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"I never felt like I belonged in Minnesota when I was growing up there. That's why I was out the door as soon as I turned 18."
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"Conway Twitty was always our local hero while I was growing up. He had a series of good bands. I wanted to sit in, if Conway would let me. And he did a couple of times."
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"Well, I don't know how astute I am, but I did want to be a journalist when I was growing up."
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"I'm not a person who particularly had heros when growing up."
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"When I was growing up, there was no such thing as Off-Broadway. You either got your show on or you didn't."
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"Maturity is a high price to pay for growing up."
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"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."
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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 have this sense that I didn't really start growing up until my twenties."
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"Well, when I was growing up it was Ozzie and Harriet on TV - nobody's parents were like that."
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"I felt like a dork growing up so this is shocking."
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"Allow the diversity to exist. There is nothing wrong with it. Hell, we put up with the religious right-we can put up with transgendered human beings."
Diversity
"Sometimes parts just come along when it's the perfect time for you to do them."
Time
"The worst is when I talk myself into something. Sometimes you take things because you want to work with a certain actor, or you want to work with a director, even if the script or the part's not that great."
Work
"To my mind the election was stolen by George Bush and we have been suffering ever since under this man's leadership."
Leadership
"I never felt like I belonged in Minnesota when I was growing up there. That's why I was out the door as soon as I turned 18."
Growing up
"This idea of selfishness as a virtue, as opposed to generosity: That, to me, is unnatural."
Idea
"Successful model? That's a myth. The year I modeled was the most painful year of my life. Editors would always talk to you in the third person as though you were merely a piece of merchandise."
Life
"Because Shakespeare's language is so expansive, we're under this misconception that it's difficult. But I discovered that it's easy because it's so brilliantly written. The words are perfect, and the language is intelligent and very emotional."
Language
"I worked on my voice for Sweet Dreams, but only to match my speaking voice to Patsy's actual singing voice. That was my way into that character."
Dream
"Sometimes the odds are against you-the director doesn't know what the hell he's doing, or something falls apart in the production, or you're working with an actor who's just unbearable."
Actor
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