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People have two sides, a good side and a bad side, a past, a future. We must embrace both in someone we love.
I personally feel like, if you're watching a film about war, you should get a sense of what it's really like.
I think that what happens when you lose a parent, where you lose - you drop into a different kind of serious.
I wouldn't want to be known only as a sex symbol. I wanted to be known as an actress equally or even more so.
Every day of my life, I feel fat. It's not correct thinking in the natural, normal human being's way of life.
I'd always wanted to act, but it was a question of whether acting wanted me and whether the movies wanted me.
There's a moment in one's life when you should really be de-accessorizing instead of making more collections.
One of the reasons I like to teach is that I like to pass things on. That's an unspoken law of show business.
I've always chosen incredibly different roles and things that are quite offbeat. That way you're not limited.
My mom and dad, you're my heart, thank you for keeping me going all these years and never letting me give up.
I think a good script is a rare thing, and I think no matter who you are you have to fight for the good ones.
I've never really gone for the razzle-dazzle types: no quarterbacks, no flashy guys, and no Prince Charmings.
It's important to talk about loving yourself and looking at your tragedies and the stuff that makes you grow.
That's probably the most boring conversation you could hear - an actor talk about politics. I won't go there.
Of course I love music and I love what I do, but seeing their response to my work is my favourite part of it.
My mum Margaret was a single parent, but though life was a bit of a struggle she gave me every encouragement.
I look at Jessica Alba and think she's got a great body. I think that's what women are supposed to look like.
If I have the option, I always read the paper or a book or something I can touch and destroy in my own hands.
I have a blog in Chinese, which you can follow, Chinese signs. But I don't even update at all, often I don't.
I tried to stop smoking cigarettes by telling myself I just didn't want to smoke, but I didn't believe myself
Self-care equals success. You're going to be more successful if you take care of yourself and you're healthy.
I don't think in business it matters whether you're a man or a woman if you can do your job and have a brain.
I see my filming career as an opportunity to get the message of conservation out to an even greater audience.
I would hope to have some of the same audience that Oprah has earned. And I would love to earn that, as well.
It's difficult to be a mother and maintain a career as a performer - but then it's difficult in any industry.
When I left drama school, there were dozens of rep theatres you could apply to where you got a good training.
For me, 'Room' is an opportunity to relive an aspect of my childhood that I hadn't put a ton of thought into.
A lot of people have a dissatisfaction or an anger in them, so as soon as something goes awry, they flip out.
I broke my neck, it's a classic neck break from chin to chest. If I had been alone, I would probably be dead.
It's okay to be successful and it's also okay to be happy with your success even though it might not be easy.
French fries. I love them. Some people are chocolate and sweets people. I love French fries. That and caviar.
I don't want to go to work and get into bed with someone else, not even Tom Cruise. It's not like I enjoy it.
My parents have always been offended by my weight, embarrassed maybe. It didn't fit with their sensibilities.
I don't know why people are so down on the Best Western. They have the best sweet potato fries I've ever had.
You know, I used to be made fun of as a kid for being really articulate; it was sort of like a strange thing.
Eventually I want to be a full-time mother who works occasionally - and being an actor you have that freedom.
I remember thinking, when I was playing Hedda Gabler, that several sequences of the play were utterly absurd.
Acting is also working with people who invite you into their dreams and trust you with their innermost being.
After Zorro, people spoke Spanish to me for ages. I'm Welsh but that movie instantly gave me a new ethnicity.
I'm not high maintenance, and I'm not into a highly manicured man. I don't want to see a lot of hair product.
Extra-dirty vodka Martinis - they're so easy to drink! I should really just drink olive juice; it'd be safer.
If I don't like seeing myself on the screen, I think when I start seeing that, that's when I think I'll stop.
I still find it hard to push my own limits. I know where my limits are and that I always have to push myself.
I would love to be able to do a film. I would love to be able to focus on what excites me in watching actors.
I love kids. I wanted more. I have two, but I would've had six or seven... I would have done that if I could.
I just broke up all the furniture in the house. My mother had to get rid of me. So she put me in dance class.
I'm Cuban. Both my parents are Cuban. My grandparents are, too. Although I have no idea where Fit comes from.
One of my favourite messages about The Pirate Fairy is that the story is about appreciating your own talents.
I was living in Maryland and my first week was dreadful. My first week I actually got into a fight at school.
In this day and age, there's just so much that can hyperstimulate us, and curiously, it is not satisfying us.