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Quotes by Actress

"I also love the makers of South Park, because they're political, strong, and they're making all of these comments that would get you shot for if you did it in a drama."

"The worst thing you can do to a kid is tell them that their dreams are invalid."

"When you get to your mid-20s, you start to feel responsibilities for the things that you do and the people around you. It's a cool age."

"At this point the theater America is in such a precarious place."


"My driving abilities from Mexico have helped me get through Hollywood."

"If I was 14 and knew some gay people, I wouldn't nearly have had the struggle I had. Our world is definitely changing."

"If they ever do my life story, whoever plays me needs lots of hair color and high heels."

"I don't hang out with agents and producers and I'm not into the business side at all."


"I find a lot of young filmmakers make too much of an effort to be trendy and they can be pretentious."


"I think that's very sad, that I haven't allowed my heart to be broken. I have broken a few."

"New York in a way functions as another character within the story, as it does within most of Woody Allen's stories."

"I sort of was good at writing essays. I was never very good at mathematics, and I was never very good at algebra. I loved science, but I wasn't sure of it."

"I find its attention to living this life rather than the next one exhilarating because I think even independently of Judaism that that's the right way to go about life."

"I really never stopped thinking about Ellen, because I just haven't felt that kind of energy with anyone in my life."


"Finally, after a lot of searching and digging, it was simply the love of family that gave me a road into the character. Once I got into that, and we delved into what it would be like to survive cancer and the ability to see how precious life is, it became easier to play her."

"I remember the guest stars who came, they were always trying to find a new plot for their characters because they wanted to stay. It was really a great working environment."

"I work with The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University. I sit proudly as one of only two recovering addicts on their board."

"Regrettably, I do sometimes have to fight a tendency to be bitchy."

"People either know Alan Rudolph and love every single one of his films or they don't know him at all."

"We all get so caught up in our day-to-day lives and have so many gripes. But when you see the way others live and how they make the best of it, you'll realize how lucky you are."
Day,


"I have always been intrigued with singing and I actually started my career in musical comedies."

"I knew you had to go in and audition and maybe they'd hire you, and that's where you start. I had a good understanding about press: that it's the actor's responsibility to publicize his or her films."


"I think that we need to get along together if we want to survive in the twenty-first century."
Want,

"I don't enjoy the life of an actress, but I don't want to go into that."

"There are some family traditions I don't want my children to carry on."

"I thought, while they're up and firm, why not shoot them once or twice."

"People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed, and redeemed; never throw out anyone."
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