I Have Made Decisions Based From Purely

At A Certain Age, Death Becomes Familiar To You-or A Loss Becomes Familiar-the Tragedies That Are More Commonplace In Life.

I Had Never Done Shakespeare Before, But I Don't Think You Can Be An Actor And Not Do It. There Were Moments When I Thought, I'm Just Not Going To Be Able To Pull This Off.

Usually, You Get A Script And You Have The Whole Story. All The Acts Are There, For A Play. You Know What Happens In The First, Second And Third Acts, And You Know How It Starts, Where You Go And Where It Finishes. [with American Horror Story: Asylum], It's A Whole New Experience. I Don't Know Where It's Going, And I Don't Know What's Going To Happen Next. It's Been An Interesting Way To Work. It's Made Me Work In A Much More Fluid, Braver Way, Just Taking Every Chance That Comes Along.

I Never Just Slide Through Anything. I Explore Everything To The Fullest, Whether Good Or Bad.

It Took Sydney Pollack A Long Time To Get Me To Do Tootsie. I Asked Myself If I Wanted To Play Some Frothy, Ditzy Character After I Had Just Done Frances. Obviously, I'm Thrilled That I Did.