But most of what I've learned about acting - and a lot of what I've learned about life in the past seven years - was taught to me by Robert Altman.

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I felt little awkward about taking one boyfriend to see a film starring another boyfriend.

I felt little awkward about taking one boyfriend to see a film starring another boyfriend.

In Houston everyone owns guns and uses 'em - sometimes just for the hell of...

In Houston everyone owns guns and uses 'em - sometimes just for the hell of...

Pigs are not that dirty. And they're smart, strange little creatures. They just need love.

Pigs are not that dirty. And they're smart, strange little creatures. They just need love.

I'm one of those people who thinks you can have a happy life and still...

I'm one of those people who thinks you can have a happy life and still...

Anyway, I went out and bought thousands of dollars worth of mature clothes so I'd...

Anyway, I went out and bought thousands of dollars worth of mature clothes so I'd...

Making it big in this world is such a rip-off, you gotta keep your head...

Making it big in this world is such a rip-off, you gotta keep your head...

I like to pick my own vegetables.

I like to pick my own vegetables.

Two months later at a party, Bernard pulled me into a closet and proposed. I...

Two months later at a party, Bernard pulled me into a closet and proposed. I...

When I'd finished, everybody said they wanted me for this movie. At first I thought...

When I'd finished, everybody said they wanted me for this movie. At first I thought...

Somewhere along the line, Bob said I'd better begin taking this business seriously, because, whether...

Somewhere along the line, Bob said I'd better begin taking this business seriously, because, whether...

Acting in films hasn't changed me. I feel exactly the same.

Acting in films hasn't changed me. I feel exactly the same.

I don't know if I was a desirable person, not just physically but emotionally and...

I don't know if I was a desirable person, not just physically but emotionally and...

You don't direct ostriches, you herd them.

You don't direct ostriches, you herd them.

Bernard and I intend doing a lot with our lives and that includes actively helping...

Bernard and I intend doing a lot with our lives and that includes actively helping...

I was traveling in Europe with Paul and suddenly realized my passport still said I...

I was traveling in Europe with Paul and suddenly realized my passport still said I...

And of course, now that Bernard and I have found each other forever, we're determined...

And of course, now that Bernard and I have found each other forever, we're determined...

In school the kids thought I was freaky because I made straight A's and daydreamed...

In school the kids thought I was freaky because I made straight A's and daydreamed...

No matter what it is, pick yourself up and go on to the next project.

No matter what it is, pick yourself up and go on to the next project.

There's nothing that can beat the feeling of doing a movie or a TV show...

There's nothing that can beat the feeling of doing a movie or a TV show...

I suppose I learned organization from Altman.

I suppose I learned organization from Altman.