Lara Flynn Boyle

“To put me through school my morn had to work, so I was a latchkey kid.”

“Sometimes when you're just thrown into something, you are more ready for it than when you have time to think it over and get nervous about it.”

“Oh, I don't talk about Jack and me. Some things are too good to share.”

“I am very fortunate to have a career. I always have to act. I don't know if I'll have a career to support it for the rest of my life, but I know I'll always act.”

“I love fast cars... and to go too fast in them.”

“Being Irish was a big thing for me, particularly growing up in Chicago.”

“I had so many freckles that my mother used to say that they were kisses from the angels. I still have them.”

“I love children and I love men, but I can't commit to either for the rest of my life.”

“But I know somebody who has a bedside urinal. How do I compete with that?”

“I've dated men my age, younger than me and older. The only difference is the young ones are quicker at taking out the garbage.”

“I remember doing the sex scene in Red Rock West. I had to kiss Nic Cage and then look like I was going down on him. And he couldn't do anything - he just had to lie there.”

“I've had Irish skin from the time I was a young girl.”

“You know, the bigger you get and the more success you have, the more people you can fill your house with to tell you how great you are. You can do that.”

“And I think women have come a very, very long way, but they have a long way to go.”

“But Tommy Lee Jones is just smooth. He's just the real deal. I'm captivated by him because there's so little of that in Hollywood, and he just embodies it.”

“Have I seen The Commitments? I was obsessed with that movie. I just watched it again about two weeks ago.”

“Coffee and smoking are the last great addictions.”

“She comes from the Midwest. She had me at a very young age and raised me on her own. She's a very hard worker.”

“I had such a great mom and I know that I'd never be that mom. I wouldn't want to bring a child into this world unless I could be.”

“And I don't believe that women can successfully have it all. I really don't.”