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"I was encouraged by my mother and, to a lesser extent, by my father."
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"My mother insisted that I have a normal upbringing."
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"Madlen came to sit beside her on the bed. "Lady Queen," she said with her own particular brand of rough gentleness. "It is not the job of the child to protect her mother. It's the mother's job to protect the child. By allowing your mother to protect you, you gave her a gift. Do you understand me?"
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"She was a genius, my mother."
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"I heard stories from my mother's mother who was an American Indian. She was spiritual, although she did not go to church, but she had the hum. She used to tell me stories of the rivers."
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"If I were like your mother, I would be a woman."
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"I didn't grow up with my mother, and so losing her for real was like, some sort of latent childhood, some sort of unresolved issue. When she left for real, it was sort of like, I was done."
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"My mother had lots and lots of children who didn't survive."
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"I think that the old Mothers started that trend of rehearsing long hours. We went as long as the later bands did except we didn't get paid for it like they did."
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"My mother always called me an ugly weed, so I never was aware of anything until I was older. Plain girls should have someone telling them they are beautiful. Sometimes this works miracles."
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"At the beginning it wasn't to do with the work, it was more the experience."
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"I found it very difficult to explain to someone why you did a film. It's not like having a conversation."
Conversation

"The character is close to me, except that I haven't lived through those situations, so it's not completely me."
Character

"When you love someone, you don't want them to suffer at all."
Love

"I used to hate being recognised."
Being

"I hope I'll consider my next part, having learnt from this one."
Hope

"I thought people would ask me really personal questions because I've shown more of myself, but it's a comedy, and people understand that it's a game we play."
Thought

"Letting go of things and not being afraid of being ridiculous or over the top - I think that's the main thing for me to work on."
Work

"I went on television and I wouldn't say a word; I feel so stupid when I watch them again."
Television

"The English was really my mother, it was never me. Being the daughter of my father, I always felt very French."
Mother
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