Mary-Louise Parker

People have a problem with me being different, but that propels me forward in life.

Mediocrity is underrated.

I have a child and I don't want to be at work all the time when he's small. I want to spend time with him.

I have a stunt double; his name is Glen Levy, and he has the hardest punch in the world. Seriously, it's actually been recorded by 'National Geographic.' He calls it the Hammer Fist.

It's very hard to play the straight lead girl and still make her sparkly and fun and real.

The battles after the wars are over can be the toughest; there's no longer the public interest that accompanies, for good and for ill, the start of combat.