I Have A Life That's Just Been

For Me, Nothing Has Ever Taken Precedence Over Being A Mother And Having A Family And A Home.

I Am Coming To The End Of Acting. I Have A List: Another Stage Production, Maybe One Or Two More Movies, One More Season Of American Horror Story. . . And Then That Is It For Me. Because I Think That's Enough. I Want To Go Out With A Bang. . . Or Should I Say, A Scare?

Usually, You Get A Script And You Have The Whole Story. All The Acts Are There, For A Play. You Know What Happens In The First, Second And Third Acts, And You Know How It Starts, Where You Go And Where It Finishes. [with American Horror Story: Asylum], It's A Whole New Experience. I Don't Know Where It's Going, And I Don't Know What's Going To Happen Next. It's Been An Interesting Way To Work. It's Made Me Work In A Much More Fluid, Braver Way, Just Taking Every Chance That Comes Along.

Once I Started On 'frances' I Discovered It Was Literally A Bottomless Well. It Devastated Me To Maintain That For Eighteen Weeks, To Be Immersed In This State Of Rage For Twelve To Eighteen Hours A Day. It Spilled All Over, Into Other Areas Of My Life.

So Much Of My Sense Of Who I Am Is Tied To Mothering. When They Left Home, I Fell Into A Huge, Empty, Black Hole. Your Children Are Grown And Your Career Has Slowed Down - All The Stuff That Took Up So Much Attention Is Gone, And You're Left With Expansive Time And Space.