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" 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. "

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" Indie movies got co-opted by the studio system. The studios insisted that only stars could make movies successful. "

" I learned how to play mandolin for 'A Mighty Wind!' "

" You really don't get paid in these independent movies, no matter how many people see them. "

" You have to have a certain amount of limitations, I think, to make art and to make something that can be alive on film. Money can get in the way of that. "

" I would love to do something like 'Fishing With John.' "

" I don't Twitter, although sometimes I think that I should. "

" 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. "

" Acting is a really strange thing to do; it's very strange. "

" 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'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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" But it's fun to be something, have that, and you don't have to be real. It's like, comedians. They go on and they're doing all these jokes. I would be like that if I were more awake. "

" I like sitting close to windows. "

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" I like to support local record stores. "

" I really liked playing a vampire. Their hunger is insatiable. Even when they eat someone, it's never enough. "

" I love bayou life. "

" I'm a good girl, you know? But I'm from the South, and there are some powerful women down there, and very theatrical. "

" 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. "

" My dad recently reminded me that my grandfather's cousin was Lefty Frizzell. "

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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. "

" 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. "

" There are so few movies that still cast on chemistry. Now it's often, like, this person's movies make this amount of money, and this person's movie makes that amount of money, so let's put them together. "

" How movies are financed, it's a world market now... I feel like, you know, the independent film way of working is something that was in my bones. It's like being a part of a punk band, but no one's singing punk rock anymore. Only a few bands are able to play, and Woody Allen is one of them. "

" I'm an actor, so I like costumes. "

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" I usually play character parts in Hollywood films. "

" 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. "

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

" It hasn't really made it easier getting film work. It's not like I can call up a studio or a producer and say - insert haughty voice here - 'It's Parker. I guess you might know me as the indie queen. I'm wondering if you have any projects for me to be in.' "

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You

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