Sometimes I attract roles that are necessary either for personal growth or enlightenment.

We take a lot for granted as second wave feminists, what our mothers and aunts did for us.

We're all sick of holy wars and bloodshed because religion is supposed to give us life and a better life and is supposed to bring out our best self. When it results in mass destruction and hatred and anxiety, it's the antithesis I think of what religion was designed to do.

I am drawn to intimate, often uncomfortable portraits of a woman persevering and awakening.

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

Yeah, I think it's like any God-given gift. You writers have the gift of perception. If you don't use it, you're going to lose it. And it's the same thing with you [Lorraine], it's God-given.

I was a Ukrainian folk dancer in my teens, and I toured the country in 1991, shortly before the break-up of the Soviet Union.