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"I always felt like I was a freak when I was growing up and that there was something wrong with me because I couldn't fit in anywhere."
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"I was black growing up in an all-white neighborhood so I felt like I just didn't fit in. Like I wasn't as good as everybody else or as smart, or whatever."

"Growing up in Hollywood it seemed like every kid was the child of some star."

"Remember, it's still a mystery to be an adult. If you knew it all before eighteen, you'd have nothing to look forward to."

"Growing up, I was the plain one. I had no style. I was the tough kid with the comb in the back pocket and the feathered hair."

"I was on the set when I was five years old with Spencer Tracy. A lot of what I learned growing up in terms of artistry is very clean, very tidy, very organized."

"I always felt like I was a freak when I was growing up and that there was something wrong with me because I couldn't fit in anywhere."

"Growing up, mostly in Montreal, I was an only child of loving parents."

"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, I wanted desperately to please, to be a good girl."
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"I think in the end, when you're famous, people like to narrow you down to a few personality traits. I think I've just become this ambitious, say-whatever's-on-her-mind, intimidating person. And that's part of my personality, but it's certainly not anywhere near the whole thing."

"I guess some people are brilliant enough to be brilliant on their own and never doubt anything and come up with fabulous things. But I think it's good to get into arguments with people and have them say, 'That sucks' or 'You're crazy' or 'That's cheesy"'or 'What do you think of this?'"

"I always felt like I was a freak when I was growing up and that there was something wrong with me because I couldn't fit in anywhere."

"In this business, my business, I get to meet all kinds of incredible people, fascinating people, glamorous people and sexy people and highly intellectual people. And you meet them and you go 'interesting, interesting, interesting'. They're interesting, but not very many people stop you in your tracks."

"A lot of places I go are dangerous, like Tel Aviv or Rio, but that never stops me from going there and putting on a show. I have good security. I don't worry about that."

"But I love the idea - whether it's in my work or where I live - exploring new frontier, and I like putting myself in strange places and trying to survive and figure things out and gather up an infrastructure. I like knowing that I could figure out a way to live anywhere."
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