Rosanna Arquette

“I'm a person who takes baths in the dark, alone.”

“Hate is a powerful energy. If you want to do anything, resist hate. Resist it.”

“It's so hard to be a mother and to also want to practice your art.”

“There will always be some kid who's the new Kurt Cobain writing great lyrics and singing from his soul. The problem is they're not marketing that anymore or putting it out there.”

“Yes, just by the nature of the colour of my skin, I was born with privilege. And it is unfair.”

“Men want girls. Most men want little girls. They want them in film. They want to look at them. That's all they want. An evolved man is not going to look that way.”

“Music used to change people's minds - and it still changes mine.”

“If things aren't going so well, I try to stay positive and not give in to negative thoughts.”

“It's not fair that there aren't very many juicy or varied roles for women.”

“I think we've told a lot of lies about human behavior through film.”

“I think everybody wants love, and everybody wants to feel alive.”

“Most men are not that evolved.”

“Music is the universal language that everyone can understand.”

“You have to pay the bills when you're a single mum.”

“There's no way I'm going to put this kid in the movies, because of the rejection. It's so hard as an adult, so why set her up to feel that bad as a child?”

“I love working with children, and I love music.”

“I feel like I'm getting the best parts of my career, in my 50s.”

“My parents were activists and my mother was hugely involved with the anti-Vietnam War protests.”

“It's really hard not to be paranoid when you find out that you've been spied on.”

“It's so hard to have relationships when there is so much scrutiny.”