My dad took me to all the best rock and punk shows when I was growing up and music has always been a part of my life. So I'm very interested in the music scene and I suppose that's why I've ended up going out with musicians. Dave Pirner is still one of my best friends.

All we want is to be treated like human beings, and not to be patronized, or experimented on like guinea pigs.

If I showed you scripts from my first few movies, the descriptions of my characters all said 'the ugly girl'.

Scapegoating will go on forever. We need someone to blame - illegal immigrants, single moms, people in prison. We need someone to victimize.

I'm very attached to movie theaters and I love going to them. Nothing will ever replace that. It's very romantic and beautiful. I used to want to live inside of one, with a bathtub, a bike and a bed, and just watch movies.

Focus should be on the art of film, not on the business of film.

In America, I don't know how much longer the environment is going to exist. I sort of strongly believe that we're in danger.