I'm Such A Wuss. But I Know

I Had This Aunt Who Had A Career And Traveled. She'd Say Things Like, "when You Go To College, I Think We Should Go Scuba Diving In The Summer. The Scuba Diving In Portugal Is Fabulous." And I'd Be Like, "portugal! Holy Cats!".

I Told My Parents When I Was Three That I Wanted To Be In Movies. I Don't Know What I Saw At Three Years Old That Would Make Me Decide That's A Job And I Want To Have That Job. But I Was Very Confident, Very Sure That's What I Wanted To Do. I Didn't Do Anything About It. I Didn't Prove It To Myself Or Anything. I Just Knew.

When I Started Out, Maybe Because I Did Thelma & Louise Early On - But People Were Always Asking, "are Things Better For Women Now?" I Would Say, "yeah, I Think So. It Seems Like It." Then A Few Years In, I Started Saying, "i Think So. I'm Getting A Lot Of Good Parts, But I Don't Know." Then Eventually, I Was Like, "google It. I Don't Know, But It Doesn't Seem Great."

I Just Passed On Some A Script That I Was Sent, Because I Said, "i Haven't Yet Played The Person Staying Home, The One That Says, 'good Luck, Honey,' Or Whatever." And So That's What I Look For. Therefore, By Virtue Of That Exclusion, I'm Always Trying To Find Roles That Are Challenging.

This Is Really Funny, But We Did A Study Of The Occupations Of Female Characters On Tv, And There Are So Many Female Forensic Scientists On Tv Because Of All The Csi Shows And Bones And Whatever. I Don't Have To Lobby Anybody To Add More Female Forensic Scientists As Role Models. There's Plenty.in Real Life, The People Going Into That Field Now Are Something Like Two-thirds Women.