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" I have never been someone who applied 'work begets work' to my career, sometimes unfortunately. "

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" There are artists or filmmakers or cinematographers who have had long careers who, maybe to reinvent themselves or just to stay in a secure place, layer it on or ham it up, if I can use that expression, or make grand choices that don't feel as authentic as what they did to make us fall in love with them in the first place. "

" 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. "

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

" I always fall in love with qualities of people I work with. "

" I can't say 'I'm proud to say' - because it's not a choice for many Americans - but I can say I'm fortunate enough to not be raising my kids on McDonald's. "

" It would be great to make a movie that had the style of a great '30's film. "

" Being an actress my whole life, it feels so good to have a clean face when I'm off, so I'm not a big makeup wearer. "

" I think my mom exposed me to the concept of using your voice for anything you care about. "

" Diet is weird. It's elusive. I just try to listen to my body. "

" I know that I've seen a mannerism, or a way I've cried, or something, where I see a flash of my parents. "

" I was raised Catholic, and my grandmother taught me to stay. As a teenager, I thought if you went on a date, you should stay for a couple of years. I didn't realize that if he wasn't your cup of tea, you got to leave. "

" I don't want to mess with my face. So I'm becoming fluent in French so I can go to France and make French films when I'm 60. "

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

" Something that I've cared about deeply my whole career is getting to work with filmmakers and inventors of stories that are hysterical because they are just so painfully true. "

" We like our archetypes and heroes to be what they are at face value. And life doesn't work out like that. "

" If you're looking to be loved for a part, it's great and enticing to be adorable in a romantic comedy. But then, as an actor, you get stuck. "

" I try to do things I love or care about for some reason. "

" I'm a natural blonde. I was a towhead as a kid, and then it got ashier when I was 18. "

" 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. "

" If you have a movie coming out, and people are talking about you, the amount of scripts will build. "

" Decision-making is very scary for me. "

" I love when actors can let go of where and how they have to do it, and just that we do it. That we are flawed and human, and don't worry about how we look or who we are, or that it seems too old of a character if we're still young. "

" Hopefully, film inspires you to think about human nature. It make us consider how we treat strangers and our most intimate. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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 was raised on movie sets, and I decided for myself at a very young age that it was what I wanted to do. "

" 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. "

" 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. "