I'm an obsessive person. I like intensity.

I try to get that across in the work, to try to, if I'm lucky, to make this world a little bit better for all of us before I check out. And that's if I'm lucky, I don't always get to have that privilege but I try always.

My life exists in an imagined reality.

I moved to New York to go to Julliard Drama School. Didn't sing a single note of music.

One of the greatest gifts that 'Homeland' has given me is it's affirming on a daily basis.

I'm a spiritual person, I'm an America, I'm a Jew, and all of those things influence every breath I take, everywhere I go.

Some teachers should be put in prison for the way they either take advantage of women in their classes or destroy fragile egos. Be careful who you ask to help you when you're in the arts.