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" For me, going away to work is the hardest part of my life and career. "

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" I was so much more insecure at 19. Thank God. It would be really cruel if there were a 19-year-old walking around with my confidence. "

" For me, I don't even like to promote my films but I have to because it's in the fine print of my contract. "

" The weird thing about film, which I don't really care for, is that I'm always surprised when I see the film. One way or another, I'm always surprised. "

" Are we asking terribly much of people to be curious and interested in the female experience from the female perspective? "

" I was, I think, extremely lucky, because the minute I saw my face plastered on 'Time' magazine in the subway with my mother, I just said, 'Wow.' And it made 'Time' magazine come down to life-size scale. "

" When I was about seven, I started touring the globe as part of New York's La MaMa theater company - without my parents! "

" My roles are in some way like children to me. You don't ever really want to scrape one off your shoe. "

" Things hurt me just as much as anyone else. My insecurities, failures. I'm vulnerable to comparisons. "

" But I do love horses. They are such an expression of joy. "

" I can tell you that, you know, when I went to my first movie premiere, it was my own movie, and I wore the best jeans I had and my favorite top. You know, I made sure my hair had some wave in it because I braided it the night before myself. "

" Well, I can fake my way around some things, but I don't think I would be good at betting. "

" Well, I didn't really admit that I anywhere until my daughter started school and I knew I couldn't pull up and leave when I felt like it. "

" You can't get work without working. "

" I rehearsed 50. I kind of stared at it a long time. I wasn't going to let it terrify me. "

" I was raised by free-spirited people, though my father gave me a very strong work ethic. "

" Independent films have a very different cachet than success films. "

" Some people fascinate me. They really worship at the altar of their careers, you know? And it's terrifying. It's sort of like setting a table and waiting for someone to come along and whoosh - push all the plates onto the floor. "

" You have to realize, making movies is the weirdest thing you could ever do. It's a contrivance, but you're attempting to reach people's hearts in the dark, and there are so many factors that are out of your control. "

" I was the only kid in Manhattan I knew whose parents had a car. "

" I just enjoy going to the games, but if you're watching the Lakers play, it feels good to be rooting for the Lakers. You're on the winning end of things most of the time. "

" I remember 'vulnerability' being an unattractive word for most of my life, and I resented it as a direction coming from a director just because it implied weakness so I get the job. But it is that humbling place that creates compassion. "

" I'm not actively avoiding television. I just haven't found the right fit yet, as it were. And that's O.K. "

" Americans have an interesting conundrum, a black and white line: You're on one side or the other of Puritanism or licentiousness. But that gray area where people abide, between their ears or on the Internet, needs to be fleshed out more in terms of permission granted. "

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" The potential hot tomato of today can turn into the cold pop tart of tomorrow, and I know that. "

" I've got a lot of mileage, and I love my mileage. I wouldn't trade a mile of that for a minute of being younger. "

" When I really young yet feeling very old, I offered up a lot of myself to the press; I knew it was good copy. "

" I've always had this unresolved desire to prove that I could get a Ph.D., or contribute something else to the world. "

" Because I tend to kind of hide under the sheets when it comes to reality television. I've seen probably one episode of maybe five different shows, and that's about it. "