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Quotes by Actress

"I like the enthusiasm but not the insincerity of Los Angeles."

"In terms of the frustration of my character, I suppose any teenager has probably gone through that, in terms of telling their parents, I want to do one thing, and their parent says no. I think parents sometimes forget that they were children."

"I knew you had to go in and audition and maybe they'd hire you, and that's where you start. I had a good understanding about press: that it's the actor's responsibility to publicize his or her films."

"There are tons of people I'd like to freeze for all of eternity, but we won't go into that!"

"There are some family traditions I don't want my children to carry on."

"Don't forget the prices are so high in theater; it isn't really where a young person can go on a date and buy two tickets and take someone out anymore."

"We come to love not by finding the perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly."

"I was looked at as weird, odd, not fitting in with the Hollywood crowd."


"I'd like to do some more classical work if I do some more theatre."

"I have this very strange sensitive skin. If I put anything on it but this one product, it erupts into a rash."
Skin,


"I don't know how I could have an acting career with this."

"I've gone for each type: the rough guy; the nerdy, sweet, lovable guy; and the slick guy. I don't really have a type. Men in general are a good thing."
Men,

"I've always had this unresolved desire to prove that I could get a Ph.D., or contribute something else to the world."


"I think it's almost easier to make people cry than to make people laugh."

"Well, right now, I'm very fascinated with 1920s Berlin. I mean, probably the more interesting thing would be to go to the beginning of civilization or precivilization - like polytheistic times. It would be interesting to see what came before modern religion and culture - what circumstances created the environment or the need for it."


"You know, it was important for me to do something like that, because nobody ever really thought I could do anything except look sexy on a poster and go shopping."

"I think it's important that we don't all have to hold our heads high all the time saying everything's fine."

"Occasionally if you do something extraordinary, the crew responds with spontaneous applause, but that's very rare."

"I find very often that very ugly women have really handsome men and vice versa because they don't have any competition. Sometimes handsome men have avoided me."
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