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" Holly Hunter has been doing great work forever. "

Patricia Clarkson

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" When I was younger, of course I had people act inappropriately to me. I've had certain directors yell at me. But I didn't stand for it, and I didn't let it go far enough for it to be in any way abusive to me. "

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" New Orleans. Born and raised. I lived there until I was 19. "

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" The majority of work I do is in independent films, where you're lucky if you have five takes. "

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" These archetypal older women in movies can sometimes make my skin crawl. It's about the one dimension; it's about the lack of any texture. "

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" I'll read a script maybe twice, but I'll think about the role more than I'll rehearse lines. "

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" I think it's always harder in a film to convey intimacy. "

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" I always try to approach character first and foremost viscerally. "

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" Well did graduate summa cum laude from Fordham University. "

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" If my gravy train stops at SAG, honey, it's been a great ride. "

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" It's never easy with characters in these dark and grave circumstances but that's my job. "

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" The odds are not in your favor the older you get, especially if you're a woman in this business. "

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" You're always close and you never get that big romantic lead. "

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" The odds of having films made which star women... Everyone still references one movie: 'Bridesmaids!' "

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" I'm still traumatized that I'm going to be on a big screen in a white bikini and naked so who knows! "

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" I'm really a director's actor. I rely heavily on a director. "

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" See, the SAG awards caught me totally by surprise. "

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" But I have had the luxury of working on good films with great people. "

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