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When I got pregnant my foot grew, but I was denying it. I've been denying it for three years.
Real emotion transcends language. You dont have to understand their words to feel their pain.
I feel a tremendous responsibility to my crew, to my cast, to every guest star that comes on.
I'm looking for the truth. The audience doesn't come to see you, they come to see themselves.
My mother was from Scotland and had very fair skin... she wouldn't allow us to go in the sun.
I actually started, this year, doing some voiceovers. I did some radio spots, and some games.
But I never worked with a northern horse before. They are very different from western horses.
My husband is very funny and his humor has gotten us through a lot. He's good at defusing me.
I count myself lucky to be fairly anonymous but occasionally have people tell me nice things.
I grew up playing field hockey and lacrosse - prep school sport - and I was terrible at them.
I think I've got something when I'm onscreen, but that's nothing to do with acting or talent.
I think it's obsessions that a lot of people share, but they don't dare to talk about openly.
But with period clothes, people know less so they accept the pretty drawing that I give them.
In my heart of hearts, I'm a character actress, whereas other people play their one strength.
It's always been my dream to have a monster rhythm section that's just all groove and pocket.
I have five horses. My first was a professional jumper named Santos. I got him when I was 18.
You have to have confidence. You can't be someone who's so insecure that she's a basket case.
What's not to love about a crazy cat lady? You have to be very giving to be a crazy cat lady.
If being crazy means living life as if it matters, then I don't mind being completely insane.
If you're not still learning and growing as an actor, then you have no backbone and no career
I'm not the pedigree kid. I'm not classically trained. I didn't come from the fancy home, no.
Let me tell you, 'The Reader' was not glamorous for me in terms of the body-hair maintenance.
I absolutely have not spoken to Marvel. It doesn't mean that my team hasn't spoken to Marvel.
As one goes through life, one learns that if you don't paddle your own canoe, you don't move.
I'm a bit of a chicken when it comes to seeing potentially horrifying things on the Internet.
I don't have any friends from my childhood because I didn't stay at one school for very long.
I think a lot of women innately know how to play their hand. I'm not a big one for the rules.
We didn't have the time to watch playback all the time so I depended on my team [All We Had].
When I played 'Annie' in the seventh grade, I knew from then on that I wanted to be an actor.
'Skins' meant so much to so many people. It was so much part of its time, and I was so young.
Empathy is the main thing, putting yourself in somebody else's shoes and trying not to judge.
I grew up in Hawaii and I think it was easier because we did not have cliques at high school.
Shoes define how you walk in the world and how you stand: like, what is your posture in life?
I'm the kind of person who buys a new thing, wears it so much and then is totally sick of it.
I've been an REM fan since I was a little girl. I would jump around to 'Stand' in the mirror.
It's weird doing red carpets; it's uncomfortable. But you can have a sense of humor about it.
As the actor, you just have to believe in what your character is doing in order to play them.
I used to carry a rabbit's foot for luck. Then it was a monkey's paw. Now it's a camel's toe.
I think to be a good director you have to be a good person and you have to care about people.
Maybe studios don't want to see women acting in a way that isn't womanly. Maybe people don't.
So it was good for me to play a likable person and it was just an amazing situation to be in.
I didn't know the word no, because I wanted to please everybody all the time. Every kid does.
I wanted to go to Jupiter. That was my plan from day one, and David Lynch gave me the ticket.
My experience is that's rare - that you have a script that is... what they call 'film-ready.'
When you are performing in theater, you feel so connected to your audience. Its exhilarating!
Working hard and appreciating the accomplishments that have come from that keeps me grounded.
I'm hideously shy as myself, but on stage I can run around naked and bite the heads off fish.
That was the beauty of 'Roseanne' and Roseanne herself. It could go dark; it could do issues.
I'm a relationship girl. I would rather be long-distance than not have a relationship at all.
When it comes to 'Glee,' I feel like I've been in a relationship, and now I can mingle a bit.