For Me, The Motivation Really

I Was Always Drawn Toward The Actor's Studio. I Studied At The Lee Strasberg Institute When I First Came To New York. One Of My Favorite Teachers Was One Of Al [pachino]'s Teachers, A Guy Named Charlie Laughton, Who Was Just A Wonderful, Wonderful Man.

I'm Always Surprised When People Say, "oh, It Got Such Mixed Reviews." I Guess I Didn't Read Them.

I'm From A Generation Of Fantastic Actresses. It's A Big Pool Of Really Wonderful Actresses, And So Many Of Them We Never Even Get To See On The Screen Anymore.

In The Theater, Actors Are The Essential Element Of The Work. In A Film, It's A Real Collaboration - Not That Theater Isn't, Because It Is - But It's A Collaboration To Such An Extent That You Can Give A Performance In Film That Sometimes You Look At And You Go, "well, That's Not The Performance I Was Trying To Give At All."

There's Something So Wonderful About Being An Actor In New York.