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Quotes by Actress

"And I'm not an actress. I don't think I am an actress. I think I've created a brand and a business."

"Always you find that the more decisive event wins so my father's sort of annual decisiveness which came upon him on the Day of Atonement every year, he suddenly remembered that he was Jewish."

"I feel as though my career really hit its high point when I was cast as a supporting actress in 'American Wedding'. I thought the script had a lot of depth and intelligence, and it really just jumped off the page."


"Working with a great director is like getting a master class in acting."

"Part of Michael's uniqueness, I think, comes from the fact that he worked with music. He had a tape which he gave me with many different compositions, really eclectic. These pieces of music were sources of inspiration."

"I believe people are in our lives for a reason. We're here to learn from each other."

"In the X-Men the women are so strong and sexy! We really kick some male butt!"

"Just look at all the awards shows now. It has turned into a catwalk. You have to be wearing a certain designer, a certain dress, and everyone's critiquing."

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

"I'm straight and I have a lot of gay friends."

"Revolution is a phase, a mood, like spring, and just as spring has its buds and showers, so revolution has its ebullience, its bravery, its hope, and its solidarity. Some of these things pass."

"I don't know anybody's road who's been paved perfectly for them, there are no manuals, you don't know what life has in store for you."

"I couldn't have found a better man than Brad. He still opens doors for me and brings me flowers. He's the sweetest goofball on the planet."

"I think baseball - the baseball genre - is this mitt, to use a double pun there, to catch a whole bunch of themes."


"Sometimes it was so quiet, it's frightening. It really prioritizes things."

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

"I wasn't a rock 'n' roll girl. I said, Neil Young, Neil Young, where do I know that name from?"
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"Getting plenty of sleep is always great. It really is. I have a girlfriend who's sending me a slant board."

"England and Greece are friends. English blood was shed on Greek soil in the war against fascism, and Greeks gave their lives to protect English pilots."

"I'm very uncomfortable with my body, and I'm not interested in people seeing it on screen."

"Why are comedic parts for women the exception, not the rule?"

"I write a lot of lyrics and I'm involved in the producing process, because it's like, if I'm singing it, I want it to be something that I can relate to."

"I think women are taught to ask permission about everything. We don't realize that we are entitled and we do have a say in our lives."

"I have been very happy, very rich, very beautiful, much adulated, very famous and very unhappy."

"I've always found Mr. Disney to be somewhat of a shy person, a kid at heart."

"This city can be kind of brutal, so you see your dreams from every different angle, but ultimately it's about acting and if you enjoy acting, you will always enjoy acting."

"You can make yourself feel better about yourself if you project your shadow side, if you project your own potential for evil onto someone else. By annihilating them and, therefore, your shadow, you bring yourself into some state of purity or reformation."

"It was I who made Fellini famous, not the other way around."
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