I didn't watch a lot of TV growing up.
When you're not the lead on a series, you work intermittently, even if you're in every episode.
I don't want to do a film where I have a ten minute role.
We really didn't have the option of being couch potatoes when I was growing up. There were only three television channels and the only kid's programming was on Saturday morning. We always played outside until we could hear Mom calling us (not by cell phone but with her hands cupped around her mouth) that it was dinner time.
I would stay on, but 'General Hospital' honestly doesn't seem to want that relationship with this character at the moment. They want little short doses during sweeps periods.
I don't wish to be seen on television all the time. Instead, I prefer a five-minute appearance in a rare and challenging role for which I can be remembered for the next 50 years.
Actually, I had a really nice part in that movie [Ladies And Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains]. I mean, I have, like, one second in the final-cut version, where I say "You're fired" to Diane Lane. That's about all you see of me.
It's nice when the movie is not on your shoulders, too. It's fun to do a smaller part sometimes.
I love the supporting characters because you get to do more, to be totally honest. It's been sort of a theme with me. In Son of No One, I think I might have seven lines in the entire movie because everything is happening to my character.
In Sarileru... my role duration was 15 minutes. Since I knew the scope I didn't mind it.
I was sad that Corpse Bride was so short. I would've liked to have had her around for way longer. She doesn't actually have that many scenes.
The cast is so big that you really don't work very much.
I have been given a lot of roles that are downtrodden, mammy-ish. A lot of lawyers or doctors who have names but absolutely no lives. You're going to get your three or four scenes; you're not going to be able to show what you can do.
Oh, my only - if I had one frustration in being on 'West Wing' is I wasn't on it enough, because I was in and out.
I am not one of these people who spend a ton of time in front on my computer; I see it as very utilitarian.
People liked my performances in 'Kill Dill' and 'Happy Ending,' but I was hardly there in them.
I feel like a lot of characters on TV don't have the time to tell that many aspects of a character's story and personality.
