I think to be in politics you have to have the taste for blood on that.Collection: Politics
A few months after graduation I was working in films. It took off pretty quick.Collection: Graduation
I truly believe that God brought this, Dorothy Day script to me, because for a long time up until I was in eight grade - I wanted to be a nun.
There are a lot of battles to face, and if I didn't have that religious core - that base to turn to - I would be truly lost.
They used to say I was a younger Winona Ryder and that always made me laugh because I'm three years older than she is.
I grew up mostly with classical, big band, and a lot of Irish music - I really didn't start listening to rock and roll until I was maybe sixteen.
I went to Marymount College in New York City with a lot of kids whose parents paid their way, and I wouldn't even have thought of asking my parents - they couldn't afford it, not with six kids!
I did everything I could to stay in college and pay my own way, so I think that if success hadn't come so quickly, I would still be pursuing it.
An audience is going to be able to find a little bit of Dorothy in themselves and relate to this woman.: roles like Dorothy Day are so rare in Hollywood.
Money's not important to me. Movie star acknowledgement is not important to me. I don't want to be a big studio actress. I don't want to be in the limelight.
I just want the opportunity to continue to do great films, play great characters and work with great people.