I grew up in Manhattan and, since my father was a playwright, all I ever wanted to be was a stage actress.

It's an odd mix, the life of a playwright.

Doing the right thing has power.

My castings sort of go in phases. There'll be several icy professional parts - a lawyer or a cop. And then there'll be the intelligent-but-wounded group and then the period things. It goes in sequence.

I was curious about making this movie because the genres are put together, ... I'm attracted to stuff I think is going to be difficult to pull off, and the stuff that I'm a little afraid of.

And Kathy Bates has taken up directing. So like Rob, she's worked in front of the camera as well as behind it. So the depth of the conversation should be great.