Pretending is not just play. Pretending is imagined possibility. Pretending, or acting, is a very valuable life skill and we do it all the time.

I didn't have any confidence in my beauty when I was young. I felt like a character actress, and I still do.

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

I do know that we have delusions about ourselves in what we sound like.

When your kids come home, they don't necessarily want to talk to you. They just want to know you're standing there, ready to talk.

What led me to that was I have never - I mean, I watch movies and I don't care who is the protagonist. I feel what that guy is feeling. You know, if it's Tom Cruise leaping over a building - I want to make it, you know? And I'm going to - yes, I made it. And yeah, so I get that.

Chris Cooper is one of my favorite actors in the world. I've seen him in most everything he's done.