As An Actress, You Want To Try

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.

Bette Davis In All About Eve Was Huge For Me. Her Acting Was Staggering.

In The '80s, I Loved The Movies Of The '70s. Also I Remember Loving Klute [1971]. I Loved Jane Fonda. Actually, I Auditioned For The Last Movie She Made Before She Retired For A While, Stanley And Iris [1990], Which Martha Plimpton Got.

I've Recommended Girls For Jobs That I Had A Different Part In, And Agents Have Been Like, "no, Don't ..."it's So Surprising To Me.

My Problems Seemed So Glamorous To Other People, And Everyone Just Thought I Was So Lucky. But Then, I Was Lucky Because My Family Was Really There For Me. I Think I Just Felt Like I Really Wanted To Hold On To Who I Was As A Person, And Try To Have As Much Of A Normal Life As I Could.