I try to always stretch myself to fit the characters that have been presented.

I'm not that conservative. I do feel - I guess I'm more of a Democrat at heart, although I've never affiliated myself with a particular party.

I love everything. I love being the empathetic characters. I love being the villains. I think it's like when we're kids, we like to play all kinds of crazy characters and dress up.

Alexander Payne's very specific. His scripts are always complete when you start working on them.

I'm not a stunning woman.

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 heard I'm going to have scenes with Lady Gaga so I'm hoping it's true. I know of one scene I have.