I often feel that when people have affairs, it has more to do with something they're searching for in themselves than anything else.

Often I play, especially on television, a lot of smart lawyer people and cerebral types.

I feel very close to Maryann Plunkett and Jay O. Sanders.

That's always a fun thing to play, a relationship where there's equals. I often play roles that are repressive, or women who are slightly repressed or having some kind of internal conflict.

I'd rather do a great play than a mediocre play in New York. As much as I'd like to be seen in New York, that's not my driving motivation. My motivation is to play great roles, wherever they happen.

Because I was from the Midwest and untrained, I was completely open and ready to try anything. Many of my classmates were cynical and jaded; some already had conservatory training, and they were there simply to get that Yale stamp of approval, which they saw as a career stepping-stone.