I Don't Mind Aging. I Mean, My

With Big, Emotional Roles It's Very Easy, Especially If You've Grown Up In The American School Of Acting, To Exploit Your Own Pain. You Have To Be Careful About That, Because 9 Times Out Of 10, Your Pain Is Not Appropriate To The Character.

At School I Was Always Trying To Con My Teachers Into Letting Me Act Out Book Reports Instead Of Writing Them.

You Have A Lot More To Give, The Older You Get. And You Want To Give It. I Mean, Some People Want To Give It. But There Is A Desire To Pass Down, To Have A Hand In The Past And A Hand In The Future. There's A Continuum.

You Know When Someone's Over-flattering You In A Way. You Smile But You Can't Believe It.

People Can't Really Place Me. They're Not Really Sure Who I Am. Sometimes They Think I'm Helen Hunt. Sometimes They Think I'm Laura Dern.