You learn your text and have it in the back of your head, without a thought as to how you’re going to say it.

The worst thing would be for them to find out who I really am, because that’s where I hide.

The least consideration of any film I’ve ever worked on is who is right for it.

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

Well, for someone who looks like me you wonder where Alfred Hitchcock is.

I do come shackled with whatever people think I am.

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

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

I don’t care what people’s myths are about me.

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

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

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 Uma Thurman on up.

It’s part of the fun of it to work with strong personalities.

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

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

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

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

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

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

I mean, I always feel incredibly lucky to get a job.

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 auditioned for and wanted that didn’t choose me.

It’s important for me to see as many colors in the character as possible.

If it’s independent, it’s because I love it… ’cause they usually end up costing me money to do.

My idols are all older.

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

You learn your text and have it in the back of your head, without a thought as to how you’re going to say it.

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

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

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

Well, I’m a consumer as well. I go to the movies with my popcorn and believe everything I see.

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

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