Fame didn't happen to me in my 20s, it has been a gradual thing which probably makes it easier to deal with.

I've always thought that I'm sexy in my own right, but not in a way that people thought was bankable.

Theater is the foundation of how I live my life, actually. My father was a playwright, so I was around it all the time and loved to talk shop with him, just loved it. And basically everything that I hold to be good and true and worthy, I learned in the theater. So not even just about the work, but just about life. Discipline, problem solving, creativity, how to get along with people.

I grew up in Manhattan on the Upper East Side.

What I hope in my ideal world is that with each project, I'll either get to work with a really great script that would force me to grow, or work with a really great actor who will make me better.

What I love about a play is that it's such an investment because only time can create a lot of what happens onstage.

You know when someone's over-flattering you in a way. You smile but you can't believe it.