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" I didn't have any ambition to produce big mainstream popcorn movies. "

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" But the reason I became, why I wanted to be in the business was because there was Midnight Cowboy. "

" I'm kind of a chatterbox and I talk really fast. "

" By the first week of shooting, you know exactly where your film is heading based on the psychology of your director. "

" It's an interesting combination: Having a great fear of being alone, and having a desperate need for solitude and the solitary experience. That's always been a tug of war for me. "

" Being understood is not the most essential thing in life. "

" I fantasize about having a manual job where I can come home at night, read a book and not feel responsible for what will happen the next day. "

" I'm a technician. I don't go for the get-into-the-role stuff. I read the lines and play the scenes. "

" As an actor, I'm attracted to drama; as a director, it's humor - because it's the story of my life, and I can't be that serious about it. Being alone is a big theme in all my movies, both as a director and as an actress. "

" Normal is not something to aspire to, it's something to get away from. "

" I love European movies and I kind of grew up on European films. "

" I have, in some ways, saved characters that have been marginalized by society by playing them - and having them still have dignity and still survive, still get through it. "

" But now I really don't want to work unless I really, really care about a project. "

" My definition of a friend is somebody who adores you even though they know the things you're most ashamed of. "

" It's very hard for me to get a new car. It's really hard for me to get a new house. It's really hard for me to move on from the things that give me stability. "

" I don't know if I see myself as really an action hero, but I like doing physical movies and I like doing movies where the writing is very lean. "

" Boys are easy. I mean, there are just a lot of bruises when they're young. With boys, you get a lot of accidental jabs in the eye and stepping on your feet, and those tantrums they cause when they don't want to leave the toy store. "

" I wish that I spoke more languages. I speak a couple languages, but not well enough to really dub myself. French is really the only one, and it's a difficult thing. "

" With 'Taxi Driver,' I had this eureka moment. I realized that acting could be much more than what I had been doing. I had to build a character that wasn't me. "

" I had to take my makeup off at work every night. I wasn't allowed to do it at home because my mom said that when your work day is done, you're done with work. "

" 'Taxi Driver' was the best thing that ever happened to me, and I didn't become a weirdo and squawk like a chicken. "

" I don't see anyone walking around with a puppet on his hand in real life. Puppet therapy is very common for children. It's not something that adults take on. "

" As I've said before, and I still hold to, I truly am the most boring person alive. And if there was a great investigation to be found at the end of the resume, it would be, the most boring person alive. "