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I approach all of my movies with an open mind and a willingness to dive in and do what's asked of me.
Reading keeps me sane. Growing up, it was my scape, my alternative; it provided both rebellion and peace.
I think there's an instinct to make grotesque horror films that are purely carnal, like the 'Saw' movies.
I don't know if I've owned a piece of technology that I hated - I don't think I would have owned it then.
Every article I've read about myself always winds up concluding that I am not, in fact, completely stupid.
Like most girls, I constantly have to watch my weight, because if I didn't my curves would get ahead of me.
I was a lifeguard. It was my summer job growing up, and I never saved anyone. I never had to, thank goodness.
I am a proud member of the LGBT community and could never bear the idea that someone could say I was closeted.
I do not hope somebody breaks in. However, if they did, I pity them. I pity the fool that breaks into my house.
I'm a big horror fan. I'm a genre fan. I like to make these movies. They're my favorite kinds of movies to make.
I am a firm believer that you can have the body you want, only to the extent that you're willing to work for it.
I've worked really hard to bring something more to 'pretty girl' roles over the years. I consider it a challenge.
I personally think that if you deny something or if you hide something you're inadvertently admitting it's wrong.
If I were a man, I'd be allowed to play roles that were compelling and drove an audience to an emotional response.
I have always been very rebellious and gone against the grain. I've always challenged the standards set before me.
I don't feel like millions of people are wrong because they love who they love or they were born how they were born.
I don't shoot anything. I could never kill an animal. My dad does all the hunting, and he eats everything that he kills.
I was working with real artists [in the Rum Diary], and that's difficult to do and very rare, in this industry, ironically.
I'm no mechanic but I can change my oil and I know what to do when I get a flat tire and I can hot-wire it in an emergency.
Many states have laws against cousin marriage, which I think are ridiculous - people should be allowed to make that choice.
I had always been a reader and a skeptic, so when I was old enough to break away from organized religion, it just came naturally.
My favourite thing is to do crossword puzzles. I do the 'New York Times' one every morning. Then I go to the barn to see my horse.
I wanted to be a disgusting, oozing zombie, not a sexy, cleavage zombie, which is what I was expecting, given my previous film work.
I am my father's daughter. It was not up to me growing up. I was his hunting and fishing buddy, so I've been shooting my whole life.
I'd love to teach a self-defense class for ladies, specifically about running away from psychos in masks chasing them with chainsaws.
You have to do something else by 30 years old, if you haven't found another way to explore your own identity and make something of it.
Strength and independence are always something that I'm drawn to in all my characters, no matter how different they are from one another.
Hollywood can be a draining industry. For all the glitz and glory and wonderful parts of our business, it takes it's toll on your inner self.
The feminist movement is often clouded with Gloria Steinem's perspective, but I feel like denying women their sexuality is just as chauvinistic.
I have a '68 Mustang, which is my baby. I've had her for about six years, which is kind of a miracle, considering how many times she's been stolen.
[Johnny Depp] a wonderful artist, and such a talented person. I got along with him, splendidly. He's charming and wonderful to work with. He's a dream.
I'm not opposed to nude scenes, if they're appropriate. I'm not against them morally. But I personally no longer find movie nudity to be worth my while.
I would love nothing more to participate in a real struggle to find a character, and really delve into and develop a character. That's why I'm an actor.
When you can find a strong character and a director that does want to protect the integrity of all characters, female and male, then you have a good deal.
I feel like I'm constantly fighting against my exterior, or this exterior presentation of myself, because of how I look or perhaps because of who I'm with.
Hollywood actresses age in dog years. I'm 25 in the rest of the world, but I'm about 48 in actress years. I'm just around the corner from my midlife crisis.
I naturally have some curves, like most women, just unfortunately not like most women in Hollywood. I'm only considered curvy in Hollywood. It's a weird town.
I don't imagine myself, my work, or my life, fitting into any kind of standardized path. In fact, the idea of there even being a standard freaks me out a lot.
I think I've always had a certain amount of skepticism of this whole 'shut up and smile' theory. I haven't ever swallowed that pill so easily, although I tried.
My favorite go-to modeling move was called "Be hungry." That was it. You just stand there, and be hungry. And that's all I have to say about the modeling industry.
I didn't drop out of school, I placed out of it. I took correspondence courses and ended up graduating early. I did everything I could to get the hell out of there.
For as long as I can remember, I've been the kind of person who goes against the grain and questions authority, and that doesn't make for an ideal religious follower.
There's something nice and valuable and wonderful about the suspense and the classic horror that doesn't just crutch on blood and the almost pornographic view of fear.
I'm thankful for the work that feminists like Gloria Steinem have done. I am a feminist, but the geography for women today is vastly different than it was in the '60s.
They are very different. Women who are empowered by it and have choices based off of their sexuality, are very different from the ones that are being taken advantage of.
Im not the kind of person to just sit back and lose something I worked hard on, so, naturally, Ive taken steps to be further involved in a process when most actors arent.
I'm doing what I love. I'm enjoying the perks of the job-the travel. I am having a great time being a shape shifter and I'm really getting a kick out of it. I love my job.
Young women from a very young age are taught that life will be easier if you can just turn on the charming smile and say very little and be complacent and docile and sweet.
I seem to be stuck in the '60s, and my favorite music, cars, and women's fashion come from that era. And the sense of social rebellion. It was a good time for a lot of things.
School was a waste of time for me. I was bored and left at 16. I started taking correspondence courses at college instead. I did incredibly well. I won an award for my grades.