Carla Gugino

One of the most important things for an actor is to observe humanity.

When a sports movie really works, it gets you on all levels, because the stakes are high. It's black and white. It's win or lose.

I've joked that I would have either become schizophrenic or an actress, but as an actress you can do both.

I'm a huge Dallas Mavs fan. What I love about Dirk Nowitzki is he has just as much talent as everyone else, if not more, and he never toots his own horn. He's this silent warrior.

Shaft was a pop culture figure along t he lines of, I guess, Dirty Harry - except that he wasn't as much of a racist. So yeah, I was always a fan.

The fact that maybe I had some success playing G'Kar doesn't guarantee me three years later that I can still do it, so I have to keep my senses alive and still be working on it.