Nobody's all good or bad, and nobody's all light or dark. Every human being has so many different aspects and facets to them. And there can be something noble and something really dark and dangerous going on in a person all at the same time.
For women, no matter what career, what path you choose, it's still an uphill battle to work your way up to these top leadership positions. And you're much more closely scrutinized for everything - for things that men are not.
You know my girls are so funny. You're out in the country and there are critters everywhere and they get a little like, 'Oh my God! Oh no, bugs!' and I had to say, 'Honey this is fine. This is their world and it's all part of being in the country.' I realized, 'Oh my God, my girls are really city girls.'
When I was 15 and had the light bulb moment I wanted to be an actor, it was my sole focus and goal, and I went after it with determination.
I certainly had times when I thought this wasn't going to work out, but just being a working actor felt like a victory.
Going under the water and staying under the water for periods of time gives me claustrophobia.
It's important for women to continue to break through barriers in our industry, in politics, in Wall Street.
I've just always been very interested in story above all.
I enjoy taking on complex, difficult characters and have always striven to capture the truth of those people, whether or not it's popular.
My mom told me I could do anything I want, be anyone I want. I believed it. And so I want my daughters to as well.
For actors, you've gotta sometimes fill in your backstory.
I'm not a gambler, let's just say that, nor have I ever been a dealer at a casino.
As kids do, they're smart, and even if parents try to keep things away from them, conflict and issues and whatnot, kids pick up on what's happening.
As an actress, I realize that viewers are entitled to have whatever feelings they want about the characters they watch.
I think theater probably remains my favorite, sort of where my soul lives. It takes a lot of discipline, and you have to show up eight shows a week, no matter how you feel physically, mentally, emotionally - there's nobody to cut around that: you've got to tell the story yourself for two hours.
I was just so intrigued with good stories from the time I was a little girl. When my parents would take us out to dinner, I would bring a book along. And they were perfectly happy with that.
The idea of 'breaking bad' and what that means in terms of the actions and decisions people make, and why they make them - it makes people question themselves in the 'What would I do?' kind of way.
As an actor, my job is not to always play characters who make everybody happy. That's not interesting.
It's changed the landscape of my career without a doubt. 'Deadwood' started to do that, but then 'Breaking Bad' really shifted everything for me.
That's part of the beauty of being an actress: you get to explore different facets of what it is to be a human being and what it is to explore different personalities, and actually, that's one of the things I love about it.
