Being raised Catholic myself, I think people who are Catholic tend to carry a lot of guilt. It's almost a joke.

People who have no idea it's me when they first see me playing something, and later they realize, 'That's her from whatever it is,' it's a great compliment that they can forget.

I just got back from Switzerland, which I've never been to. I went to Switzerland and Amsterdam.

I'm trying not to put pressure on myself to decide what to do at this moment, and just sort of go with what's happening.

I always had something to think about or draw from, which as an actor is a gift. The beautiful thing about film is that it gets so much closer than stage. I love stage and that's what I started doing and it's a beautiful art form in of itself, but in film you can move your eyes to the side and somehow the audience can fill in the blanks of what you're thinking.

You can be a woman in charge of a production and still be generous and kind and insightful and decisive without being considered a butch in any way.

I remember when I took the role on E.R., I thought, 'I haven't really been able to play a working class woman. I've played girls, I've played funny, but I haven't played a working class woman. That sounds like something I'd like to do.