I don't have a caustic sense of humor. What I find funny, that humor comes from a much gentler place.

There's just a deeper level of sophistication in the writing of female characters on TV.

I just can't feel lukewarm about a character. I either despise her, admire her, or don't understand her and want to understand her.

I bring myself innately to it, yeah. I bring those details as much as I - what I don't obsess over is, there are certain ways I might've pushed it even a little more. For example, [to Warren] your accent. I know Warner Bros. at one point came in. I don't know, until you came to set, I know I wore that long tartan skirt and the ruffled blouse for that.

It's such a measure of your solidarity with Ed, that when you would give lectures, he would be wearing a tartan tie that matched. And I demanded that outfit, I thought it was so punk - her long skirt, she looked like a Scottish queen, so regal.

Am I ambitious? I used to be afraid of that word but now I think ambition is a good thing.

It's terrifying to be the lead. There's a moment of excitement, and then pure terror.