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" It was just such a demeaning thing to do, being in silent movies. They'd call you up and tell you, 'Hey, jump off this building!' and they'd give you a hundred bucks, and you'd do it. "
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Movies
Silent
Off
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" I had dreams of conehead aliens when I was little. Before 'Saturday Night Live' did it. And then they came out with them, and I went on to be a glorified extra in the movie. When everyone else was laughing, I was scared. "
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Scared
Saturday
" Getting into Sundance is such a big platform for a director. "
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" 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. "
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" I'm the character actor in Hollywood movies, the girl who has to be annoying so the guy can go to the other girl. "
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" I like finding things in locations where I've worked and things from down South and things from flea markets or even the sidewalks. "
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Like
Where
" 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. "
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World
Singing
Movies
" 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.' "
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Decisions
Cave
God
" Indie movies got co-opted by the studio system. The studios insisted that only stars could make movies successful. "
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Successful
Stars
Movies
" 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. "
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Hollywood
Trying
Me
" I like sitting close to windows. "
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Like
Windows
Sitting
" In case you don't know this, we're not in the '90s anymore. Indie cinema does not reign. "
Parker Posey
Cinema
You
Case
" But it's fun to be something, have that, and you don't have to be real. It's like, comedians. They go on and they're doing all these jokes. I would be like that if I were more awake. "
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Fun
Real
You
" 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. "
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Music
Security
Someone
" I thought I'd have a career playing women in the vein of Ruth Gordon, and we've seen that type almost disappear. "
Parker Posey
Disappear
Career
Seen
" It hasn't really made it easier getting film work. It's not like I can call up a studio or a producer and say - insert haughty voice here - 'It's Parker. I guess you might know me as the indie queen. I'm wondering if you have any projects for me to be in.' "
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You
Work
Me
" I like bears. I like bear people. I like bear-type men. "
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Like
Men
Bears
" I've seen deer. I have lots of woodchucks on my property. And bluebirds. Foxes. "
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Lots
Deer
Property
" I love 'Fishing With John' so much. "
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Love
I Love
Much
" 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. "
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Relax
Feel
Experience
" Every time I do something, I worry it's my last job. "
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Job
Every
Time
" 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. "
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Independence
Privacy
Solitude
" Chris Guest has his own form. It's a way of working that is really intense, and you can commit a lot, and you focus a lot. You get to bring a lot. You get to bring things maybe you haven't seen before. You're asked to care a great deal for these people who you're playing and create heart and empathy. "
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Focus
Great
Empathy
" I make a lot of soups, and I love stews. My mother's a big foodie. She went to culinary school in New Orleans and has an oyster-artichoke soup recipe that has no cream in it but it tastes so creamy. "
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Love
Mother
She
" With 'Dazed and Confused,' I got the high school experience I didn't get to have. "
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Experience
School
High
" My grandmother is this amazingly theatrical woman. She acted like a movie star, as far as looks and attitude, kind of like Susan Hayward. "
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She
Woman
Attitude
" We didn't do cotillions or anything. My family made fun of the pageants. "
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Made
Family
Fun
" I really liked playing a vampire. Their hunger is insatiable. Even when they eat someone, it's never enough. "
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Enough
Eat
Hunger
" I would love to do something like 'Fishing With John.' "
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Would
Something
Love
" The sound of a golf game is very different than the sound of a football game. "
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Golf
Different
Football