I don't know if directors go, 'Hey! We've got another suicide-let's call Robin Tunney! It's weird, but they're all different, and I guess it gives the characters some kind of power... At least I play women who are strong enough to take the power into their own hands! And kill themselves! So many women in films just shoot themselves in the head anyway, because they're not really there for any reason.

I always try to be careful when an actor who is like 70 walks onto my set at work, I don't want them to get called in five hours early or block shoot something. I think you need to treat them with respect and dignity.

After I do a big movie I get offered big movies. But I always do the weirdest indie.

I'm from Chicago. My grandfather was a policeman, and my aunts are married to policemen.

People do eventually see something that's quality.

Im a firm believer that actors take to work who they arent at home. People show their other self in their art or in their work.

Thirty years ago, there was definitely a huge difference between men and women, and the man wanting to feel like the protector, and not scare the wife