You don't forget the movies, but you forget the details of them.

I wanted to put all my family stories down for my girls, and I remember everything so vividly. I just wanted to put everything down while I still can remember it all.

I've always been a people-watcher, and as an actor, later, I just mined all those little details.

Most things in my life I had before leaving home. Values, support, great family. I was shaped at an early age. A musician playing guitar, I wanted to be a folk singer.

Banana Splits for Breakfast. I think I ate about five.

If I hadn’t left Texas, I might not have met the director Terrence Malick, and I wouldn’t have met my husband and I wouldn’t have had the children that I’ve had. Life is interesting like that.

When I'm pushing myself, testing myself, that's when I'm happiest. That's when the rewards are greatest.