There Were A Couple Of Years Where

It's A Moment That I Will Be Asked About For The Rest Of My Life As An Actor, And I Carry That Moment With Pride, That Rita [in Dexter] Had Such An Impact And That It Was Such A Gut-wrenching Moment For Audience Members.

I Went In For An Audition [for As Good As It Gets], But The Audition Was With James L. Brooks. I Was The First Girl In That Morning, And There Was A Whole Waiting Room Of Girls Waiting To Read For It. So I Did My Audition, And He Asked Me To Step Outside. So I Stepped Outside, And When He Asked Me To Come Back In, He Looked At Me, And He Said, "well, I'm Very Excited To Work With You On Set." And I Was, Like, "what?" I Thought It Was A Hollywood Blow-off.

I Just Don't Think [payne] Was The Right Time To Do It, Maybe. It Was Timing, Not So Much That It Was Executed Wrong.

I Still Have People Coming Up To Me, And It Was, What, Six Or Seven Years Ago When That Finale Aired? And They Tell Me Who They Were Watching With, What Their Emotional Reaction Was, And How They Were Devastated For Weeks About [rita's Death In Dexter].

I Got Cast In [punisher: War Zone] And Showed Up In Montreal Two Days Before The Film Started, And They Said, "we Need You To Do A New York Accent." And I Was, Like, "what?! Why Didn't You Tell Me This, Oh, I Don't Know, Two Weeks Ago, When You Cast Me?".