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" I just want to balance myself holistically and see what different foods do what to me. "
Parker Posey
Balance
Just
Me
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" I love 'Fishing With John' so much. "
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Much
" I like soap opera acting. If it's done really well, there's nothing better. It's old school. It's like what those melodramas in the '30s and '40s were like. "
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Done
School
Better
" There have been periods of my career that I haven't worked for a really long time, like seven or eight months. "
Parker Posey
Like
Time
Long Time
" How movies are financed, it's a world market now... I feel like, you know, the independent film way of working is something that was in my bones. It's like being a part of a punk band, but no one's singing punk rock anymore. Only a few bands are able to play, and Woody Allen is one of them. "
Parker Posey
World
Singing
Movies
" I had dreams of conehead aliens when I was little. Before 'Saturday Night Live' did it. And then they came out with them, and I went on to be a glorified extra in the movie. When everyone else was laughing, I was scared. "
Parker Posey
Live
Scared
Saturday
" I work with directors who haven't had the experience of being on sets as much as I have. I feel like, in a way, if it's an independent movie, I can teach the crew to kind of relax, or create a vibe. It really is about a vibe. "
Parker Posey
Relax
Feel
Experience
" I love the romcom. I thought I had a career playing the best friend. What happened to that? It's really sad to me. "
Parker Posey
Friend
Best
Best Friend
" When my parents were dating, they were very poor, so my dad couldn't take my mom out. They would go to the grocery store and pick out funny looking vegetables. When I grew up, we'd still go and find the ones with personality. "
Parker Posey
Mom
Parents
Personality
" We didn't do cotillions or anything. My family made fun of the pageants. "
Parker Posey
Made
Family
Fun
" Why are women always described as 'desperate,' while men are just... irrational? "
Parker Posey
Always
Why
Women
" I wouldn't say I was a queen. Maybe a little elf. "
Parker Posey
Maybe
Little
Say
" I think to do a proper independent movie, in my experience, it takes 22 or 23 days to shoot. That was 'Party Girl' or 'House of Yes.' But now with the digital camera, the budgets have gotten smaller, and the days have gotten shorter. "
Parker Posey
Think
Party
Girl
" What's the difference between a personality disorder and a personality? You know? That's what I wanna know! "
Parker Posey
Difference
You
Know
" I thought I'd have a career playing women in the vein of Ruth Gordon, and we've seen that type almost disappear. "
Parker Posey
Disappear
Career
Seen
" It's not really cool to be singled out. "
Parker Posey
Really
Singled
Cool
" Imagine if every airport would blast Brian Eno. I bet going through security wouldn't be as difficult. I can't imagine someone being aggressive with me with Brian Eno music pumping through the terminals at LAX. "
Parker Posey
Music
Security
Someone
" It's always the girl comedy and the guy comedy. It bums me out. You'd think there'd be a progression, from James L. Brooks and Nora Ephron into more subtle humor and behavior and psychology. All these interesting things people can learn about themselves by watching talented writers comment intelligently on someone else's emotional life. "
Parker Posey
Girl
Think
People
" Sometimes I go to movies, and it's just a bombardment, and I'm not entertained by them - I'm assaulted by them! And I know I sound like such a drama queen, but I find that really strange. "
Parker Posey
Know
Strange
Go
" I like to support local record stores. "
Parker Posey
Record
Support
Stores
" I have a brass bed that's very 'Bedknobs and Broomsticks.' I got it on eBay. It's from the early 1900s. "
Parker Posey
Brass
Bed
Very
" I would love to do something like 'Fishing With John.' "
Parker Posey
Would
Something
Love
" But it's fun to be something, have that, and you don't have to be real. It's like, comedians. They go on and they're doing all these jokes. I would be like that if I were more awake. "
Parker Posey
Fun
Real
You
" You can get money and make a really cheap movie. You can, from independent financers who are just giving you money to support artists. This is what was happening in the '90s, and I was very fortunate to be a part of that. "
Parker Posey
Giving
Independent
You
" I really like this trend of songwriting that is honest and intelligent and serious and longing. "
Parker Posey
Intelligent
Serious
Like
" I love New York. "
Parker Posey
New York
New
Love
" The sound of a golf game is very different than the sound of a football game. "
Parker Posey
Golf
Different
Football
" It was just such a demeaning thing to do, being in silent movies. They'd call you up and tell you, 'Hey, jump off this building!' and they'd give you a hundred bucks, and you'd do it. "
Parker Posey
Movies
Silent
Off
" Hey, the TV was my friend. As a child, I always said, 'I want to live in there someday.' "
Parker Posey
Live
Always
Child
" It's really weird to be taken seriously for what you're wearing. It makes me want to wear a uniform. "
Parker Posey
Seriously
Want
You
" I get to enter into the world the director has created: to live these different lives on top of my own life. "
Parker Posey
Own
Director
Life