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.

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.

I didn't grow up watching film but as a Ukrainian-American, music and stories and dance are crucial.

I grew up in a Ukrainian Catholic-turned-Christian household, and that is my family's faith.

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

I've played a lot of mothers in my movies.

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