I utilize myself a lot more fully now. You get older so you have a lot more experience.

I was around New York at a time when independent cinema was at its peak and became kind of popular and mainstream. It got some hype, culturally. After that, studios started to have independent companies within their studio system, and they found bigger stars willing to do new material. That's kind of what it's turned into.

I watch soap operas. I bake brownies. Normalcy is coursing through my veins.

With Dazed and Confused I got the high school experience I didn't get to have. So you do create families and homes. You're projecting and it's your job. The amount of time and headspace and thought it takes on your psyche is huge. It's exhausting, yeah. And it's exhausting but it's also great.

You know, it's a really adult thing, for some people, to choose to not be with the one that you love.

I liked being able to portray a woman at this particular age and at this point in her life.

My first lead role was probably 'Party Girl' in 1994.