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Quotes by Actress

"A lot of people didn't realize that I acted before I did anything else."

"I wish I were supernaturally strong so I could put right everything that is wrong."

"Being a teenager, I would think they were real strict, and I would get upset, but I'm glad they were like that. They didn't let us do whatever we wanted. We weren't allowed to date until we were, like, juniors in high school."

"Some people are cool with the fact that their bodies bear witness to this great thing they produced, their children, and I understand that. But on a personal level, it makes me feel better that my breasts are not down to my knees when I'm undressed in front of my husband."

"I want to be a person who makes a quiet difference."


"Sometimes because a woman is beautiful, she's not encouraged to be more, although she may have so much more to offer."


"I've had the same friends for ten, fifteen years."

"If I can inspire someone to go in a positive way and pursue a dream, it can only be good."

"I have no intention of discussing my private life with anyone."

"For me, being in a car or on an airplane is like being in limbo. It's this dead zone between two places. But to walk, you're some place that's already interesting. You're not just between places. Things are happening."

"You know, one wonderful thing that came out of my Enquirer experience is that, in my case, it was ruled tabloids are magazines. Which means they didn't have the protection that a newspaper has."

"The best part of learning any profession, when you're really going through those huge stretching escalated times of learning and energy, is when you want to do it so much."


"Bernard and I intend doing a lot with our lives and that includes actively helping other people. But how can we tell you our plans when we haven't finished making them yet?"

"It was a show where you were given a quote out of current events and you had to identify who said it. I was reading eight newspapers a day and had compiled a file of about 300 quotes. I really had to do my research. The White House press didn't have to bone up on any of it."

"I think people think we're all sipping martinis by the pool."


"Ignorance is not bliss, but in my case, that was."

"I'm a born and bred New Yorker. I belong here. Everytime I leave it's like losing a leg."

"That's a big goal of mine, to try and grow as much of my own food as possible."

"He wasn't really Method but he believed that when you did a role there were lots of things you could do with your co-star in order to create the right environment. You known, if you were supposed to be in love, to create that feeling between the two of you."

"When I died my hair red the first time, I felt as if it was what nature intended. I have been accused of being a bit of a spitfire, so in that way, I absolutely live up to the stereotype. The red hair suits my personality. I was a terrible blonde!"

"To work with a director that has emotional commitment and passion toward the characters, and the piece, and the experiences, it only enriches your work."

"In China, we don't consider someone truly beautiful until we have known them for a long time, and we know what's underneath the skin."

"It's funny because I think it also goes very well with the show. It has this reputation as being this love city where everyone goes to get married, but when you get there, it's very corny and tacky."

"I'm drawing the gossip surrounding the celebrity, or the image the celebrity tries to push on us."

"I had to act in a school play when I was about ten years old. I really didn't want to do it. But everyone had to do it so I didn't have a choice. A talent agent came and watched it and later gave me some work. It's funny because I'd always known that I wanted a movie career. I just didn't think that I would be in the movies."

"Children can only take so much, and they deal with it however they can."
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