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Quotes by Actress

"I learned a lot more about transgender people. It's not a choice, but a physiological condition that has to do with the size of the hypothalamus part of the brain."


"It's being willing to walk away that gives you strength and power - if you're willing to accept the consequences of doing what you want to do."

"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."

"To be successful for a moment because of one movie doesn't mean anything."

"It's not necessary to go far and wide. I mean, you can really find exciting and inspiring things within your hometown."

"Today, I guess I give a lot more thought to the roles before I sign them."


"I have a home in Salt Lake, and I have a home in Malibu, at the beach."

"What the public expects and what is healthy for an individual are two very different things."


"I don't know if you've ever tried writing a Doctor Who story, but it's a lot more difficult than it initially appears, especially if you've got more than one assistant."

"Early in last season, George was very worried about other people's emotions, especially how they saw her, and felt she was outside looking in. This year, she still hopes people will accept her for who she is, but if they don't, she's OK with that."

"I've always just adored music. It's my first love, really. I admire and respect people in the music business. You really have to work hard and diligently. Sometimes actors can be lazy and get away with it, but you can't do that if you're a musician."

"It's hard to compare actors from different generations."


"Being strong can be also feminine. I don't think feminine equals being weak. Being strong is very sexy."

"I also get fed up with the fact that casting agents and directors have this impression of me as being frail and petite. I find it very patronizing. I'm quite beefy and strong. I was a gymnast in school and I have lots of muscles."

"I wasn't afraid to fail. Something good always comes out of failure."

"When you choose to be an actor, you are going against the odds."

"If one thing that bothers me about acting, it's that there's no clear-cut number one. The closest you can get is winning an Academy Award, and I'm going to work on that if it takes me the next 50 years. To my peers, it will mean that I'm the best!"

"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."


"There's no way I'm going to put this kid in the movies, because of the rejection. It's so hard as an adult, so why set her up to feel that bad as a child?"

"If I'm not in shape, it feels like something is wrong. If I haven't been able to get to class for a while or I've been sick, I don't feel complete. It doesn't feel like the electricity is making its connections."

"It's not true that I had nothing on. I had the radio on."

"The odd thing is if you asked me to do the accent now I would find it very difficult unless I was also playing that part, because I associate it so much with entering into the role and stepping into someone else's shoes."
Now,

"You have to laugh, you have to be able to take criticism."
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