All the guys that entered The Groundlings, like Will Ferrell, already had incredible confidence, but I watched shut down women that didn't even have a personality completely become different human beings because of the training.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I trained at The Groundlings and was surrounded by some very funny women and also some very unfunny men. I didn't feel a sense of things being different because I was a girl.
I think it kind of took being a character actor to kind of now enter into leading ladies.
I cannot believe that in all the years that there have been female stand-ups, there has never been a show just for them.
I've been very lucky with the roles that I've played in that they were wonderful roles for women. They're incredible, flawed characters that I really gravitate toward. I just never want anybody to be able to put me in a box.
The great thing about women directors is that they're not only involved in the performances - they can gauge where we all are personally and know how to direct us better because of that.
In terms of showing their emotions and acting on them, my women characters are a lot more advanced than the men.
I think the people who cast films tend to think of me in regard to strong women with integrity and a lot of it has been very good.
I resent having witnessed the survival of some very mediocre male actors and the professional demise of the very brilliant female ones.
Most of my confidence came from being with ladies, because I certainly wasn't getting any acting jobs.
I think a lot of good actors - for instance, Gary Sinise - have no training. His training was really entirely on his feet. I suppose you have to have an instinct for it.