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Quotes by Actress

"Some people can sometimes really invade your space and kind of never leave you alone."

"People who are good at film have a relationship with the camera."

"I can't remember anybody saying, Let's get this show on the road."

"You have to love the characters you play, even if no one else does."

"If you read a lot of books you are considered well read. But if you watch a lot of TV, you're not considered well viewed."

"That's what I hate about a lot of comedies, when you're hitting a line or making it funny."

"I did a film called Dracula and it was very nice because I had lots of trips to New York on Concorde."
Film,

"Well, I was lucky in that my being an actress totally overshadowed my having some kind of a... legacy at Yale, so that was kind of great."

"The character is close to me, except that I haven't lived through those situations, so it's not completely me."

"I definitely enjoy being in front of people which gives me that exciting immediate rush."


"I've made so many movies playing a hooker that they don't pay me in the regular way anymore. They leave it on the dresser."

"It's the board I had a problem with. I could totally handle being in the water and stuff. I came here to do my own stunts. Water! Ocean! Action! Big waves! That water, that water has tamed me. You can feel that the world is connected to it."


"You can fake your age or mask it, but the passion that moves the characters has to be real."

"If you go into a relationship expecting someone else to fill you up, you're doomed right off."


"I'm a firm believer in putting your money where your mouth is."

"I try to keep an open mind but I'm so tired of the mediocrity."

"I'm still a shy person. I've learned to put that aside on certain occasions. I have to. It's part of my job."
Job,

"Judy Garland's father was gay. That seems to be the consensus. They left Minnesota and went to California because he got caught with some boy backstage."

"There is not enough celebration of companionship. Relationships aren't just about eroticism and sexuality."

"I am most proud of my integrity and least proud of my cynicism."


"Sometimes I think they should set up an asylum for people like that... a whole slew of paparazzi defending their positions."

"I'm always on the phone because I'm usually not with the people I want to be with."

"I don't hang out with agents and producers and I'm not into the business side at all."

"When I left 20th Century-Fox to freelance, my agent believed that getting big money was the way to establish real importance in our industry."

"But it's a Broadway show, so even if you're Christine in Phantom, you're still a princess. All female leads are princesses whether they're Disney princesses or not."


"There's a lot about the character. It doesn't always happen, but there are some characters you really create a relationship with, almost as if they were your friend. And you never get into their heads again or think like them."
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