"But there's definitely a bit of Mae West in me. I think self-amusement is possibly the most important thing one has." - Rose McGowan
"I have great luck. I'm used to people dying and going away. Not used to it exactly - but I expect it. Like, whenever people go off on a trip, I save their phone messages because I think they might die." - Rose McGowan
"I realized a career is built as much on what you don't do as what you do do." - Rose McGowan
"I think I ran so hard and so fast, in a lot of ways, from my life and I kind of took a fall. It was like - what do they call it? - post-traumatic stress syndrome." - Rose McGowan
"I thought that was a funny part, but I'm dying to do other things, which is why I'm on a starvation diet right now." - Rose McGowan
"I was supposed to be the belle of the ball, but I only lasted a day there and then, on January 29, my best friend committed suicide." - Rose McGowan
"I was up watching Meet Joe Black at four AM. I was hoping Brad Pitt would die, and he was still alive at seven forty in the morning! I actually felt sorry for once, for critics." - Rose McGowan
"I was with somebody else at the time, who I left - one, because I didn't really want to be with that person, and two, because I felt I'd had so much tragedy I needed to go off, go crazy, and maybe live on the outside for a while." - Rose McGowan
"I'd heard he had a crush on me and I thought that was funny. So I marched straight up to him and said, "So I hear you have a crush on me."" - Rose McGowan
"I've got calls saying I was too strong an actress for a particular part and that I would make the other actors seem weak." - Rose McGowan
"I've had no sleep, so I'm going to be really quick. And really witty!" - Rose McGowan
"I've seen many actors go awry by making the wrong choices early on." - Rose McGowan
"It wasn't that I was shy to go out with him, I just didn't want people with preconceived notions to assume anything about why we were together. I was pretty careful for a while." - Rose McGowan
"It's funny, because he was teasing me last night. I was saying, "I have a friend I need to call," and he said, "You don't have any friends."" - Rose McGowan
"It's not only reduced a lot of the ups and downs that come with this lifestyle, but it's instilled a really strong work ethic in me." - Rose McGowan
"There have been a lot of murders and suicides in my family; it's like the primary cause of death. I wonder if there's a certain energy that attracts that." - Rose McGowan
"They're definitely having their moment now because they know how to work the system, and I know I have to be that way, too, in order to succeed. But it's never been more frustrating for me." - Rose McGowan
"To me, it's obvious that the better the people involved, the more likely the film itself will rise to the occasion." - Rose McGowan
