Normally, I rely heavily on my director to massage me out of my actor comfort zones.

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

Ruminants are a perfectly normal thing to possess when you live in upstate New York. It's just moving scenery. It's kind of like the equivalent of Great Danes. It's the way you keep your grass mowed. It's the way you keep your weed-whacking to a minimum.

Chekhov, when it's done well and you're ready for it, can actually be quite funny.

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

I'm thinking about anything and everything. I'm making stuff up in my head, I'm using sense memory. Sometimes when it doesn't come and you've got no choice because you're getting paid to do it, you grasp at straws. It's always easy now with my kids. I just create some "what-ifs" in my head, something horrible that would devastate me as a mother.

Music is what our feelings sound like.