A film's success or failure is strictly on the director's shoulders..

The Craft was what it was. People who respond to that movie respond to it really strongly..

I always try to be careful when an actor who is like 70 walks onto my set at work, I don't want them to get called in five hours early or block shoot….

Thirty years ago, there was definitely a huge difference between men and women, and the man wanting to feel like the protector, and not scare the wife.

I did a film about the Zodiac Killer. It turned out well.

I'm from Chicago. My grandfather was a policeman, and my aunts are married to policemen..

After I read all the medical journals and watched all the documentaries, I still didn't understand the physical sensation of ticking and where it com….

I went to Catholic high school, so my being in this [the craft] is not going to make my grandmother very happy. It's funny, because I was the only on….

I haven't really done a lot of comedies. I don't know why, because I really like them.

People do eventually see something that's quality..

Movies are getting more and more expensive to distribute. You need a lot of money to get people into theaters.

I'm attracted to roles where I don't have to wear makeup..

People work really hard to get to a certain point. But they have to work just as hard to stay there.

After I do a big movie I get offered big movies. But I always do the weirdest indie..

Im a firm believer that actors take to work who they arent at home. People show their other self in their art or in their work..

In acting there's two different things: You're either pitching in a scene, or you're catching..

I like watching a man boss everybody around. It's so sexy.

I've quoted Lost in America several times..

You don't make movies to win awards. You make movies because you want people to see them..

I'm really proud to have been in The Craft. I will always be that chick from The Craft, no matter what I do..

My friends that are snobs think its cool I did a movie with Albert Brooks..