American Quotes

The difference between working with a man and a woman... is immense.

My mother's been married many, many times and grew up believing in love like that. It's remarkable.

Jessica Lange in Frances... was dramatic and passionate and one of the strongest performances I've seen a woman do.

It's not sometimes realistic to think that something magical can happen, but I think I look for the magic.

It's completely different to work with a woman that is my age, maybe younger.

In a perfect world, I could be doing some bigger films and balance that with some independent films because they seem to be the most challenging and unique.

I'm contemplating moving to London for a period of time. I've been in Los Angeles for 15 years and I'm really tired of it. I'm continually uninspired by what's being sent to me. Even by huge films that they're doing there. They're just awful.

I was told once that I didn't play the Hollywood game, and that's why I wasn't a big star. What they meant when was that I don't go to parties, and when I go to an audition and I don't like the script, they know it.

I think there's an anxiety in life where we automatically tend to look to the next thing or we're complaining about the past. Worrying is not going to make it happen or not happen.

I say what I feel. I try to be tactful, but I can't not say what I feel. I have a really big problem with that.

I really loved Twin Peaks. When I saw the two-hour pilot, they screened it in the big theatre. I said, I don't know what is going to happen. I'm in this and I don't understand it. This is never going to sell. Who's going to watch this thing?

I loved working on Of Mice and Men. It was a wonderful group of people. John Malkovich is to me one of the best actors around right now-and a lot of fun to work with.

I love to dance. But I don't like being up in front of tons of people. I didn't have the desire to be performing in front of a lot of people. So it wasn't something I ever seriously considered.

I don't want my body to look like a man's. I just want to tone my body.

I don't think I could ever do a network sitcom because the humor is often based on some trite circumstance. I don't want to be a part of a show where it's mostly about coming up with the jokes.

I can sing, but my voice is untrained. I'd like to do a musical someday.

Harrison Ford... I love him. He's a man's man.

Generally, Hollywood makes the same stories over and over. I've never wanted to do the same thing twice. If a script doesn't surprise me in some way, I simply can't commit to the project.

Bleaching my hair for Two Moon Junction... my hair was fried and I looked like an idiot.

At the very least, my tastes are out of the ordinary.

There is something at work that's bigger than us. It's about having a trust in life and being at peace that things are happening the way they should. You do what you do as well as you can do it, and then you don't worry or agonize about the outcome.

Now I know why guys like to hug girls. You guys just want to cop a feel. I can't believe that I've fallen for it all these years!

I've always been drawn to Marilyn Monroe, but certain aspects of her story may be too sad to tell.

I was a brat. It was crazy, I was very picky. In other words, I didn't take advantage of what was happening.

I don't flirt and I don't play the people that I'm meeting with.

President Barack Obama has it right - there is a lot to change about Washington. The problem is, not much will get changed unless we confront the runaway filibuster in the U.S. Senate.

A basic tenet of a healthy democracy is open dialogue and transparency.

In the first 50 years of the filibuster, it was used only 35 times. But the last Congress alone had 112 cloture motions filed, plus threats of more. This is the tyranny of the minority.

I wonder if I could make an electric bass.

The design of each element should be thought out in order to be easy to make and easy to repair.