I think you have to have a little bit of a screw loose to think that you can [become an actor] because the odds are so against you. I was just crazy enough to think I could do it.

One of my favorite things to do is not to speak on screen. In theater it's different because there's a lot of emphasis on language - it's a different medium. But that is one of the most wonderful things about film. A person's face can say so much more than their voice can.

I think I'm going to spend some time learning how to be a first-time mom, and then I'll go back to work.

I think the hardest thing about the part is the responsibility that you feel playing something that is so real and resonant in our times. There are people coming home right now with those stories, and I'm just an actress pretending to be that person. You hope that you can shed some light on somebody's predicament.

I love to work on a set whether it's mostly men or mostly women, but there's something about being in a community of women that changes the energy.

There are not that many jobs as an actor where you don't get to know what your character will be doing from episode to episode.

Just because someone isn't working at an office doesn't mean they're not working hard at something.