On her current success:
“It’s head-spinning. But part of me is scared. I’ve got a window, as a woman of 43. Right now it’s cracked this big”—(she holds her hands inches apart)—“and I’m trying to keep it open with both hands, as wide as possible, for as long as possible.”
On competing for roles with Oscar-winning actresses:
“Going to the next level means that you’re at the bottom of the next rung. Look, many of them have won Academy Awards. I don’t expect to get offered the roles before them, but I still want them. All it means is that I have to keep working the way I always have, leaving my ego at home and trying to just think about what is true. To me, disappearing is everything. I’m not interested in a character’s goodness. I’m interested in what makes them human.”
On public interest in her relationship with Holland Taylor:
“I do not want to be defined by who I share my bed, my home, my soul with. My choices in life have been unconventional, and that’s my business. But I do want to live responsibly and truthfully without hiding. It’s complicated, because there is a lot of hate in this world, and a lot of good can come from quote-unquote normalizing something for people who don’t see it as normal. Our relationship represents a certain amount of hope and risk. Maybe there’s something brave in it. Maybe it encourages others to make brave choices. What else can I say? We love each other.”
On choosing not to have children:
“I don’t want to be torn. I don’t want to look at my child and say, ‘You’re the most extraordinary thing that ever happened to me, but also the death knell.’ It was hard for my mother to be everywhere, to come to the school play and make a living. I’ve always known what I wanted out of my professional life, and I didn’t want to turn around and go, ‘If I had only made the choice to just dedicate this time in my life to me.’ It’s selfish, but I think the word selfish gets a bad rap.”
Read the full interview at Town and Country.
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