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" With 'Dazed and Confused,' I got the high school experience I didn't get to have. "

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" I want to do horror and action, and I'm only being slightly facetious. "

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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 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. "

" 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. "

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" 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. "

" 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. "

" I'm the character actor in Hollywood movies, the girl who has to be annoying so the guy can go to the other girl. "

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

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

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

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

" I care about being creative and expressing myself. "

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

" I like the two worlds coming together in the Internet space, which is so up for grabs... It all struck me when I heard about Twitter and Instagram, how it's like notes you pass in class. If someone's passing you a note, you really should be doing something else, and instead you're like, oh, 'What are you doing?' "

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

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

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" I love bayou life. "

" I had dreams of conehead aliens when I was little. Before 'Saturday Night Live' did it. And then they came out with them, and I went on to be a glorified extra in the movie. When everyone else was laughing, I was scared. "

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