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" I love Clint Eastwood, and I wish to work with him again. He's completely irreverent about everything, including his own beautiful work. "

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" If I had different parents who were in it for the money, I might have a different perspective. But they really are artists; they intelligently approach each character and prepare in every sense of the word. I grew up in a world that had great discipline. "

" Like anything else, acting can become boring - a chore, really - if there isn't any challenge. And I like taking challenges. Just when people think they have me figured out, I like to surprise them. "

" Going to the Academy Awards is something I remember since I was six, when I went with my mom for the first time, 14 with my dad, you know, and there I am, at 22, 23, whatever I was, sitting next to my mom. You know, and then again, there with my dad. Like, there's a beauty to it, and I care deeply about film history. "

" My dad taught me to never be pigeonholed; to really allow yourself to reinvent characters as they reinvent you; to be bold and to be willing to play seemingly unlikeable people. "

" I'm interested in flawed protagonists. I was raised on them. "

" Love means a lot to me, and I love loving, and I love boys. "

" I've seen 3-D movies where it seems a little crude or too in-your-face. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Every role is a new form of surrender. "

" Sadly, half of marriages end in divorce. Half of my girl friends and male friends have been through one, and their kids are doing great. There's no shame around it - unless you want to project that on to yourself - but certainly there's no longer cultural shame. Everyone is walking through it. "

" 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?' "

" I've always loved film more than theater. "

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

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

" I think people do their bravest work when given an elusive canvas. That would be seemingly the weirdest, but also the most wonderful. "

" Decision-making is very scary for me. "

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

" 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. "

" Unfortunately, overall, movies are a conglomerate. People buy and sell people in this business, which can get really ugly. "

" It's interesting to play a real-life person who has already been a character on 'Saturday Night Live.' "

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

" I was raised by an actress, and I watched all those women turn 60 and ask, Shouldn't get face work? My mother and Anne Bancroft said, We're not going to fall into that. "

" With 'Mask,' 'Smooth Talk' and 'Blue Velvet,' I loved the specific experiences so much. Each one was a specific filmmaker with a specific vision. "

" Ben Stiller, who I love and who is a friend and is such an incredible actor - he's hilarious, obviously, but I thought his performance in 'Greenberg' was extraordinary. "

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

" I've got the sort of personality that requires me to find some sort of release, and for me, it's performing. "

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

" When you become a parent, you really care that you get that right, and you care about nothing else. "