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"I was never the ingenue, so hopefully that'll make it easier to age and still work. I know a lot of actors who are really dissatisfied with where they're at even though some of them are huge stars and I feel like, 'Oh, my God, you're at the top.' Something interesting will come. It always does. I have faith."
"The work evolves when you get another part, and then you're getting called on to solve difficult characters, to inject a note of humanity into them. It's more interesting for me to do that than to stand around and be sunny."
"To play Hillary Clinton? I'm kind of winging it. No, are you kidding me? I prepared obsessively. I mean, as much as I could in the time that I was given. Of course, with someone like Hillary Clinton, obviously, anything you want is on YouTube and at your fingertips there."
"You know how a lot of people say they could go crazy? Well, I feel I live very close to that line."
"When my dad needed a shirt ironed, he would yell downstairs to my mother, who would drop everything and iron his shirt."
"The network shows tend to be run, in general, in my experience, by committee, and it's hard for actors and writers to do their jobs."
"You know what I have noticed? And this is really sad. Flying first class is less scary than flying coach. They speak to you and they're so nice to you and they want to help you and they know you want a drink before the plane takes off. And they bring it to you without asking. If you're sitting in coach and hoping for a drink, good luck."
"I haven't frequented a nail salon in a long time."
"I just love to make a whole roomful of people laugh."
"I love stories that give me a perspective on how easy American life has become in the 21st century."
"I travel all the time, and I have two small children."
"I would do 'American Splendor' and 'About Schmidt' again in a heartbeat."