It's always nice when you do something and it's well received as opposed to the other way which God knows happens to everybody. When the good times come around, you take a deep breath, appreciate it, but not take it too seriously.

I tend to make low-budget movies but, yeah, I make more money than I ever thought I would make.

Some people's personalities are so compelling that they command attention.

With big, emotional roles it's very easy, especially if you've grown up in the American school of acting, to exploit your own pain. You have to be careful about that, because 9 times out of 10, your pain is not appropriate to the character.

The basic laws of good acting are the same, but everything about the experience is different-your job responsibility, the time you spend on it.

Things get complicated at times, so there are certainly moments when you wish your life were different. That's true for everybody, not just people in our profession. But there's nothing I feel like I gave up professionally. I'm absolutely doing what I enjoy.

I grew up in Manhattan and, since my father was a playwright, all I ever wanted to be was a stage actress.