I always thought of myself as a later bloomer, so I like some of my work more later than earlier.

You get below the Mason-Dixon line and you have some of the best music, culture, the two races, the literature, and it's so rich.

You just can't take a crash course to be a tango dancer in a movie.

High Noon is a pretty corny movie.

The tango is a very interior dance. It's not an exterior - it's not flashy and all over the floor. It's a very interior dance when you see the old guys dance in the clubs. I learned everything from the old guys in the clubs.

But for me, the challenge is how you turn a character into behavior. Once the director says 'action', you just try to live between those two worlds.

What people don't understand about Sarah Palin is that she is a rancher's wife. From Alberta down to Texas I've known women like that: good common sense, bright and vilified by city people.