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

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" I have a twin brother, so I was around guys like a sister. It was comfortable to me. "

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" I find myself listening to Talk Talk on repeat while I'm doing gardening in upstate New York. Their music is so languid, and I just love his voice. "

" It sounds so dramatic, but I'll say it: Hollywood just doesn't know what to do with me. And it's not for lack of trying. "

" I want to do horror and action, and I'm only being slightly facetious. "

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

" 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. "

" They love putting me in the 'indie queen' box. I had some high standards in my 20s that I don't have anymore. "

" As an artist, you're always going to be yearning and wanting and never satisfied. I never feel like I've really achieved something. "

" 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. "

" I thought I'd have a career playing women in the vein of Ruth Gordon, and we've seen that type almost disappear. "

" My dad recently reminded me that my grandfather's cousin was Lefty Frizzell. "

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

" I'm the character actor in Hollywood movies, the girl who has to be annoying so the guy can go to the other girl. "

" My grandmother is this amazingly theatrical woman. She acted like a movie star, as far as looks and attitude, kind of like Susan Hayward. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I like bears. I like bear people. I like bear-type men. "

" I'm kind of a robot in a way. Or a Tron. "

" It's really weird to be taken seriously for what you're wearing. It makes me want to wear a uniform. "

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" I would love to do something like 'Fishing With John.' "

" 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. "

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

" I like 'MacNeil/Lehrer.' "

" 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. "

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