To get people emotionally involved in something intellectual and political is important.

Acting is really important to me, so I think it would be really hard for me to do something I didn't believe in.

Now, there are roles which are capturing a vibrant moment in an older woman's life. There was a time when those interesting roles stopped at 28. A few years ago we would have been finished by our age.

The real test will be having a family; when I have a family you have to come home, you have to eat dinner with your kids.

Sometimes I'll read things in the script and think, "That's not how humans behave," or "I don't understand how to do that role and make it seem like I'm not some kind of strange alien or on a sitcom." I don't get it, and when I feel that way, I have to listen to my instinct. My initial instinct does lead me in a direction that I can trust.

I think most human beings, even if you're in a situation that's constricting or complicated or hard, they try to survive.

I feel so gratified about having finished college. I learned how to articulate myself. It gave me confidence more than anything. And also the ability to analyze the text.