Quotes

001. – (On her sexuality) It didn’t really affect anything in my career. I don’t think the producers and directors I’ve worked with care one way or another. I don’t want to be labeled as one thing or another. In the past I’ve had successful relationships with men, and now I’m in this successful relationship with a woman. When it comes to love I am totally open. I don’t want to be put into a category, as in ‘I’m this‘ or ‘I’m that‘.

002. – First of all, to say I came out implies that I was once in. Let me be straight about that-no pun intended. I never came out from anywhere. It didn’t really affect anything in my career. I don’t think the producers and directors I’ve worked with care one way or another… I don’t want to be labeled as one thing or another. In the past I’ve had successful relationships with men, and now I’m in this successful relationship with a woman. When it comes to love I am totally open. I don’t want to be put into a category, as in ‘I’m this’ or ‘I’m that.’

003. – (On coming out as a lesbian) : I personally think that if you deny something or if you hide something, you’re inadvertently admitting it’s wrong.

004. – (On her partner Tasya van Ree) : She’s so beautiful. I mean, you’d have to be crazy not to want to go out with her!

005. – I don’t go out in the sun if I can help it. When I do, I always use SPF.

006. – (About the modelling industry) Truly it’s a horrible industry – horrible for the girls who are part of it, who admire it, the girls who fall victim to it.

007. – (About watching herself onscreen) It’s impossible to watch a movie objectively, especially your own scenes, but if it’s a piece of work and I’m proud of it, as I am with Mandy Lane – I love the movie – then it’s a little easier

008. – There’s no real talent involved in modeling. Acting has substance.

009. – I am a total klutz. I’m really clumsy. If there’s something to be broken, I’ll break it. It’s like I have magical powers that way. It’s like I can break a vase just by looking at it the wrong way!

010. – Like most people, I’ve been the girl who walks down a hallway and isn’t aware how I look and how other people perceive me.

011. – (on the death of Brad Renfro) People are going to look at him and say that the industry did this or the drugs or whatever and young people are this way. It’s not just young people. It’s not old people, it’s not only actors. It’s everybody. Everybody knows somebody with a problem.

012. – I think there’s a part when you sign your soul to the devil and start working in Los Angeles that you also sign away that you could be a human being in anyone’s eye. You’re like a robot!

013. – I would just love to work in films for the rest of my life. I don’t care about famous or about being anything like that. All I care about is living my life, being able to do what I love, working project to project, city to city, in films I believe in. That’s the only way to live.

014. – (About the writings of Russian-born atheist Ayn Rande) I’ve read all of her books. Ever since then, I have been obsessed with her ideals.

015. – I’m pretty fearless.

016. – All I’ve ever needed is myself.

017. – My very best friend died in a car accident when I was 16 years old. That was the hardest blow emotionally that I have ever had to endure. Suddenly, you realize tomorrow might not come. Now I live by the motto, Today is what I have.

018. – You see all these girls who are trained to be pretty and nothing else. That`s why I`ve looked for roles that are not the pretty, popular girls.

019. – My whole life, there have been people expecting me to be a certain way because of how I look. They expect certain things of me, expect me to be of a certain intelligence. I`m constantly walking a tightrope between the kind of roles I want to play and the kind of roles I`m expected to play.

020. – I still had the body image of the girl being told to lose weight. It was very difficult to be placed in this position but, luckily, weight has never been a concern of mine. It`s just a concern to other people.

021. – It`s hard being a woman in Hollywood because there`s a lot of pressure to be things that are not natural. There`s a lot of pressure to fill standards that are beyond you or just plain difficult. It`s hard… Very hard, but that`s the expectation placed upon you to be the hot young thing.

022. – My father always encouraged me to be an actress. I guess, as a parent, you can look at your child and see what they are kind of prone to and I was that kid; I had a video camera when I was a child and filmed everything and organized plays and I was always on camera too. I would never just be behind the camera, hello! I would put myself in as the star. I did do the plays in high school before I dropped out and finished high school on my own. I fell in love with theater in high school and it was something that my parents really encouraged, probably up until the moment I said `I`m gonna go do it tomorrow`. They`ve been great.

023. – The industry is not an easy one but I`m in it for a reason and I`m not surprised by anything. You`re a fool if you`re surprised by this industry and I am a single woman in Hollywood and it is difficult. I`m not saying it`s a walk in the park but this is something I`ve wanted my whole life and I`ll be damned if I`m going to complain about it now.

024. – I`m very lucky. I`ve always been a big fan of reading and books. I think the minute you pick up a book about world history or religious history; the minute you start to learn about other societies, other cultures, other religions and the history of the ones that have brought our world to what it is today, I think it`s very easy to escape. But, not for most people because it`s easy to just turn on the TV and watch American Idol.

025. – I think it`s the (Catholic) education. I don`t think there are many people who will argue with you about the quality of the education but, other than that, I think it`s a very dangerous thing. School in America in general is conforming enough. We have a very, very strong tendency to fall into that conformity, very easily because it`s the easiest path. I think it`s dangerous to put a young girl in a Catholic school where they teach you to conform and dress the same and it effects your personal life after you leave that school. They`re telling you how to live your life, morality; what to believe, what not to believe and that is scary. It`s literally telling you `don`t think for yourself.

026. – I was raised in Austin, Texas and my parents put me through Catholic school my whole life and look at me now, mom and dad! Then I went to a private Catholic academy, a prep school. It was co-ed. I guess, when I was sixteen, I said `I`m gonna go be an actress in Hollywood` and I came out here when I was 17-years-old and the rest is history, the rest you can look up.

027. – If people ask me how I avoid all the BS, I often tell them, I`m not looking for it. I`m hardly ever in LA., I`m always working.

028. – I`m young and I`m single, and I definitely enjoy my private life. I`m not insecure, and I don`t need to be validated by paparazzi. I want my career to speak for me.

029. – As many roles as I get to do, like the pretty girl, the prom queen; I like to choose other ones regardless of how much they pay.

030. – I look at people like Angelina Jolie and all that she is doing, and I think `Wow, that is the direction I want to go in.` I`m hoping that the small amount of power that I am able to accrue will be enough to change atleast one life, and preferably thousands.

031. – Carpe omnes. It`s not just seize the day – which is grossly overused. It`s seize everything. I like that. I`ll take it all.

032. – My private life is very important to me, and as it becomes increasingly obvious how little respect a lot of celebrities have for their own personal lives, my private life grows even more valuable to me.

033. – I love fast cars, loud guns and classic rock `n` roll, but I`d never do any of it in flats. I love me a nice, big uncomfortable pair of heels and some big hair! Maybe it`s a Southern thing, but I love dressing up. It`s everything I cannot to leave the house in a goddamn prom dress every day.

034. – I could be pigeonholed so fast–it can happen so quickly, and I`m trying to keep a constant strategy to always be moving and be a little unpredictable in that sense.

035. – I`m looking to find good stories, not big commercial pieces of work.

036. – I`m not the kind of person to just sit back and lose something I worked hard on, so, naturally, I`ve taken steps to be further involved in a process when most actors aren`t. They go home at the end of the day, and I instead am going over dailies.

037. – I don`t believe in God any more than I believe in the Easter bunny. I grew up in a very strict Catholic environment. I didn`t have an epiphany; it was a gradual process that took a lot of fighting and questioning and reading and research. My parents were upset; they didn`t like that I asked questions – but that only propelled me to ask more. I explained that I don`t need an external, omnipotent being with an eternal concept of punishment out there to tell me right from wrong.

038. – There`s a line between being an artist and (being a celebrity). Whether you`re a famous photographer or artist, or you`re an actor or director, it`s no longer about your job it`s about being a celebrity … and somehow that`s your job … and I hate that idea.

039. – I love to cook. When I`m away I miss my pots and pans and my spices. I take a lot of pride in the spices that I pick out … crazy, random, specific spices from all over the world that I buy in Little Tokyo and markets in LA.

040. – It is tempting to take all these jobs and these movies that people offer you all the time for, lots of money, to play the girl next door or the screen queen, and it is tempting to run out in front of the paparazzi if you feel like you aren`t getting enough attention. But if you value a real career as an artist you value longevity, you can`t sacrafice that for some publicity or a big paycheck. If I wanted to be a celebrity, it would be very easy, but I value different things.

041. – I`m open to whoever. I think it is absurd to assume that I have to look in a certain category. A person should make choices—about who they want to marry, who they want to spend time with, who they want to fuck—based on a variety of options, and I hope that one day people will be more open-minded about that. It`s silly to look in one category or another. I would never imagine a mate based on a certain sex or race.

042. – Today is what I have.

043. – I’ve worked really hard to bring something more to “pretty girl” roles over the years. I consider it a challenge.

044. – (On transitioning from modeling to acting): My father persuaded me to take classes, and my first agent in Austin paid for them. I’d always wanted to be an actress. I did it in high school and fell in love with it, but I was distracted by the modeling industry because I wanted to travel and get out of my hometown. It was the easier ticket.

045. – I don’t take parts because they’re for the sexy girl. I take the sexy girl parts and try to give them something else and make them a character. I just know that, at some point, you have to choose between the two. We didn’t take Charlize Theron seriously until she did “Monster” and became physically ugly. I would love to see women be able to be powerful, complex, smart, opinionated and taken seriously, even if they are beautiful. Even more, I would love to see women held to different standards, other than the superficial ones that we’re held to.

046. – We women still make up like one, maybe two percent of the directors [in Hollywood] and until we make up a bigger or I guess a more significant majority or proportion of the filmmakers or until we have a larger stake in the prospective makers, then we won’t accurately accomplish that representation.

047. – I’ve had amazing, successful relationships with men, and now I have an amazing, successful relationship with a woman, and the bottom line is I love who I love.

048. – Every article I’ve read about myself always winds up concluding that I am not, in fact, completely stupid.

049. – Even though I don’t believe in God, I feel strangely compelled to fight the atheist label.

050. – Everybody enjoys when a woman is her own character in a movie or otherwise.

051. – I am a firm believer that you can have the body you want, only to the extent that you’re willing to work for it.

052. – I am a proud member of the LGBT community and could never bear the idea that someone could say I was closeted.

053. – I am just like any other girl, a sucker for romance.

054. – I buy records – vinyl. I have a record player at home.

055. – I can sit in front of the TV and watch an old romantic film and be transfixed.

056. – I don’t feel like millions of people are wrong because they love who they love or they were born how they were born.

057. – I get tickets all the time and can’t stay under the speed limit. I’m bad at that.

058. – I don’t know if I’ve owned a piece of technology that I hated – I don’t think I would have owned it then.

059. – I have always been very rebellious and gone against the grain. I’ve always challenged the standards set before me.

060. – I grew up just outside of Austin, and my upbringing was fairly rural.

061. – I grew up in Texas, and people love their American-made muscle cars there. I grew up around people who loved cars and took care of cars and my dad’s a big car nut, so I learned a little bit about cars – how to love them, most importantly. I think that from the time I could remember, I’ve always envisioned myself in a vintage muscle car.

062. – I seem to be stuck in the ’60s, and my favorite music, cars, and women’s fashion come from that era. And the sense of social rebellion. It was a good time for a lot of things.

063. – I personally think that if you deny something or if you hide something you’re inadvertently admitting it’s wrong.

064. – I think my mother realized she had a somewhat unusual daughter pretty early on.

065. – I think I’ve always had a certain amount of skepticism of this whole ‘shut up and smile‘ theory. I haven’t ever swallowed that pill so easily, although I tried.

066. – I think there’s a part when you sign your soul to the devil and start working in Los Angeles that you also sign away that you could be a human being in anyone’s eye. You’re like a robot!

067. – I think there’s an instinct to make grotesque horror films that are purely carnal, like the ‘Saw‘ movies.

068. – I was raised by my father; I was daddy’s girl.

069. – I watch what I eat and drink.

070. – I would never imagine a mate based on a certain sex or race.

071. – I’m a good shot and I love guns – I own several.

072. – I would love to see women be able to be powerful, complex, smart, opinionated and taken seriously, even if they are beautiful. Even more, I would love to see women held to different standards, other than the superficial ones that we’re held to.

073. – I’m a huge Hunter S. Thompson fan.

074. – I’m thankful for the work that feminists like Gloria Steinem have done. I am a feminist, but the geography for women today is vastly different than it was in the ’60s.

075. – I’ve got a soft spot for true individuals.

076. – It requires bravery to do something no one else around you is doing.

077. – It’s my job in Hollywood to find roles where I get to be a character not a bathing suit.

078. – It’s rare to have even half-meaningful conversations in the film industry.

079. – Models are just mannequins seeking validation at the hands of sleazy fashion people.

080. – Modern cars I don’t like so much.

081. – One of the biggest challenges in my job is letting go of the movie once you go home at night, and knowing you can’t do anything to your performance once you’ve laid it on film.

082. – School was a waste of time for me. I was bored and left at 16. I started taking correspondence courses at college instead. I did incredibly well. I won an award for my grades.

083. – You can’t respect yourself if you’re afraid to be who you are.

084. – You feel better when you’re eating food that retains nutritional value.

085. – You know, I’ve kind of been lucky enough to always work with established actors or big names or people that are really popular or infamous for doing what they do and doing it well, I guess.

086. – Young women from a very young age are taught that life will be easier if you can just turn on the charming smile and say very little and be complacent and docile and sweet.

087. – (About Johnny Depp): “He’s such a wonderful presence; he is enigmatic and compelling and a true artist, seriously intelligent and incredibly sensitive.”

088. – (About Johnny Depp): “He lights up the room. He is a wonderful, special person. He looks even better close up. Everybody on set respects and likes him, which says a lot about an actor. It’s a grueling job at times and the stress level that everybody feels in the industry is intense – but it doesn’t affect Johnny. It seems like he has time to look everybody in the eye and I like that, it was wonderful to see.”

089. – I’m not the kind of person to just sit back and lose something I worked hard on, so, naturally, I’ve taken steps to be further involved in a process when most actors aren’t.

090. – There’s a line between being an artist and being a celebrity. Whether you’re a famous photographer or artist, or you’re an actor or director, it’s no longer about your job it’s about being a celebrityand somehow that’s your joband. I hate that idea.

091. – Like most people, I’ve been the girl who walks down a hallway and isn’t aware how I look and how other people perceive me.

001. – (On her Drive Angry co-star): Nicolas Cage is such an incredible actor. He brings so much more to the hero roles. And you know, spending a day or two with him on site you realize why he is the legend that he is.

002. – (On the movie Drive Angry): I don’t think your grandmother would like it very much. I think a lot of people like this movie but probably not your grandmother.

003. – (On doing thrillers like The Stepfather) : I mean, when you’re running from the killer one minute and then having coffee with him the next, you kind of have to laugh at it all.

004. – (About her character Greta in Hidden Palms) Greta‘s wild and gets into trouble.

005. – (About shooting the first two episodes of Hidden Plams) I did lose weight between the pilot and the second episode, by giving up booze, increasing workouts and following a macrobiotic diet (no meat, dairy or processed sugar).

006. – I want to produce my own films – it`s important for women to make the creative decisions. So I produced my next film, And Soon the Darkness; I did a lot of writing and the budgets – the whole gig. I thoroughly enjoyed it and want to do more.

007. – I`m proud of the movies I`ve worked on and if I weren`t in them, I`d probably love them, but the second I see myself on-screen I kind of get a sick feeling in my stomach. You are your own worst critic, and I guess I just can`t watch myself objecttively. Whenever I`m at my premieres, I want to run out of the theatre once I come on-screen.

007. – (On her “The Rum Diary” character) I liked the juxtaposition – I liked that she looks like this archetype of a leading lady, this 1950s housewife-in-the-making, the kind of iconic symbol of a woman at that time, this commodity or something that represents the elite status or rather, what the elite status strives to obtain in life or what they value in life and she kind of looks like that, superficially and represents all these things very well on the surface but yet is not that underneath – she’s flawed and kind of vulnerable and fiercely independent and rebellious and I relate to a lot of those qualities and like that she’s not what she looks like.

008. – I love my horror films and they will always be very close to me.

009. – I take the sexy girl parts and try to give them something else and make them a character.