“My main goal as an actor, with my craft or whatever poncy way you want to say it, is to always take the audience with me.”

The most important thing to me is my work, and reaching people through my work.

You can be born with a title, but not respect. You have to earn that.

It’s so important to me. It’s my passion.

I don’t really watch a lot of TV, to be honest. I’m more of a movie girl, or I Netflix stuff.

A bit of a crisis of faith, I suppose.

I want to touch people’s lives, and bring them along with me.

The worst reaction someone can have is, “eh.”

Nobody wants to watch perfect people.

I love it when you like a character, and then she does something you don’t like

Just being an actor is extremely bizarre, but I wouldn’t have it any other way.

Auditioning is extremely bizarre.

And you hate her for a while – then you love her again.

I’d like to see her have unlikable moments that the audience understands and sympathizes with.

To make them feel for me, or to make them hate me, I want a reaction. I want their emotions.

I did some soul-searching, took a break and decided I was going to live my life only for me.

I had a moment a few years ago where I wasn’t sure if I was acting for myself or because people expected it of me.

As far as I know, if you take your time, write a good script and make a good film, then give the audience time, they will accept it.

One thing we do really well on Archer and one thing I’ve always tried to do in my comedy and my writing and my podcast is to never speak down to my audience.

The masterful work of the DP [Director of Photography] Kevin McKnight and his crew, and the layers and depths each actor goes to to ensure we the audience feel a human connection to these characters led me to sign my name on the dotted line.

I love it when I come across a word I don’t know. And I would never treat my audience like they weren’t smart enough to come along with me.

I’ve just got to be myself and hopefully people will find me. And my audience did find me.

I’ve always believed that the way you affect your audience is more important than how many of them are there.

I like any and all of my associations with music: writing, playing, and listening. We write and play from our perspective, and the audience listens from its perspective. If and when we agree, I am lucky.

The audience is the controlling factor in the actor’s life. It is practically infallible, since there is no appeal from its verdict. It is a little like a supreme court composed of irresponsible minors.