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" I always wanted to do a 'Ms. Smith Goes to Washington.' "

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" Any journey of a creative person has, you know, really unusual challenges and years where you don't work and years where you work. "

" I knew I wanted to become an actor when I was 7 years old. My dad was working with Alfred Hitchcock, my mom was working with Martin Scorsese - and it was the great summer of my childhood. "

" I certainly wouldn't mind if 'Jurassic Park' turns out to be commercially successful, and somebody says, 'Hey, you were in a box-office hit, and if you want to do another movie, we'll give you five million dollars to make it.' "

" I don't think you have to be in these serious, heavy, independent little movies to be an actor. Some of the most interesting acting I've seen is on cable television. "

" I really don't consider myself to be a conventional Hollywood star. I've never really been marketed by the big studios to do mass market box office films. "

" As an actor, you're not kind of thinking about your own work or watching the movie for the first time. "

" Growth doesn't hurt. This is what I've learned. In the end, it doesn't hurt. It hurts while it's happening. But in the end, you know, for life, for parenting, and for the arts, it's not a bad - not a bad thing to try for. "

" When man decides he can control nature, he's in deep trouble. "

" It's a strange world, as David Lynch would say. "

" I've worked with David Lynch since I was 17, and working with him is home and family; being around Alexander Payne is home and family, Jonathan Demme. There are directors... Robert Altman, Paul Thomas Anderson... They are directors where I create homes. "

" For me, the key is years of the blessed filmmakers I've worked with giving me permission to be bold and jump off cliffs and to be boundaryless. I would put David Lynch at the top of that list. "

" Everything's cyclical. Having been raised by actors, I watched their careers, and the challenge is to take time off. "

" When you're playing someone who has a strong ego about themselves, you can't play them when you have the opposite opinion of the one they have of themselves. "

" Stay true to your own voice, and don't worry about needing to be liked or what anybody else thinks. Keep your eyes on your own paper. "

" I will be working with David Lynch when I'm 80. "

" You know someone is your favorite person when you've done a day of press, listened to yourself ad nauseam, listened to them tell every story, and when it ends, it's like, 'Are we going to eat something?' "

" Luckily, I was raised by people who'd already seen all the yuck stuff, which is why they originally didn't want me to act. I understood the difference between getting a part at a Hollywood party and getting a job. "

" The bad news is, I have worked less than I have liked. The good news is, I can look back on my body of work and feel truly proud of the work I have done. "

" There's something so accessible about heroes who have faults. "

" It's one thing to have forced time off as an actor, and another thing when you actually say, 'I don't want to read anything, and I don't want to talk to anybody.' "

" There are a lot more female writers wanting to direct their own material and hopefully will be given the opportunity. "

" I made a commitment to myself; that I wanted to be an actress, and I wanted to do films that make a difference. It has to move people. "

" I resent ever being stereotyped. "

" I think it's about not just the crisis you're in, but how do you get to the other side? How do we heal? How do we survive this experience while remaining hopeful instead of filled with despair? That's what interests me. "

" You must always watch when David Lynch makes anything. "

" You don't always get to work as much as you like, because I'm waiting to find things that I care about. Sometimes that's frustrating. "

" I got picked for very unique and independent filmmaking experiences with auteurs. And I'm so lucky. "

" Every role is a new form of surrender. "

" Sometimes my family got me in the door. Somebody would say, 'Bruce Dern's daughter - sure I'd like to meet her.' It was a point of interest. But after five minutes of talking about my father, I still had to read for the part. "

" My mother opened a bank account for me when I made $60 on my first day of work as an extra. She's that kind of mother. "