It's not always thankless. Let's face it - it's not always thankless. I've gotten a lot of really great recognition and I've worked with amazing people.

It's that I'm 39. I feel hot and sexy, actually... I feel it inside myself. I don't feel dried up and tired and no longer interested in sex is what I'm trying to say.

Sometimes when you do a part, the wall between you and the characters can be very porous. You can sort of move in and out of your character's persona and being. And that just couldn't happen on this one because of working with him.

Ultimately, you know, I'm a grown-up, I've been in this business a long time. I've got kids. I've got to do my stuff. But I also need to keep it there so I can bring it up again the next day at work or whatever.

While it is challenging working with a kid, because they're so of the moment all the time. My acting style is to try to take something from my life that the character can relate to and that I can relate the character to.

I do know that I have to work hard for every single thing that I get, really hard, and that's okay.

I think that certainly my choices empower me.

After 14 years, it better be a real marriage, you know? We do have a great time together. We are really lucky.

But when you're in something together, it's very hard to be objective and you're very subjective.

Hollywood is sexist and age-ist, and that covers all the bases, I guess.

I can't get hired in a studio movie. Everything is so uphill.

I feel my job as an actor is to explore all sides of humanity.

I think it's important to do great work.

I think it's important to do smaller films because I think that's where a lot of new things are happening.

I've always been able to let stuff go when I'm done with work.

It's not that I don't see myself as hot and sexy. Don't get me wrong. No, it's not that.

Shame is such an intense emotion. It just can drive you.

Some of the best roles are for women in these independent, smaller movies.

We do spend time talking about it and we puzzle through it together. We ride the roller coasters together - the high highs and the low lows.

Whether it be in a small movie or a big movie, I would always be attracted to this role.