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I never think of the future. I never imagine what comes next.

There are no explanations, there are no answers.

I have a life that's just been a well of loneliness.

I've been thinking a lot about next year, which will be the first time in 25 years that I don't have a child at home.

I couldn't toast a piece of bread with the amount of heat they were putting on you

One of the things I love about acting is that it reveals a certain something about yourself, but it doesn't reveal your own personal story.

Sometimes parts just come along when it's the perfect time for you to do them.

We are not the originators of the story. I think it's actually the opposite when you're an actor. You're telling somebody else's story.

I never felt like I belonged in Minnesota when I was growing up there. That's why I was out the door as soon as I turned 18.

It [military action on Iraq] makes me feel ashamed to come from the United States. It is humiliating.

There was that feminist myth that we can do everything. I don't think you can.

To my mind the election was stolen by George Bush and we have been suffering ever since under this man's leadership.

To stay interested in acting, I have to keep trying stuff I've never done before.

It's easy to judge, to think we know for certain the right thing to do. Sometimes, it just isn't so clear.

I like playing characters who are out there on the edge, where they can explode at any moment or fall off the precipice.

I have always followed the most passionate course.

I am tortured when I am away from my family, from my children. I am horribly guilt-ridden.

For me, nothing has ever taken precedence over being a mother and having a family and a home.

Moments of pure happiness come upon you unexpectedly. Don't be too preoccupied to experience them.

Allow the diversity to exist. There is nothing wrong with it. Hell, we put up with the religious right-we can put up with transgendered human beings.

Digital doesn't interest me. It's too many steps removed from the actual tactile thing. I still read books. I don't read online.

I like to work in costumes, makeup, and hair that allow me tremendous freedom.

I worked on my voice for Sweet Dreams, but only to match my speaking voice to Patsy's actual singing voice. That was my way into that character.

When I am home for like a two-year stretch, I get antsy, because I want to work.

All through life I've harbored anger rather than expressed it at the moment.

I've got nothing left to lose at this point. The work I've done is out there.

I do love acting. But to work as a photojournalist would have been extraordinary.

I love men. I've always been drawn to poets, artists, and madmen. Sometimes all three in one

If Ive got a clean pair of jeans and a T-shirt, thats usually a good day for me.

Everything is transient. Everything is constantly changing. The only thing we have is now.

Don't be absent from your own life.

I have been a waitress, and I was a damn fine waitress too, let me tell you.

Acceptance and tolerance and forgiveness, those are life-altering lessons.

I've worked with some teachers and coaches over the years, but I didn't really study theater or technique or voice or any of that stuff extensively.

To work on the actual location I think is great. This thing of going to Canada and pretending you're in New York, it's terrible.

TV is sort of the only way to go for an actress my age to make a decent salary; with independent films, you just can't.

If you're really in the process of photographing, you are absolutely aware. You are looking.

At certain times you really feel as though you have to do something.

Families survive, one way or another. You have a tie, a connection that exists long after death, through many lifetimes.

When you learn not to want things so badly, life comes to you.

It was easier to do Shakespeare than a lot of modern movie scripts that are so poorly written.

It is an embarrassing time to be an American. It really is. It's humiliating.

I never just slide through anything. I explore everything to the fullest, whether good or bad.

I want to live my life with no goals anymore, but just completely free, like I did when I was younger.

I have made decisions based from purely an actor's point of view.

Photography was a blessing because it filled my time.

Yes, and you should question your government.

I've never been a sunny personality. I've never been outgoing. I'm a solitary person.

I regret those times when I've chosen the dark side. I've wasted enough time not being happy.

This idea of selfishness as a virtue, as opposed to generosity: That, to me, is unnatural.

At a certain age, death becomes familiar to you-or a loss becomes familiar-the tragedies that are more commonplace in life.

I love being a mother. I loved being a daughter, a sister, a wife. I love being a woman with men. I love having given birth.

If I had to start over, I'd pursue photography - probably to the exclusion of acting.