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" I had no idea it was going to be like this. People come up to me all the time, but it's never, 'Oh, you're Sheryl Lee.' It's, 'Oh my gosh, you're Laura Palmer.' "

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" Media is a powerful thing, and you see it with so many actors, where one role that brings them a lot of attention is sort of how they get defined. "

Sheryl Lee

Powerful

You

Media

" 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. "

" David Lynch saw my picture in a casting agent's office in Seattle. I got a call to see him, and the rest is history. "

" For some weird reason, people have a fascination with Laura Palmer. "

" Animals weren't put on this earth to entertain us. "

Sheryl Lee

Entertain

Were

" I have a thing about angels. I believe in them. I feel like I have a guardian angel. I think everybody has one. "

" It's still difficult for me to watch my work. "

" But I'm attracted to roles where I get to really go in and explore a character. "

" I love being directed, and I feel so grateful to be able to get to work with some of the directors I've worked with. "

" 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. "

" I was living in Seattle. I was 21 years old, just going to do theater. And I got a call that David Lynch was in town and wanted to meet with me. "

" Twin Peaks' without David Lynch is like a girl without a secret. "

Sheryl Lee

Twin

Secret

" Society has a fascination with death. "

" 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. "

Sheryl Lee

Learn

Grow

" In some ways, my naivete saved me. "

Sheryl Lee

Ways

Naivete

" I'm grateful for anything that brings me back to Colorado. "

Sheryl Lee

Grateful

Back

" Every actress has a line she'll draw, where she'll say, 'This I will do and this I won't.' For me, everything has to be important to the story and the director has to be able to tell me why. "

" Most actors I'm in touch with are struggling financially. "

" I know if somebody played me, I'd want to check her out. "

" If something scares me, then I have to do it. My biggest fear in life is fear. "

" My biggest fear in life is fear. "

" Someday I'd love to come back and start a theater company in Boulder. That would be a dream come true. "

" I don't go to regular music festivals because I tend to run in the opposite direction wherever there's big crowds. "

" It's almost as if we each have a vampire inside us. Controlling that beast, that dark side, is what fascinates me. "

Sheryl Lee

Vampire

" I was just this kid from Colorado studying theater, and suddenly I was on a hit TV show. "

" I want to watch my son grow up. I want to spend time with my family. There's a lot of the world that I want to see and experience. "

" People are doing so many incredible, inspiring, interesting things all over this country, and I think that's where the hope is - seeing how innovative and creative people can be. "

" 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. "

" When I was a kid, we played outside until we couldn't see and had to go in. I rode my bicycle and played tag football, kick the can, and hide-and-go-seek. "

" 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. "