Texas is just so rich with characters. Women who live alone in a little house on a thousand acres with nothing but cattle and a pickup truck. And an airplane.

I've always been a people-watcher, and as an actor, later, I just mined all those little details.

I didn't worry about leaving the fast lane - I was just so consumed with my baby that it seemed like the right thing to do. I never felt like I left New York, though. If you've lived in a place and loved it, you never feel like you left it.

You shouldn't change what you are in the search for success.

Fame sweeps you away. I had to go home every six months to remember who I am.

The name Sissy came because my brothers called me that.

You relate to a character and you find that character within yourself. It's all parts of me. I don't leave characters behind. I just let them go.