All We Want Is To Be Treated

I Was Not The First Choice For Veronica In Heathers. I Auditioned And They Were Like, "oh, Thanks." And I Went To The Beverly Center To Macy's And Had Them Do A Makeover On Me. I Went Back Because I Kind Of Knew That They Thought I Wasn't Pretty Enough. They Were Trying To Get Jennifer Connelly.

I'm Not Into Older Guys. To Tell You The Truth, Richard Gere Is Not The Sexiest Man Alive, In My Book.

When I Was Young, I Was Really, Really Obsessed With Gena Rowlands And John Cassavetes. Because My Mom Was A Projectionist In College, She Was Somehow Able To Get A Real Projector. And She Had Some Connections, So She Would Get Real Prints, And We'd Put Up A Sheet. The First Movies I Saw Were To Kill A Mockingbird [1962], Gigi [1958], A Woman Under The Influence [1974]. Then When I Was Old Enough To Be Able To Rent Movies, I Went Through A Very Big Cassavetes Phase.

My Father Is An Atheist. My Mother Is Buddhist. They Encouraged My Siblings And Me To Take The Best Part Of Other Religions To Make Our Own Belief System.

I Was Mid-sentence When The Casting Director Said, "listen, Kid. You Should Not Be An Actress. You Are Not Pretty Enough. You Should Go Back To Wherever You Came From And You Should Go To School. You Don't Have It." She Was Very Blunt - I Honestly Think That She Thought She Was Doing Me A Favor.