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My life collapsed. People ran from me because suddenly it was, "Oh my God! It's over for her now!"
If you enter the dark side of life, and come through it, you emerge with more strength and passion.
People can tell you what to do, but ultimately, we're all going to die, so how do you want to live?
I'd like to be wise. You have to go through a lot to get there, but I'm willing to go through a lot.
Divorce is divorce and it's a really tough thing to go through, (But) I'd love to get married again.
Probably the biggest compliment someone can give you is, "Gosh, you look great. You don't look tired."
Ultimately, you're left with the people you love and who love you- everything else fades into oblivion.
If I ever feel that this is dangerous or I'm scared of it, then that probably draws me more towards it.
I'm always happy to play the bad girl. I just get to have fun, and it's obviously all done with a smile.
Even as a child I had a strong relationship with yearning and desire. And loss. Those things spoke to me.
I think it's important that we don't all have to hold our heads high all the time saying everything's fine.
It's very, very rare to find five roles in one piece where we'd all jump at the chance to play any of them.
When someone starts talking to me about the truth, what I hear is what they're telling me about themselves.
I believe that as much as you take, you have to give back. It's important not to focus on yourself too much.
People say that jealousy is the greatest enemy of love. They’re wrong. The greatest enemy of love is boredom.
I want to be contributing and working with people that I like and love, and this was the perfect combination.
I want to be tested beyond my comfort zone. I don't want to be safe if it is more interesting to be dangerous.
As much as I have films and all that sort of stuff, a lot of my memories are to do with relationships and love.
I think having my life be as private and quiet as possible is a way in which then I can go and play characters.
If you're going to be with someone, you're with them, you're committed to them. I'm not sort of flitting around.
I think love is the core emotion. Without that, and I've certainly existed without that, it's a very empty life.
You've got to find your bliss as a human being, because if you can follow that, everything else falls into place.
I suppose expectations are strange and I shy away from them. And the whole point of being an actor is to connect.
When you know psychologically what [characters] are feeling, then that plays out on how you dress a lot of times.
Your confidence grows as you get older, particularly when you're in a loving relationship. Everything strengthens.
Violence against women is an appalling human rights violation. But it is not inevitable. We can put a stop to this.
Stay out of the sun, because it is the worst thing in terms of aging. I'm very medical. I come from a medical family.
It's very easy to fall in love when things are great, but the way to really fall in love is when things aren't great.
If you've got red hair, try washing it in cranberry juice. And, if you're blonde, a champagne rinse can work wonders.
You're either going to walk through life and experience it fully or you're going to be a voyeur. And I'm not a voyeur.
I do have to say my daughter, Sunday, said to me [I was being] overprotective, so you must have been a fly on the wall.
Somehow destiny comes into play. These children end up with you and you end up with them. It's something quite magical.
I was taught a very strong work ethic that included punctuality, which I've always felt is a sign of respect for others.
I'm trying to find a man to share my life with, but it's not been easy. I'm a 35-year-old woman with two small children.
My path was to be an actor and it’s been very good to me in life. It’s broadened my horizons and given me a lot of gifts.
You want to take some responsibility for you choices so that it sets the groundwork for that next generation of actresses.
Actors have to protect each other in a way. The idea of humiliating another actor or being humiliated myself is devastating.
If you take care of the woman in the family, the whole family prospers. But when the mother falters, the family falls apart.
As a child, my whole life was books. They were my fantasy. That's where I could go. That was a lot of times [what] saved me.
Don't worry about something going away; enjoy it while it's happening. And don't worry about something that's not even real.
An actor who's a control freak, that doesn't work. We have to be malleable. We cannot come in and try to control or dominate.
No matter how much you're going to be criticized or no matter how big of a risk it is, the boldness is the thing that helps you
I want to be with people I really like. I don't want to be working on things with people that I'm not happy to be there [with].
I love just sitting quietly meditating. With an hour free, it depends. I love getting down on the floor and playing with my kids.
It's the desire to study the human condition, the desire for collaboration, to learn and absorb, and to lead a well-examined life.
Every day there is a compromise. Living with somebody requires a lot of understanding. But I love being married. I really love it.
It's the warmest, loveliest community I've ever set foot in. For me, it's the perfect place to live. It's the best part of America.
The journey of life - we all go through it: You have love, you lose love, you find new love. To have love again is a beautiful thing.
I think each role takes a little from you and circles around you for the rest of your life. I don't think you ever abandon any of them.
You look at somebody's work as an actor and you can see their emotional life being fed into it and you can kind of feel them through it.