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Quotes by Actress

"I love romantic comedies. I like to watch them and I like to be in them. It's something that's increasingly difficult to find that spark of originality that makes if different than the ones that come before."

"My life comes down to three moments: the death of my father, meeting my husband, and the birth of my daughter. Everything I did previous to that just doesn't seem to add up to very much."

"I liked that idea. Someone who's trying to perform herself and not succeeding."

"It's never too late to go out and get that feeling back."

"How you first meet the public is how the industry sees you. You can't argue with them. That's their perception."

"I don't know what it is that I'm doing, but I'm really enjoying myself. And I'm free to do it as much as I want."
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"I played varsity on all of them for four years. I'm 5'9 and that's not that tall for a center so I was a forward. I loved playing volleyball and basketball and track I was good at, but it stressed me out."

"It is a good thing to happen to you, to have that taste of fame because then you don't hanker for it."

"I have yet to see a drama that puts forward women who are successful and have a family. Women are nearly always seen as victims."

"European films were what it was about for me - the sensations I needed, the depth, the storytelling, the characters, the directors, and the freedom that you can't really find in American films."


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

"When I'm out with my girlfriends at the bar, and I see some young 18-year old boy, just for fun I say, 'Hi honey. Do you like girls? Do you like girls exclusively? Oh, good.'"


"I think I'm a people person. I get very attached to people. And I've become so attached to all the people on my show, the cast, the crew and the producers."


"I have grown up but that should be a positive thing. When you look at a photo album it's lovely to remember being so young but it's also good to know you grew up!"

"An agent said he didn't know what to do with me, I wouldn't be able to play any parts but lesbians and aliens."
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"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 made my first home there and had been happy, because to be alienated in one's own country, in one's own hometown, among one's kin and peers, was problematic, but nothing could be more natural than to be alienated in a foreign country, and so there I had at last naturalized my estrangement. This may be one of the underappreciated pleasures of travel: of being at last legitimately lost and confused."

"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.'"

"I can't wait til I get the chance to be a character and how my face looks isn't the first consideration."

"Successful model? That's a myth. The year I modeled was the most painful year of my life. Editors would always talk to you in the third person as though you were merely a piece of merchandise."


"Hollywood looks to these young people now to say something to the world. I have nothing against that, I think a lot of people have things to say. But I think you need life experience."

"I think that the most important thing a woman can have - next to talent, of course - is her hairdresser."
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