For very long, I wasn't able to find a place for myself in movies. After my initial success, I didn't know how to capitalise on it.
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I didn't picture myself as a movie actress. I began to think about it around college. I remember thinking, 'Well somebody has to be in them,' so maybe I could do that eventually. It's all been a surprise.
I made a commitment to myself; that I wanted to be an actress, and I wanted to do films that make a difference. It has to move people.
When I emerged from drama school, I had no expectation that I would ever work in film.
The theater is where I belonged; I simply wanted to be an actress my whole life.
I started in theater; I did theater in New York for 14 years before I even thought about doing movies - I never thought about being in a film; it just never occurred to me.
I started missing acting when I was in school, and I realized after being in the business after however many years that I was really interested in film.
I always wanted to be in movies.
I sort of grew up doing theater. And that's how I got into film, actually.
I am an actor and mouldable enough to do films like '2 States,' 'Gunday,' and 'Finding Fanny.'
Every movie you do, you find something in yourself that you probably didn't know that you had, and a director will find something in you that you can nurture and find and bring for the next one.