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I love more than anything looking at a movie scene by scene and seeing the intention behind it.
It's not like you can wake up and realize, 'Oh, I want intimacy,' and then it happens that day.
I like to look glamorous sometimes, but it's not the be all and end all. I can muck in as well.
I could talk about him all day. He's one of the most wonderful things that ever happened to me.
I am like a friend to my children, but when things get out of hand, the 'mum' in me springs up!
I'd like to begin by thanking the members of the Hollywood Foreign Press for this Golden Globe.
I am forever grateful that I got some training in the theater - it reduces performance anxiety.
I've loved doing 'E.R.' for the quality of the writing and the great people I get to work with.
And I realized that directing actors is really important because that's what ends up on screen.
Love is the best medicine, and there is more than enough to go around once you open your heart.
Understanding human nature. Perception. That's how I see acting - perception and communication.
I've been around for a long time now, and you start to hear these urban legends about yourself.
All this primal energy people respond to in me and my characters is in my music, 10 times more.
My first audition was for a commercial for the lottery. I didn't get it, so I hate the lottery.
I always wanted to be a doctor and go to art school, but I thought Id regret it if I didnt act.
Even when Facebook came out, and I was in college, I found myself never putting anything on it.
If I had a child, I wouldn't let them go to drama school. At times, I was really unhappy there.
Some of the craziest people Ive met, in my life, are some of the most brilliant people Ive met.
The characters I've played that people have noticed included a cross-dresser and a transsexual.
I hope I look skinnier in 3D. I hope I don't look three times as fat. That'll be disappointing.
I played American when I was, like, fourteen, and I was awful. I cringed the whole way through.
My mother is amazing. She moved from Surrey to London, taught herself English, and found a job.
Something like a divorce does change you, but children change you more, and now I've had three.
One thing I really, truly believe in is having something greater than myself to be grateful to.
When I was a kid, I would sing in people's living rooms and for different little family things.
When you get that tired, it becomes really challenging to keep bringing your best foot forward.
You want to spend time with your children even though you are tired so you do all those things.
Guys. If your pants are below your ass you have no right to accuse any lady of dressing slutty.
I don't think I would ever have been able to be an actress had I not started at nine years old.
Mean comedy is not really something that I personally gravitate towards or something that I do.
You have to carry so many archetypes as an actor, especially as a blonde-haired, blue-eyed one.
I think in most jobs, you get better as you get older. You gain experience, you gain knowledge.
It's rare to get a part in a show that's greenlit, let alone two shows that have been greenlit.
It's more fun if you can control things like lighting and make special effects in the darkroom.
When I emerge from filming I feel slightly out of synch with real life, but it's also a relief.
I have never been someone who applied 'work begets work' to my career, sometimes unfortunately.
Me and Woody Harrelson, we're twins. We're the same person. I should only make movies with him.
I tend to make low-budget movies but, yeah, I make more money than I ever thought I would make.
I had a couple of car accidents when I was in my early 20s, and I used to have such a bad back.
How many managers told me, 'Get a nose job. You're not pretty enough'? But I proved them wrong.
I've known since day one of working on 'Spring Awakening' - back in 1999 - that it was special.
How many managers told me, 'Get a nose job. You're not pretty enough?' But I proved them wrong.
Sitcoms are usually given short shrift by the acting profession, but it's quite an amazing job.
I was always religious. I was baptized as a Catholic. I got my daughter baptized as a Catholic.
I've never been crazy. I'm a very good girl, to be honest. I don't do anything to hurt anybody.
I've said from day one that I've got no problem with nudity. I've done it throughout my career.
I don't take anything at face value. I always look for the reasons people are the way they are.
I always wondered why somebody doesn't do something about that. Then I realized I was somebody.
There's nothing sadder than getting to the end of your life and saying, 'I didn't do it right'.
Life keeps moving, and to try to stay still is like trying to hold grains of sand in your hand.