I don't want to sound like too much of a drama queen! But I'm not going to tell you, 'Oh, it's just so much fun.' It's work [working on film]..

I liked being able to portray a woman at this particular age and at this point in her life..

I like bears. I like bear people. I like bear-type men..

I utilize myself a lot more fully now. You get older so you have a lot more experience..

I've gotten to portray things in [Christopher Guest's] movies that I wouldn't have in others..

Time is weird in your twenties. It's intense, and you feel like it's running out. But you'll get to thirty and see you are still here on the planet..

There are all these scripts where the women, if they're working, are prostitutes and lawyers with an angry streak who'll kill you. It's a reaction to….

I would like a nice, powerful, mind-altering substance. Preferably one that will make my unborn children grow gills..

My dad recently reminded me that my grandfather's cousin was Lefty Frizzell..

I like soap opera acting. If it's done really well, there's nothing better. It's old school. It's like what those melodramas in the '30s and '40s wer….

I haven't seen a bear in person. I've seen deer. I have lots of woodchucks on my property. And bluebirds. Foxes..

I usually play character parts in Hollywood films..

I did do a presentation pilot with Jesse Eisenberg and he's wonderful. He's such a great writer. He directed me and he wrote these wonderful scripts ….

I think Jesse Eisenberg is such a great writer. He was a great director and really tough..

Chris Guest has his own form. It's a way of working that is really intense and you can commit a lot and you focus a lot. You get to bring a lot. You ….

With Dazed and Confused I got the high school experience I didn't get to have. So you do create families and homes. You're projecting and it's your j….

In the '90s, indie movies could get financing, because financers gave money straight to directors... Now it's a different system. Indie movies got co….

An actor's career relies on a lot of luck. Being in the right place at the right time..

I'm having too good of a time..

The studios insisted that only stars could make movies successful. And that was the real disappointment of the time. You'd see great writer-directors….

You're making a fantasy. You're making something real out of a fantasy. And then it no longer exists. It's heartbreaking to leave behind. I was devas….