My work often takes me away from my family for long periods of time, so I've really come to appreciate the time I do spend with them.
I'm always a little starstruck anyway. So to work with a movie star, which is Brad, I was excited about that; to work with a movie legend, which is Tony, I wouldn't have passed that up. Just to get to watch him and watch how he works.
Doing theater is such a specifically energetic and almost acrobatic work.
I've been so lucky to work with some great, great writers: Tony Kushner and Yasmina Reza.
A New York casting director, who shall remain nameless, once said to me, 'Marcia, you have what I call the flaring-nostril look, and until you get something done about it, you will never, ever work.'
In 2005, I had the great honor of playing Shailene Woodley's mother in 'Felicity: An American Girl Adventure.' I was immediately impressed by her work ethic, both on and off set.