I've Always Really Made My Living In

I Will Do Plays As Long As They're Interested In Having Me Do Them. It's The Biggest Opportunity To Learn The Most About How To Act. Something I Discover Every Time I'm Doing One Is How Little I Know About Acting - How Important The Art Of Listening Is, And How Important It Is To Listen With Your Entire Body. You Can Tell So Much Of A Story With Stillness, And A Lot Of That Can Be From Really Actively Listening To Your Scene Partner.

It's Ok To Sit In The Golden Globe Room And Look Around And Think, 'oh, Helen Mirren's A Loser Tonight, So Is Nicole Kidman. Meryl Streep Lost Tonight. Jessica Lange Didn't Win.' If You're Gonna Be In The Company Of Losers, That's The Company To Be In.

When I Look At My Career, The Bulk Of It Has Been Television, And I Love Working In Television. But There's A Speed At Which You Do It. You're Doing Seven To Ten Pages A Day On A Series, And It's Hard To Feel Like You're Doing The Detail-oriented Work That I Like To Do.

No, I'm Not A Republican Working In Hollywood, I Am A Democrat.

I Think Sometimes When You Can Feel The Velocity Of Change, Like Nowadays, You Really Need A Seat Belt. It's Almost Like Having A Growth Spurt That You Can Feel, Like A 16-year-old Who Woke Up One Day And Grew Four Inches Literally Overnight. That Can Be A Painful Thing Sometimes.