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Quotes by Actress


"The two big advantages I had at birth were to have been born wise and to have been born in poverty."

"I fell in love with theater there, and after graduation I moved to Los Angeles to pursue acting."

"I came to Christ when I was thirty-eight. That transformed my life."


"I think it's really important that the people who are going to make decisions for other people have fair, truthful and compassionate regard for all people, not just some people."

"I have some road rage inside of me. Traffic, especially in L.A., is a pet peeve of mine."

"I think it's always harder in a film to convey intimacy."

"I don't even take myself seriously, so how could I possibly take Hollywood seriously?"

"Chaplin was notoriously strict with his sons and rarely gave them spending money."

"I think the biggest difficulty is that when I'm here in America, there's a necessity of using English, so I really have a great sense of really wanting to learn, but unfortunately when I head back to Japan, the necessity vanishes and so does my enthusiasm about learning."

"I have a really great relationship with God. I pray. I read the Bible."

"When I was 14 -years-old, I made this PowerPoint presentation, and I invited my parents into my room and gave them popcorn. It was called 'Project Hollywood 2004' and it worked. I moved to L.A. in January of 2004."

"Since my illness, I've felt the presence of my angels."

"Before every performance, I think I am about to keel over."

"I look at smoking as a crutch, and as an actor I would like strip away as many crutches as possible."

"When you have spent an important part of your life playing Let's Pretend, it's often easy to see symbolism where none exists."
Life,

"After doing so many different roles, if you don't stretch yourself, there's no excitement left."

"My mother would not talk to me for weeks, would not stay under my roof for as long as I was married to Oleg."

"You are the only person who can sell you, so you do spend a lot of time in your job by yourself everyday."

"I still don't know precisely why The Mickey Mouse Club ended when it did."

"You can never be guaranteed good roles because of an award, but I think your profile and net worth as a performer has to do with awards, unfortunately."

"The hardest years in life are those between ten and seventy."

"I ended up buying a restaurant. Already we had invested in a gas station and a metal products plant."

"I was born in Everett; I went through grade school in Everett, high school in Seattle."

"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 think so, she [Claire] said. "Just watch your back, okay? "Nah, Michael's got mine. He [Shane] looked straight into her eyes."I've got yours."

"I hated seeing myself on screen. I was full of complexes. I hated my face for a very, very long time."
Time,

"Since I had the baby I can't tolerate anything violent or sad, I saw the Matrix and I had my eyes closed through a lot of it, though I didn't need to. I would peek, and then think, oh OK, I can see that."
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