Randa Haines

I do know that detachment is important. A surgeon can't be weeping into the open wound.

I've gone for long stretches without working. I remember many times peeking into my checkbook to see if any money was left.

I would love to do a film with a lot of humor in it: a comedy with pain instead of a painful film with some comedy.

I would never create an image for myself; I'm not that clever.

If you're going to go to an audition, you don't want to go in trying to force yourself into some archetype that has been thought up by a director and translated by a casting director.

Political differences will always generate a healthy debate, but over time the dialogue has become more hateful and at times violent.