Actress

I'm drawn to scenes in movies where you just see characters turning off lights in a room or putting the groceries away; it's like, 'I understand that.' We all have to get ready for bed, and we all do it in a different way, and yet it's all strangely familiar and strangely human.

'Rectify' has been beautiful and emotional but grueling. In a beautiful way, in the right way.

Awards are very important for a show like 'Rectify.' We're a small show; we're on a more obscure, harder-to-find channel that is very supportive of creative and singular vision.

There is nothing like Southern hospitality. It's such a beautiful and genuine thing.

I'm always trying to get in water. It is the life source. It's extremely easy to dehydrate working 14 hours a day and on my feet all the time.

My mother was a teacher.

When I was twenty-six, I had my son.

I worked for 10 years before 'Mad Men,' and what was great is that when people saw my work, I was just loving working, so it wasn't about anything else than that.

What happened with 'Mad Men' was I had just had my child, I was in a very literally and creatively fertile time in my life, and I wasn't leaving the house much. So when 'Mad Men' came along, I was so excited to leave the house. Like, I get to go do this beautiful thing.

I'm a huge Katharine Hepburn fan.

My mother was a teacher.

I'm a big fan of teachers.

Chris Messina is awesome. He's amazing.

I prefer active vacations. I really like the adventure aspect of it, and I also like a trip with intentions, where something will be gained on the other side of it. But I also like the option to just be there.

I prefer active vacations. I really like the adventure aspect of it, and I also like a trip with intentions, where something will be gained on the other side of it. But I also like the option to just be there.

The majority of my diet is probably vegetables, but I'm not a vegetarian or vegan.

Travel is the only way to get empathy for other people's mindsets - to know their struggles and what they're drawn to.

I love the Gulf of Mexico.

My father loved biographies. He loved the true tales of interesting people that were shaping our culture. I get why he dug 'Vanity Fair.' You feel smarter, somehow, for reading it.

The majority of my diet is probably vegetables, but I'm not a vegetarian or vegan.