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" My aunt in Texas, when she did the hazing things, they had girls swallow oysters. They'd wrap an oyster in dental floss, swallow them, and then pull them back up. "

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" There are all these scripts where the women, if they're working, are prostitutes and lawyers with an angry streak who'll kill you. It's a reaction to women leaving their men and men being angry about it and saying it on some subconscious level. "

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" My first lead role was probably 'Party Girl' in 1994. "

" 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. "

" When I did 'Guffman,' it was terrifying. I didn't know what to say. I started talking, and it just came out. "

" I'm kind of a robot in a way. Or a Tron. "

" My grandmother is this amazingly theatrical woman. She acted like a movie star, as far as looks and attitude, kind of like Susan Hayward. "

" I like to support local record stores. "

" Mainly I love working on good writing. "

" I usually play character parts in Hollywood films. "

" As an artist, you're always going to be yearning and wanting and never satisfied. I never feel like I've really achieved something. "

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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. "

" 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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" Hey, the TV was my friend. As a child, I always said, 'I want to live in there someday.' "

" I like 'MacNeil/Lehrer.' "

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" 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. "

" They love putting me in the 'indie queen' box. I had some high standards in my 20s that I don't have anymore. "

" 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. "

" I love the romcom. I thought I had a career playing the best friend. What happened to that? It's really sad to me. "

" Getting into Sundance is such a big platform for a director. "

" It's really weird to be taken seriously for what you're wearing. It makes me want to wear a uniform. "

" They're like a weird couple. If you were to personify the artichoke and the oyster, they would have a great date. They would totally get along. "

" I traveled to Morocco once, and I only saw one television when I was there, but I did go into this dirt cave and I saw this kid chopping tomatoes and pita, and he had a picture on the wall of Jean-Claude Van Damme holding a gun. That connected with him on the other side of the world, so no wonder these big movies are made - they have a mass appeal. "

" What's the difference between a personality disorder and a personality? You know? That's what I wanna know! "

" There are roles out there and women out there that are fascinating to me, and there are things in our culture that I see that I want to express. It's my passion to express that. "

" The five patients in 'Rethinking Cancer' share with us the path of their recovery: the courage to take their own lives in their hands with a natural approach to healing their bodies. "

" Everything has its own kind of theatricality and its own drama. "

" 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. "

" 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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" 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. "

" I really like this trend of songwriting that is honest and intelligent and serious and longing. "

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