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The fact of the matter is that everybody treats me pretty much as one of the boys, which I take as a great compliment.
It's funny when people say, 'I don't think Julia likes me.' Honey, if I don't like you, you're going to know about it.
In my worst moments, I try to think about loving instead of hating. Creation versus destruction, know what I'm sayin'?
Really, you want to have variety as an actor. If you spend your career doing one thing solidly, people get burned out.
Some of my greatest memories are of sleep-away camp; I did that three summers in a row when I was, like, 9,10, and 11.
If someone tells you over and over that everything's great, you immediately think, 'OK, what's the rest of the story?'
Sometimes in theater, they'll talk about your character a lot before you enter, but that rarely happens in television.
Job-wise, I did have a moment of panic that I should have been a doctor a few years ago, but I hate when people vomit.
Doing voices in animated movies has been one of my dreams. You get to go and act, and you don't have to put on makeup.
I'm only 5-foot-6, but people think I'm sort of a great big Viking woman. I'm not - I'm completely normal and average.
My kids don't go back and forth; none of this 50/50 time with the mums and dads. My children live with me; that is it.
I am tired of women playing action heroes like men, because they are not men. But sometimes they are written like men.
The work environment on 'Battlestar Galactica' is unbelievable, and it's something that doesn't come along very often.
What can you do? You're never going to be - I'm sure there are people out there who think Cindy Crawford isn't pretty.
I like to move fast, and wearing high heels was tough, and low heels with a skirt is unattractive. So pants took over.
It's either some kind of electricity or some kind of energy. I don't know what it is, but whatever it is, I've got it.
We are all human beings, part of the human race, and we need to be compassionate and giving and kind with one another.
The Oscar changed everything. Better salary, working with better people, better projects, more exposure, less privacy.
I'm not going to say it's easy, but I do have an ease with picking up fight choreography because of my dance training.
Queen Latifah has been a huge part of my career. She has been a huge, huge part of my career since the very beginning.
My family advocates doing what fulfills your soul. They've always said, 'You're a big girl; figure it out on your own.
It's funny how God will just keep using you, and our motto around our family forever has been, 'Just let Him use you.'
I've never had a teenage rebellion, I'm not that type of person. I always work out my problems in a conscientious way.
I'm not a very 'this is planned out' person when I get to set. 'This is how I'm going to do it' - I'm never like that.
I've never had a teenage rebellion; I'm not that type of person. I always work out my problems in a conscientious way.
I love marriage. I failed at marriage, but I'd rather go into anything with gusto and fail than go into it half-assed.
I'm not the type of person that just needs to feel concrete and like nothing's going to change. I revel in the change.
But, I'm kind of a control freak. I get really freaked out if I don't know what's going on and what's going to happen.
For escape, I love popcorn thrillers that you can read in a weekend, like 'Sharp Objects' and 'The Woman in Cabin 10.'
I think it's good to have an old fashioned musical as well as new musicals. There's a lot of room for different shows.
For me, Kate McKinnon can do no wrong. She is an absolute genius. She's a hero of mine. Melissa McCarthy is hilarious.
My mother opened a bank account for me when I made $60 on my first day of work as an extra. She's that kind of mother.
For me to have the opportunity to stay with one character for, God willing, a long period of time, is really exciting.
I have an instinct to want to be part of a group of people. I feel safe there. That's why I was in school for so long.
Seeing a black transgender woman embracing and loving everything about herself might be inspiring to some other folks.
'Red Dawn' was very resonant with a lot of people - they love that movie. I always thought it was a little hysterical.
I enjoy learning about the new technologies. I enjoy getting to know the new fans and dealing with them on their turf.
I think love changes you over time, and whether you have good or bad experiences, you always grow and learn from them.
People who never get anxious always amaze me. The world could be breaking up, and they're saying, 'Everything's fine!'
I think every script I read has something that sends me into a state of panic but that usually makes me want to do it.
I will say that I've been lucky enough never to have to do a job I didn't want to do, or a play I wasn't in love with.
I'm obsessed with beauty - seriously, one of my dreams is to write a book about beauty secrets and do a skincare line.
As an actress - and as an actor, too, but it's worse for actresses - you constantly get picked apart for how you look.
You never know what someone is dealing with behind closed doors. You only know what you see or what you think you see.
There's nothing you could really avoid about giving yourself to somebody who ultimately rejects you. That's just life.
Good women are no fun... The only good woman I can recall in history was Betsy Ross. And all she ever made was a flag.
Doing the sword fighting is like picking up a dance routine... I think dancing really helps with the picking up of it.
Parents are your teachers until a certain point, and if they don't give you love, you'll go somewhere else to find it.
Once we make the commitment to help ourselves, we are able to help others - and the universe supports our commitments.
Fame is fickle, and I know it. It has its compensations but it also has its drawbacks, and I've experienced them both.