In Houston everyone owns guns and uses 'em - sometimes just for the hell of it.

Take events in your life seriously, take work seriously, but don't take yourself seriously, or you'll become affected, pompous and boring.

No matter what it is, pick yourself up and go on to the next project

Making it big in this world is such a rip-off, you gotta keep your head together or it can be totally without meaning

We live from day to day and get as much joy out of experiencing as we can.

But most of what I've learned about acting - and a lot of what I've learned about life in the past seven years - was taught to me by Robert Altman

I felt little awkward about taking one boyfriend to see a film starring another boyfriend.