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Quotes by Actress
"I printed a list of Irish names from the Internet and my husband, Dave, saw Finley on the list. I really liked it but didn't want to scare Dave off with my enthusiasm. So I used a little reverse psychology and let him think it was his idea."
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"I was as impatient about finding my dream man as I was about everything else I wanted."
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"The really courageous and bold thing is to make movies about human behaviour."
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"I've been very, very successful. It's very satisfying to me."
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"I don't think, there's no possible way for me, anyway, to play a character that I haven't found some sort of sublime compassion for and I related to Deborah on a way that almost, initially, almost in a way maybe someone in the audience might."
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"We did many of our own stunts. We had our hands full. In fact, the roles were physically demanding."
Fact,
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"So, it's cool that, yes, Hal Jordan is a superhero, but my character is a real-world hero in her own life."
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"I think it's important that we don't all have to hold our heads high all the time saying everything's fine."
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"To me, acting is acting... I'd be happy working on a street corner in a mime troupe."
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"Remember, I'm the kind of kid who used to get stuffed into a locker by school bullies. I've never felt like I'm a big star at any level of my life."
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"Whenever you do an animated project or a voice-over project it's inevitable that part of your personality comes into play."
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"If I know I have everything prepared for when I get killed by a stalker, then I can go to sleep."
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"They say that Madison Avenue will only pay high dollars in advertising if they get the 18-35 age range."
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"This friend of mine said he was surprised to find that - I don't think it's quite a majority - a bigger percentage of actors are introverts than extroverts. It was a big surprise to him. Now, I know me, and I'll do anything if I'm playing a character. Or anything that's true to the character, anyway. But in real life I'm a little more withdrawn."
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"You can only do the work to the very best of your ability."
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"When I was starting out, young actresses had the studio system to protect them. Now you have a host of sharks, from your agent to your publicist to your lawyer."
Now,
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"Where ever I am I always find myself looking out the window wishing I was somewhere else."
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"I'm the oldest 26-year-old I know. A lot of experience has been crammed into a short amount of time. Some days I feel a good 65, 70. Like I want to lie down."
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"I waited with a beeper for a year and 10 months to get that gift."
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"I'm someone who loves to enjoy life and tries to focus on real things and real friendships. That's why I live very simply. I'm a jeans and T-shirt kind of girl. I don't spend much time fixing myself up or trying to look cool. I live like a normal person and even though I'm in a very high-profile business, I really don't let it affect the way I live."
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"Today everyone is a star - they're all billed as 'starring' or 'also starring'. In my day, we earned that recognition."
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"I don't believe in superheroes but I love Batman movies. There's a part of every person that is entertained by the idealistic, the fantastic."
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"I often think that a slightly exposed shoulder emerging from a long satin nightgown packs more sex than two naked bodies in bed."
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"In my early days I was a contract player at Universal and I had a wonderful mentor named Monique James, who was head of talent there, and she used to drag me on sets to do parts."
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"We had such a wonderful set of circumstances in Wilmington. Yes, the four of us became famous literally overnight, but we were in a small town and we always knew when people were coming down. We always knew when to behave."
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"Having played an angel for so long, you can imagine that I've been asked to endorse any number of causes over the years. Obviously I have to limit my participation with any charity, so I decided to really concentrate on my love of children."
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"It was easier to do Shakespeare than a lot of modern movie scripts that are so poorly written."
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"But we're all so different, we're different ages; we're not vying for the same roles. There's no competition, there's really kind of a sisterhood, on and off the set, you know?"
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