When you get together with childhood friends, for example, there's an intimacy that you instantly have because you share something really profound in your past. There's a shortcut to emotional intimacy if you share your past with somebody. It's really empowering when you're reunited with people who share that.

I feel very, very lucky to have been involved with a project that's gone on as long as 'The Closer' has. You really don't get to do that in this profession.

I think TV, films, and the stage inform each other. It's good to go back and forth.

All of a sudden, I was a young kid in my early 20s, and I had a couple of Broadway shows to my credit.