I just think we're living in a time of massive, amazing change, like the Industrial Revolution on acid.
In their 30s women really start to live... they're not children anymore, and they're not just mothers.
Cause I won't repeat myself, the way I dress and look.
My idols are all older.
That's where I got my start and where I'll continue to work, but I can't tell you the number of films between Drugstore Cowboy and Curly Sue that I auditioned for and wanted that didn't choose me.
Yeah, I do feel badly sometimes, not for whose coming up and getting roles I'm not right for anymore but the people I compete with, who range from Uma Thurman on up.
You know, I change my hair color a lot, I do all sorts of different things.
I make a good living and I've never looked at myself as being an artiste.
I mean, I always feel incredibly lucky to get a job.
I like to show as much of a woman as I can. I like to fill things out.
Well, I'm a consumer as well. I go to the movies with my popcorn and believe everything I see.
And sometimes I do films so my daughter can see me work.
All I really want to do is entertain people out there sitting in the dark and for them to believe it.
I do come shackled with whatever people think I am.
But actors at a certain point take the best of what's available to them.
You look at Gone With the Wind, how right Vivian Leigh was for that. Don't know if that would happen today.
Well, for someone who looks like me you wonder where Alfred Hitchcock is.
The least consideration of any film I've ever worked on is who is right for it.
The fact that I got Drugstore Cowboy at all was a fluke.
My whole career is based on taking a left turn after each film and doing the opposite of what I've just done.
Most movie stars don't change their look at all.
It's part of the fun of it to work with strong personalities.
It's important for me to see as many colors in the character as possible.
I've been overwhelmed; I was a single mother for a time.
I think right now in the world we're feeling like there's no solid ground beneath our feet, you know?
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