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Quotes by Actress

"I was always told I was special. And I was also assured that I had a gift and a purpose."

"I feel like I still am struggling in a lot of different ways. I still have to fight for certain things. Certain jobs. At least I'm working and I'm thankful for that."

"I like to go with the energy because when you ignore it that's when you start doing things wrong."

"I have never experienced racism in the feminist movement, so it concerned me to think that I was unable to see the subject clearly because I came from white, middle-class privilege."

"Being famous gets me good concert tickets, good tables in restaurants, good seats at sporting events and that's really about it."

"Motherhood changed me because it is so fundamental what you're doing for another person. And you are able to do even though it takes a lot."

"People think you know beforehand when you win an Oscar - I can assure you you don't."

"I really take pride in the relationship that I have with my husband."

"It was the most pleasurable thing I've ever done, playing this character, and I just remember feeling so at home and so - I don't know, I was just happy - and it just wasn't ever work! It was like a sandbox for me, and I would crack myself up rehearsing."

"I think it's an individual thing. Your mountains are my molehills."

"Acting is doing, because everything you say or do is some kind of an action, some kind of a verb. You're always connected to the other person through some kind of action."

"Hopefulness is risky, since it is after all a form of trust, trust in the unknown and the possible, even in discontinuity. To be hopeful is to take on a different persona, one that risks disappointment, betrayal..."

"I can play rhythm guitar. I know how to hold a guitar and strum it."

"I would seriously question whether anybody is really foolish enough to really say what they mean. Sometimes I think that civilization as we know it would kind of break down if we all were completely honest."

"I think she definitely has. I think, um, her and Mulder's relationship has become more equal. And, I think she has become stronger and more independent over the seasons."

"I had a lot of friends in high school, but I was never the wild party girl. Never have been, never plan to be!"

"Republican comes in the dictionary just after reptile and just above repugnant."

"If I could stomach the awful part of being a veterinarian, which involves sticking your hand up animals' behinds, I would be a vet."

"What we look for in the school is unrealized potential."
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