When you're dying, you're liberated to do what you want to do. You give yourself permission. I think everyone's experience with a terminal disease is so deeply personal and unique to the person, the context in which they're living and the relationships that they have.

Traits like humility, courage, and empathy are easily overlooked - but it's immensely important to find them in your closest relationships.

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.

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

Courtroom dramas can be boring.

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 don't mind aging. I mean, my whole thing is, it's just a privilege to age.