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You know, when you start, especially with me, I didn't really know I was going to be a movie actress. I thought I was going to do theater.

I started as an actor, then became a theater director. I loved acting but didn't feel as confident as I needed to be, so I started directing theater; then I played in some movies, and then I felt the need to do my own stuff.

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 thought I'd be doing theater, really. That's all I had experience with growing up. I mean, I saw movies and television, but I don't think I really connected at a young age that that was acting, that that was part of the profession.

I thought I was going to be a theater actor. I moved to New York after college and did some plays and worked a lot. Once the realities of living as a theatrical actor hit me, I realized I wanted to start making a little bit of money and not have to bartend and work in theater.

I sort of grew up doing theater. And that's how I got into film, actually.

Growing up, I wasn't sure about acting, but I knew I wanted to be part of the movie industry.

I went to film school at Columbia and did that for a couple years and really thought I was going to be a filmmaker, and then I kind of drifted over to the acting side after that. I'd been an actor in high school, and when I got to college, it was all about film.

I never really wanted to be an actor. And that was the beginning of it, I began to write things down and eventually became a writer on a television show.

My introduction to acting was through theatre, so I actually saw a couple of Broadway shows that made me want to be an actor.