Patricia Clarkson

I think it kind of took being a character actor to kind of now enter into leading ladies.

The majority of work I do is in independent films, where you're lucky if you have five takes.

But no, had I been successful in my 20s I would have been just fine. But it is nice to defy the odds.

I'm a big action junkie. I grew up on the '80s action movies - the bad ones and the good ones.

I don't like labels. I think they conceal more than they reveal, sort of like a bikini.

The law was made for one thing alone, for the exploitation of those who don't understand it, or are prevented by naked misery from obeying it.