I put a lot of stock in the written word, and the power of it. That's what I love about acting and reading scripts. Words are really powerful. I don't believe that axiom at all - words can absolutely hurt you. Words can wound. They can do a lot of damage. I think they can do way more damage than sticks and stones. I'll take sticks and stones.
Mary-Louise ParkerI never know why people come up to me. I think a lot of them just get super-excited because they recognize me from TV but they don't remember where.
Mary-Louise ParkerMy sister's fish tacos are out of control. I'd give her a restaurant if I were a gazillionaire.
Mary-Louise ParkerI have a child and I don't want to be at work all the time when he's small. I want to spend time with him.
Mary-Louise ParkerLook, I don't care if anyone likes me when it comes to my work. But I can be massively insecure in other parts of my life.
Mary-Louise ParkerThere's a lot of time sitting in movies, so you can put alligators in people's trailers in your spare time. So it [making a film] moves slower, which in some ways is great, because you can live with a scene and invest in it a lot. And in some ways it's hard, because sometimes you can start to lose your energy a little bit, but both are fun.
Mary-Louise Parker