[on life after Heavenly Creatures (1994)] I think the hardest thing as to go back to school. It`s a pretty catty environment at an all-girls school and things happened. For example, "60 Minutes" (1993) came to do a story on me and followed me around for a...
I always try to do something really different from the last thing. After Abandon (2002), where I was this creepy girl, I just wanted to play someone happy, and then Sweet Home Alabama (2002) came along, which was perfect.
[on Charlie Sheen`s reaction to her New Zealand accent] He turned around and said, "What`s this, uh, voice? What are you doing?" I said, "I`m just talking." Then he said, "Hmmm. Is that some kind of actor-y thing?"
You always see those movies that have amazing casts, and it`s funny to be in one of them. It`s a list of all these fantastic people--and, oh, me as well.
[on meeting fans] When I was in Montreal this girl came up to me and said, "Has anyone ever told you that you look like Melanie Lynskey?" Some come up and say that they were in school with me, or that I am a friend of someone they know.