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.

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My mother opened a bank account for me when I made $60 on my first...

My mother opened a bank account for me when I made $60 on my first...

It's a strange world, as David Lynch would say.

It's a strange world, as David Lynch would say.

There's something so accessible about heroes who have faults.

There's something so accessible about heroes who have faults.

I don't turn my nose up at anything. If it's a great part, it's a...

I don't turn my nose up at anything. If it's a great part, it's a...

It's really fun to act like a bimbo. But it's fun to act like a...

It's really fun to act like a bimbo. But it's fun to act like a...

I hope we can be consummate artists as women or revolutionaries, or whatever women want...

I hope we can be consummate artists as women or revolutionaries, or whatever women want...

When man decides he can control nature, he's in deep trouble.

When man decides he can control nature, he's in deep trouble.

Unfortunately, overall, movies are a conglomerate. People buy and sell people in this business, which...

Unfortunately, overall, movies are a conglomerate. People buy and sell people in this business, which...

Luckily, I was raised by people who'd already seen all the yuck stuff, which is...

Luckily, I was raised by people who'd already seen all the yuck stuff, which is...

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington is one of the greatest films of all time.

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington is one of the greatest films of all time.

I'm interested in flawed protagonists. I was raised on them.

I'm interested in flawed protagonists. I was raised on them.

I made a commitment to myself; that I wanted to be an actress, and I...

I made a commitment to myself; that I wanted to be an actress, and I...

There's always a side of a woman that likes a man from the other side...

There's always a side of a woman that likes a man from the other side...

I knew you had to go in and audition and maybe they'd hire you, and...

I knew you had to go in and audition and maybe they'd hire you, and...

I wanted to go to Jupiter. That was my plan from day one, and David...

I wanted to go to Jupiter. That was my plan from day one, and David...

I was raised by an actress, and I watched all those women turn 60 and...

I was raised by an actress, and I watched all those women turn 60 and...

I left our home to work on a movie, and while I was away, my...

I left our home to work on a movie, and while I was away, my...

We are the movies and the movies are us

We are the movies and the movies are us

My movies were the kind they show in prisons and airplanes, because nobody can leave.

My movies were the kind they show in prisons and airplanes, because nobody can leave.

You're off the edge of the map Jack, here there be monsters!

You're off the edge of the map Jack, here there be monsters!