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"It would be great to make a movie that had the style of a great '30's film."
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"Working on such a big film was amazing. I learned a lot. There weren't too many stunts, just some doubling."
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"When you direct your first film, you always start by telling stories that you are familiar with."

"I'm not interesting enough on my own that you'd want to see a film about me."

"You wouldn't ask Rodin to make an ugly sculpture, or me to make a film with an ugly woman."
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"Unfortunately, overall, movies are a conglomerate. People buy and sell people in this business, which can get really ugly."

"My mother opened a bank account for me when I made $60 on my first day of work as an extra. She's that kind of mother."

"I made a commitment to myself; that I wanted to be an actress, and I wanted to do films that make a difference. It has to move people."

"I was raised by an actress, and I watched all those women turn 60 and ask, Shouldn't get face work? My mother and Anne Bancroft said, We're not going to fall into that."

"Whatever character you play, it gives you the chance to expose another side of yourself that maybe you've never felt comfortable with, or never knew about."

"Luckily, I was raised by people who'd already seen all the yuck stuff, which is why they originally didn't want me to act. I understood the difference between getting a part at a Hollywood party and getting a job."

"I hope we can be consummate artists as women or revolutionaries, or whatever women want to be, and also have love, not only for ourselves but from a partner."

"Wild at Heart made a few people angry-they thought I was exploiting women by showing that when a woman says no she really means yes."

"We like our archetypes and heroes to be what they are at face value. And life doesn't work out like that."
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