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Someone like Amy Poehler, I don't know, but I feel like I know her. I think everyone feels like they know her.
You can so easily be dismissed as a thug or hysterical if you're a woman if you don't keep your rage in check.
The truth is, I'm not a coper. I hate stress. I might appear calm externally but internally it's all going on.
Television is going through a transformation where you're basically able to do big, long movies in television.
I guess I've always been drawn to roles that have smart characters commenting on what's happening around them.
I find it very hard to believe that people would prefer an awkward picture with me than a normal conversation.
I save my dreams and hopes for my kids. When I'm making a wish under a bridge or tunnel, it's always for them.
An agent said he didn't know what to do with me, I wouldn't be able to play any parts but lesbians and aliens.
I'd like to make really important movies, like American Beauty. I was really proud to be a part of that movie.
I am a proud member of the LGBT community and could never bear the idea that someone could say I was closeted.
Sometimes I worry more about losing weight than gaining weight, because this is how people know and accept me.
If the goal is doing good stuff and working with your friends ... if you’re doing that then you’re succeeding.
I'm so comfortable on my snowboard that I don't have to think about it very much; it's somewhat second nature.
Well I went to New Orleans to cover the jazz festival for Trio, it's this new arts channel, it's really great.
That's how all theater should be done - you only have one chance to see it and then it's gone. One night only.
I like to stretch myself, and playing a dance-hall hostess is quite a stretch, but I feel comfortable with it.
You always envy someone else's life and, as a woman, you're always comparing your life to someone else's life.
I started doing regional theater. My first job was "The Importance of Being Earnest" at Dallas Theater Center.
I started doing regional theater. My first job was 'The Importance of Being Earnest' at Dallas Theater Center.
Some people in my family achieved a lot, some people inherited a lot. But I turned my back on the whole thing.
For Closer, we've had five weeks. You go into every single word because it's very, very concentrated dialogue.
When I was 12, I did this show on Broadway called 'High Society,' so we moved to New York for the run of that.
Everyone always says that guys are intimidated by me, but I seriously doubt it. I mean, I'm five-foot-nothing!
I'd describe my look as girly-edgy. I like black nail polish and eyeliner, but I'll wear them with pink shoes.
I think we should be proud of the fact that our face has got lines, because at least that means we have lived.
When someone comes to visit me, they have to bring tea - you can't stay in my house if you don't bring me tea.
You can be plain and smart, or pretty and smart. You can even be plain and dumb! You just have to be yourself.
I've had a normal life, but I have struggled to get here. It hasn't been handed to me and it hasn't been easy.
People's attitudes about sex aren't healthy anywhere, except maybe in those tribes where they go around naked.
To have beautiful lips, say beautiful things. To have beautiful eyes, look at people and see the good in them.
I would love to occasionally do English-speaking films, but the script is as important for me as the director.
You have to accept the storms and the rainy days and the things in life that you sometimes don't want to face.
I was a model for eight years. That's the deal: People look. But I didn't like being looked at and never seen.
I missed New York. Every break I had from the series, I'd fly back to the East Coast just to get back onstage.
I love 'Some Enchanted Evening', and 'If I Loved You'. And as I sing them more and more, I find new favorites.
I used to have a pet crawfish, so my friend made a mold of its claws and bronzed a key chain for me out of it.
You know what nostalgia is, don't you? It's basically a matter of recalling the fun without reliving the pain.
An affair now and then is good for a marriage. It adds spice, stops it from getting boring... I ought to know.
People who don't like cats haven't been around them. There's the old joke: dogs have masters, cats have staff.
I wanted to have a political career. I thought studying political science would be the best way to achieve it.
I truly have come to believe that there are only two states of being that generate our thoughts: LOVE or FEAR.
I'm a Yogi and a tea drinker, and having a gun is the last thing that one would expect of me as a human being.
I was nervous to even talk to other kids in my class. I would hide in my room when my parents had people over.
I do not understand girls who imagine that something forbidden. You can prohibit someone, but did not imagine.
When I love, I do it without counting. I give myself entirely. And each time, it is the grand love of my life.
It's the decomposition that gets me. You spend your whole life looking after your body. And then you rot away.
I can actually cook one meal now, as opposed to before, when I could cook nothing. My family are very excited.
I like stories about the world, where we're at. I like to explore humanity. I like to explore my own humanity.
My parents are both super funny, and I always knew I wanted to be on 'SNL.' My mom and I would watch it a lot.
When I was younger, I was actually looking forward to getting older, to have more insight, more understanding.