I'm interested in human nature. That's why I chose to become an actor. Whatever people are struggling with, the struggle is often where the drama is.

I don't turn my nose up at anything. If it's a great part, it's a great part. I'd love to do a box-office hit.

It would be great to make a movie that had the style of a great '30's film.

I'm interested in flawed protagonists. I was raised on them.

Unfortunately, overall, movies are a conglomerate. People buy and sell people in this business, which can get really ugly unless you have the right set of values and understand why you're doing it. Luckily, I was raised by people who'd already gotten to that point, and seen all the yuck stuff - which is probably why they originally didn't want me to act.

I do think my mother was a bit overprotective, not in any sordid way, but just normally. She certainly might say to me, "You know, Laura, I don't have a good feeling about that guy. I don't know if I want you to go out with him."

There's always a side of a woman that likes a man from the other side of the tracks