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Quotes by Actress
"I loved performing; I was always trying to impress my siblings by being a clown. I think that came from being the runt of the litter."
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"I got my dailies every day, although I couldn't always look at them because I was usually preparing for the next day's shoot, both as an actress and as the director."
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"I went to an all-girls pre school where everyone went off to Harvard or Yale, and I had zero interest in doing so. I think they thought I was on drugs. There was a neighboring all-boys school, so we'd get together and do dumb things. It was your typical Catholic-American upbringing."
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"Most people are really stunned to find out that the technology has been around for more than 100 years, and that the diesel engine was in fact invented to run on vegetable oil."
32
"I've always thought with relationships, that it's more about what you bring to the table than what you're going to get from it. It's very nice if you sit down and the cake appears. But if you go to the table expecting cake, then it's not so good."
32
"When my mother signed at MGM, that was the only kind of contract you could sign. There was no such thing as an independent agent."
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"I find it very beautiful to work in different countries because I see the mentality differences there. It is so rich, one always carries forward something."
32
"I found the right man, got married, and just had to keep not reinventing myself, just deciding that it doesn't matter what you are if you are a good person."
32
"It was a fantastic learning experience and OK, I got slammed because I wasn't Audrey Hepburn but you could have predicted that, really, if you'd opened your eyes wide enough."
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"If it feels right and I'm not going against any energy in myself or the situation, there would be no limit."
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"However, I do firmly believe in maintaining the integrity of the animal."
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"I know for me like I have a reputation of being kind of tough, I have a reputation of also being the girl next door, kind of sweet but I have standards and my thing is, it's me on that screen and I don't have control over everything in this and I'm grateful and thankful."
32
"When I was little I always thought I was marked out, special, on the verge of something momentous. I used to tingle with anticipation."
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"Every day there is a compromise. Living with somebody requires a lot of understanding. But I love being married. I really love it."
32
"Vision with action and commitment can change the world, but without action it's just a dream, and without commitment it's a nightmare."
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"I believe that every role that I have done this far has had quality and content. My roles have been very demanding and every role has been a challenge and a learning experience that has helped me mature as an actress."
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"Not that we didn't have close relationships with our parents - I'm very close to my mom - but parents didn't think anything of going off for a few weeks and leaving their kids."
32
"I'm not in the business of becoming famous. And that's the advice I give to younger aspiring actors. Work onstage and do the little roles. In the end it's not important to be seen. It's important to do. There's a lot of disappointment in this business, but my family keeps me grounded."
32
"I found it a little bit stressful, because I wasn't used to working with Doctor Who. I got the impression I'd walked into the end of seven years and it was all a bit tense."
32
"Always a godmother, never a mother. That sucks. I've got to get me one of those little accessories."
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"When was the last time you saw a musical about people at war with each other?"
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"I started in live television and I've done a lot of live TV and that's really the thing that I love best. I love flying by the seat of my pants."
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"Luckily, I was raised by people who'd already seen all the yuck stuff, which is why they originally didn't want me to act. I understood the difference between getting a part at a Hollywood party and getting a job."
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"I wanted to be as comfortable in that environment as she was. I moved around those areas in character."
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"I got to meet Mark Hamill. He signed some Star Wars posters for us. I saw the fight scenes he had. He was really into making fun of himself and Star Wars."
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"We stopped doing my clothing line about five years ago, so it isn't available anymore."
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"I hated the whole idea of being an actress. I used to throw up before every performance and cry afterward."
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