I don't think balance is something you get from someone else; it's something women have to find from within. For me, finding balance is still a work in progress.

With a group of people, a troupe of actors in the theater, you go out on tour, and you're like a traveling circus. It's very sociable, and there's a real community, and it's very intense, and then you may never see them again. That was very appealing. I mean, it wasn't consciously appealing, but I think a lot of actors like that.

You get perspective on things when you're away from your child, and in a way, your love for them becomes even deeper.

It's also that comedians don't have the kind of narcissism that actors have. They're writers who perform their own material. It's more interesting. And they're sexy because they risk more. Stand-up comedians risk more than anyone.

I'm a storyteller, I'm an actor, an entertainer.

I could never write. I would just be too lonely. What's great about acting is, it's so collaborative.

I think that in big-budget movies there's a lot of other stuff going on besides acting, like special effects.