I Look Forward To Being Older, When

I've Always Had A Really Developed Sense Of Justice. As A Child, I Would Rotate My Dolls' Dresses For Fear That They Might Come Alive At Midnight And One Of Them Would Always Have The Best Dress On. Whatever It Was That Made Me Worry About My Dolls I Suppose Has Paid Off In My Career Because, Really, An Actor Is All About Empathy And Imagination. And Those Are The Cornerstones Of Activism.

It Gets To Be 2 A.m., And They Hand You A Bottle Of Whipped Cream And Some Syrup And Things Start Getting Silly.

I Always Had A Problem With Original Sin; I Always Had A Problem With The Exclusivity Of The Church And A Lot Of The Things That The Nuns Taught Me.

We Were Friends With Jonathan Demme. We Were All Down On The West Side Of New York, And I Think I Met Kurt Vonnegut Through Edith Demme. And Then I Was Lucky To Do Who Am I This Time? 1982, Which Was An Adaptation Of His Short Story That Jonathan Demme Directed With Chris Walken And I, And That Really Cemented The Friendship.

I Did Study Drama At Catholic U, But The Undergraduates Weren't Put In Productions, Really, Except As Extras, And It Wasn't A Hands-on Kind Of Thing At All. I Couldn't Afford To Go To Another College. And My Grandparents Lived In D.c., So I Was Able To Live With Them, And That's How I Was Able To Afford It At All.