"We're so afraid of death in our culture, but I think if we understand it better, then we'll appreciate the life we have more."

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"We're so afraid of death in our culture, but I think if we understand it better, then we'll appreciate the life we have more."

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"There's a lot of skeletons in my closet, but I know what they're wearing. I'm not gonna act all ashamed of it."

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"I had gotten to a place where I truly believed everything I was called: 'not sexy,' 'not funny,' 'too intense,' desperate.' All those labels they gave me, I took them because there wasn't a trace of my true self left."

Funny

"On set is where I feel comfortable. The red carpet stuff, talking about the film, explaining your own life, it doesn't come naturally. It's all necessary stuff I suppose but it's not my strength."

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"Whatever is said about roles drying up, I intend to keep working. Certainly now the roles couldn't be more interesting - playing mothers, divorcees. I think it's going to be exciting to play a mother of teenagers. The longer your life, the deeper it gets."

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"Pain is such an important thing in life. I think that as an artist you have to experience suffering."

Experience

"When I had dark hair I definitely felt that I was more anonymous."

Hair

"If I have to produce movies, direct movies, whatever to change the way Hollywood treats older women, I'll do it. If I have to bend the rules, I will. If I have to break them, I will."

Change

"There was a time I was very much blaming the way I felt on L.A, that it was a vacuum of creativity, of humor or anything organic, and I was really angry at the place. But then today I feel completely different - I love L.A.!"

Humor

"There's a set of rules out there somewhere that says it all ends by 40. I hope to be able to defy that because I truly love my work."

Love

"I find myself gravitating towards drama. It interests me. In the books I read, the paintings I like, it's always the darker stuff."

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