If you want to grow up and do what I do for a living - be an actress - my advice to you is read as much as you can.
Wii on Nintendo is amazing.
As an actor, you're always looking for, what do I get to do? It's not just what do I say, but what do I do, too.
The accordion came from just having a desire to play music. Somehow, I have slowly taught myself.
There are no worse cliches than southern cliches. They make my skin crawl.
I am lucky enough not to have to take jobs unless I love the material.
When you spend three months of your life doing a movie, it's important to enjoy yourself.
My heritage, many generations back, is Dutch and it was fun to go where nobody asked me how to pronounce my name.
That's my name. I know it's difficult, and it's not pretty, but it's my name.
I'm a chameleon when it comes to languages.
As an actress, my best tools are my emotions and expressions.
I had two wonderful teachers Sanford Melsner and Fred Kareman.
My agents and managers deserve a special Emmy award for scheduling.
We don't want to be reminded that life ends at some point, so they don't put older people on the screen.
Christopher Lloyd was actually the first person - or certainly one of the first few - who ever spoke to me on film.
Anytime I had a date, it was at the Sadie Hawkins Day dance.
In my business, guys may age, but it's not even a question they're valued. But women my age are supposed to disappear.
Writing is essentially an internal process.
You don't get to make Westerns every day.
There's no strategy involved in my career decisions. I do whatever roles make my heart beat faster.
My dad had a series of heart attacks when I was a little girl, and our world was shaped by these huge, traumatic events.
When I was going through sad times, I'd watch 'Cheers' at the end of the day to make me feel better.
Like most people, I have a dark side, but because of roles I played early on, people tend not to guess that.
'Last Man On Earth' is just one of the most original projects I've ever been involved with.
I've never been able to write a movie script. I respect that skill so much, but it's not been the way my brain works.
I know this is kind of corny, but we thought about renewing our vows again because I think my mom would really love it if we did that in Arkansas, where I came from.
I think that we need to look hard at our beliefs and be responsible about how we speak out.
