They've offered me every variation on Audrey Horne, none of which were as good or as much fun.
I loved working on Of Mice and Men. It was a wonderful group of people. John Malkovich is to me one of the best actors around right now-and a lot of fun to work with.
If you're a young woman in Hollywood, then they want you to look a certain way and paint you in this and that. To this day, it's hard to find people like us, who want to kind of find deep truths, not just skirt above the top of it.
I like taking risks and I decided to put every bit of me into the role.
I think there's an anxiety in life where we automatically tend to look to the next thing or we're complaining about the past. Worrying is not going to make it happen or not happen
I said, "Oh well, I'll act." I started to study, but I didn't know what I was doing, and I don't know that I was taking it very seriously then.
Boxing Helena was something that I think was pretty cool, but people judged it without even having seen it. It's not perfect, but I think for the story that we were trying to tell, it turned out pretty good. What it signified was really powerful to me: how society puts us in boxes one way or another.
I don't go to parties and all that. I don't think being seen or being in the right place is going to make me a better actress. I care about my work and try to do what's right in my heart.
I'm contemplating moving to London for a period of time. I've been in Los Angeles for 15 years and I'm really tired of it. I'm continually uninspired by what's being sent to me. Even by huge films that they're doing there. They're just awful.
I'd moved to L.A. with my mother when I was 17 or 18. She loved show business and I was young enough that I had no idea what I wanted to do.
At the very least, my tastes are out of the ordinary.
That was cool, getting to work with Ryan Gosling. I knew he was going to be a huge star after I saw him in that Showtime thing that he did when he was really young [The Believer]. I think the most fun thing about that was I'd never seen somebody that had so many questions about the specifics of everything: where you ate, how much you ate, how much you drank. He's very special.
The difference between working with a man and a woman... is immense.
I don't think I could ever do a network sitcom because the humor is often based on some trite circumstance. I don't want to be a part of a show where it's mostly about coming up with the jokes.
I am anxious to see what life is going to bring next.
Twin Peaks was special because it was so groundbreaking. In the early 90s it really changed television a lot. A bunch of weird shows, like Northern Exposure, came on after that.
I got Twin Peaks, and the part was basically written for me, which was a really big shock. I think everything really changed with the right teacher coming together, but before that I worked with Sondra Seacat; she's amazing and very spiritual, but I hadn't worked with her on specific roles. I just was in classes with her.
I was told once that I didn't play the Hollywood game, and that's why I wasn't a big star. What they meant when was that I don't go to parties, and when I go to an audition and I don't like the script, they know it
For me acting is pretending. It's illuminating my human struggle - trying to grow and have the courage to be filmed while figuring things out.
It was just this sudden call like it was an emergency. "Quick! You have to go do this... because it's Friends!" I was just, "Oh, my God, okay!"
I remember my agent at the time called me and was like, "I've got it! I've found it! I've found your role!" I worked my ass off to get that role, because I think me and three or four other girls tested for it. But it was a great time.
Being a mother for me was like, "Oh, this is what I've been looking for my whole life." This brings me a sense of completion. I never knew I would love this deeply.
I don't know why people see the things that they do. I wouldn't pay to see them, they don't touch me or move me in any way.
Now I just feel like I'm more open to life. I have two children.
I'm 51 now, so there are less roles available.
Women do feel like they're in a box. Society, Hollywood, some men... they want to wrap women up in a neat little package.
I'm in a space of surrendering and being open and seeing. It's a good place to be - the only place to be.
Now I know why guys like to hug girls. You guys just want to cop a feel. I can't believe that I've fallen for it all these years!
There is something at work that's bigger than us. It's about having a trust in life and being at peace that things are happening the way they should. You do what you do as well as you can do it, and then you don't worry or agonize about the outcome
They're pushing me to do Howard. Howard's a trip. My friend made me watch the Lesbian Love Connection and I was like, Oh God, get me out of here!
Generally, Hollywood makes the same stories over and over. I've never wanted to do the same thing twice. If a script doesn't surprise me in some way, I simply can't commit to the project.
Life is really beautiful.
I was a brat. It was crazy, I was very picky. In other words, I didn't take advantage of what was happening
You say a line and you wait for them to laugh, then you say another line and you wait... It felt weird to me. But it's interesting and the energy is almost like theatre, I suppose, with all the people there
I'm not big with an audience; I get very nervous.
Instead of making Friday The 13th, Part VIII or whatever, I was making the girl-meets-boy, girl-meets-girl-dressed-as-boy movie. It was fun. I liked it. It's goofy. I look back at myself and think, "What the hell was I doing?"
The truth is, I was always picky anyway.
In a perfect world, I could be doing some bigger films and balance that with some independent films because they seem to be the most challenging and unique
I don't flirt and I don't play the people that I'm meeting with.
The world has certain rules - Hollywood has certain rules - but it doesn't mean you have to play by them, and I don't, or I'd be a miserable person.
My gift to my children would be from me to be as honest and true to myself as an artist, and put that out there to the best of my ability.
Bleaching my hair for Two Moon Junction... my hair was fried and I looked like an idiot.
I can sing, but my voice is untrained. Id like to do a musical someday.
Whatever the future holds I'm not really sure.
It's completely different to work with a woman that is my age, maybe younger.
I see people giving me looks because I'm so opinionated. That hurts my feelings, but at the end of the day I have to live with me and respect myself. And I've done enough things in my life where I was confused and didn't respect myself that I will not do it any more.
The studios have their list of five actresses and whether they're right or wrong for a role doesn't matter. It's how much money their last movie made.
Talking to fans has really blown my mind. It's made me so happy to know my work has touched people.
I'm honest. I say what I feel. I try to be tactful, but I can't not say what I feel. I have a really big problem with that.
I really loved Twin Peaks. When I saw the two-hour pilot, they screened it in the big theatre. I said, I don't know what is going to happen. I'm in this and I don't understand it. This is never going to sell. Who's going to watch this thing?
Jessica Lange in Frances... was dramatic and passionate and one of the strongest performances I've seen a woman do
Playing Elizabeth Taylor was probably the hardest job I've ever done.
We all have sadness in our life and things that we can draw upon
Harrison Ford... I love him. He's a man's man.
It's so nice not to worry about myself anymore. I only worry about my children.
I don't want my body to look like a man's. I just want to tone my body.
People who think they know me would be surprised that my whole life doesn't revolve around sex.
I love to dance. But I don't like being up in front of tons of people. I didn't have that in me to do it, the desire to be performing in front of a lot of people. If there's a lot of people on a set, I get nervous. So music just wasn't something I ever seriously considered.
I've always been drawn to Marilyn Monroe, but certain aspects of her story may be too sad to tell
The beauty of age is we grow, we learn. We have more wisdom.
It's not sometimes realistic to think that something magical can happen, but I think I look for the magic.
My mother's been married many, many times and grew up believing in love like that. It's remarkable.
Even if your work touches one person, that's an amazing gift.
