How can we have our privacy? How can we have our independence now in these times with these cameras? Because I think privacy and our solitude is really important.

— Parker Posey

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

I find myself listening to Talk on repeat while I'm doing gardening in upstate New York. Their music is so languid, and I just love his voice.

— Parker Posey

I got into the whole Ayurvedic thing. It was really cool.

— Parker Posey

I had dreams of bonehead aliens when I was little. Before 'Saturday Night Live' did it. And then they came out with them, and I went on to be a glorified extra in the movie. When everyone else was laughing, I was scared.

— Parker Posey

I love the room. I thought I had a career playing the best friend. What happened to that? It's really sad to me.

— Parker Posey

I traveled to Morocco once, and I only saw one television when I was there, but I did go into this dirt cave and I saw this kid chopping tomatoes and pita, and he had a picture on the wall of Jean-Claude Van Damme holding a gun. That connected with him on the other side of the world, so no wonder these big movies are made - they have a mass appeal.

— Parker Posey

It's always the girl comedy and the guy comedy. It bums me out. You'd think there'd be a progression, from James L. Brooks and Nora Ephron into more subtle humor and behavior and psychology. All these interesting things people can learn about themselves by watching talented writers comment intelligently on someone else's emotional life.

— Parker Posey

It's not really cool to be singled out.

— Parker Posey

My grandmother is this amazingly theatrical woman. She acted like a movie star, as far as looks and attitude, kind of like Susan Hayward.

— Parker Posey