The career I chose was a drama major in college, at Yale, when I played a 90-year-old woman. One of my most celebrated roles. Then I played a really fat person. I played a lot of different things. That's how I thought I loved to wrangle my talent, my need to express myself. I like to do it that way.

Every single decision I make about what material I do, what I'm putting out in the world, is because of my children.

There is some liberation in the freedom of being totally alone and really going for it.

The work will stand, no matter what.

Empathy is at the heart of the actor's art.

I'm older. There's some sort of seniority. As a matter of fact, the seniority ebbs as you get older.

I guess a normal woman would find it extremely enjoyable to wear fancy clothes. For me, I didn't enjoy it. It felt like a straight jacket.