I like to pretend that I'm a tough guy. It's kind of an admission of defeat if I have to ask for help - or even kindness. But if it doesn't come, at some point I snap and demand it.
Mary-Louise ParkerI don't put myself out there, so people aren't necessarily familiar with me or my face.
Mary-Louise ParkerJust when I got out of school, I seemed to get hired for a lot of dramatic things, and people tend to remember you how they've seen you the first time.
Mary-Louise ParkerUsually I'm trying to turn something around or turn it inside out and see what's underneath. I know that probably sounds incredibly vague but I never set out to be likeable or funny or anything like that. I'm just trying to tell the story in the best way that I can and serve the writer because it's really about the writer.
Mary-Louise ParkerWell, it's kind of like that classic sort of trajectory in this kind of movie where there's conflict and they're estranged and they kind of grow to love each other but they don't show it. Then at the end - it's kind of like that. But I think the characters are more interesting than that.
Mary-Louise Parker