesn't interest me. It's too many steps removed from the actual tactile thing. I still read books. I don't read online.

Sometimes the odds are against you-the director doesn't know what the hell he's doing, or something falls apart in the production, or you're working with an actor who's just unbearable.

To work with a director that has emotional commitment and passion toward the characters, and the piece, and the experiences, it only enriches your work.