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

You dont have to be gay to be attracted to your friend.

I don't have a caustic sense of humor. What I find funny, that humor comes from a much gentler place.

You earn very little money on independent films and I'm the provider for my home, so I do have to think of taking one for the accountant time and again and that means studio pictures.

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

There really are three types of religious movies: the ones that make fun of it, the ones that vilify it and the ones that literally preach to the converted.

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