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there's definitely a bit of Mae West in me. I think self-amusement is
possibly the most important thing one has.
I
have great luck. I'm used to people dying and going away. Not used to it
exactly - but I expect it. Like, whenever people go off on a trip, I
save their phone messages because I think they might die.
I
realized a career is built as much on what you don't do as what you do
do.
I
think I ran so hard and so fast, in a lot of ways, from my life and I
kind of took a fall. It was like - what do they call it? -
post-traumatic stress syndrome.
I
thought that was a funny part, but I'm dying to do other things, which
is why I'm on a starvation diet right now.
I
was supposed to be the belle of the ball, but I only lasted a day there
and then, on January 29, my best friend committed suicide.
I
was up watching Meet Joe Black at four AM. I was hoping Brad Pitt would
die, and he was still alive at seven forty in the morning! I actually
felt sorry for once, for critics.
I
was with somebody else at the time, who I left - one, because I didn't
really want to be with that person, and two, because I felt I'd had so
much tragedy I needed to go off, go crazy, and maybe live on the outside
for a while.
I'd
heard he had a crush on me and I thought that was funny. So I marched
straight up to him and said, "So I hear you have a crush on
me."
I've
got calls saying I was too strong an actress for a particular part and
that I would make the other actors seem weak.
I've
had no sleep, so I'm going to be really quick. And really witty!
I've
seen many actors go awry by making the wrong choices early on.
It
wasn't that I was shy to go out with him, I just didn't want people with
preconceived notions to assume anything about why we were together. I
was pretty careful for a while.
It's
funny, because he was teasing me last night. I was saying, "I have
a friend I need to call," and he said, "You don't have any
friends."
It's
not only reduced a lot of the ups and downs that come with this
lifestyle, but it's instilled a really strong work ethic in me.
There
have been a lot of murders and suicides in my family; it's like the
primary cause of death. I wonder if there's a certain energy that
attracts that.
They're
definitely having their moment now because they know how to work the
system, and I know I have to be that way, too, in order to succeed. But
it's never been more frustrating for me.
To
me, it's obvious that the better the people involved, the more likely
the film itself will rise to the occasion.
I
think if I had lived back in Salem, I would have been burned at the
stake
I
am going to be pretty kick ass by the time I'm thirty, and I can't
wait!!
You
have to work to carve out your own little corner, and I'm certainly
smacking my head against the wall trying to make a dent. I just hope I
don't get brain-damaged before I get there.
Hollywood
is all about making an entrance. I don't want to be a walking
advertisement for anyone other than myself.
I
always thought I was more satanic than Manson.
I
feel people have tried to stamp out what is special about me. Why should
I downplay myself to make someone else more comfortable?
It's
my job to spread deviance to the American youth.
I'm
a pussycat unless you do something to one of my friends. Then I'll think
of unique ways to get back at you. I'm more creative than your average
bear.
When
I lived in Europe, I was usually pretty exalted for the way I looked. I
had minions who would run and get me candy...But when I moved to Oregon
and entered my goth phase with spiky black hair, kids threw things at
me.
I
don't believe in rules. I would be happy to be climbing a pyramid when
I'm 70. And I know I will be.
I
want to live in Paris. I want to learn to ice-skate and to box. I want
to get a degree in Egyptology. I would like to not have to say
"Like, oh my God!" in any movies. I would like to have a day
go by without people screaming various obscenities about body parts. I'd
like to still have Bug and Fester, my Boston terriers. I think I'd like
to be with my boyfriend, except (laughs) I'm pretty commitment-shy. I'd
like to please my father, who used to be in the Children of God, and do
at least one more "porno" film - which is what he called The
Doom Generation. I'd like to start some sort of counselling program for
girls - when I was that age I was always told that I was gonna burn in
hell. I would like to lose the guilt I have for compulsive spending. I
would like to stop being addicted to diet hot chocolate.
I'm
a fan of pink, I'm a fan of high-heeled shoes and I'm a fan of strange
looking dogs, so this hits all the notes for me.
I
don't really care how people view me particularly. It's not really any
of my business because everyone is going to have their own opinion and
if I started thinking about what everyone else thought of me, I'd go
crazy.
I
think women look better with a little more weight on them. Being super
thin makes you look haggard.
Hollywood
is all about making an entrance. I don't want to be a walking
advertisement for anyone other than myself.
People
thought (I was wild) because of who I was with (Manson). In reality I've
been home baking cupcakes.
I've
always admitted it: I'm a man with really nice breasts - I'm so guilty
of doing every single male thing. Not calling, not showing up, leaving
at four in the morning.
I
still say I can do whatever I want as long as I'm not hurting anybody
else. I don't understand why more people aren't like that.
If
one person starts crying, I'll cry. If one person has no money, I'll
give them mine. If I had a bicycle growing up, I always felt incredibly
guilty when I see someone sitting at the bus stop.
I
know I am kind and I have fun and if I sat there and worried about what
everybody else thought of me my brain would be very crowded.
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