I think the people who cast films tend to think of me in regard to strong women with integrity and a lot of it has been very good.

I don't have a political bone in my body.

I certainly do get at the end of my rope at times. We all do.

I think I knew acting was what I wanted to do. But I was from this small town and there was no place for an adult to recognise it.

Acting gave me the opportunity to do outrageous things. It allowed me to be sad, happy, angry and lustful, even if it was just vicariously.

I was always much more shy. All I knew was that I loved to act. But I don't know about the other part of it. I'm not sure I had the chutzpah to go and prove yourself.

Almost any film that you do is an opportunity to open you up and make you more aware of an area that you might not be thinking about. That's what is kind of cool, or one of the cool things about this profession.