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Quotes by Actress

"I hate overweight, because it implies that there's a weight standard I should be adhering to."

"We cast away priceless time in dreams, born of imagination, fed upon illusion, and put to death by reality."

"Jews have had to carry around their own sense of self in a carpet bag and I think perhaps too much emphasis might be being put on nationality and on the other hand patriotism, that sort of thing."

"In theater, you have a rehearsal period and you know just who to be."


"I think Shakespeare had a lot to contribute with his understanding of the human condition."

"The eyebrow pencil and false eyelashes were essential; my mother didn't feel dressed without them."


"Being an actor is mostly about rejection and being out of work. It was a fast lesson in all of that stuff."

"I was regarded as the school freak which further reinforced a lot of inhibitions and doubts I had about myself. I was a shy, frightened teenager for a long time."

"I am a spy in the house of me. I report back from the front lines of the battle that is me. I am somewhat nonplused by the event that is my life."

"I just love the storyline, I thought it was hilarious - I loved that part when we opened the door, we all look ahead and we have to look down and see that we're actually dealing with this little boy who did this horrible thing of ordering a wife through e-mail."

"I have that thing in my stomach where I just need to keep striving for things. In my mind, I want the fairy tale."


"What he's done is recognise the cinematic nature of the book. It's beautifully realised - it's a beat film."

"I didn't really work with Vin on it except we talked about it a little bit. I think it was kind of cool because we didn't think it was going to be that emotional. I don't think Vin knew I was going to be that emotional."
Work,


"They say that a good cook can ignite sparks by the way he kisses. The way I see, just because a guy can turn on the stove doesn't necessarily make him a good cook."

"We do not fall in love with the package of the person, we fall in love with the inside of a person."
Love,

"I definitely hope to attend UCLA in a year, and major in business."

"It's inappropriate and vulgar and absolutely unacceptable to use your private life to sell anything commercially."
Life,

"I think the Bravo test is really important for a number of reasons. It's kind of symbolic. It raises a lot of the issues that are related to the whole controversy over nuclear testing."

"If you stick with a vision, it might not all work, but some of it will be absolute genius. To me, 15 minutes worth of absolute genius in a film is so much better than two hours of mediocrity. I would rather pay to see something different like that."

"But I'm looking at life, and I'm putting nothing off."


"Seeing the family is a very important part of my weekend."

"The mania started with insomnia and not eating and being driven, driven to find an apartment, driven to see everybody, driven to do New York, driven to never shut up."

"The movies I usually do are maybe three or four weeks because they don't have a lot of money."


"I've had many nicknames over the years: V, Nessa, Nessy Poo, Nessy Bear and Van. Only my parents call me Van, though, and I hate it. I get embarrassed."

"My feelings for Ellen overrode all of my fear about being out as a lesbian. I had to be with her, and I just figured I'd deal with the other stuff later."
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