Editing is not a part of the filmmaking process I've ever been privy to as an actress.

Editing yourself is like an irksome coin toss. You've got to strip yourself of super ego and operate from the id. Maybe I've got my Freud mixed up. It's just hard to trade a beauty shot for the performance with truth and a brightly lit zit.

I grew up in a Christian home. The strictness comes with religion in general. Whether you grew up Jewish or Orthodox Jewish or Muslim, there are certain rules and regulations. But my parents instilled in me the importance of defining God for yourself.

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.

Whether youre making a million dollar film or a $100 million film there is never enough money, theres never enough time.

As an actor, you're sort of the court-appointed lawyer for the character.

The experience of giving birth itself made me feel more womanly.