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Quotes by Actress


"I don't smoke, don't drink much, and go to the gym five times a week. I live a healthy lifestyle and feel great. I can run a marathon, you know."

"All the nice things about Suzanne are me. All the things that aren't nice, that was just the writing."

"Yeah, a lot of people think I'll be a tortured nutcase when they meet me."


"I do take responsibility for it. I admit to having a problem. I have been to numerous treatment centers."


"The reporter claimed he was going to write the article from my point of view. Instead, he made me sound like a little idiot. It made me never want to do another interview again."

"I like the ephemeral thing about theatre, every performance is like a ghost - it's there and then it's gone."

"Impotence is one of the major hazards of cigarette smoking."

"I'm like every other woman: a closet full of clothes, but nothing to wear: So I wear jeans."

"In my case, I was born to parents who were very young, and I don't think they were entirely ready to have a child. My dad was going to college and working two or three jobs at the same time, and my mum was working and going to school."

"Bigotry and judgment are the height of insecurity."

"I am loathe to get married again. I've been married enough; I just prefer to forget it."

"I like everything perfect. Everything has to be neat. My sister is 5, and she's more messy than I am. I make my bed every morning, everything's perfect. My shoes are all arranged. It's sad. I'm a little like Ray, a little bit."

"I will not expose the ignorance of the faculty."

"We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation."

"The very damaging, frightening part of postpartum is the lack of perspective and the lack of priority and understanding what is really important."

"You're always close and you never get that big romantic lead."

"This is the other thing: we make the cost of raising kids higher than it has to be just because we feel they need all this stuff, like gadgets, certain schools, and activities that are nice but aren't really necessary."

"I found it very difficult to explain to someone why you did a film. It's not like having a conversation."

"I'm not a big fan of romantic comedies, believe it or not."

"I recently turned down a film that I didn't want my kids to see. Priorities shift. Sometimes I'm sad about that, but not enough to do anything about it."

"I think, especially in our business we meet a lot of people, and sometimes you spend so much time being nice to strangers, and so, you know, keeping a clear head and just being nice to each other. And that's all the advice I can give."

"You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing that we call "failure" is not the falling down, but the staying down."
May,

"I just think that things should be allowed to run their course, and not turned into a Disney ride."

"It is bitter to think of one's best years disappearing in this unpolished country."

"I gotta get working, you know? I've been too busy. I've been trying my hardest, but it's really tough."

"If you want a place in the sun, you have to expect a few blisters."
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