There's something to be said for going back to a simple form of living-nature and family. There's something very...there's safety in that.

If you take care of the woman in the family, the whole family prospers. But when the mother falters, the family falls apart.

I think having my life be as private and quiet as possible is a way in which then I can go and play characters.

I think you put art out into the world, and sometimes it's divisive, sometimes it's embraced. Sometimes people cry, laugh or have complicated reactions.

Acting runs through my blood. There is some sort of creative desire to express myself and I would need that outlet. Otherwise I would be a nightmare to live with

I do research. I do emotional sort of Method work. Somehow it’s a huge mishmash of things that becomes my own acting process and my own way of navigating through something. But ultimately the desire is to be honest, and for that truth to bleed through into your work and onto the screen.

You aren't really anybody in America if you're not on TV.