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" It's great concentrating so hard you feel your brain will explode. "

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" I was inspired by lots of people, certainly in acting and in writing and stuff, but I never wanted to be somebody else. "

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" I would love to someday do a play. I did one when I was very young in San Francisco, where I grew up. A girl can dream. "

" It's like, sometimes I'll watch a movie, and it's got some big star in it playing a working-class person, and the character is in a grocery store, and you can kind of tell, from just watching the scene, that this actor doesn't do their own shopping. So you have to have some sense of reality. "

" I went from weirdo teenager to pixie waif to them not knowing what the hell to do with me. "

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" I'm not someone like Norma Desmond who's harking back to her younger days. "

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" That's an aspect of this business which can be very frustrating and aggravating. Most of what is written about you is wrong and so much of what does get printed is often about personal things that you don't want to have other people read about. "

" I love photography and first editions. I have that in my genes. My father was an archivist. "

" I love watching old movies, and I read a lot of autobiographies. "

" On the set for 'Beetlejuice,' it was before people would go watch on monitors, and directors would be next to the camera. "

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" Googling yourself is maybe one of the worst things you can do. I did it once, and someone had to talk me off a ledge. "

" You can't pay enough money to... cure that feeling of being broken and confused. "

" I'm quite comfortable looking at myself in movies, probably because I've been doing it for so long, since I was a kid. So I sort of watched myself grow up and go through adolescence, like, basically on camera. "

" I love westerns. John Ford is one of the 10 best directors. "

" It's also a question of finding good material and interesting roles. I'm not the only actress out there, and good parts just don't fall into your lap that easily. But I like most of the films I've made recently and so I'm pretty positive about the future. "

" There are certain directors who will start talking to you about something, and suddenly you'll be ready to roll, and you'll realize it was very specific. "

" My problems seemed so glamorous to other people, and everyone just thought I was so lucky. But then, I was lucky because my family was really there for me - San Francisco was a real refuge. "

" I definitely count my blessings. I feel like I've had such a great ride. Early on, to be able to work with some of the people I did, I feel really lucky. "

" I remember when I was about 18, Sean Penn made a bet with me. He had just directed his first movie, and he's like, 'By the time you're 30, I will bet you $500 that you'll be sick of acting.' I'm still waiting to collect, because I'm not. "

" For a long time, I was almost ashamed of being an actress. I felt like it was a shallow occupation. People would be watching my every move. "

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" You try to get out there and live. I've always had good friends who've been very supportive and help make me feel good and grounded because I've never felt attached to the film industry. "

" I've always been super-private and protective of certain experiences and certain friends. "