Sometime really good writing does you a disservice as an actor. Because you can get lazy. It's doing a lot of the work for you. I guess that's good. But at the same time with material that's not so good, you have to be more inventive, because no thought has been applied to it.

You have been told that Real Life is not like college, and you have been correctly informed. Real Life is more like high school.

Life is all about making choices and I'm very happy with mine. I have had a wonderful time raising four children and I've also been lucky to have the support of a wonderful husband.

I need to go where people are serious about acting.

I didn't go to Catholic school but I had a tough teacher, a tough math teacher.I remember everything that guy taught me. I really do.

True freedom is understanding that we have a choice in who and what we allow to have power over us.

I'm thrilled when I get nominated. I don't count how many and I don't remember how many I've had. I just know it's a lot.