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"I have this sense that I didn't really start growing up until my twenties."
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"Well I had my kids so young that I kind of feel that I'm a kid too and am growing up with them. The things they're interested in tend to really influence me."
"I don't mind snakes. Growing up in South Africa there were a couple a snakes around... and I'm not talking just about the government!"
"Growing up in Hollywood it seemed like every kid was the child of some star."
"When I was growing up, there was no such thing as Off-Broadway. You either got your show on or you didn't."
"I still feel like I have a lot of growing up to do 'til I find the voice. Everybody has their own voice and their own thing they want to say to the world."
"Maturity is a high price to pay for growing up."
"There are things about growing up in a small town that you can't necessarily quantify."
"I have this sense that I didn't really start growing up until my twenties."
"Growing up in Denver, I'm sure it started with loving the Colorado mountains."
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"But I've always felt a need to have a life which is completely separate - at least as far as possible - from the kind of illusory lifestyle that comes with being a celebrity."
"My dad took me to all the best rock and punk shows when I was growing up and music has always been a part of my life. So I'm very interested in the music scene and I suppose that's why I've ended up going out with musicians. Dave Pirner is still one of my best friends."
"It's an indication of how cynical our society has become that any kind of love story with a sad theme is automatically ridiculed as sentimental junk."
"There was a time when I was 19 when I really, really, really thought I was going crazy. I was exhausted and going through a terrible depression."
"If I showed you scripts from my first few movies, the descriptions of my characters all said 'the ugly girl'."
"Money doesn't matter on a deeply personal level. It doesn't make you feel any happier. But of course I am very aware that I don't have to worry about earning a living or about those very important practical things that most people have to worry about on a very real level."
"That's an aspect of this business which can be very frustrating and aggravating. Most of what is written about you is wrong and so much of what does get printed is often about personal things that you don't want to have other people read about."
"Weird people follow you in the streets, you can't sit alone in a restaurant or a cafe and read a book in peace, and I think everybody values those moments of being alone."
"Remember, I'm the kind of kid who used to get stuffed into a locker by school bullies. I've never felt like I'm a big star at any level of my life."
"You try to get out there and live. I've always had good friends who've been very supportive and help make me feel good and grounded because I've never felt attached to the film industry."
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