American Quotes

Writing, producing and directing, I must say, is incredibly satisfying and gratifying.

When I find a role I want to play, I just go after it.

People equate success with youth. And if you haven't had a certain amount of success by a certain time in your life, it's never going to happen. There's a fear about that. So people start lying about their age really young. I've never done that because I think it's so insignificant.

People can have so many ill-conceived ideas about me based on the parts that I play. I've had guys, when I've been single, come out of the woodwork to date me and I've found out very quickly that they were expecting some kind of whirlwind, some dramatic crazy person - and that's just not me.

One of the reasons that I do a lot of different kinds of pictures is because I learn a lot when I'm doing them.

It's very exciting to work with people who inspire you.

I've always done roles that really appealed to me on a gut level and which I found inspiring.

I'd much rather be in a movie that people have really strong feelings about than one that makes a hundred million dollars but you can't remember because it's just like all the others.

I'd love to have children, and I think marriage is great, I really do.

I used to hang out by the food table at parties because you don't have to talk to anybody. If you do then you can talk about the food.

I loved acting as a kid because I was kind of shy, so it brought me out of myself.

I love Polaroids and I have a Polaroid camera collection from the '50s.

I love being in therapy. It's just constantly fulfilling for me.

I like to investigate all different kinds of people, I guess, and find out what makes them who they are, and try to be honest in the portrayal, and truthful, and find out how to understand that person, how to communicate that person's experience.

I like a movie that the audience actively has to participate in, and not just casually observe. Whatever my part in it, just as an audience member, I find that exciting.

I like a movie that the audience actively has to participate in and not just casually observe.

I just don't want to talk about my personal life. I feel like it's mine, I'm not trying to promote it. It's nice to have things that are your own, that you value enough that you don't have to use to sell a movie.

I just don't plan things. I live a month at a time.

I hate parties. I don't like big crowded things.

I don't want to play the same person twice, that's not why I wanted to act.

I don't really watch my moves all that often; I mean, really, I don't.

I could never play the ingenue, the girl next door or the very successful young doctor. That would be a bore.

Acting for kids is like playing house, you know? But growing up in Hollywood, it just made it seem possible.

I'm a typical middle child. I'm the mediator. The one that makes everything OK, puts their own needs aside to make sure everybody's happy. It's hard to change your nature, even with years and years of therapy.

The dream factory of that time was much simpler. As media outlets grew, everything became so complicated.

In order to dream, you need to have a springboard which is the facts... It gives it that touch of reality, and I think that's quite important... truth with fiction.

There were very few women comics when I started out doing stand-up. But I always saw that as a great advantage.

There are so many opportunities that I could've gotten before if I had just took a little more of a risk.

Obviously, at this age, I've lost people in my life. But with a parent, it's just different. I was very attached to my father and had this naive little-girl notion that he'd always be around. So I'm finding acceptance of my father's death is the hardest thing to accept.

My stand-up act is very clean.