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Quotes by Actress

"When you're nursing and you're working 18-hour days, that's pretty hard."


"We all have sadness in our life and things that we can draw upon."

"The process of filmmaking is very musical, you get into the rhythm and the rhythmics of how someone is, especially with Woody Allen who is very much into body language and body movement."

"The possibilities are endless for me - Broadway, TV, music and film."

"I try to bring elements of my own personality to every character I've played, but I think I'm pretty similar to the character I'm playing now. The biggest departure would have to have been Freaks and Geeks Sara, who was this sort of subordinate and shy girl."


"I always look for an intense experience, an intense ride. There is nothing better than a good zombie movie where you run crazy and blow at monsters! It was a physical shoot and I enjoyed it."


"So I'm not really quite sure what Landis' plans were to make another one. The American Werewolf in Paris was a completely separate story."

"I'm not very bright about money. I'm not domestic either. If I don't learn how to cook, maybe I won't have to."

"Most of the time it's the parents who recognise me. They try to tell their kids, 'Look, it's Giselle,' and I say, 'No, no, no, don't ruin this for them,' because I'm usually standing there with my hair sideways and no make-up on. And the kid is saying, 'That is not Giselle. No way. That is some worn-out girl who really needs a bath.'"

"With short hair you have to get a haircut every two or three weeks. And if you're coloring your hair, you have to color it that often. Every time I did it, I felt fraudulent."

"People can tell you what to do, but ultimately, we're all going to die, so how do you want to live?"

"Sci-fi nerds are respectful, honorable. You can trust them."

"I never go outside unless I look like Joan Crawford the movie star. If you want to see the girl next door, go next door."
Want,

"If you have enthusiasm, you have a very dynamic, effective companion to travel with you on the road to Somewhere."


"I guess I kind of lived in a fairytale world... looking at everything through rose-colored glasses. I probably always will, to a certain extent."

"Some people in LA are addicted. They have to be here. My personal life is stronger than my professional life, in terms of priorities."

"I was very involved with school by the time I was 15 and wasn't working much as a model."

"Though beauty gives you a weird sense of entitlement, it's rather frightening and threatening to have others ascribe such importance to something you know you're just renting for a while."

"The best reason to make a film is that you feel passionately about it."

"Unfortunately, since the Sept. 11 tragedy, our business is not doing too well."

"I think people were expecting me to be that kind of glamorous sexpot. So they were always, Wow you're not what I expected."

"On network TV, I'm still Phoebe to people, and it would be hard to convince them otherwise in the bright lights of a sitcom."


"As with anything, you need to keep your creative juices flowing and keep the character interesting."

"Dream on it. Let your mind take you to places you would like to go, and then think about it and plan it and celebrate the possibilities. And don't listen to anyone who doesn't know how to dream."


"I think it's definitely beneficial for these characters to have good acting voices behind them and it affects the characters in a way that people can feel like they're part of the game and that they know these characters."


"I love raw cookie dough, right out of the tube. The other thing I eat is marshmallow fluff."

"There's an easygoing nature that comes with a perspective of things that aren't as important as we make them sometimes."

"No not really, it is just like real life. Not everyday you are happy and not everyday you are sad."
Life,

"In order to have great happiness you have to have great pain and unhappiness - otherwise how would you know when you're happy?"
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