Theater is so ephemeral, and I love that.

You can be a mason and build 50 buildings, but it doesn't mean you can design one.

I have probably four or five male friends who have a real strong masculine side but some degree of a feminine side, too. They're pretty rare, whereas I think women with a masculine side are much less rare.

I think probably when I was little, after my brother turned on me, I just had to play by myself or with myself. I've always done that. I think either it's some kind of weirdly competitive streak or it takes my mind off whatever's bothering me.

Unlike my grandfather or my brother, I've actually been able to make some money at a racetrack.

My father could be very distancing. My clearest memory is of him squatting, watering plants for hours and hours at a time, completely silent. He was very self-contained; my mother was more outgoing and chatty and social. I'm certainly more like her.

I've always been an avid reader. Everyone in my family read a lot. Considering we were from a little town, we were pretty literate.