I've been fortunate to have had the life I had prior to Hollywood. I wasn't starving; I was going to eat the next day.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I've seen a lot of good things and a lot of the bad of what Hollywood can bring. At the end of the day, I've found that when you try and fit in, that's a way to go crazy; you kind of lose yourself. I'm sometimes the different one at the table, but I don't care.
If you're an actress, you're always on one diet or another - it's a way of life.
As for Hollywood, I've got a killer job, and I'm having a blast. I have the luxury to go on trips whenever I want and invite my friends who can't afford it. And, God willing, I'll be able to do all that till the day I die.
I have to lead a very small life in terms of what people think 'Hollywood' is. It's a full life for me, but I'm not jetting across the world. But life is good.
I've continued to always keep in mind having a healthy does of that in Hollywood, now that I am part of the system and obviously have to follow the way the system works - you still have to have that crazy determination.
I feel that I've been very fortunate in the films that I have gotten and that I've chosen to do.
I always took it for granted that there would be life after Hollywood.
I loved to eat. For all of Hollywood's rewards, I was hungry for most of those 20 years.
Hollywood has treated me well.
'Hunger' definitely changed my life, in terms of being recognized by filmmakers, since that was very much a filmmakers' film.