I did everything pretty cliche as an actor in New York. I read the trades, I sent out 'head shots.'

I have a real no-nonsense dad who taught me how to be resilient at a very young age.

I went to an all-girls private school, where we played field hockey and lacrosse.

Being a pedestrian again is very exciting because in L.A. you live in your car, and you're on a freeway all the time.

Every parent knows this moment in a child's age when he or she needs your attention in a very specific way because it's the beginning and ending of the early life of imagination. It's such a responsibility.

When you set a play in the French Quarter in New Orleans, it's hard not to acknowledge the whole African-American, French, white mixing of races. That's what the French Quarter is: it's a Creole community.

You have to work hard not to take your partner for granted, even when you are tired.