I try to take off the rose-colored glasses and view it in all facets, but I probably would be lying if I didn't say that probably the way in for a film with me is the performance. But I have been on juries where you have to give Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography. So you do have to put on several different hats and I try to broaden my scope. And what's great is, when you're in a room full of people who are not your milieu, so to speak, you find yourself speaking in a way that you do discover a slightly discerning eye.

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

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

See, the SAG awards caught me totally by surprise.

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

I love writers. All of my best friends are writers.

I have to watch the news or my day is not complete.