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.

The more people know about you, the more face-time you get in the media, the harder your job becomes to create a character in whom people suspend disbelief.

I love Saturday nights with my best friend and a big bowl of pasta, wanting a good scare, something that will say, 'Listen, your life is not as bad as this. Your life can be so much worse'.

You know what's more difficult to do organically? Laughing. It's actually one of the hardest things to do on camera.

Am I ambitious? I used to be afraid of that word but now I think ambition is a good thing.

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

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