Before Our Kids Start Coming Home From

We Were Friends With Jonathan Demme. We Were All Down On The West Side Of New York, And I Think I Met Kurt Vonnegut Through Edith Demme. And Then I Was Lucky To Do Who Am I This Time? 1982, Which Was An Adaptation Of His Short Story That Jonathan Demme Directed With Chris Walken And I, And That Really Cemented The Friendship.

One Of The First Lessons I Learned As A Mom Was To Forgive Myself For Not Being Perfect And To Try To Prioritize What Was Really Important. I Had To Really Accept Very Early On That After A While, Reading A Script And Finding The Form For The Class Trip, It Was Hard To Realize Which One Had Priority At Times. So I Just Had To Say, "you're Doing The Best You Can, And When You Make A Mistake, Apologize. Your Kids Know That You Love Them."

At The End Of Your Life, You Are Going To Want To Know That You Made Some Kind Of Difference.

You Just Can Never Count On A Formula, On A Movie That You Think Is Going To Be A Big Hit, And That's Why You Do It. You Have To Choose Each One For What You Think You'll Learn And The Fun You'll Have. And Maybe The Cool People That You Work With Or A Character That You're Going To Be Able To Explore ... You Just Keep Your Fingers Crossed.

I Did Study Drama At Catholic U, But The Undergraduates Weren't Put In Productions, Really, Except As Extras, And It Wasn't A Hands-on Kind Of Thing At All. I Couldn't Afford To Go To Another College. And My Grandparents Lived In D.c., So I Was Able To Live With Them, And That's How I Was Able To Afford It At All.