People can have so many ill-conceived ideas about me based on the parts that I play. I've had guys, when I've been single, come out of the woodwork to date me and I've found out very quickly that they were expecting some kind of whirlwind, some dramatic crazy person - and that's just not me.

Leigh was inspired by her recent experience filming the low-budget Dogme 95 film The King Is Alive. Leigh has an older sister Carrie Ann Morrow who was credited as a "technical advisor" in Georgia. Leigh won New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress and Best Actress from the Montreal World Film Festival as well as an Independent Spirit Award nomination.

Jennifer Jason Leigh (born February 5 1962) is an American film and stage actress best known for her roles in Fast Times at Ridgemont High The Hudsucker Proxy Single White Female Last Exit to Brooklyn Georgia and Short Cuts. She is also the co-writer and co-director of the film The Anniversary Party made with fellow actor Alan Cumming.