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Quotes by Actress

"People think you know beforehand when you win an Oscar - I can assure you you don't."

"I found that a bit unfair. However, I did feel quite liberated when I left. I'm very grateful to the show - it revived a flagging career, but I'm glad to be away from it now."

"You can't enjoy life if you're not nourishing your body."

"I really enjoyed doing the voice of Nose Marie on the cartoon series Pound Puppies. Fun, FUN cast."

"I am writing my second novel for children for Simon and Schuster."

"A lot of show business, as you know, is about all the contacts you make and who you know."

"And I don't believe that I have to stay on one side of the fence or the other. I don't believe that there is any good career move or bad career move. I believe there are only the things that make me happy."

"Today, all patients accepted for treatment at St. Jude's are treated without regard for the family's ability to pay. Everything beyond what is covered by insurance is taken care of, and for those without insurance, all of the medical costs are absorbed by the hospital."

"I hate committing myself to anything. It's probably the lack of discipline, honestly. I'm probably a spoiled brat worried about getting my way every time."

"It was the most pleasurable thing I've ever done, playing this character, and I just remember feeling so at home and so - I don't know, I was just happy - and it just wasn't ever work! It was like a sandbox for me, and I would crack myself up rehearsing."

"If Terri was upset about how silly she would look, her mother was completely undone. Seems she wanted Terri in her full natural bloom, not with any blooming flower."

"Working together was a bit of a disaster. I'd tell him his ideas were cr*p and he'd say the same about mine."

"I definitely feel, when I'm wearing the costume, that I could scare people and hurt them."

"If you have to make mistakes, make them good and big, don't be middling if you can help it."

"Lesbians and gays... they still have to fight, even inside. It's not that simple, even if they seem to be accepted."

"When you walk into a room, a healthy, beautiful smile is incredibly important."

"I have had strange animals as pets all my life. I was shy growing up, and shy people tend to interact better with animals than people. Animals are direct, not duplicitous."

"I'm opening up my heart to the idea of dating. It's funny - my friends would always come to me for romantic advice. I know nothing, and things have changed since I was dating in high school! I'm really trying hard to spend this time working on myself."

"Well, I had said to my friends, it's going to be good, but I bet it's going to be cheesy in a way. And I didn't think that at all. It's so good and was just so funny."

"I love what I do, so it's not tiring. If I worked at a computer or drove a truck, I'd be dead in a week."

"Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get - only with what you are expecting to give - which is everything."

"I'm done with men... I'm going to be alone. I have no luck with relationships. I don't think I'm made for marriage."

"I'm really proud of Twilight. I think it's a good movie. It was hard to do, and I think it turned out pretty good. But I don't take much credit for it. So when you show up at these places, and there's literally like a thousand girls and they're all screaming your name, you're like, why? You don't feel like you deserve it."
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