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Therapy? I don't need
that. The roles that I choose are my therapy.
Because I am a bad girl,
people always automatically think that I am a bad girl. Or that I carry
a dark secret with me or that I'm obsessed with death. The truth is that
I am probably the least morbid person one can meet. If I think more
about death than some other people, it is probably because I love life
more than they do.
You're young, you're
drunk, you're in bed, you have knives; shit happens.
And my dad, you're a great
actor but you're a better father.
On if she ever caught her
husband Billy Bob Thornton cheating: "I've told Billy if I ever
caught him cheating, I wouldn't kill him because I love his children and
they need a dad. But I would beat him up. I know where all of his sports
injuries are. And I'd beat her, too!
I'll make it real simple,
I'm a 36-C. In the game, she's a double-D. In the movie, she's a D. We
split the difference...[the movie Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001)] is
much more athletic, and she has smaller breasts, but she's still Lara
Croft, so there.
I seem to be getting a lot
of things pushed my way that are strong women. It's like people see
Hackers (1995) and they send me offers to play tough women with guns,
the kind who wear no bra and a little tank top. I'd like to play strong
women who are also very feminine.
I'd like to believe that
the people that have supported me in my work or identified with me in
films, the people that feel they know me, they do and they don't have
misconceptions - they understand. I believe that.
I'm angry. I'm sad. It's a
very difficult and sad time. It was a real deep connection, a deep
marriage, so it's not that simple to say this or that one thing caused
the problems. It's clear to me that our priorities shifted overnight.
He's focused on his music and career. I'm focused on my baby. It comes
down to what's important to you. - on her split from husband Billy
Bob Thornton
There's something about
death that is comforting. The thought that you could die tomorrow frees
you to appreciate life now. - People Magazine 8 July 1996
I felt that if I lived at
that time, with the dangers she had and the threats she had and the lack
of power she had as a woman, I would not have been that different from
her. And I thought I also just saw her as a mother who really would push
her son at a time that if he didn't get the throne, he didn't acquire a
certain kind of strength and ability and greatness, he would probably
just die or be killed or be exiled. So out of concern, out of love for
your own, just to come from this place that seems very much like the
horrible mafia father, but in fact it was for his own survival that she
was focused on, which made it very easy for me to focus on thinking of
my own son and what he had to do to protect himself from bad things that
could hurt him. - on playing Olympias in Alexander (2004).
If you don't get out of
the box you've been raised in, you won't understand how much bigger the
world is.
On the superficiality of
the industry: We are setting an example of what we think is beautiful
and you really want to put that much make up on me?
You might never find out
that you are useful for all the right reasons - and not all those stupid
things that people tell you you're useful for.
"My role as goodwill
ambassador has made my work as a film star relatively dull. I can't find
anything that interests me enough to go back to work. I'm simply not
excited about anything. I'm not excited about going to a film set."
(CNN International Edition 29th January, 2005)
Has said about the money
she makes each year: that she saves 1/3, lives on 1/3, and gives away
1/3.
If I make a fool of
myself, who cares? I'm not frightened by anyone's perception of me.
If I think more about
death than some other people, it is probably because I love life more
than they do.
Love one person, take care
of them until you die. You know, raise kids. Have a good life. Be a good
friend. And try to be completely who you are. And figure out what you
personally love. And like go after it with everything you've got no
matter how much it takes.
All
women do have a different sense of sexuality, or sense of fun, or sense
of like what's sexy or cool or tough.
And my dad, you're a great actor but you're a better
father.
Because I am a bad girl, people always automatically
think that I am a bad girl. Or that I carry a dark secret with me or
that I'm obsessed with death. The truth is that I am probably the least
morbid person one can meet. If I think more about death than some other
people, it is probably because I love life more than they do.
Everyone got kind of crazy with me mentioning I was
in love with a woman.
Honestly, I like everything, boyish girls, girlish
boys, the heavy and the skinny.
I always play women I would date.
I am odd-looking. I sometimes think I look like a
funny Muppet.
I am so in love with my brother right now!
I do have tatoos, and I do wear leather, but there
are other sides of me, that my film express.
I don't believe in guilt, I believe in living on
impulse as long as you never intentionally hurt another person, and
don't judge people in your life. I think you should live completely
free.
I don't think the money people in Hollywood have ever
thought I was normal, but I am dedicated to my work and that's what
counts.
I dropped my pants in a tattoo parlor in Amsterdam. I
woke up in a waterbed with this funky-looking dragon with a blue tongue
on my hip. I realized I made a mistake, so a few months later I got a
cross to cover it. When my pants hang low, it looks like I'm wearing a
dagger!
I like everything. Boyish girls, girlish boys, the
heavy and the skinny. Which is a problem when I'm walking down the
street.
I like someone who is a little crazy but coming from
a good place. I think scars are sexy because it means you made a mistake
that led to a mess.
I like to hide behind the characters I play. Despite
the public perception, I am a very private person who has a hard time
with the fame thing.
I love doing lesbian love scenes. Before I did my
lesbian scenes in Gia, I talked to actresses who said love scenes are
easier with another woman than a man. Bound's Gina Gershon and Jennifer
Tilly said they'd lie there and discuss the sale at Barney's between
takes.
I love to put on lotion. Sometimes I'll watch TV and
go into a lotion trance for an hour. I try to find brands that don't
taste bad in case anyone wants to taste me.
I need more sex, OK? Before I die I wanna taste
everyone in the world.
I need someone physically stronger than me... I am
always on top. It's really unfortunate. I am begging for the man that
can put me on the bottom. Or the woman. Anybody that can take me down.
I never like being touched, ever. People used to say
I held my breath when they were hugging me. I still do.
I seem to be getting a lot of things pushed my way
that are strong women. It's like people see Hackers and they send me
offers to play tough women with guns, the kind who wear no bra and a
little tank top. I'd like to play strong women who are also very
feminine.
I think all women go through periods where we hate
this about ourselves, we don't like that. It's great to get to a place
where you dismiss anything you're worried about. I find flaws
attractive. I find scars attractive.
I would like to be open with the public. I would like
to not keep secrets or be careful when I talk. I don't want to have to
plan things. I want to be outspoken. I want to say my opinions and I
hope they're taken in the right way. I don't want to stop being free.
And I won't.
I'd go from film to film and almost detach from one
world and jump in another. I was living as these people and not having a
self. I didn't know who I was. And things just get really dark.
I'd like to believe that the people that have
supported me in my work or identified with me in films, the people that
feel they know me, they do and they don't have misconceptions - they
understand. I believe that.
I'm angry. I'm sad. It's a very difficult and sad
time. It was a real deep connection, a deep marriage, so it's not that
simple to say this or that one thing caused the problems. It's clear to
me that our priorities shifted overnight. He's focused on his music and
career. I'm focused on my baby.
I'm getting a wrinkle above my eyebrow because I just
can't stop lifting it, and I love that you know.
I'm happy being myself, which I've never been before.
I always hid in other people, or tried to find myself through the
characters, or live out their lives, but I didn't have those things in
mine.
I'm odd looking. Sometimes I think I look like a
funny muppet.
I've been reckless, but I'm not a rebel without a
cause.
I've told Billy if I ever caught him cheating, I
wouldn't kill him because I love his children and they need a dad. But I
would beat him up. I know where all of his sports injuries are.
If I didn't have my films as an outlet for all the
different sides of me, I would probably be locked up.
If I make a fool of myself, who cares? I'm not
frightened by anyone's perception of me.
If I think more about death than some other people,
it is probably because I love life more than they do.
If you have enough people sitting around telling you
you're wonderful, then you start believing you're fabulous, then someone
tells you you stink and you believe that too!
Love one person, take care of them until you die. You
know, raise kids. Have a good life. Be a good friend. And try to be
completely who you are. And figure out what you personally love. And
like go after it with everything you've got no matter how much it takes.
Oh, God, I struggle with low self-esteem all the
time! I think everyone does. I have so much wrong with me, it's
unbelievable!
Sometimes I think my husband is so amazing that I
don't know why he's with me. I don't know whether I'm good enough. But
if I make him happy, then I'm everything I want to be.
The truth is I love being alive. And I love feeling
free. So if I can't have those things then I feel like a caged animal
and I'd rather not be in a cage. I'd rather be dead. And it's real
simple. And I think it's not that uncommon.
Therapy? I don't need that. The roles that I choose
are my therapy.
There was a time when I was really going to give up
acting - right after Foxfire. I was trying to find characters with a
certain strength and things going on, but I was always disappointed.
Wallace was the first thing I did where I felt their ideas were better
than mine.
There's something about death that is comforting. The
thought that you could die tomorrow frees you to appreciate your life
now.
They're right to think that about me, because I'm the
person most likely to sleep with my female fans, I genuinely love other
women. And I think they know that.
We come to love not by finding the perfect person,
but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly.
When I get logical, and I don't trust my instincts -
that's when I get in trouble.
When other little girls wanted to be ballet dancers I
kind of wanted to be a vampire.
Where ever I am I always find myself looking out the
window wishing I was somewhere else.
With doing the movies I've done I don't think I would
be half the person I am today.
Without pain, there would be no suffering, without
suffering we would never learn from over mistakes. To make it right,
pain and suffering is the key to all windows, without it, there is no
way of life.
Yeah, but before anything, I think in 6 years somehow
I've grown up to have a beautiful home, 2 beautiful stepchildren, a
beautiful husband, my family is healthy and happy. I'm financially ok
and I do what I love for a living. That's what I think, and I think god,
how did I get so lucky.
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