When I was on 'Saturday Night Live,' all I did was work.
You relate to a character and you find that character within yourself. It's all parts of me. I don't leave characters behind. I just let them go.
Most things in my life I had before leaving home. Values, support, great family. I was shaped at an early age. A musician playing guitar, I wanted to be a folk singer.
If I hadn’t left Texas, I might not have met the director Terrence Malick, and I wouldn’t have met my husband and I wouldn’t have had the children that I’ve had. Life is interesting like that.
There's a real danger in trying to stay king of the mountain. You stop taking risks, you stop being as creative, because you're trying to maintain a position. Apart from anything else that really takes the fun out of it.
I lived an idyllic 'Huckleberry Finn' life in a tiny town. Climbing trees. Tagging after brothers. Happy. Barefoot on my pony. It was 'To Kill a Mockingbird'-esque.
I've not had a mean life.
But standing in that hallway, it was all coming back to me. Memories were waiting at the edges of things, beckoning to me.
We can't blame children for occupying themselves with Facebook rather than playing in the mud. Our society doesn't put a priority on connecting with nature. In fact, too often we tell them it's dirty and dangerous.
Well, changes have been made. The question is whether we've done enough by way of change.
I'm certainly not a trained singer. I'm just kind of following a feeling.