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Quotes by Actress
"Stop using him, and start protecting him. I know he thinks he doesn't need it, but sometimes he does. Sometimes we all do."
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"I was raised by free-spirited people, though my father gave me a very strong work ethic."
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"Each new film is like a trial. Before I step in front of the camera, I do not know whether I am going to fall or whether I am going to fly - and that is exactly the way I want it to stay."
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"Yesterday morning I amused myself with an exercise of a talent I once possessed, but have so neglected that my performance might almost be called an experiment. I cut out a dress for one of the women."
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"And I like the way Cain writes his women. Very strong. They're kind of lusty, they know what they want, they're full of conviction. Cain's women are sexual."
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"When you try to battle with John Ford, you have to give in."
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"You know what I would really like to do? I'd like to do a half hour drama with comedy in it."
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"My heritage has been my grounding, and it has brought me peace."
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"When I told my mother that I wanted to be an actress, she said, you can't live here and do that, and so I moved out. I was determined to prove her wrong because she was so sure that I was going to go astray. And that's the juice that kept me going."
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"A lot of male actors are method actors and they become the characters which they both were."
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"I'm not a real social person - I'm shy - and a lot of the business is just social."
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"I've been a vegetarian for years and years. I'm not judgemental about others who aren't, I just feel I cannot eat or wear living creatures."
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"Power, as in the power structure, is why we are still using gas in cars."
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"If I go to a restaurant, other people stare. The meal is ruined."
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"Is your remarkably sexist drivel intentional, or just some horrible mistake?"
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"Dynasty was the opportunity to take charge of my career rather than waiting around like a library book waiting to be loaned out."
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"I never feel more alive than when I'm on stage. On film you feel chopped up, you can be acting from the neck up, or the hand, there is a lot of close up."
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"It's the thing that you do well that brings you to prominence. The very thing that brings you to success can also be like a curse, because then people think that's all you can do."
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"I mean the whole thing about meditation and yoga is about connecting to the higher part of yourself, and then seeing that every living thing is connected in some way."
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"The audience is the best judge of anything. They cannot be lied to. Truth brings them closer. A moment that lags - they're gonna cough."
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"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."
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"Being strong can be also feminine. I don't think feminine equals being weak. Being strong is very sexy."
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"When you have the paparazzi hiding in the bushes outside your home, the only thing you can control is how you respond publicly."
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"After 16 years in pictures I could not be intimidated easily, because I knew where all the skeletons were buried."
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"I was spooked when I first got the role, as I was afraid I wouldn't have the companionship I need on a shoot, because I'm so into the process itself, not so much the end product."
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"And as a character, what I found very inspiring about playing Dharma, especially at that time, is that the women on television were more neurotic than they were free. And I thought, this is a rare bird and this is unique on television and I think it's really refreshing."
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"I never felt being an actor or making a movie was an easy thing to do."
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