A lot of guys come up talking about The Waterboy. I get a lot of that. Misery, Delores Claiborne and The Waterboy, those are the main ones I get..

For a long time I did not want to do television because I did not want to get stuck playing the same person. I wanted the ongoing challenge of a vari….

I have no idea and I think Steven King strongest suit is the characters that he does create, all in the same area where he lives. The way he describe….

Because I'm a woman, because I'm a character actress, because I'm over 40, I'll be very interested to see, not just for me but for other actresses, h….

I can sit here on the couch and hear you say, "You're very feminine and very attractive," but I have always struggled with that..

There are a lot of powerful women in Hollywood who have been movie stars for a long time who are getting into their forties and fifties. I still want….

You hope that the same people are coming back. I love playing with Angela [Bassett]. She's fierce. I met her years and years ago when she was a stude….

The thing that I've run up against is that it's always been an either-or proposition, especially in Hollywood. You're either young and glamorous and ….

I'm very lucky to be able to do what I love to do, and I hope I can keep doing it for a while..

I love everything. I love being the empathetic characters. I love being the villains. I think it's like when we're kids, we like to play all kinds of….

It was also wonderful to have the prospect of playing with Jack Nicholson. It was a terrific part, a terrific script, with Alexander Payne and Jack N….

I'm not that conservative. I do feel - I guess I'm more of a Democrat at heart, although I've never affiliated myself with a particular party..

The Oscar changed everything. Better salary, working with better people, better projects, more exposure, less privacy..

O.K., we had women's lib in the '60s, the women fought for their roles, they're out there in the work force. Now let's talk about how they're dealing….

Alexander Payne's very specific. His scripts are always complete when you start working on them..

I was a Stephen King fan and I was amazed that I got the chance to play that role and very glad that I did..

Every time an Oscar is given out, an agent gets his wings..

I'm not a stunning woman..

I have always had a problem with my weight..

I find that I'm fighting to keep my energy and my passion centered on the work and not on "Will this get me an Oscar?" - which is the way people are ….

The problem I have these days is that women are often cast in a role - as a police officer, for example - and then are invariably perceived by the ot….