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"My father had a varied ear, from Hank Williams to Ravel."

"I grew up in Manhattan and, since my father was a playwright, all I ever wanted to be was a stage actress."

"I was surprised by how much I like being a father; surprised at what a decent father I am, because I was afraid I wouldn't be able to dump my selfishness."

"My father was grounded, a very meat-and-potatoes man. He was a baker."

"I'll never forget my father's response when I told him I wanted to be a lawyer. He said, 'If you do this, no man will ever want you.'"

"President Bush is supporting Arnold but a lot of Republicans are not, because he is actually quite liberal. Karl Rove said if his father wasn't a Nazi, he wouldn't have any credibility with conservatives at all."
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"I put on the fat suit and went outside and walked around. I was really nervous about being found out, but nobody would even make eye contact with me. It really upset me."

"I understand what it feels like not to like aspects of yourself. There have been times that I have felt really terrible about the way I look. I have the seed of that feeling."

"I'm an artist, and the need to get inside myself and be creative and be other people is a part of who I am. I don't imagine I'll abandon that completely."

"I try to remember, as I hear about friends getting engaged, that it's not about the ring. It's a grave thing, getting married."

"I really like where Tony Robbins says that we're all hypnotized to see beauty this one specific way, and it's true."

"I spend a good portion of my dinner-party conversation defending America because no matter what the political agenda, it's still a fantastic, amazing place."

"As I absorbed life here and understood it better, I just completely fell in love with England."

"I wasn't the high-school play queen or anything. And my parents would let not me act until I graduated from college."

"My playground was the theatre. I'd sit and watch my mother pretend for a living. As a young girl, that's pretty seductive."
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