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Quotes by Actress
"Ordinarily if an actor gets chosen for the lead in a film, he or she has already built up a repertoire, and everyone knows what he or she is capable of."
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"The strange thing is that since I've been offered lots of films I think that maybe they think that I've sold out to Hollywood. Which is not the case if anybody's listening."
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"It's funny, though, because when I first started going to races after we met, I was extremely nervous. It's like being backstage and hoping you don't trip over something or break an amp or accidentally speak into a live microphone, so I was really hesitant."
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"Johnny Depp is so special that he is like a Martian. In fact, that's what I call him, Martian."
Fact,
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"You have a right to your opinion about the work that you're doing. An artist is as equally important as the director. If you believe that, you can work in any circumstances."
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"Never give up. And never, under any circumstances, face the facts."
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"A bedroom requires a bed. Everything else was extravagance. Well, he had a bed all right."
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"For many years my inherited arthritis had given me problems."
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"I'm about to become a member of the Chemists Society of America. I'm very proud of that."
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"We can sit around and go, okay, is there really a plan, does somebody really know what's happening, is it all planned out, because sometimes it just seems too remarkable to me the things that have happened to me."
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"I don't mind being a tourist at all, and a gawker. I just walk around."
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"I felt I had to share Idaho with my friend from New York because he'd shared New York with me, so I was going to share the beauty of nature with a man who went to museums and clubs late at night. But there was nothing to do where I lived at night."
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"It's not a country of articulate people, sophisticated people. There's too little subtlety. Men and women don't enjoy each other very much in Australia. I don't find very many men sexy in Australia. Of course, I'm married and out of it, but still."
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"This idea of selfishness as a virtue, as opposed to generosity: That, to me, is unnatural."
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"I'd also like to do a play. I've never done theater, and constantly changing and refining a performance is something I'd like to do, even though it may sound like work to some people - and it probably is work."
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"I think sex is very interesting for most people, but I'm interested in sex as a way of communication, I'm not that interested in the fantasy version of a sex scene."
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"The filmmaker's got to make it his story and the actors have got to make it their story."
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"Nooooooo... favorite film, that's like asking if you have a favorite kid!"
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"Sometimes I dread the truth of the lines I say. But the dread must never show."
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"After reading Eminem's autobiography, which I did because I'm so interested in him as an artist, I respect him a lot. Even though he seems angry and mad, he's had to fight so many demons in his life."
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"I think what destroys Hollywood marriages is our work schedule, not so much infidelity."
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"Because Shakespeare's language is so expansive, we're under this misconception that it's difficult. But I discovered that it's easy because it's so brilliantly written. The words are perfect, and the language is intelligent and very emotional."
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"I didn't picture myself as a movie actress. I began to think about it around college. I remember thinking, "Well somebody has to be in them," so maybe I could do that eventually. It's all been a surprise."
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"Endangered forests are being slaughtered for toilet paper."
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"It would be great to make a movie that had the style of a great '30's film."
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"If you've earned a position, be proud of it. Don't hide it. I want to be recognized. When I hear people say, 'There's Joan Crawford!' I turn around and say, 'Hi! How are you!'"
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"When you don't have anybody to take care of you, then you could go both ways: You could do whatever you want, or you could take charge and be your own parent."
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