Sheryl Lee

“I loved 'Blue Velvet.'”

“You'll read a script, and it'll grab me, or it won't.”

“It doesn't matter whether it's television or films or the theater. I just have to believe in what I'm doing. If I don't believe in it, I won't do it.”

“Animals weren't put on this earth to entertain us.”

“I grew up in Colorado - went back there, tried to heal myself and grow and learn, then got a call that David Lynch wanted me to fly back to Seattle so he could meet me for Twin Peaks.”

“I had no idea it was going to be like this. People come up to me all the time, but it's never, 'Oh, you're Sheryl Lee.' It's, 'Oh my gosh, you're Laura Palmer.'”

“I don't think death is a negative thing at all. I think it can be very positive.”

“People don't set out being bad. They have deep pain inside.”

“Well, there's two things that happen when people experience something, whether it's a song, a television show, a film, a book or any piece of art. It connects them to a certain part of their life and whatever was going on at that time in their life.”

“Salome's of royal blood. She knows whatever she asks she's going to get.”

“For some weird reason, people have a fascination with Laura Palmer.”

“From the age of 40, I went through illness for four and a half years. I tried to keep working through it as much as I could, but I was physically not able to do it as much, and if you look sick, it's hard to get a job.”

“My doctor suggested doing some blood tests and immediately discovered that my white blood cell count was low. So then I went through many more tests including bone marrow biopsies until they figured out that I had neutropenia.”

“People always assume that, if you're an actor who's been on anything from which you're recognisable, that you're making all this money, and it's just not true.”

“It's important for me, when looking at a role, to decide whether or not to take the journey of that character. Will I grow as an actress? And will I grow as a person?”

“It's still difficult for me to watch my work.”

“Society has a fascination with death.”

“But I'm attracted to roles where I get to really go in and explore a character.”

“My biggest fear in life is fear.”

“The more we deny that we have a dark side, the more power it has over us.”