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I loved 'Blue Velvet.'
My biggest fear in life is fear.
In some ways, my naivete saved me.
Society has a fascination with death.
I just wanted to work with David Lynch.
I highly recommend tantric sex workshops.
If something scares me, then I have to do it.
It's still difficult for me to watch my work.
Animals weren't put on this earth to entertain us.
You'll read a script, and it'll grab me, or it won't.
I know if somebody played me, I'd want to check her out.
Most actors I'm in touch with are struggling financially.
I'm grateful for anything that brings me back to Colorado.
I did a few independent films, but there is no money in them.
I remembered their songs but I had never owned a Beatles album.
Twin Peaks' without David Lynch is like a girl without a secret.
For some weird reason, people have a fascination with Laura Palmer.
I would love to play a nun. I used to want to be one when I was a kid.
Salome's of royal blood. She knows whatever she asks she's going to get.
The more we deny that we have a dark side, the more power it has over us.
If something scares me, then I have to do it. My biggest fear in life is fear.
David Lynch is a very kind and warm-hearted man. I really think he's brilliant.
But I'm attracted to roles where I get to really go in and explore a character.
I went into dancing but damaged my knees so decided to become an actress instead.
I'm fascinated with all kinds of religion, but I'm not committed to any specific one.
I was just this kid from Colorado studying theater, and suddenly I was on a hit TV show.
Apparently I'm the most naked that anyone's been on TNT. My poor mother. I'm ready to run away.
Someday I'd love to come back and start a theater company in Boulder. That would be a dream come true.
I have a thing about angels. I believe in them. I feel like I have a guardian angel. I think everybody has one.
It's almost as if we each have a vampire inside us. Controlling that beast, that dark side, is what fascinates me.
I don't go to regular music festivals because I tend to run in the opposite direction wherever there's big crowds.
David Lynch saw my picture in a casting agent's office in Seattle. I got a call to see him, and the rest is history.
I love being directed, and I feel so grateful to be able to get to work with some of the directors I've worked with.
I had a little house, and I sold that and moved into a condo, then sold the condo... I kept downsizing and downsizing.
I still get terrified if I have to talk in front of a group of people. By having a character to play, it makes it safer.
Because Laura Palmer was dead... there was always this strange sense that people were seeing a ghost when they would see me.
I have to be very aware of how I manage my health. I still have relapses if I push myself too hard and my immune system can't handle it.
I felt guilty about what happened on 'Twin Peaks.' All of a sudden, to have that kind of payoff for doing so little seemed very strange.
Those of us who were on 'Twin Peaks' can very easily make fun of it, but we get along really well, and we have a playful energy together.
I was living in Seattle. I was 21 years old, just going to do theater. And I got a call that David Lynch was in town and wanted to meet with me.
Media is a powerful thing, and you see it with so many actors, where one role that brings them a lot of attention is sort of how they get defined.
I was the kind of kid, I'd sit in the back row of the class with my head practically under the desk. I was incredibly afraid of people and very shy.
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.
When I was a kid, we played outside until we couldn't see and had to go in. I rode my bicycle and played tag football, kick the can, and hide-and-go-seek.
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.
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.'
People are doing so many incredible, inspiring, interesting things all over this country, and I think that's where the hope is - seeing how innovative and creative people can be.
I'm starting to understand why certain people in the entertainment business reach a point where they say, 'I'm not going to do any more interviews.' I definitely understand that.
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.
Every actress has a line she'll draw, where she'll say, 'This I will do and this I won't.' For me, everything has to be important to the story and the director has to be able to tell me why.