I Think Sometimes What Happens Is That

I Was Very Withdrawn And Definitely Played With Dolls Well Into Eighth Grade. But I Was The Oldest Of Nine, And That Grounded Me In A Way That I Don't Think I Would Have Been Grounded Otherwise. So I Was Able To - Or Forced To - Function Practically. But I Think, By Nature, I Was Someone Who Lived In My Head, In My Imagination.

One Night I Looked Down And My Rosary Beads Were Glowing. And I Realized That I Did Not Want To See The Blessed Virgin - I Was Terrified.

We Were Friends With Jonathan Demme. We Were All Down On The West Side Of New York, And I Think I Met Kurt Vonnegut Through Edith Demme. And Then I Was Lucky To Do Who Am I This Time? 1982, Which Was An Adaptation Of His Short Story That Jonathan Demme Directed With Chris Walken And I, And That Really Cemented The Friendship.

Really, For Me, It's Important To Know Who's Pitching And Who's Catching - Just What That Scene Is Supposed To Accomplish In Terms Of Storytelling. That Being Said, On The Day, Basically What You're Trying To Get Yourself Into An Open Place. And If The Character Is In A State Of Anxiety Or Vulnerability, You Try To Find Some Touchstone.

I Did Study Drama At Catholic U, But The Undergraduates Weren't Put In Productions, Really, Except As Extras, And It Wasn't A Hands-on Kind Of Thing At All. I Couldn't Afford To Go To Another College. And My Grandparents Lived In D.c., So I Was Able To Live With Them, And That's How I Was Able To Afford It At All.