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" It's really fun to see a movie that you've heard about that's really good. "
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" I really like this trend of songwriting that is honest and intelligent and serious and longing. "
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" I was reading this book called 'Close Encounters of the Fourth Kind.' It's really, really good if you want to believe in that stuff. "
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" What's the difference between a personality disorder and a personality? You know? That's what I wanna know! "
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" I wonder if people who see 'Blade' will have even seen my other movies. But I don't want all my movies to be in a vacuum. I need a balance because one pays, and the other doesn't. "
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" I got into the whole Ayurvedic thing. It was really cool. "
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" It's always the girl comedy and the guy comedy. It bums me out. You'd think there'd be a progression, from James L. Brooks and Nora Ephron into more subtle humor and behavior and psychology. All these interesting things people can learn about themselves by watching talented writers comment intelligently on someone else's emotional life. "
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" 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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" I think people probably think I self-start, but I don't... I'm an actor, and I like to be of use to the director. To be a muse. "
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" You can get money and make a really cheap movie. You can, from independent financers who are just giving you money to support artists. This is what was happening in the '90s, and I was very fortunate to be a part of that. "
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" Mainly I love working on good writing. "
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" I like 'MacNeil/Lehrer.' "
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" I think to do a proper independent movie, in my experience, it takes 22 or 23 days to shoot. That was 'Party Girl' or 'House of Yes.' But now with the digital camera, the budgets have gotten smaller, and the days have gotten shorter. "
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" I feel like there's such a responsibility, when you make a film, to enlighten people, to make them think, to make them laugh, or even just to be entertaining. "
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" I love playing a woman suffering, thinking about the choices that she's made and obviously wanting more. It's classic. "
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