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Quotes by Actress
"I guess if I wrote a book one day, it would be about hair."
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"High school, you don't want to go back and do it over again."
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"It's not that, you know, when a relationship doesn't work and there are issues, you have to somehow work it out if there are children involved."
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"I design my shots. I walk the rehearsal as the camera and say 'this is where I want to be... I want this look."
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"I'm not always the nicest person to meet, because I forget very easily that I'm an actress when I'm not working."
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"A lot of people asked me if it was frustrating not having a clear specific diagnosis, but I didn't mind, I just chose the most optimistic diagnosis."
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"There was something to me that was really compelling about that woman, already knowing she couldn't get pregnant. When I made that movie I was maybe 24, and to be 24 and already know you can't get pregnant, that was really interesting to me."
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"I'd like to make really important movies, like American Beauty. I was really proud to be a part of that movie."
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"At first it was exhilarating but when I realized it wasn't going away, it became scary and claustrophobic. Fame is a weird thing."
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"And I got to play lead with Gene Barry - a fellow who has never, ever been hard on the eyes!"
Play,
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"I think so much depends on how you are feeling mentally and emotionally. I try to keep my head on tight, and try to feel good, and just go out there and not be afraid."
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"Anything that loosens you up and makes you freer is good, because that's what acting and performing is all about - being free. It gives you a better connection to the audience."
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"The only difference between the Bel Air of the '90s and the Bel Air of my childhood is that now the nannies are Latina instead of British, and the cars European instead of American."
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"I feel like I've been marinated in Australian theatre."
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"Although working with Amitabh Bacchan was a different experience altogether, I just enjoyed it."
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"I want to do a musical movie. Like Evita, but with good music."
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"If I could do one thing over I'd have been nicer to my parents."
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"I'm trying to find a man to share my life with, but it's not been easy. I'm a 35-year-old woman with two small children."
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"A man who graduated high in his class at Yale Law School and made partnership in a top law firm would be celebrated. A man who invested wisely would be admired, but a woman who accomplishes this is treated with suspicion."
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"I'd rather hang out with five people that I love than with 400 strangers at a club who are all doing the up-and-down inspection thing. They appraise everybody from head to toe - the outfit, the handbag, the shoes, how much they weigh... I can't stand it!"
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"And the sculptor woman was so clever in the way she did it. She had the beret just about to leave my hand. So it's attached to this finger and that's what will keep it there. And I'm looking up at it, so there's no question but that that beret is going to fly."
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"It doesn't happen very often that you get to work with some really good friends of yours and there's a common language between everyone, you don't have to explain what you're doing, you can just run with it. It makes it just so much easier and more relaxed."
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"I don't think you ever think that you have made it but I did take a look at myself one day and think back to when I was a little girl and it was nice to know that I had at least made it this far."
Day,
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"The other thing is surrounding yourself with people that care for you. These are simple things, but they're powerful, and they've completely transformed who I am and how I perceive myself."
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"Leaders are called upon to build not to repair."
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"I find myself gravitating towards drama. It interests me. In the books I read, the paintings I like, it's always the darker stuff."
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"If it's a big hit, fantastic. If it's not, then it's not. I don't worry about my work."
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