Patricia Clarkson

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

Being married and having a child was not something I wanted, and I knew that at a very young age. I tend to be more solitary, and I'm truly a free spirit.

The odds of having films made which star women... Everyone still references one movie: 'Bridesmaids!'

There are still so many movies made starring 50 men and one woman! A white male actor should never be allowed to complain about anything. Shut up and sit in the corner. I mean, seriously!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Well did graduate summa cum laude from Fordham University.