“It's okay to be a fat man. It's prestige and power and all of that. But fat wome…” — Camryn Manheim

Waiting, waiting, waiting. All my life, I've been waiting for my life to begin, as if somehow my life was ahead of me, and that someday I would arrive at it.

For a long time, I really struggled with the idea of being an actor because I really felt that I should be in the Peace Corps.

I think Ellenor is embarrassed and ashamed and has devoted all of her energy to the law and to helping other people get justice because it's too difficult for her to face her own struggle for justice.

When it comes to boys and her weight, I think Ellenor is much more conservative than I am, and she has not had the dialogue I have had about my weight.