The only other thing that interested me as a kid was being a bricklayer. So if I hadn't become an actress, I would probably be a bricklayer.
After I finished 'E. R. ', I wanted to concentrate on re-examining what kind of actress I am and taking time for real-life things.
I think everyone's dream is to be an actress, but I never really thought it was going to happen. Now that it's happening, it's incredible. I do a lot of other things, too. I'm not stuck in this little world. I'm aware that we're in the middle of an economic crisis in the U. S. There's a lot going on in the world, and I'm really happy and excited about what I have and I don't take it for granted. I'm pretty lucky.
My mom was an actress in the local Seattle theater doing experimental plays.
It's always a great day going to work with Ginnifer Goodwin; she's a fantastic actress and I learn so much from her.
Diana Vishneva is not only a magnificent dancer but a magnificent actress - no one works harder or understands more.
And I'm not an actress. I don't think I am an actress. I think I've created a brand and a business.
Making pictures, for an actress, is like betting, for a gambler. Each time you make a picture you try to analyze why you won or lost.
There are wonderfully talented actresses. It's a really rich field. There isn't as rich a field of material.
Frequently my life has been likened to a Greek tragedy, and the actress in me cannot deny that comparison.
I'm just an instinctive actress, I've never had a lesson in my life.
Molly Shannon such an interesting actress that portrays vulnerability and danger at the same time, because she seems brittle in that role.
There was no way I could live in Hollywood and not become an actress.
An actress must never lose her ego -- without it she has no talent.
I forget about the relationship between myself and any actress when working with her.
I just feel incredibly lucky to be employed when there are so many actors and actresses who are not employed. That's why, you know, I sometimes feel desperate, in case I'm not going to be cast again.
Two of my favorite actresses are Meryl Streep and Angelina Jolie. So, I would love, love, love to work with them. But I also really love AnnaSofia Robb. There are a lot of great actresses I would love to work with.
For a relative newcomer, it's obviously a dream to work with such a talented actress as Anna Paquin, who won an Oscar at 10, or something ridiculous like that. That's a dream.
[Doctor Cukrowicz] was basically a role where you have two diva actresses - Maggie Smith and Natasha Richardson - and my role was to say, "And then what happened? Tell me more. " But I wanted to do it was because a) it was Tennessee Williams, a great writer, and b) it was Richard Eyre, an amazing director. And to work with those two amazing women!
Certain type of actresses get younger instead of older. I always say, 'Only ingenues age. '