I Don't Hang Out With Agents And

I Love Texas. Even If I Am A Little Bit Famous Or A Little Bit Popular... You Go To Places Where You're Not And Just Live Like Everybody Else Lives. I'm Not Crazy About This Country In Terms Of The Shape It's In, But I Do Think There Are Lots Of Great Pieces To Go To. I Think I Should Take Advantage Of It While This Country Still Exists.

You Do A Movie If It's Good And If You Want To Do It. It Doesn't Matter If It's Small Or Big Or Expensive Or Cheap. If You Want To Say The Words, You're Gonna Say Them. You Can't Strategize.

When I Was Young, I Was Really, Really Obsessed With Gena Rowlands And John Cassavetes. Because My Mom Was A Projectionist In College, She Was Somehow Able To Get A Real Projector. And She Had Some Connections, So She Would Get Real Prints, And We'd Put Up A Sheet. The First Movies I Saw Were To Kill A Mockingbird [1962], Gigi [1958], A Woman Under The Influence [1974]. Then When I Was Old Enough To Be Able To Rent Movies, I Went Through A Very Big Cassavetes Phase.

I'm 44 Years Old. So, It's Really Great To Watch Younger Generations Getting Their Opportunities, And Being There To Support Them In That.

As An Actress, You Want To Try New Things. You Don't Want To Repeat Yourself. That Becomes More Important To You, As You Get Older.