I Love Being A Mother. I Loved

It Is An Embarrassing Time To Be An American. It Really Is. It's Humiliating.

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.

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.

I've Worked With Some Teachers And Coaches Over The Years, But I Didn't Really Study Theater Or Technique Or Voice Or Any Of That Stuff Extensively.

Box Office Success Has Never Meant Anything. I Couldn't Get A Film Made If I Paid For It Myself. So I'm Not 'box Office' And Never Have Been, And That's Never Entered Into My Kind Of Mind Set.