It is the ordinariness of us that is the same in all of us.

It is the ordinariness of us that is the same in all of us.

Being a mom myself and it being a huge and important part of who I am, made it easier for me to play the role of a strong, fierce, giving mom...

As an actor, I usually have to find something to love about my character in order to play her.

We actors are superstitious creatures. We do all the homework and we put all of the components together, but there's always one key aspect that we're not in charge of, really, and that's magic. You are always on the lookout for where and how that magic is going to ignite. When you have worked as much as I have and have sought it out as often as I do, you get very clear that it will come at very, very odd, unexpected moments.

The light and the dark are the same. They share. They really do rub up against each other, and they are extraordinarily familiar with each other. They are actually friends.

I grew up a middle class, colonized child of teachers, and librarians and people, women especially, who treasured education.