Your responsibility, ultimately, is to yourself.[to Joe]
When they sent me the script, I just thought, now here is a woman with a lot more to her than I remember from the tabloids and our cultural memory.[Gracie Atherton-Yoo: Why do you want to play me?]
When I’m lucky enough to choose my roles, I want to find a character that’s difficult to, on the surface, understand. I want to take the person, I want to figure out why are they like this. Were they born, or were they made?
That tonight would go well. That my children would love me. And my life would be perfect.[Elizabeth Berry: What were your expectations?]
My father used to say, “You’re either leaving this house in a veil, or in a box.”[to Elizabeth]
My brother Mark, he still lives in Richmond. He always says, “Keep your expectations low, and you’ll never be disappointed.” And I always forget that. [to Elizabeth]
It’s the complexity. It’s the moral grey areas that are interesting.
Insecure people are very dangerous.[to Elizabeth]
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I know that for me, personally, the past weighs on me. You know, decisions I’ve made, or relationships.[Elizabeth Berry]So you just sit there and you think about your history and your behavior.[Gracie Atherton-Yoo]
I am naive. I always have been. In a way, it’s been a gift.
