“My way to combat anything is just to walk straight into it with my fists up.” WayWalksMy WayCombatFists Author:Mary-Louise Parker
“Words are really powerful. I don't believe that axiom at all - words can absolutely hurt you. Words can wound. They can do a lot of damage. I think they can do way more damage than sticks and stones. I'll take sticks and stones.” ThinkingWayBelieveCan DoHurtPowerfulStonesSticksDon't BelieveWoundsDamageAxiomsReally PowerfulSticks And Stones Author:Mary-Louise Parker
“Usually I'm trying to turn something around or turn it inside out and see what's underneath. I know that probably sounds incredibly vague but I never set out to be likeable or funny or anything like that. I'm just trying to tell the story in the best way that I can and serve the writer because it's really about the writer.” KnowsWayTryingI CanStoriesTurnsSoundBest WayVagueLikeable Author:Mary-Louise Parker
“There's a lot of time sitting in movies, so you can put alligators in people's trailers in your spare time. So it [making a film] moves slower, which in some ways is great, because you can live with a scene and invest in it a lot. And in some ways it's hard, because sometimes you can start to lose your energy a little bit, but both are fun.” PeopleWayLittlesSometimesHardFilmMovingEnergyFunBitsLosesSceneLittle BitSittingSparesTrailersSpare TimeAlligators Author:Mary-Louise Parker
“I really prefer acting in the theater the most. In some ways TV is closer to that because there's more of a regularity to the schedule. You have to finish an episode by a certain day. Movies can just go on interminably.” WayCertainActingTvsGoes OnTheaterEpisodesSchedulesRegularity Author:Mary-Louise Parker
“With TV, there's a continuum with the crew and the cast so you feel like you have a sense of community in a way, which is similar to theater.” WayFeelsCommunityTvsLike YouTheaterCastsCrewContinuum Author:Mary-Louise Parker
“There's something really sweet about the way he's playing the part and he's kind of irresistible in a way. They're both really lonely. That's kind of established from the very beginning in the movie. The way they meet is just classic, lonely losers.” WayKindSweetLonelyClassicLoserIrresistibleReally Sweet Author:Mary-Louise Parker
“I thought the other ones were so obviously - what are we going to do if she burns down the house? The DEA, which I think was maybe the best one because she's wearing the jacket when she goes through the mirror and I think that was kind of amazing because you really weren't expecting that. There's something almost slapstick about this in a way that worried me. It was a little pratfalley with the golf club and the - but I think it probably cut together okay.” IfsThinkingWayKindLittlesTogetherHouseCuttingOkayMirrorsGolfClubsWorriedBeing The BestExpectingJacketsGolf ClubsSlapstick Author:Mary-Louise Parker
