I Have A Life That's Just Been

The Natural State Of Motherhood Is Unselfishness. When You Become A Mother, You Are No Longer The Center Of Your Own Universe. You Relinquish That Position To Your Children.

In Families There Is Always The Mythology. My Father Died When My Kids Were Quite Young Still, And Yet They Still Tell His Stories. That Is How A Person Lives On.

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.

So Much Of My Sense Of Who I Am Is Tied To Mothering. When They Left Home, I Fell Into A Huge, Empty, Black Hole. Your Children Are Grown And Your Career Has Slowed Down - All The Stuff That Took Up So Much Attention Is Gone, And You're Left With Expansive Time And Space.

To Work On The Actual Location I Think Is Great. This Thing Of Going To Canada And Pretending You're In New York, It's Terrible.