And if a fat-budget, no-brainer script were ever to land at her feet, she wouldn't spit on that, either. ''You always say yes! But they don't come my way. I mean, who are the foreigners that made it in America besides Arnold Schwarzenegger? The Alias people said to me, 'You don't understand: You have the accent. Now you add the violence. You are going to be governor!'''

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* BIRTHPLACE: Rome, Italy * BREAKOUT FILM: 1986's Blue Velvet * FORMER FLAMES: Martin Scorsese, David Lynch, Gary Oldman * WARDROBE STAPLE: Fruit of the Loom T-shirts * SALARY: ''I don't have $20 million for a film, but I have an interesting life, as interesting as some of the top people that make a lot of money and play the same character over and over again.''

Originally posted May 14, 2004 Published in issue #765 May 14, 2004 Order article reprints
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