The Theater Commitment Is Hard, Especially In

I Have Been Sitting Around Waiting For An Opportunity To Get To Do Something That Matters For So Long. Not Just That Matters In The World, Which I Think That Season, In Particular, Had A Very Important Meaning For A Lot Of People, But For Me, As An Actress.

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.

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.

I Have Friends Say, "don't You Want To Have A Little You?" The Jury's Still Out On That For Me. I Don't Have A Definitive Answer, But I Do Know That I Can Look Back On Some Of The Things I've Worked On And Some Of The Things That Have Literally Come Out Of My Imagination And Be Just As Proud Of It As If I Had Created A Person. I Feel Like That Shouldn't Be Of Any Less Value. It Can't Be Because It's What My Life Is, And I Don't Want To Make It Smaller Or More Palatable Just Because Society Tells You To. If You Can Get Comfortable With Sacrifice, Then You Are Having It All.

Playing Sally Mckenna Was A Wonderful, Freeing Thing Because We All In Life Have So Many Responsibilities To Ourselves, To Other People, That We Rarely Get To Explore A Very Selfish Side Of Ourselves In Doing What We Want, When We Want, How We Want, Without Answering To Or Being Responsible For Anyone Else.