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When you become a parent, you really care that you get that right, and you care about nothing else.
Unfortunately, I was making comedies in my 20s, but other people didn't realize they were comedies.
I feel that movies are gifts that come to you, and there are no accidents in what you end up doing.
It's interesting to play a real-life person who has already been a character on 'Saturday Night Live.'
I know that I've seen a mannerism, or a way I've cried, or something, where I see a flash of my parents.
We like our archetypes and heroes to be what they are at face value. And life doesn't work out like that
I was raised on movie sets, and I decided for myself at a very young age that it was what I wanted to do.
We like our archetypes and heroes to be what they are at face value. And life doesn't work out like that.
I've got the sort of personality that requires me to find some sort of release, and for me, it's performing.
I care a lot about fragrance not only in my life, but sometimes it feels right while working on a character.
There are people who consider it almost unpatriotic to be inquisitive and to be truthful about your opinions.
I don't turn my nose up at anything. If it's a great part, it's a great part. I'd love to do a box-office hit.
People now tell me it's a good thing I stayed away from teen films. Well, it wasn't my choice. I wasn't hired.
I grew up with a tribe of amazing women, but certainly my mother and my godmother really modeled women as actors.
Irvin Kershner, no matter what anyone says, has done some great work. 'Eyes of Laura Mars' is an incredible movie.
In American culture we are supposed to take a pill when we're depressed or in grief as opposed to actually feeling.
Being an actress my whole life, it feels so good to have a clean face when I'm off, so I'm not a big makeup wearer.
Everything's cyclical. Having been raised by actors, I watched their careers, and the challenge is to take time off.
There are a lot more female writers wanting to direct their own material and hopefully will be given the opportunity.
My mother opened a bank account for me when I made $60 on my first day of work as an extra. She's that kind of mother.
It's really fun to act like a bimbo. But it's fun to act like a bimbo only when people know that you really aren't one.
For me, the greatest good fortune I have being raised by actors is I came in knowing that a career is the ebb and flow.
Unfortunately, overall, movies are a conglomerate. People buy and sell people in this business, which can get really ugly.
Hopefully, film inspires you to think about human nature. It make us consider how we treat strangers and our most intimate.
David Lynch is like that - every sound, every detail to the end of making the film, he never gives up. It has to be perfect.
I don't want to mess with my face. So I'm becoming fluent in French so I can go to France and make French films when I'm 60.
What do you say when someone has truly inspired you? How do you express to an artist how deeply their work has affected you?
You don't have to run away from life your whole life. You can really live. You can change. And you can be an agent of change.
I was raised by two actors in a moment in time - the Seventies - when there was no judgment of characters, no heroes and bad guys.
Any journey of a creative person has, you know, really unusual challenges and years where you don't work and years where you work.
Wild at Heart made a few people angry-they thought I was exploiting women by showing that when a woman says no she really means yes.
All kids are selfish. I wanted to do homework and do my thing and call my agent. My mother's needs weren't in my mind at that moment.
You don't always get to work as much as you like, because I'm waiting to find things that I care about. Sometimes that's frustrating.
I think people do their bravest work when given an elusive canvas. That would be seemingly the weirdest, but also the most wonderful.
Stay true to your own voice, and don't worry about needing to be liked or what anybody else thinks. Keep your eyes on your own paper.
I made a commitment to myself; that I wanted to be an actress, and I wanted to do films that make a difference. It has to move people.
I think there are ways to get so caught up in your career and being so heavy and dramatic, and everyone wants to be a tortured genius.
If we could all figure out a way to just be true to ourselves and have a good time doing what we're doing, it would be a lot more fun.
I made a commitment to myself: that I wanted to be an actress, and I wanted to do films that make a difference... It has to move people.
I love Clint Eastwood, and I wish to work with him again. He's completely irreverent about everything, including his own beautiful work.
I'm lucky enough that directors sometimes seek me out for little projects that people don't even know about, that just surface later on.
Having been raised by actors who love moral ambiguity and flawed protagonists, I feel like it's sort of in the blood to want to take it on.
I left our home to work on a movie, and while I was away, my boyfriend [Billy Bob Thorton] got married, and I've never heard from him again.
If you're looking to be loved for a part, it's great and enticing to be adorable in a romantic comedy. But then, as an actor, you get stuck.
I still have a lot to learn. I just have two cats, and when I'm in a bad mood - you know, it would be very easy to throw a cat across a room.
As someone who has been asked to ask David Lynch what his movies mean for 25 years, I'm very careful about asking artists what their art means.
I'm moved by people who see the world differently than others. People who see the world with a longing for its poetry often can be broken people.
With 'Mask,' 'Smooth Talk' and 'Blue Velvet,' I loved the specific experiences so much. Each one was a specific filmmaker with a specific vision.
I love to rescue animals.... The pounds were so crowded they were putting animals down almost immediately. Seven thousand dogs were put to sleep.
I remember there being a period of time when I had a baby, and I was so sleep-deprived that I'd get into having no filter, and that was not good.