I think most of us are raised with preconceived notions of the choices we're supposed to make.

The Hollywood I know has allowed me the opportunity after opportunity to keep doing new things and not send me out to pasture. I don't want to go to pasture. It's cold. I'm allergic to grass. And the cows are mean.

Anything sweet, really sweet, that I have was nothing that I planned.

Half of my family has a deep-rooted connection to the South and Louisiana, and for me, New Orleans is one of our most precious, historic communities: visually, emotionally, artistically.

I hated my whole childhood, hated it, hated it, hated it. There was no place for me.

I like normal, simple, good people.

Y'know, every relationship is different. There are good marriages, bad marriages, connected partners, unconnected partners.