I'm Fortunate That I've Been

I Went In For An Audition [for As Good As It Gets], But The Audition Was With James L. Brooks. I Was The First Girl In That Morning, And There Was A Whole Waiting Room Of Girls Waiting To Read For It. So I Did My Audition, And He Asked Me To Step Outside. So I Stepped Outside, And When He Asked Me To Come Back In, He Looked At Me, And He Said, "well, I'm Very Excited To Work With You On Set." And I Was, Like, "what?" I Thought It Was A Hollywood Blow-off.

Playing Amanda [in Defiance] Was A Wonderful Opportunity For Me. She Was Strong, Dynamic, A Complete Badass, Not Defined Her Relationship With A Man. She Could Hold Her Own. I Really Loved Her.

I've Been An Actor For 30 Years, So I Pretty Much Know How To Do The Basics Of A Fight Without Hurting Anybody.

I Only Knew Basic Western Trail Riding. Nothing Fancy.

I'd Always Thought That Acting Was, Like, You Had To Work Really Hard, You Had To Change The Way You Walked, You Talked, And All Of That. But That's Not Acting. That's Shmacting.