I was shaking all over. I didn't like it and I felt that way when we shot the sequences, but I thought my character felt that way.

I've never been an actor who goes and really gets off on being nuts and never gets out of it. There would be times when I would be crying for hours and hours and hours, but mostly they were in and out of the picture. There were times to go hide and times to come out and play.

We are not easy to help. Nor are we easy to be around. Nobody with a serious illness is easy to be around. Although not obviously physically disabled, we struggle to get things done. Our energy levels are dangerously low. Sometimes, we find it hard to talk. We get angry and frustrated. We fall into despair. We cry, for no apparent reason. Sometimes we find it difficult to eat, or to sleep. Often, we have to go to bed in the afternoon or all day.
So do most people with a serious illness. We are no different.

You can't help but feel all the human-rights issues.

It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else's eyes.

But there isn't any second half of myself waiting to plug in and make me whole. It's there. I'm already whole.