I read Stephen King a lot and I've actually played two roles. Delores Claiborne is my favorite, I think, of any film that I've done.

I'm very lucky to be able to do what I love to do, and I hope I can keep doing it for a while.

I was never an ingenue. I've always just been a character actor. When I was younger, it was a real problem, because I was never pretty enough. It was hard, not just for the lack of work, but because you have to face up to how people are looking at you.

I find it safer to pursue the powerful, the ugly, the unpleasant.

The Oscar changed everything. Better salary, working with better people, better projects, more exposure, less privacy.

O.K., we had women's lib in the '60s, the women fought for their roles, they're out there in the work force. Now let's talk about how they're dealing with things as human beings.

I think that being in an environment is a much richer experience than just working on a soundstage.