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Quotes by Actress

"I told him that I can play it if he wanted to write it, and I would be willing to try and go there emotionally. I did not know as an actress if I would be able to get there, because when you feel really deep emotions or pain, you don't want to go back there."

"I think maintaining relationships with my friends, my mother, my manager, they're all important."

"I can never have a poker face. Anybody looking at me can tell exactly what I'm thinking."

"I'd have to say that, in general, models take themselves too seriously. Basically, they are genetic freaks who spend a couple of hours in hair and makeup."


"And I don't know what I'd do at a fraternity party. All that might be a little lost on me."

"I never felt like I belonged in Minnesota when I was growing up there. That's why I was out the door as soon as I turned 18."

"Vadim was both my teacher and my husband. I placed myself entirely in his hands."

"And it's absolutely true that male sexual behaviour and female responses to male demands change a lot when they start communicating - and the levels of the communication that I've seen on the ground in very, very poor areas are so high and I think why don't we have that here?"

"I want things to be the best they can be. I want greatness."

"Men are wonderful. I adore them. They always give you the benefit of the doubt."

"I want a man who's kind and understanding. Is that too much to ask of a millionaire?"

"They wanted Bridgette to be this extremely enigmatic character. Im about the least enigmatic person on the planet, so I just thought what I did on the show was boring."

"I had a great time on The Shield. From working on it I have a totally different view of law enforcement."


"Two months later at a party, Bernard pulled me into a closet and proposed. I said yes."

"You'll never be disappointed if you always keep an eye on uncharted territory, where you'll be challenged and growing and having fun."

"For me, going vegan was an ethical and environmental decision. I'm doing the right thing by the animals."

"In this business, until you're known as a monster you're not a star."

"I was born and raised in China, and my parents were missionaries."

"My grandson sees me as Lois on TV every Christmas, and that scores me points."


"We are all tied to our destiny and there is no way we can liberate ourselves."

"The key to life is accepting challenges. Once someone stops doing this, he's dead."

"The way I see it, I can either cross the street, or I can keep waiting for another few years of green lights to go by."

"There's always pressure, from other people and yourself. If you're happy with the looks you're born with, then what are you going to do your whole life?. We keep thinking up new things and finding better ways of doing things because we're not happy with what we're given."

"If the director says you can do better, particularly in a love scene, then it is rather embarrassing."
Love,

"Well, I certainly was exposed to and learned to appreciate the work of great directors early on. As a kid, my mother used to take me to see really interesting arty films in Los Angeles."

"Most awards, you know, they don't give you unless you go and get them - did you know that? Terribly discouraging."

"Somebody can become a celebrity for being stupid. That is what it's turned into."

"But listen, I'm 29-years-old, I'm really lucky to be there and whatever happens I've been really blessed already. I have plenty of awards for this movie and if this was it for me I'd be really content."

"I was very active but I was dyslexic and had a really hard time at school."

"I never had to pound the pavement and really struggle after college."

"I hole up now and then and do nothing for days but read."

"I'm really a director's actor. I rely heavily on a director."

"I was always ready to leave England for some absurd reason."

"The first professional play I ever saw was The Importance Of Being Earnest, and I just fell in love."
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