'We didn't have enough money, or horses of our own I would take an old saddle and put it on a swing every day, pretending I was on a horse. It's still my dream to have a horse one day. |
After Leaving Las Vegas I did assume that things would get a lot easier than they've been. But it's just been a mirror of the way my career's been from the beginning, so for it to have changed would have been strange. My career has never been perfect. |
I may be the girl next door, but you wouldn't want to live next to me. |
I may be the girl next door, but you wouldn't want to live next to me. |
I spent my whole life trying to play the games males play. |
I understand now that the vulnerability I've always felt is the greatest strength a person can have. You can't experience life without feeling life. What I've learned is that being vulnerable to somebody you love is not a weakness, it's a strength. |
I was really so excited and thought, `If there's a part, I don't care what it is, I'm going to do it, just because I love her so much,' |
Sadness, joy, wonder - all feelings come from a place of grounded strength that comes from trust in yourself. We spend so much time trying to control our feelings out of fear that something may happen, that somebody may not love us, or walk away or die. It's only when you stop living in that fear of what other people might do to you or how they will react, only then are you free to be alive. |
She has a wisdom beyond her years. But what I love about her most is that she is a girl. Her playfulness and her appreciation for where she is, is so strong that it re-inspires you. She has a beautiful imagination, and she believes the circumstances of the characters. She's in the moment, and she has great instincts, and she works hard. It's not just instinct. She's brilliant. |
She is a little girl. Her playful spirit is very much alive when she's not working. Even when she is working, she comes, and she runs and hugs everybody in the morning, and her beautiful smile just sort of forces everybody, pushes them, to open up to the day. |
She reminds you of the joyfulness that you felt when you first started and reminds you to never let that go. |
Yeah, it was so good. I was so-o-o mean to her before [in Hide and Seek ]. Man, I felt bad because I love Elisabeth so much, but I got to be nice with her in this movie. That's what I like about doing movies because you get to do things and portray characters that you would never do or be like in your real life, ever. |