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

I don't consider myself a celebrity, and I don't consider myself a star.

To be too knowing is a downfall.

My family is from the South, and I can remember all those ladies I grew up with, like my great-aunts, who had handkerchiefs. There's something sweet about them.

Courtroom dramas can be boring.

What people can survive and what they don't survive is shocking to me. Someone can go to Iraq and be blown to bits and survive. Someone can trip and fall on the street and they die - that's that.

Ask "why" until there is no more "why."