Actress

Parts that are desexed, matronly - to just put me in a couple of scenes and have me be the older, you know, dead character, is not gonna fly with me.

I'm really a director's actor. I rely heavily on a director.

I don't like a lot of rehearsing.

I'm really a director's actor. I rely heavily on a director.

I'm still traumatized that I'm going to be on a big screen in a white bikini and naked so who knows!

These archetypal older women in movies can sometimes make my skin crawl. It's about the one dimension; it's about the lack of any texture.

New Orleans. Born and raised. I lived there until I was 19.

I'll read a script maybe twice, but I'll think about the role more than I'll rehearse lines.

I think it's always harder in a film to convey intimacy.

And now oddly I'm getting sexier parts than I've ever gotten.

I think it would be hard to go the distance in this business without a sense of humor.

When I was younger, of course I had people act inappropriately to me. I've had certain directors yell at me. But I didn't stand for it, and I didn't let it go far enough for it to be in any way abusive to me.

When I was younger, of course I had people act inappropriately to me. I've had certain directors yell at me. But I didn't stand for it, and I didn't let it go far enough for it to be in any way abusive to me.

Being married and having a child was not something I wanted, and I knew that at a very young age. I tend to be more solitary, and I'm truly a free spirit.

Well did graduate summa cum laude from Fordham University.

I'll read a script maybe twice, but I'll think about the role more than I'll rehearse lines.

And I have a really great agent and I know it's almost an oxymoron to say you have a smart agent. But she is and she has a beautiful aesthetic and she has guided me.

I just have a thing for writers. Maybe it because I'm just so not a writer.

I think it kind of took being a character actor to kind of now enter into leading ladies.

I always try to approach character first and foremost viscerally.