Courtroom Dramas Can Be Boring.

There's A Real Passing Down In The Theater, Almost Ad Nauseam. You Have To Listen To Older People Talk About Their Experience, But It Makes You Very Aware Of What Has Come Before You Or What Is Coming After You - That You're A Part Of A Link In A Chain. It's Not All About You.

With Big, Emotional Roles It's Very Easy, Especially If You've Grown Up In The American School Of Acting, To Exploit Your Own Pain. You Have To Be Careful About That, Because 9 Times Out Of 10, Your Pain Is Not Appropriate To The Character.

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.

I Had Learning Disabilities, And I Couldn't Express Myself In The Written Word.

I Crave A Cone Of Silence Every Once In While.