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" I'm fascinated with all kinds of religion, but I'm not committed to any specific one. "
Sheryl Lee
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" Because Laura Palmer was dead... there was always this strange sense that people were seeing a ghost when they would see me. "
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" I don't think death is a negative thing at all. I think it can be very positive. "
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" It's still difficult for me to watch my work. "
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" I felt guilty about what happened on 'Twin Peaks.' All of a sudden, to have that kind of payoff for doing so little seemed very strange. "
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" I have to be very aware of how I manage my health. I still have relapses if I push myself too hard and my immune system can't handle it. "
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" I did a few independent films, but there is no money in them. "
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" The more we deny that we have a dark side, the more power it has over us. "
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" I'm starting to understand why certain people in the entertainment business reach a point where they say, 'I'm not going to do any more interviews.' I definitely understand that. "
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" My biggest fear in life is fear. "
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" Every actress has a line she'll draw, where she'll say, 'This I will do and this I won't.' For me, everything has to be important to the story and the director has to be able to tell me why. "
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" You'll read a script, and it'll grab me, or it won't. "
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" I loved 'Blue Velvet.' "
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" David Lynch saw my picture in a casting agent's office in Seattle. I got a call to see him, and the rest is history. "
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" I was living in Seattle. I was 21 years old, just going to do theater. And I got a call that David Lynch was in town and wanted to meet with me. "
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" I went into dancing but damaged my knees so decided to become an actress instead. "
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" It's awkward: Here you are with most of your clothes off in bed with this person who you've really just met. You're strangers to each other's bodies and you're coming together for the first time in front of all these people. "
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" I still get terrified if I have to talk in front of a group of people. By having a character to play, it makes it safer. "
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" From the age of 40, I went through illness for four and a half years. I tried to keep working through it as much as I could, but I was physically not able to do it as much, and if you look sick, it's hard to get a job. "
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" I love directors who aren't going back to the stereotypes, who are helping write and create roles for women that are not in the typical Hollywood box. I'm very, very interested in films that are going outside of stereotypical roles for women. "
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" I was just this kid from Colorado studying theater, and suddenly I was on a hit TV show. "
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" Most actors I'm in touch with are struggling financially. "
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" I've always had a fascination with vampires. It's not that I'm exactly fascinated with the dark side. It's the human struggle with it. How we deal with those two aspects of who we are. We all have those elements. "
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" I had no idea it was going to be like this. People come up to me all the time, but it's never, 'Oh, you're Sheryl Lee.' It's, 'Oh my gosh, you're Laura Palmer.' "
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