It's part of the celebrity process but my life has never been as interesting or as wild as what's been printed about me.
Even though 'Heathers' didn't make a lot of money, I really was able to transition into a situation where people thought I could play an attractive role because of it.
I wish I could unknow this, but there is a perception of me that I'm super-sensitive and fragile. And I am super-sensitive, and I don't think that that's a bad thing. To do what I do, I have to remain open.
I was unusual looking - I didn't have the look of that time. If you look at 'Lucas' - and, basically, my first five or six movies - the characters are not described in the scripts as attractive people.
Scorsese would talk to me about this movie 'The Heiress' with Olivia de Havilland. We were talking about this scene in it, and suddenly we were rolling. It was very intentional, and I didn't realize - because we talk old movies all the time.
I wanted to be just a normal girl flirting with a normal guy. It's like, you meet people, and they know this stuff about you. It's why you want to meet somebody who's in the same business, only because they understand more. But you don't necessarily want to be with another actor.
With 'Ed Wood,' I sobbed. With 'Frankenweenie,' I was crying. With 'Edward Scissorhands,' I always cry. There's always an incredible amount of purity, even if they look a certain way.
It's all about knowing when to listen to that conversation and - without sounding really hokey - when to tune it out and follow your heart.
When I was young, I was the sweetheart of the press. They loved me but were kind of waiting for me to mess up. I had no skeletons in my closet, no major past to talk about.
I feel my best when I'm happy.
I don't have any interest in being a movie star.
One of my worst fears is being a self-indulgent person.
But I've always felt a need to have a life which is completely separate - at least as far as possible - from the kind of illusory lifestyle that comes with being a celebrity.
You can't pay enough money to... cure that feeling of being broken and confused.
I'm so sick of people shaming women for being sensitive or vulnerable. It's so bizarre to me... I do have those qualities, and I just don't think there's anything wrong with them.
For a long time, I was almost ashamed of being an actress. I felt like it was a shallow occupation. People would be watching my every move.
I binge-watched this show 'Damages.' Glenn Close and Rose Byrne are so good. Lily Tomlin is in it. You see all these great actors, and the writing is terrific. There are a lot of shows like that.
I've always been fascinated with twins.
I'm not someone like Norma Desmond who's harking back to her younger days.
It's like, sometimes I'll watch a movie, and it's got some big star in it playing a working-class person, and the character is in a grocery store, and you can kind of tell, from just watching the scene, that this actor doesn't do their own shopping. So you have to have some sense of reality.
On the set for 'Beetlejuice,' it was before people would go watch on monitors, and directors would be next to the camera.
The 1980s was the era of the blonde cheerleader.
I was fired from a movie because I did 'Heathers!' I was cast in a movie, and the director saw an advance screening and was offended by it and fired me.
You try to get out there and live. I've always had good friends who've been very supportive and help make me feel good and grounded because I've never felt attached to the film industry.
I definitely count my blessings. I feel like I've had such a great ride. Early on, to be able to work with some of the people I did, I feel really lucky.
I would never give advice, because I would feel very presumptuous.
You go through spells where you feel that maybe you're too sensitive for this world. I certainly felt that.
The older you get, the more yourself you can be and the less worried you are about what other people think.
It used to be that you commit to something, and then basically you spend your year doing that. Now there's a constant conversation of how you have to keep working in order to remind people that you're around.
I think I really scored with my parents. All of my friends pretty much came from broken homes, and my parents are still together, but not only that, they're still in love and still write together.
I was inspired by lots of people, certainly in acting and in writing and stuff, but I never wanted to be somebody else.
People don't realise how much tension they hold in their forearms.
I remember a lot of conversations where I was constantly hearing, 'You've gotta do this movie so you can do that movie. You've gotta make a big movie so you can make a small movie.' But I can't act like that.
I don't hang out with agents and producers and I'm not into the business side at all.
I've learned that it's OK to be flawed.
I just did what I found interesting. I was so lucky that I was able to do that, especially in the '90s. I was really able to have a life to go back to.
I would have to say 'The Crucible' stands out because it was one of the best experiences I've ever had, but, you know, Arthur Miller being present on the set - which was wonderful and incredible - but, to have him in your eye line is quite intimidating. It's such a beautiful language he created, so that was challenging but exciting.
I went from weirdo teenager to pixie waif to them not knowing what the hell to do with me.
I think it's important to have as much as a normal life and take the time to get perspective because it only helps your work in the long run.
I love books and going to bookstores. My favorite sound is the sound of the needle hitting the record.
I was very depressed after breaking off my engagement with Johnny ten years ago. I was embarrassingly dramatic at the time, but you have to remember I was only 19 years old.
It's great concentrating so hard you feel your brain will explode.
As a teenager, I worked on Indian reservations, and it was such an incredible culture: the elders are so respected.
Break-ups are hard for anybody, but it's particularly tough when it's being documented and you see the person's picture everywhere. Most people don't have that added problem when they break up with someone.
I'm not into wrinkles.
I love getting older. I think it has to do with always being the kid on set.
The Duffers can be super articulate or very straight to the point. I was really impressed with how they were with each other.
When you finally accept that it's OK not to have answers and it's OK not to be perfect, you realize that feeling confused is a normal part of what it is to be a human being.
You've got to grow up sometime.
