I worked on my voice for Sweet Dreams, but only to match my speaking voice to Patsy’s actual singing voice. That was my way into that character.
At a certain age, death becomes familiar to you-or a loss becomes familiar-the tragedies that are more commonplace in life.
Families survive, one way or another. You have a tie, a connection that exists long after death, through many lifetimes.
TV is sort of the only way to go for an actress my age to make a decent salary with independent films, you just can’t.