I cherish each director that I have. I want to be maneuvered out of my comfort zones. I don't have the time to prepare.

The different tempos and yeah, it's cadence. It's the way she moves through space, it's gestures.

I think God gave us senses of humor, and we should use them.

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

When I look at female characters, I want to recognize myself in them - my trials, my tribulations as a mother, as a wife, as a lover, as a daughter.

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.

Not just as an actress, but on a human-being level, I've experienced frustration on many different levels. [With my] career, it would be more the frustration of not always finding challenging material or inspiring material ... [Acting is] therapeutic for me. I'm pretty accommodating.