It's very hard to remain a student in life.
That's when the great stuff happens, when you're not checking yourself all the time, being critical of yourself and what other people are doing.
People who are interested in the arts and theater are such a minority.
I don't put together cars, I put together people.
I know I'll work, but not when or where. I never know what to pack.
The Oscar nomination made me a recognizable name to other actors and people in general.
Work is the most nourishing thing so far in my life.
I have fun at work.
I make my relationships at work.
My face is my career.
I only eat things that you don't have to kill.
There is no restaurant anywhere in the world where I have been that I haven't been able to find something to eat.
Sometimes every single element of a character is a torturous discovery.
It's totally mystifying to me how anyone could have canceled 'Taxi.' I don't understand it because that stuff is rare.
I was this extremely dramatic actress. And then, suddenly, I was doing comedy.
'Taxi' made a big difference because it got me into comedy.
When you're doing a legitimate play, if you have a company of 12, it's considered a big cast.
I don't like to discuss my work in a lot of detail; I'm afraid of dissecting it in a way that is not good for me.
This is a grueling profession. Either you can't get work, or you can't get certain kinds of parts, or you get a part, and it kills you because it's not good enough, or you get successful and feel guilty about it.
There are directors who don't cast you for the way you act but for the way you are, the way you behave around the dinner table.
