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" Oftentimes you read scripts, and you get to one and you think, 'OK, is this good, or is this just better than all the other ones that I have been reading?' "

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" Hollywood's fickle. It's always been that way, and it will always be that way. And it's always going to be somebody new and exciting comes along. That's just the way it works, and it will always work that way. And I think that if you give it everything to the exclusion of your own real life and family, you've sold yourself down the river. "

" I'm not very big. But I've got a big bark and a lot of heart. "

" There's nothing like not washing your teeth or washing your face or brushing your teeth in the morning. "

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" I love a lot of the '70s musicians, like Bonnie Raitt. And I love Sheryl Crow. But probably my favorite musician is a woman by the name of Schuyler Fisk. "

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" We like to believe we are in control of our destinies, even though we never are and we never have been. "

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

" I had no fear 'cause it seemed everyone in the audience always applauded whatever I did. Course, maybe it was because I always seemed to know everyone in the audience. "

" It's a whole other way of working when you work in films: You know exactly the arc of your character. "

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" For me, life is a bowl of cherries. "

" What's normal? I think I'm normal... Maybe I'm abnormal because I get such a thrill from real life, just real life, everyday things. "

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" I'm a binge-watcher! "

" Music is my thing. In fact, that's what I wanted to do. I thought of myself as a musician. I had never thought about acting. "

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" You know, I don't know what the future will bring, but I'm ready for whatever comes! "

" I used to play softball every summer back in Quitman. My two brothers demanded I be tough. There were certain girls they wouldn't let me invite over because they were too feminine and fragile. "

" I studied homeopathy for years and years. Herbs and all kinds of acupuncture, acupressure, alternative medicine. I think it's just better to treat the whole person. "

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" I don't like to do something just to prove I can do it. "