I believe that we have to be so race-conscious in this day and age.

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.

There are so many things that go into a surgical study.

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.

I'm kind of floating out there as an artist. I'm in a safe place where I can play a girlfriend or a best friend or a mommy or a lawyer, but a huge part of me is unused. I'm classically trained, historically inclined and somewhat revolutionary by nature, so I'm frustrated as an artist.

I breastfed Sophie for 14 months and Nicolas for 11 months.

My husband and I are loyal to our community and very approachable, even though we're kind of mainstream.