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" Why are women always described as 'desperate,' while men are just... irrational? "

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" I love New York. "

" 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. "

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

" I have a brass bed that's very 'Bedknobs and Broomsticks.' I got it on eBay. It's from the early 1900s. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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" We didn't do cotillions or anything. My family made fun of the pageants. "

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

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" 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.' "

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

" 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. "

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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. "