It takes a while to get in a rhythm, but we kept breaking them down, breaking them down and fortunately, we were able to score.

She's been working hard. Sam hit a nice ball and we've been working on crashing the goal.

[Smith] has been working real hard on that. Sam gave her a great cross and we've been working on crashing the goal. I think that made a difference.

In many ways, playing a real person is slightly easier because you have a road map. When you're playing someone fictitious, there's myriad ways in. With a real person, there's boundaries, and that sometimes makes the work easier.

We, people, are so very, very complicated that no matter how well drawn a fictional character is, they can't get anywhere near as complex as a real person.

People have always heard voices. Sometimes they're called shamans, sometimes they're called mad, and sometimes they're called fiction writers. I always feel lucky that I live in a culture where fiction writing is legal and not seen as pathology.