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" 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. "

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" There are so few stories being produced that are human. I suffer with the loss of that. I feel kind of out of place, even though I've continued to work. "

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

" We shot 'Party Girl' on film, and I remember being told, 'We need to get this in two takes because we don't have a lot of film in the mag right now!' "

" The sound of a golf game is very different than the sound of a football game. "

" 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. "

" People have more dimensions to them than we give them credit for. The person you meet on the street that you think is someone, and it's someone else. I'm mistaken for someone else all the time. "

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

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

" I love bayou life. "

" Sometimes I go to movies, and it's just a bombardment, and I'm not entertained by them - I'm assaulted by them! And I know I sound like such a drama queen, but I find that really strange. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I find myself listening to Talk Talk on repeat while I'm doing gardening in upstate New York. Their music is so languid, and I just love his voice. "

" People see images now more than they see movies. "

" 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. "

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

" I make a lot of soups, and I love stews. My mother's a big foodie. She went to culinary school in New Orleans and has an oyster-artichoke soup recipe that has no cream in it but it tastes so creamy. "

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

" Every time I do something, I worry it's my last job. "

" 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. "

" There have been periods of my career that I haven't worked for a really long time, like seven or eight months. "

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" Do you know why I don't like doing press? I have trouble condensing things. I'd rather have a conversation. "

" I like finding things in locations where I've worked and things from down South and things from flea markets or even the sidewalks. "

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

" I just want to balance myself holistically and see what different foods do what to me. "

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" I sang in 'Waiting for Guffman,' and I sang in 'A Mighty Wind.' I can carry a tune, but I don't like that Broadway singing. "

" 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. "

" I'm trying to work in studio movies, but they won't hire me. "