I hadn't really even been thinking about TV. To me, it seemed like such a commitment, almost like a marriage.

I've been involved with some huge studio projects that have been bloody awesome. It all starts with a great script, doesn't it?

If people want to criticize a performance, that I understand. I think that's important. What's going on with this industry now is crazy. That obsession with celebrity is madness. I try as hard as I can not to read that stuff. Because most of the time it's a bit... factual. And it's frustrating because it's not about what you're setting out to do as an actor.

I'm a private person; I stick to my neighbourhood and eat in my little restaurants.

There will always be ways to pay my rent, whether I wind up having to be a waitress on the side or whatever it is, but I think it's so important for me to do things that I'm passionate about.

You know, I do projects that I really care about. I hope I'll stand by that until the day I die!

I was brought up in a very open, rural countryside in the middle of nowhere. There were no cell phones. If your lights went out, you were lit by candlelight for a good four days before they can get to you. And so, my imagination was crazy.