To Be Too Knowing Is A Downfall.

Comedy Is A Way To Make Sense Of Chaos. It's A Way Of Dealing With Things That Are Overwhelming, That Threaten You; It's A Way To Survive And Get Closer To The Truth.

It's Always Nice When You Do Something And It's Well Received As Opposed To The Other Way Which God Knows Happens To Everybody. When The Good Times Come Around, You Take A Deep Breath, Appreciate It, But Not Take It Too Seriously.

Most Scripts Are Written To Be Green Lit. They're Not Written To Be Acted. And A Lot Of Writers With The Greatest Intention In The World Don't Write For Actors. They Don't Understand The Architecture Of What An Actor Needs To Get From Point A To Point B.

It Was So Soon After I'd Had My Son And I Really Wasn't Planning On Going Back To Work For A While. I Will Walk Over Hot Coals To Work With Bill Condon On Anything, The Experience That You Have With Him Is Just Too Good... I've Certainly Never Worked With Him Before So The Trio Of Bill [codon], Ian [mckellen], And Sherlock Holmes, And England: It Was Too Much To Say "no" To.

People Can't Really Place Me. They're Not Really Sure Who I Am. Sometimes They Think I'm Helen Hunt. Sometimes They Think I'm Laura Dern.