I wouldn't say I was a queen. Maybe a little elf Parker Posey More Quotes by Parker Posey More Quotes From Parker Posey But it's fun to be something, have that, and you don't have to be real. It's like, comedians. They go on and they're doing all these jokes. I would be like that if I were more awake Parker Posey comedianrealfun I watch soap operas. I bake brownies. Normalcy is coursing through my veins. Parker Posey normalcyveinswatches I can do comedy, so people want me to do that, but the other side of comedy is depression. Deep, deep depression is the flip side of comedy. Casting agents don't realize it but in order to be funny you have to have that other side. Parker Posey agentsorderpeople My dad recently reminded me that my grandfather's cousin was Lefty Frizzell. Parker Posey cousindadgrandfather I utilize myself a lot more fully now. You get older so you have a lot more experience. Parker Posey I don't know what's going on with new media and digital stuff. It's all changing. Parker Posey digitalmediastuff You're talking to someone, to a reader, and you get to express in the way you want to. And you get to play with it. It's kind of like acting, but it's on paper. Parker Posey actingplaytalking I think movies are now like going to a museum and seeing the latest exhibit - people just aren't going. It really is a dying art form. It feels frustrating. Parker Posey museumsartthinking As an actor in these movies you get to fill up something so much, to its capacity, and once you get there you're like a horse running onto the racetrack. Parker Posey horseactorsrunning Chris Guest has his own form. It's a way of working that is really intense and you can commit a lot and you focus a lot. You get to bring a lot. You get to bring things maybe you haven't seen before. You're asked to care a great deal for these people who you're playing and create heart and empathy. Parker Posey focusheartpeople Early on it was much easier to play leads, but now independent movies are being co-opted by the studio system, and they want bigger names to guarantee more audience and more numbers. Parker Posey audienceindependent I ran to Rachel [Comey]'s show and on the way I found a potted tree - an umbrella tree - on the street. I always think things are going to be way more intimate than they are and there aren't going to be a lot of people around. I don't know why I think this. I'm always shocked at what a hoopla things are. They were like, 'Hurry up.' So I put the tree down and I see Rachel and she's like, 'Hurry up, sit down.' Parker Posey treepeoplethinking I think Jesse Eisenberg is such a great writer. He was a great director and really tough. Parker Posey toughdirectorsthinking I did do a presentation pilot with Jesse Eisenberg and he's wonderful. He's such a great writer. He directed me and he wrote these wonderful scripts and we're waiting to hear if marketers and advertisers think that an audience wants to look at a bad mom and her 10-year-old son in a show. Parker Posey momsonthinking It felt really good to kind of find my voice and say stuff, and to be funny, hopefully. Parker Posey voicekindstuff I haven't seen a bear in person. I've seen deer. I have lots of woodchucks on my property. And bluebirds. Foxes. Parker Posey deerfoxesbears I like bears. I like bear people. I like bear-type men. Parker Posey bearsmenpeople It's overshadowed, the art. We're in a really argumentative, black-and-white-thinking culture right now. There's not a lot of time to take things in. Parker Posey black-and-whiteartthinking I sold my apartment this year. It's like, Wow, this is where the arts are now. Parker Posey wowyearsart Sometimes you're not in the best environment. Sometimes you're not speaking the same language and it's not a good place to work. It's a lot to give, actually. And for not a lot of money. Parker Posey languagesometimesgiving
