I do come shackled with whatever people think I am..

You know, I change my hair color a lot, I do all sorts of different things..

But actors at a certain point take the best of what's available to them..

I like to show as much of a woman as I can. I like to fill things out..

I can't wait til I get the chance to be a character and how my face looks isn't the first consideration..

In their 30s women really start to live... they're not children anymore, and they're not just mothers..

You look at Gone With the Wind, how right Vivian Leigh was for that. Don't know if that would happen today..

I've been overwhelmed; I was a single mother for a time..

The fact that I got Drugstore Cowboy at all was a fluke..

I make a good living and I've never looked at myself as being an artiste..

That's where I got my start and where I'll continue to work, but I can't tell you the number of films between Drugstore Cowboy and Curly Sue that I a….

And sometimes I do films so my daughter can see me work..

My idols are all older..

I just think we're living in a time of massive, amazing change, like the Industrial Revolution on acid..

I think right now in the world we're feeling like there's no solid ground beneath our feet, you know?.

All I really want to do is entertain people out there sitting in the dark and for them to believe it..

Yeah, I do feel badly sometimes, not for whose coming up and getting roles I'm not right for anymore but the people I compete with, who range from Um….

In a collaborative environment directors hire actors because they want their input, not just their bodies..

Cause I won't repeat myself, the way I dress and look..

My whole career is based on taking a left turn after each film and doing the opposite of what I've just done..

Most movie stars don't change their look at all..