I can sit here on the couch and hear you say, "You're very feminine and very attractive," but I have always struggled with that.

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.

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

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 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.

I have always had a problem with my weight.