I'd Just As Soon Freeze To Death.

It's Funny, Though, Because When I First Started Going To Races After We Met, I Was Extremely Nervous. It's Like Being Backstage And Hoping You Don't Trip Over Something Or Break An Amp Or Accidentally Speak Into A Live Microphone, So I Was Really Hesitant.

She Wasn't That Tough On Me, But I Think She Was Often A Little Frightened - Being A Single Parent. So It Begets This Quality Of Desired Absoluteness That Doesn't Really Exist. My Sister Could Crack Her Up. She'd Be Getting Into Trouble And Put The Steve Martin Arrow Through Her Head And Mom Would Start To Laugh. I Didn't Have The Same Sort Of Wiliness.

A Wonderful Pastor I Know Once Told Me, "perfectionism Is The Highest Order Of Self-abuse." So Now I Try To Remind Myself That If I Engage In Perfectionism, I Am Abusing Myself. Period.

I Have Said Countless Times That Unless You Are Delivering A Product And Service That Is Really Needed And Unless You Are Doing It Really Well, You Don't Stick Around For 80 Years.

Ruby In Paradise And The Intensity And Quality That I Was Able To Experience On Smoke Were Equally As Important To Me As Working On This Movie Every Day For Three-and-a-half Months.