I have walked away from enormous amounts of money and I have made that life I have wanted somewhat in this business. I love doing independent film, I love doing theater, I love doing studio films, and I do all three now.

See, the SAG awards caught me totally by surprise.

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

Talent is a very potent aphrodisiac. When someone is incredibly gifted, I find them incredibly sexy.

I'm obsessed. I've always needed to know what's going on but now it's a must.

I think it would be hard to go the distance in this business without a sense of humor.

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.