I never felt like a happy-go-lucky ingenue to begin with. And parts are written better when you're older. When you're young, you're written to be an ingenue, and you're written to be a quality. You're actually not written to be a person, you're written for your youth to inspire someone else, usually a man. So I find it just much more liberating.

Collaboration. ... For me, it has informed every move I've ever made. And it saved me in many ways and still does. When things get hard, you can cling to the work.

The thing about death is that it's honest. I go to things that have a core of honesty about them and there's nothing more honest than death.

I had learning disabilities, and I couldn't express myself in the written word.

I'm always curious, but I'm learning things I never thought I'd learn. I get to travel to places I never thought I'd go.

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

Comedy is a way to make sense of chaos. It's a way of dealing with things that are overwhelming, that threaten you; it's a way to survive and get closer to the truth.