There's only two givens with choosing acting as a profession: one is you will always be unemployed, always, and it doesn't matter how much money you make, you're still always going to be unemployed and that you have no power.

Who can worry about a career? Have a life.

It's much easier to play supporting roles because that's what I do in my life: I support my son.

It's a scary thing going into the workforce with a $50,000 debt and you've been trained as a classical theatre actor. There's always a depression in the theatre.

I never trusted good-looking boys.

I am an ordinary person.

Certainly, a lot of the films I've worked on have ended up good movies, but they haven't always been the best experiences

I'm a recreational pot-smoker. There has never been enough of a distinction between marijuana and other drugs. It's a human rights issue, a censorship issue, and a choice issue.

I don't think of myself as a movie star and I can pretty easily convince other people that I'm not a movie star.

There’s no desire to be an adult. Adulthood is not a goal. It’s not seen as a gift. Something happened culturally: No one is supposed to age past 45 — sartorially, cosmetically, attitudinally. Everybody dresses like a teenager. Everybody dyes their hair. Everybody is concerned about a smooth face.

I like hard rock, and classic rock, and even metal.

I don't need a director who's 'good with actors.'...A master manipulator is heaven.

I'm a character actress, plain and simple... Who can worry about a career? Have a life. Movie stars have careers - actors work, and then they don't work, and then they work again.

I haven't wanted to play a mother for a long time because I am one