As Someone Who Has Been Asked To

What I Consider A Good Part For A Woman And What Some Other Hollywood People Think Are Good Women's Parts Are Very Different. I Don't' Want To Play The Supportive Girlfriend Who Has Nine Scenes And Just Loves That Man, Maybe Cheats On Him In One Scene But Will Always Be There, And I Mean - Give Me A Break. You'll Be Offered The "lead" In This New Hot Film With Such-and-such A-list Director, "a Fabulous Part" - A Fabulous Part? A Fabulous Part Is A Character With A Soul, Who Starts Here And Goes To There, You Know? There Aren't Many Of Those.

I Left Our Home To Work On A Movie, And While I Was Away, My Boyfriend [billy Bob Thorton] Got Married, And I've Never Heard From Him Again.

You're Not Directing An Actor Toward A Thing They Can't Achieve. Because Direction Is Elusive. When Directors Hold Respect For The Various Craftsmen And -women Who Are Telling The Story, It's The Greatest Result. I Think People Do Their Bravest Work When Given An Elusive Canvas.

In Smooth Talk It Was A Much More Intuitive Search - I Was Only 17 At The Time, And I Wasn't Aware, As Women Are When They Get A Little Older, That There's Always A Side Of A Woman That Likes A Man From The Other Side Of The Tracks. We All Have An Attraction To What's Different From Us.

I've Always Loved Film More Than Theater, And Film May Be More Closely Related To Making A Record Because You Have That Ability To Go In And Do Your Work And Have No Judgment Around It, And Feel Honest. Then, Much Later, It's Presented To People. But In Theater, People Come Backstage After A Performance And You're About To Do The Same Play Again The Next Night, And People Say, "well, I Didn't Really Believe That Emotion" Or Whatever. It's Really Hard For Me, I Like To Be Closed Up And Just Do The Work.