I always try to approach character first and foremost viscerally.

New Orleans. Born and raised. I lived there until I was 19.

The majority of work I do is in independent films, where you're lucky if you have five takes.

Why are comedic parts for women the exception, not the rule?

I really haven't joined the 20th or the 21st century yet. Someday. I'm getting closer. I have voicemail and a fax machine.

And I have a really great agent and I know it's almost an oxymoron to say you have a smart agent. But she is and she has a beautiful aesthetic and she has guided me.

The odds are not in your favor the older you get, especially if you're a woman in this business.