Unfortunately, overall, movies are a conglomerate. People buy and sell people in this business, which can get really ugly.

I wanted to go to Jupiter. That was my plan from day one, and David Lynch gave me the ticket.

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.

Unfortunately, overall, movies are a conglomerate. People buy and sell people in this business, which can get really ugly.

I'm interested in human nature. That's why I chose to become an actor. Whatever people are struggling with, the struggle is often where the drama is.

Virginia Mayo had kind of a small role in The Best Years of Our Lives, but you got the whole character in one scene. Where are those parts? I was talking to somebody about great actors: Morgan Freeman's name came up, Forest Whitaker, Denzel Washington. And I realized, there're no black actresses. Where's there a black actress who's been extremely successful in the past 10 years?

I left our home to work on a movie, and while I was away, my boyfriend [Billy Bob Thorton] got married, and I've never heard from him again.