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" Because Laura Palmer was dead... there was always this strange sense that people were seeing a ghost when they would see me. "
Sheryl Lee
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Me
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" If something scares me, then I have to do it. My biggest fear in life is fear. "
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" I did a few independent films, but there is no money in them. "
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" I've always had a fascination with vampires. It's not that I'm exactly fascinated with the dark side. It's the human struggle with it. How we deal with those two aspects of who we are. We all have those elements. "
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" People always assume that, if you're an actor who's been on anything from which you're recognisable, that you're making all this money, and it's just not true. "
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" People don't set out being bad. They have deep pain inside. "
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" The more we deny that we have a dark side, the more power it has over us. "
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" I have to be very aware of how I manage my health. I still have relapses if I push myself too hard and my immune system can't handle it. "
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" I just turned 30 so I got really introspective as you do, questioning my life. And when I stopped and sort of looked back at the past decade, I realized I had done more work than I thought I had done. "
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" I still get terrified if I have to talk in front of a group of people. By having a character to play, it makes it safer. "
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" In some ways, my naivete saved me. "
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" I love directors who aren't going back to the stereotypes, who are helping write and create roles for women that are not in the typical Hollywood box. I'm very, very interested in films that are going outside of stereotypical roles for women. "
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" From the age of 40, I went through illness for four and a half years. I tried to keep working through it as much as I could, but I was physically not able to do it as much, and if you look sick, it's hard to get a job. "
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" I grew up in Colorado - went back there, tried to heal myself and grow and learn, then got a call that David Lynch wanted me to fly back to Seattle so he could meet me for Twin Peaks. "
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Learn
Grow
" I have a thing about angels. I believe in them. I feel like I have a guardian angel. I think everybody has one. "
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Believe
Angels
Angel
" I just found out last week - my sister told me - that my father had some Beatles records. So I must have heard them quite a bit, but it never registered, really. Now I listen to them with new ears. "
Sheryl Lee
Listen
Me
Sister
" It's awkward: Here you are with most of your clothes off in bed with this person who you've really just met. You're strangers to each other's bodies and you're coming together for the first time in front of all these people. "
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Together
You
Clothes
" But I'm attracted to roles where I get to really go in and explore a character. "
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Explore
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Attracted
" I'm grateful for anything that brings me back to Colorado. "
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Grateful
Me
Back
" My biggest fear in life is fear. "
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Life
Fear
Biggest
" I felt guilty about what happened on 'Twin Peaks.' All of a sudden, to have that kind of payoff for doing so little seemed very strange. "
Sheryl Lee
Kind
Little
Doing
" Someday I'd love to come back and start a theater company in Boulder. That would be a dream come true. "
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Back
True
Start
" I went into dancing but damaged my knees so decided to become an actress instead. "
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Become
Actress
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" Society has a fascination with death. "
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Society
Death
Fascination
" I don't think death is a negative thing at all. I think it can be very positive. "
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Very
Think
" David Lynch is a very kind and warm-hearted man. I really think he's brilliant. "
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" My doctor suggested doing some blood tests and immediately discovered that my white blood cell count was low. So then I went through many more tests including bone marrow biopsies until they figured out that I had neutropenia. "
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Doing
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" I'm starting to understand why certain people in the entertainment business reach a point where they say, 'I'm not going to do any more interviews.' I definitely understand that. "
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" It's important for me, when looking at a role, to decide whether or not to take the journey of that character. Will I grow as an actress? And will I grow as a person? "
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Me
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" I loved 'Blue Velvet.' "
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