You know, I change my hair color a lot, I do all sorts of different things.
Kelly Lynch
Cause I won't repeat myself, the way I dress and look.
Yeah, I do feel badly sometimes, not for whose coming up and getting roles I'm not right for anymore but the people I compete with, who range from Uma Thurman on up.
In their 30s women really start to live... they're not children anymore, and they're not just mothers.
You learn your text and have it in the back of your head, without a thought as to how you're going to say it.
If it's independent, it's because I love it... 'cause they usually end up costing me money to do.
My idols are all older.
It's important for me to see as many colors in the character as possible.
In a collaborative environment directors hire actors because they want their input, not just their bodies.
I don't care what people's myths are about me.
The fact that I got Drugstore Cowboy at all was a fluke.
I make a good living and I've never looked at myself as being an artiste.
And sometimes I do films so my daughter can see me work.
I think right now in the world we're feeling like there's no solid ground beneath our feet, you know?
You look at Gone With the Wind, how right Vivian Leigh was for that. Don't know if that would happen today.
I've been overwhelmed; I was a single mother for a time.
I just think we're living in a time of massive, amazing change, like the Industrial Revolution on acid.
My whole career is based on taking a left turn after each film and doing the opposite of what I've just done.
The worst thing would be for them to find out who I really am, because that's where I hide.
That's where I got my start and where I'll continue to work, but I can't tell you the number of films between Drugstore Cowboy and Curly Sue that I auditioned for and wanted that didn't choose me.
But actors at a certain point take the best of what's available to them.
The least consideration of any film I've ever worked on is who is right for it.
I like to show as much of a woman as I can. I like to fill things out.
Well, for someone who looks like me you wonder where Alfred Hitchcock is.
I do come shackled with whatever people think I am.
Most movie stars don't change their look at all.
Well, I'm a consumer as well. I go to the movies with my popcorn and believe everything I see.
It's part of the fun of it to work with strong personalities.
I mean, I always feel incredibly lucky to get a job.
I can't wait til I get the chance to be a character and how my face looks isn't the first consideration.
All I really want to do is entertain people out there sitting in the dark and for them to believe it.
