I'll read a script maybe twice, but I'll think about the role more than I'll rehearse lines.

I think it would be hard to go the distance in this business without a sense of humor... view

By: Patricia Clarkson

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And now oddly I'm getting sexier parts than I've ever gotten... view

By: Patricia Clarkson

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I'm really a director's actor. I rely heavily on a director... view

By: Patricia Clarkson

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I just have a thing for writers. Maybe it because I'm just so not a writer... view

By: Patricia Clarkson

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I think it kind of took being a character actor to kind of now enter into leading ladies... view

By: Patricia Clarkson

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But no, had I been successful in my 20s I would have been just fine. But it is nice to defy the odds... view

By: Patricia Clarkson

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I love writers. All of my best friends are writers... view

By: Patricia Clarkson

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The odds are not in your favor the older you get, especially if you're a woman in this business... view

By: Patricia Clarkson

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The majority of work I do is in independent films, where you're lucky if you have five takes... view

By: Patricia Clarkson

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It's never easy with characters in these dark and grave circumstances but that's my job... view

By: Patricia Clarkson

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You're always close and you never get that big romantic lead... view

By: Patricia Clarkson

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