Alicia Witt

I went to national piano competitions and did that whole circuit. Then I played professionally to support myself when I moved out to LA.

My goal is to just keep playing roles that are different from the roles I've played before.

Redheads get so stereotyped. You're either exotic and wild or totally Victorian.

I would've done anything to work with Satyajit Ray.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.

If you have a block of ballistics gelatin and a high-speed camera, pretty soon somebody gets a gun!