I'm pretty squeaky clean. No big tragedies in my childhood or adolescence or adulthood. I've had a very easygoing, simple life.

I think God gave us senses of humor, and we should use them.

No role is more challenging, rewarding and inspiring than my real-life role as a mom and a wife.

I always thought Uncle Vanya could be a stoned masterpiece.

I've always believed that if you are precise in your thoughts, it's not the lines you say that are important - it's what exists between the lines. What I'm compelled by most is that transparency of thought, what is left unspoken.

But I think for me, why I was drawn to the piece is, at the core of the story, it's a love story to me - between Ed and Lorraine, between these two families who are asking for help and us who are in the business of giving help.

Doubt is the middle position between knowledge and ignorance. It encompasses cynicism but also genuine questioning.