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Quotes by Actress

"Every actor and actress is possessed of the absorbing passion to create something distinctive and unique."

"This has always been a motto of mine: Attempt the impossible in order to improve your work."

"I am a makeup junkie... Yves St. Laurent, Christian Dior, and anything else that looks good."

"I get about 25 letters a month, and I answer every one of them."

"Usually, it gets worse and worse as they downsize your character; mine just kept getting better."

"Sometimes, when you're acting, you are so in the moment that you don't even remember what just happened."

"I pushed myself way too hard during the first year of Veronica Mars and I got moody and run-down. Now I'll go to bed early instead of going out with friends. It's not always the most fun option, but I know I need at least eight hours of sleep to feel balanced."

"A pleasant voice, which has to include clear enunciation, is not only attractive to those who hear it... its appeal is permanent."

"This friend of mine said he was surprised to find that - I don't think it's quite a majority - a bigger percentage of actors are introverts than extroverts. It was a big surprise to him. Now, I know me, and I'll do anything if I'm playing a character. Or anything that's true to the character, anyway. But in real life I'm a little more withdrawn."

"If I have any message for others, it is to go for help early and not to be a resistant patient."
Help,

"I had called her up a couple of weeks before then, because I had heard this vicious rumour that she did not like the movie. It was very upsetting for me. I am very sensitive to that, because I am portraying her life and did not want her to be unhappy."

"I am trying to think of the last time that I just said, 'What the hell!' and did something crazy."

"I find it a turnoff whenever men aren't into some kind of sport. And, no, video games don't count. I dated a guy who was into video games, and I wanted to shoot myself."

"I often think that a slightly exposed shoulder emerging from a long satin nightgown packs more sex than two naked bodies in bed."


"I could not understand why Meryl Streep, for example, is allowed to work while pregnant and I'm not."

"I grew up in the suburbs of Sydney, an arid kind of place, but every day I took the ferry across the harbour to get to school. I'd watch the ships coming in and going out."

"Whenever I don't' have to wear makeup, it's a good day."

"I learned you have to fight for yourself in the picture business."

"As an actress, there's nothing worse than not knowing your cues."


"I felt privileged to be a facet of such a jewel in the crown of American cinema."
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