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Quotes by Actress


"Sex appeal is fifty percent what you've got and fifty percent what people think you've got."

"I'm curious about other people. That's the essence of my acting. I'm interested in what it would be like to be you."

"The best part of making the movies... learning from the pros themselves."


"I was only 11 when we filmed the pilot. The idea of a rapper being a star on a sitcom just wasn't heard of."

"I used Jimmy to give me what I needed to keep going and to know that I was on the right path with it. I thought I saw Jimmy's soul all the time we worked. He never covered his soul and I never covered mine. We saw into each other's souls, very definitely."

"I've got cousins galore. Mexicans just spread all their seeds. And the women just pop them out."

"Knowing how to die is knowing how to live. What is death anyway? It's the outcome of life."

"It was one of the most exciting, perfect evenings of my life, my solo debut at Carnegie Hall. And knowing we were all there to raise money for Gay Men's Health Crisis made the evening an extraordinary experience."

"Early on, I found the attention completely embarrassing. I'd cringe if I saw my picture on the cover of a magazine."

"The really courageous and bold thing is to make movies about human behaviour."

"I've been very, very successful. It's very satisfying to me."

"I had started off, before I ever got an acting job, working at Robert De Niro's Tribeca Productions as a reader. I was always interested in that side of the camera."

"I worked with my parents on the stage in production numbers since I was 4, but I never really gave much thought to being a performer on my own until I was 12 or 13."

"People are at their happiest if they are true to themselves. I think that applies to their chosen profession, friends and relationships. It goes for your health too. If you are true to yourself, it seems to me everything should work out pretty well."


"To me, acting is acting... I'd be happy working on a street corner in a mime troupe."

"I'm a sworn enemy of convention. I despise the conventional in anything, even the arts."

"I appreciate subtlety. I have never enjoyed a kiss in front of the camera. There's nothing to it except not getting your lipstick smeared."

"I know you are going to be embarrassed. We're all embarrassed by it, but to hide the embarrassment... silence has never protected women or helped them. We need to talk about it more with our, you know - whoever - our friends, our family."

"Being a publicist is like management in a lot of ways - you're their friend, you're their mother, you're their confidante."


"I'm not really into movies on dates because you can't chat it up."

"Acting is definitely put at the back of my mind, if it's there at all right now. It's all entertainment."

"I don't think I would have been a good mother. Being a parent brings immense responsibility. It's a Herculean task. It would be almost too much for me."


"They say that Madison Avenue will only pay high dollars in advertising if they get the 18-35 age range."

"My brother Cody is 19. He wants to stay out of the limelight and become a lawyer. I want him to be an entertainment lawyer, so he can help me out!"

"Where ever I am I always find myself looking out the window wishing I was somewhere else."
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