I'm the character actor in Hollywood movies, the girl who has to be annoying so the guy can go to the other girl.

You're talking to someone, to a reader, and you get to express in the way you want to. And you get to play with it. It's kind of like acting, but it's on paper.

I watch soap operas. I bake brownies. Normalcy is coursing through my veins.

Early on it was much easier to play leads, but now independent movies are being co-opted by the studio system, and they want bigger names to guarantee more audience and more numbers.

I've gotten to portray things in [Christopher Guest's] movies that I wouldn't have in others.

You know, it's a really adult thing, for some people, to choose to not be with the one that you love.

You're making a fantasy. You're making something real out of a fantasy. And then it no longer exists. It's heartbreaking to leave behind. I was devastated after Waiting for Guffman. I had never gotten so close to people I've worked with.