I Hate Parties. I Don't Like Big

Even When You Think You Can Detach Yourself From The Characters, You Don't. Because You're Spending So Much Time Trying To Realize This Person And Make Them Real That They Do Infect You, In A Way. And You Do Take Them Home And Live With Them, Even If You Think You're Turning The Character Off. But In Order To Pull Off A Role Convincingly, You Wind Up Thinking About That Person All The Time, And It Does Sort Of Creep Into You. And Then There Are Things That You'll Respond To, Or React To In A Very Different Way Than You Would Normally.

Writing, Producing And Directing, I Must Say, Is Incredibly Satisfying And Gratifying.

I Think Robert Altman Could See Things In Me That I Didn't Know I Possessed, Which Is Really Exciting. He Also Instilled A Tremendous Amount Of Confidence, Because He Would Say Things Like, "these Are The Bare Bones, But I Want You To Go Fill It Out. You Find The Character. You Bring It To Me. You Write Whatever You Want." And If You Had An Idea, He Wouldn't Want To Hear About It. He's Want You To Show It To Him.

I'm A Typical Middle Child. I'm The Mediator. The One That Makes Everything Ok, Puts Their Own Needs Aside To Make Sure Everybody's Happy. It's Hard To Change Your Nature, Even With Years And Years Of Therapy.

I Loved Acting As A Kid Because I Was Kind Of Shy, So It Brought Me Out Of Myself. Acting For Kids Is Like Playing House, You Know? But Growing Up In Hollywood, It Just Made It Seem Possible. It Wasn't Like Some Idea Of Going To Hollywood; It Was In My Backyard. I Lived Two Blocks From Grauman's Chinese Theatre Growing Up. It Was What People Did. It's An Industry Town. So It Wasn't Some Far-off Fantasy, It Was Like "oh Yeah, When You Grow Up, You Do This Because That's What People Do Here."