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But One Of The Hardest Things For Me To Do Was To Access Anger. I Could Do It On Stage. But When I Did It On Film It Was Hard For Me. That Probably Has To Do With The Intimacy Of Film. And My Own Personal Issues With Expressing Anger. So I Had To Learn How To Do That.

Gabriel Byrne Is An Extraordinary Human Being. We Have Two Extraordinary Kids And We Work At It. We Were Always Friends. He Stuck By Me Through Very Hard Times, And I Hope He'd Say The Same About Me.

I Remember My First Friend Who Got Sick. It Was 1981, And The Disease Was Called The Gay Cancer. I Don't Think The Word 'aids' Came Out Until '84. I Just Remember It Being Terrifying As More People Got Sick. We Didn't Know How You Could Catch It, You Heard All Kinds Of Crazy Things.

I Have No Problem Being 53. Why Would I Want To Be 35 Again? I Want To Discover Who I Am In My 50s. And If I Tried Too Hard To Look Younger, It Would Seem That I Was Uncomfortable With Who I Am, Wouldn't It?

I'm Method Trained. How Is This Character Like Me? What Does She Think Of Her Mother? What Does Her Mother Think Of Her? It's Like Construction, And Then, Yes, You Hope You're Talented And That The Universe Aligns And Captures The Kind Of Laborer's Work You've Done And Whatever Else Sprinkles Down On You, And It's All Caught On Film Or Onstage.