My very best friend died in a car accident when I was 16 years old. That was the hardest blow emotionally that I have ever had to endure. Suddenly, you realize tomorrow might not come. Now I live by t...
I can sit in front of the TV and watch an old romantic film and be transfixed.
Young women from a very young age are taught that life will be easier if you can just turn on the charming smile and say very little and be complacent and docile and sweet.
I was raised by my father I was daddy's girl.
I think I've always had a certain amount of skepticism of this whole 'shut up and smile' theory. I haven't ever swallowed that pill so easily, although I tried.
I think there's an instinct to make grotesque horror films that are purely carnal, like the 'Saw' movies.
When I go into making a movie, personally, I don't try to bring other pieces of movies with me.
You feel better when you're eating food that retains nutritional value.
I'm thankful for the work that feminists like Gloria Steinem have done. I am a feminist, but the geography for women today is vastly different than it was in the '60s.
I buy records - vinyl. I have a record player at home.
I grew up in Texas, and people love their American-made muscle cars there. I grew up around people who loved cars and took care of cars and my dad's a big car nut, so I learned a little bit about cars...
I am constantly struggling to show people that there is more to me than my appearance. You do have to try and overcome those hurdles. Female actresses need to be given the chance to be more than how t...
You can't respect yourself if you're afraid to be who you are.
I don't know if I've owned a piece of technology that I hated - I don't think I would have owned it then.
It is really hard when you spend your life living out of a suitcase. But it really does weed out superficial people - if someone is still with you after the second movie, then they're probably a good...
One of the biggest challenges in my job is letting go of the movie once you go home at night, and knowing you can't do anything to your performance once you've laid it on film.