You know, your career is just your career; your life is your life!

Texas is just so rich with characters. Women who live alone in a little house on a thousand acres with nothing but cattle and a pickup truck. And an airplane.

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

When I started out in independent films in the early 70s, we did everything for the love of art. It wasn't about money and stardom. That was what we were reacting against. You'd die before you'd be bought.

It's a whole other way of working when you work in films: You know exactly the arc of your character.

You relate to a character and you find that character within yourself. It's all parts of me. I don't leave characters behind. I just let them go.

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.