There are fewer and fewer new roles for actresses as they get older. And that's not right.

You have no idea what you get involved in when you start a role. You just hope that it's going to be successful.

As an actor, you're constantly riddled with self-doubt. You are your own worst critic.

When you're doing a job, you go out there and do it to the best of your ability and you don't think about awards and things like that.

The whole point of taking a job is that you connect with a character or with an issue.

I remember watching 'The Wire,' because I absolutely adored 'The Wire,' and there were so many secret layers within that drama, and it was just fantastic.