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" I love the romcom. I thought I had a career playing the best friend. What happened to that? It's really sad to me. "

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" 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. "

" We didn't do cotillions or anything. My family made fun of the pageants. "

" I think people probably think I self-start, but I don't... I'm an actor, and I like to be of use to the director. To be a muse. "

" There are roles out there and women out there that are fascinating to me, and there are things in our culture that I see that I want to express. It's my passion to express that. "

" Why are women always described as 'desperate,' while men are just... irrational? "

" Mainly I love working on good writing. "

" I learned how to play mandolin for 'A Mighty Wind!' "

" I can do comedy, so people want me to do that, but the other side of comedy is depression. Deep, deep depression is the flip side of comedy. Casting agents don't realize it but in order to be funny you have to have that other side. "

" 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. "

" I like trying different foods. I've done vegetarian stuff, and I've gone through meat phases, and then I do no bread, and then I eat bread. I'm really all over the place in the way a lot of actors are. "

" Everything has its own kind of theatricality and its own drama. "

" How can we have our privacy? How can we have our independence now in these times with these cameras? Because I think privacy and our solitude is really important. "

" They're like a weird couple. If you were to personify the artichoke and the oyster, they would have a great date. They would totally get along. "

" People see images now more than they see movies. "

" I've seen deer. I have lots of woodchucks on my property. And bluebirds. Foxes. "

" The culture is eating nature; it's overpowering storytelling. Movies are turning into games - it's abut the image, not nuance. "

" Do you know why I don't like doing press? I have trouble condensing things. I'd rather have a conversation. "

" 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. "

" I wouldn't say I was a queen. Maybe a little elf. "

" I care about being creative and expressing myself. "

" I like finding things in locations where I've worked and things from down South and things from flea markets or even the sidewalks. "

" I really liked playing a vampire. Their hunger is insatiable. Even when they eat someone, it's never enough. "

" 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. "

" I traveled to Morocco once, and I only saw one television when I was there, but I did go into this dirt cave and I saw this kid chopping tomatoes and pita, and he had a picture on the wall of Jean-Claude Van Damme holding a gun. That connected with him on the other side of the world, so no wonder these big movies are made - they have a mass appeal. "

" 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. "

" There are so few stories being produced that are human. I suffer with the loss of that. I feel kind of out of place, even though I've continued to work. "

" Louis C.K. was able to make it happen. His producers don't bug him. He's able to go into his cave and write exactly what he wants to write, and there are no decisions made by committee, and you have a singular voice, and everyone's like, 'Oh my God! We love this.' "

" You really don't get paid in these independent movies, no matter how many people see them. "

" Being in a Woody Allen film. I cherish it. "