It's a scary thing going into the workforce with a $50,000 debt and you've been trained as a classical theatre actor. There's always a depression in ….

I am an ordinary person..

I don't think you can ever completely transform yourself on film, but if you do your job well, you can make people believe that you're the character ….

I don't think of myself as a movie star and I can pretty easily convince other people that I'm not a movie star..

We are on red alert when it comes to how we are perceiving ourselves as a species. There's no desire to be an adult. Adulthood is not a goal. It's no….

I don't need a director who's 'good with actors.'...A master manipulator is heaven..

I'm a character actress, plain and simple... Who can worry about a career? Have a life. Movie stars have careers - actors work, and then they don't w….

The only power you have is the word no..

I haven't wanted to play a mother for a long time because I am one.

Most women's pictures are as boring and as formulaic as men's pictures. In place of a car chase or a battle scene, what you get is an extreme closeup….

Not everything comes along just when you want it. There are times when choices just have to be made or you'll simply miss out..

After Blood Simple, everybody thought I was from Texas. After Mississippi Burning, everybody thought I was from Mississippi and uneducated. After Far….

Certainly, a lot of the films I've worked on have ended up good movies, but they haven't always been the best experiences.

I never trusted good-looking boys..

There's only two givens with choosing acting as a profession: one is you will always be unemployed, always, and it doesn't matter how much money you ….

Who can worry about a career? Have a life..

I'm a recreational pot-smoker. There has never been enough of a distinction between marijuana and other drugs. It's a human rights issue, a censorshi….

There’s no desire to be an adult. Adulthood is not a goal. It’s not seen as a gift. Something happened culturally: No one is supposed to age past 45 ….

I like hard rock, and classic rock, and even metal..

It's much easier to play supporting roles because that's what I do in my life: I support my son..