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Quotes
I don't believe I am
influencing anybody but myself.
I'm
not into older guys. To tell you the truth, Richard Gere is not the
sexiest man alive, in my book.
I've
learned that it's OK to be flawed.
People
think that they just want movies like Pretty Woman, when really they -
at least the ones that I know personally - have been waiting for
something that doesn't completely insult them.
You
can't pay enough money to... cure that feeling of being broken and
confused.
When asked why is she always playing
teenagers, during a press junket for Mermaids (1990) in 1990:
"Like, I'm nineteen. What am I supposed to do, play a judge?!
I read biographies of the greats, and they
were so messed up that I thought I'd better mess myself up. But I
couldn't. I'm too small.
For a long time I was almost ashamed of
being an actress. I felt like it was a shallow occupation. People would
be watching my every move.
On Heathers (1989): It's a brilliant piece
of literature, and I call it literature because it really is. I held it
up next to 'Catcher in the Rye' and all the great books that I've read.
I don't feel threatened like Julia Roberts.
Pretty Woman turned her into an overnight celebrity rather than an
actress. Now her whole career is about box-office - - if her movies
don't break $l00-million. It's not a burden I'd ever want to carry.
I couldn't hold my own against Sigourney
Weaver and those special effects. I still don't know what I was doing in
that movie. I look at it now and realize I really didn't belong. I'm
just this little girl running around.
I still practice Buddhism to a certain
extent and I believe in karma.
My father is an atheist. My mother is
Buddhist. They encouraged my siblings and me to take the best part of
other religions to make our own belief system.
I live in San Francisco, I have an apartment
in New York, but I'm here all the time. Nobody knows. .. . You can't
stay away. I'm a San Franciscan to the bone.
I love westerns. John Ford is one of the 10
best directors.
Focus should be on the art of film, not on
the business of film.
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