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The whole point for me is to change as much as possible. If I've done one movie, I've done that, move on.
My mum says that I was born 45, and I do remember at six thinking that I should be earning my own living.
Sometimes I think people are famous because they're themselves and they do a role and you see them do it.
Corned beef and cabbage - that's our favorite holiday meal when all the O' Haras gather around the table.
'South Pacific' has a definite heaviness that people don't realize. It's got a seriousness and a message.
I've always been pretty self-sufficient. I never had to borrow money from my mum, even in the early days.
My big places to shop are Wal-Mart and Target - seriously. That is where half of my stuff comes from now.
I am positive I was not a neglected child. I remember reading 'The Jungle Book' and 'The Sleeping Beauty.
I have an amazing social media manager, Allison Peters, who is one of my closest friends since childhood.
I had a great time in my youth and I still feel youthful. I've no desire to look as though I'm in my 20s.
My husband's name is Christopher Morgan, and we met in Atlanta. My two children are Sebastian and Quincy.
I loved acting, which was never about money, the fame. It was about a search for meaning. It was painful.
When I need a break from the boys, I go with my girlfriend to buy pretty little dresses for her daughter.
It's hard to get lost in a scene, to get into a character when everyone's standing around you on the set.
I love nerds. Comic-Con junkies are the tastemakers of tomorrow. Isn't that funny? The tables have turned
I think there are a lot of actors who act because they have an impulse to do it and they can't ignore it.
I took piano for many years. I kicked and screamed through all of my lessons, but my mom really insisted.
I'm not one of those famous people flying round the world emoting over every catastrophe. I'm too feeble.
If you are a successful actor, which is what I am, then you tend to get labelled very quickly and easily.
A woman needs her privacy while drinking a dirty Belvedere martini on the rocks with a splash of Tabasco.
Have I seen The Commitments? I was obsessed with that movie. I just watched it again about two weeks ago.
We like our archetypes and heroes to be what they are at face value. And life doesn't work out like that.
I was raised on movie sets, and I decided for myself at a very young age that it was what I wanted to do.
If you have two parents who have to work, who want to work, you need to have someone to guide your child.
I always end up hurting myself doing something mundane. If I have to do some complicated stunt, I'm fine.
Popular things have fans. It's not about me; it's about what we've made that people feel a connection to.
Like my dad, I have a Christmas party most years. I like to celebrate and see as many people as possible.
When the creator of the show is gone, the actors end up being the people who have been there the longest.
I want to be thinking as quickly as I need to as soon as I hit the stage. I want to have a vocal warm-up.
I wanted to be famous; I wanted to perform. Those things I really, really wanted more than anything else.
I urge everyone - men, boys, women and girls - to join me in standing up for girls' rights with Plan U.K.
We all have a fear of the unknown what one does with that fear will make all the difference in the world.
Why is it that when we talk to God we're said to be praying but when God talks to us we're schizophrenic?
The way I see it, the longer I live here the less of a choice you will all have not to hire me for plays.
It's about sharing. You just give what you have to give wherever you go, and you let God handle the rest.
My job is to pay attention to my children's genius and allow those leanings to lead them to their future.
Film is wonderful as opposed to theater, because it will always live there, and they will always be seen.
Some people think reality must be constantly depressing, but I think reality is something you rise above.
So I would dance and she would sing, and it was kind of a family thing. Performing was part of our world.
I try to believe like I believed when I was five...when your heart tells you everything you need to know.
I am the worst cook. I make a mess making a bowl of cereal... like, I'm just such a klutz in the kitchen.
Ice-skating is a dangerous proposition and tennis is going to be something I'm probably not very good at.
It's a hard life to have sex with eight to 10 men a night. That's hard physically, let alone emotionally.
I don't think I'm a brilliant writer, but I'm a good writer, and it's just so empowering to get involved.
I do ballet and pointe work. I also do tap, commercial jazz and technical jazz, freestyle street dancing.
I love seeing when actors go from one genre to the next because I feel like most of them can pull it off.
The best times I had on film sets were the times the director let me express myself, but those were rare.
I'm a girl who loves fashion. I'm such a Cinderella - I love to put on a great dress and heels. It's fun!
I'm a member of the African diaspora: my parents left the Caribbean and came to London for a better life.
It was a joy to do something sensual and sexy. It was exciting. I don't get many of those types of roles.