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" It's not seeing myself 40 feet tall on a movie screen - it's the work. That's what thrills me. "

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" My children came along at a perfect time in my life. My career was soaring, and they didn't care who I thought I was. They just wanted to eat. It brought me down to earth. "

" That's what I love about acting and love and drama and art: that humanness we all share. "

" Nothing in life prepared me for the way I felt about being a mother. Until then, I sort of felt like a blank sheet of paper. I was always trying to second-guess myself, to be what others wanted me to be. "

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

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" The business has been good to me. "

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

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

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

" 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 feel like if I don't get a film and somebody else does, then that film never belonged to me. The ones I get belong to me. "

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