I'm a flower gardener.

I've not had a mean life.

I wanted to be Joni Mitchell.

I am a woman of simple tastes.

I just make films that attract me.

For me, life is a bowl of cherries.

I don't take characters home with me.

I may be ignorant but I ain't stupid!

My father's family is German and Czech.

I go where the good work is being done.

I think giving up people is a difficult thing.

Our life is our life. If we waste it, we're fools.

My roots allow me to let go of the fear of failure.

Banana Splits for Breakfast. I think I ate about five.

The name Sissy came because my brothers called me that.

Nature is really big and loud the farther south you get.

Junior and senior high school years were not a good time.

A great screenplay is the most powerful bait in Hollywood.

You shouldn't change what you are in the search for success.

Rarely in film acting do you get to do a scene for very long.

I'm not very big. But I've got a big bark and a lot of heart.

I swore to my parents that no one would ever be able to buy me.

I think the thread running through most midwives is the passion.

I like horseback riding. I like to hike. I play guitar and sing.

You don't forget the movies, but you forget the details of them.

You need to live life to be able to have something to draw from.

You know, your career is just your career; your life is your life!

One day, it just dawned on me that I'm from Texas, and that's what I am.

You get angry and frustrated wondering, 'Are there enough parts for women?'

I need to fill myself up with real life. That's kind of the well I draw from.

Fame sweeps you away. I had to go home every six months to remember who I am.

The important thing is to be part of a good project with good, talented people.

I'm a fool for a brilliant filmmaker. And for someone who wants to try new things.

My daughter is far more talented than me in the songwriting department - far more.

You know, I don't know what the future will bring, but I'm ready for whatever comes!

You know, I don’t know what the future will bring, but I’m ready for whatever comes!

That's what I love about acting and love and drama and art: that humanness we all share.

My biggest thrill in life is to read in the afternoon until I fall asleep and take a nap.

Ultimately, you have to work for your own enlightenment - for smarts - or it gets boring.

I hated country music growing up, but it gets in your bone marrow, kind of like a disease.

I like to do films that I would want to go see, basically. I'm not out to make a fast buck.

I've been into exercise my whole life, been a runner and been into health and fitness always.

It's not seeing myself 40 feet tall on a movie screen - it's the work. That's what thrills me.

I've always been a people-watcher, and as an actor, later, I just mined all those little details.

Jingle taps on the majorette boots were an important part of a little girl growing up in the South.

I live a very wonderful life centered in my home and community. We're real involved with the school.

The human condition is the human condition, and what we try to do is illuminate the human condition.

It's a whole other way of working when you work in films: You know exactly the arc of your character.

There's nothing like not washing your teeth or washing your face or brushing your teeth in the morning.

We like to believe we are in control of our destinies, even though we never are and we never have been.

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