I don't think you necessarily have to be part of a traditional nuclear family to be a good mother. Mary-Louise Parker More Quotes by Mary-Louise Parker More Quotes From Mary-Louise Parker People have a problem with me being different, but that propels me forward in life. Mary-Louise Parker forward-in-life being-different people I put a lot of stock in the written word, and the power of it. That's what I love about acting and reading scripts. 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. Mary-Louise Parker powerful reading hurt Mediocrity is underrated. Mary-Louise Parker underrated mediocrity Toronto I've worked in so many times so you kind of just know every store, every hotel, every - it's really close to New York so it's awesome for my children so if I have to go home for two days it doesn't take very much time. Except for Air Canada. Air Canada is the worst part. Mary-Louise Parker new-york home children I'm naked in Esquire in August. I was naked on the set the other day. I'm always naked. I'm naked right now, in fact. Mary-Louise Parker naked august facts I certainly was never the pretty girl at school, but I can go to a lot of different places with this face. Mary-Louise Parker girl different school It's good to feel stupid sometimes and do things that are out of your comfort zone. Mary-Louise Parker stupid comfort sometimes I'm just damseling mostly. I'm not very good with a gun. Mary-Louise Parker very-good gun One person's crazy is another person's refreshing. Mary-Louise Parker refreshing crazy persons I just want to make lunches and organize my kids' playroom. Mary-Louise Parker lunch want kids We're dodging bullets and this is right after we've just seen [inaudible] shot and we're running and the woman who John accused of being out to kill us and everyone thought he was kidding. When we see her she appears and she's after us. Mary-Louise Parker bullets shots running 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. Mary-Louise Parker lonely sweet way I enjoy cooking and baking. Alicia Silverstone's vegan cookbook is awesome. Mary-Louise Parker baking vegan cooking The theater is who I am - it's where I feel the most inspired, the most at home, the most useful. Mary-Louise Parker inspired who-i-am home 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. Mary-Louise Parker fun people moving Well, it's kind of like that classic sort of trajectory in this kind of movie where there's conflict and they're estranged and they kind of grow to love each other but they don't show it. Then at the end - it's kind of like that. But I think the characters are more interesting than that. Mary-Louise Parker character interesting thinking I don't get tired of hearing that somebody liked my work. Mary-Louise Parker hearing tired My sister's fish tacos are out of control. I'd give her a restaurant if I were a gazillionaire. Mary-Louise Parker tacos my-sister giving My parents have been together for 65 years. They're both really stubborn. They're not quitters. Mary-Louise Parker parent together years It's the best part of the whole movie. John Malkovich with a pink pig is - you can't get better than that. Then John Malkovich alone and then you add a pink pig. Mary-Louise Parker get-better add pigs
