I guess you should approach the roles differently when they're actual people who have been, this is the difference. Getting the accent exact, or the hair exact is less important in a situation like this.

What is more important is finding the soul of the character, and making sure it fits well into this story. And that it be dramatic and interesting and captivating, because these people weren't entertainers, you know.

I learned from Francis Ford Coppola to treat the company like your family.

As a director, I get to have a much broader creative expression than as an actress.

And that's what's beautiful to me, is he did not become a victim of it, and he didn't become a statistic, he just kind of kept on marching through, no matter what people threw at him.

I feel very privileged that I get to spend my life telling stories that mean something to people.

Are you a polititcian or does lyin' just run in your family?