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" I'm drawn to ordinary people who find themselves in extraordinary circumstances, which is a big part of the human condition. "

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" Rarely in film acting do you get to do a scene for very long. "

" My roots allow me to let go of the fear of failure. "

" If you live only a movie-star life, you know only movie-star things. I needed to live a regular life with normal people around. "

" It's difficult to just let go of a character. Especially after you've been preparing and researching for weeks. "

" I don't have any regrets, because I think life is like a creek. It kind of meanders along, and you instinctively do the things you are meant to do. There's no great plan except doing really good scripts, meeting great filmmakers. And I have to have something that I can bring to the role. "

" I go where the good work is being done. "

" One day, it just dawned on me that I'm from Texas, and that's what I am. "

" I only learn from the people I work with. "

" I like horseback riding. I like to hike. I play guitar and sing. "

" I'm not very big. But I've got a big bark and a lot of heart. "

" I studied homeopathy for years and years. Herbs and all kinds of acupuncture, acupressure, alternative medicine. I think it's just better to treat the whole person. "

" Celebrity status for me came slowly. I wasn't an overnight sensation. I had time to prepare emotionally. "

" I need to fill myself up with real life. That's kind of the well I draw from. "

" I think my mother's family came on the Mayflower from England - D.A.R., you know. "

" When I started out in independent films in the early '70s, we did everything for the love of art. It wasn't about money and stardom. That was what we were reacting against. You'd die before you'd be bought. "

" I write about Texas, New York, California and Virginia, and they're all important places in my repertoire. "

" For a while, I just sang at a steakhouse. I would go from table to table and really just survived on tips. "

" If I hadn't left Texas, I might not have met the director Terrence Malick, and I wouldn't have met my husband and I wouldn't have had the children that I've had. Life is interesting like that. "

" I like to do films that I would want to go see, basically. I'm not out to make a fast buck. "

" I loved growing up in a little town. I loved knowing people. I loved going to the store and running into people. I loved going into the store and having forgotten my bag, saying, 'Charge it, put it on my bill.' I loved going to the gas station and saying, 'Pete, fill it up.' I loved that continuity of life. "

" I connect with just plain old everyday people. Human behavior fascinates me, the people who are the nuts and bolts of this country who help hold up the world. "

" Hollywood is a film industry, a film business. I don't approach my career in that way. I see it as 'art,' and I become involved in films that ring my bell. "

" Film is an amazing art form, but so is life. When your career and your life can work together, and one can support the other, it's just great. "

" Some families can experience terrible tragedy and deal with it, and others not. I find those things fascinating. "

" Music is my thing. In fact, that's what I wanted to do. I thought of myself as a musician. I had never thought about acting. "

" Everybody who loves me calls me Sissy, so I guess that's just who I am. When I'm 80, they'll still be calling me Sissy. Oh, well, I guess there are worse things. "

" I think giving up people is a difficult thing. "

" I swore to my parents that no one would ever be able to buy me. "

" My parents were devoted. Civic minded. We had family counsels. Three of us children against two of them. We lived a 'Leave It to Beaver' time. "