It felt really good to kind of find my voice and say stuff, and to be funny, hopefully.

As an actor in these movies you get to fill up something so much, to its capacity, and once you get there you're like a horse running onto the racetrack.

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 wouldn't say I was a queen. Maybe a little elf

I was around New York at a time when independent cinema was at its peak and became kind of popular and mainstream. It got some hype, culturally. After that, studios started to have independent companies within their studio system, and they found bigger stars willing to do new material. That's kind of what it's turned into.

An actor's career relies on a lot of luck. Being in the right place at the right time.

I utilize myself a lot more fully now. You get older so you have a lot more experience.