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I have really bad luck with my thumbs. It plagues me, actually. It drives me crazy! Both of them are very oddly shaped.
Pity is a really odd thing with abused women. You don't want anyone to think that you feel bad - even though you might.
You know those drugstore kits that tell you when you're pregnant? They should have one that tells you when you're sane.
I know people think that I always play these characters who are in control and can chop someone's head off with a look.
It's exciting to originate Jessica Jones. There's obviously more freedom in that versus playing a well known character.
I love accents in general. I'm obsessed with dialects, and I had to write a whole movie about it called 'In a World...'
I want to do a big Broadway musical, at some point. I would love to do that. To do something there would be super-cool.
It's really fun to act like a bimbo. But it's fun to act like a bimbo only when people know that you really aren't one.
For me, the greatest good fortune I have being raised by actors is I came in knowing that a career is the ebb and flow.
When dealing with the internet, I knew that people would have their own opinions, and I went into it with that in mind.
It is revolutionary for any trans person to choose to be seen and visible in a world that tells us we should not exist.
I look at someone like Kathryn Bigelow, and I have so much admiration. She's playing in the boy's sandpit, and winning.
When I started auditioning, I'd take any audition I could get. The more dramatic ones didn't go as well as the comedic.
I've put in as many as 40 weeks a year on stage. It is lonely and restricted, as all artistic life must necessarily be.
Of all the projects I've worked on, I've never worked with another director like Billy Friedkin. I think he's a genius.
The lows were absolutely horrible. It was like falling into a manhole and not being able to lift the lid and climb out.
People see a lot of huge stuff on Broadway, but there's always Off-Broadway energy and also shows that you can work in.
I've learned that getting what you want gives you a pretty high batting average, and leaves you plenty to struggle for.
I treat myself to facials now, but even when I couldn't afford to do that, I'd get scrubs and masks from the drugstore.
I think as far as the action genre goes, I like when it has a sense of humor. I'm a Jane Austen/Jane Eyre kind of girl.
I said to Ramona [my daughter] once ... you should never look yourself up on the Internet. It's something I've learned.
I still study dance, and it's definitely something I want to incorporate in the future. It's always been my first love.
My mother died when I was young, and I was filming all the time. I was all over the place. Acting was the one constant.
Children change a lot in terms of personality. Camaraderie that you feel with somebody might not be there a year later.
If I have a 12 or 14 hour workday, I am home the next. I cut out anything that is frivolous or doesn't need to be done.
There's an easygoing nature that comes with a perspective of things that aren't as important as we make them sometimes.
I had to pretend to drown. I was underwater, which is scary, and I'm not afraid of water, but people do die underwater.
Never one thing and seldom one person can make for a success. It takes a number of them merging into one perfect whole.
If you're an addict, if you drink and you're putting a depressant into your body, it's going to cause serious problems.
Before marriage, a girl has to make love to a man to hold him. After marriage, she has to hold him to make love to him.
For life: it is rather a determination not to be overwhelmed. For work: the truth can only be recalled, never invented.
I think you're where you have to be and I'm not a person who wants to control things too much because I love surprises.
If you search and search and stop searching, then ultimately you'll find what you need. It is the experience of living.
What happens when it’s 2 a.m. and you’re alone in a hotel room with the devil’s minibar? Minibar – one; Marissa – zero.
I'm a 40-year-old, and I have a 5-year-old kid. I don't want to be unhealthy. I want to be around for as long as I can.
Im in my mid-30s, Ive won an Oscar, I have four children. You figure out if my deafness has adversely affected my life.
All of my life people have thought of me as Bing Crosby's daughter. Now they'll remember me as the person who shot J.R.
Even as a baby I quickly learned to crawl out of my crib. ... They'd put up barriers but I learned how to go over them.
When you have two people, separate beings, trying to share one life together. That's always going to have difficulties.
I hate going out and being in crowds or being in clubs. I can't deal with it, and I don't like it; I've never liked it.
Having an infant is difficult. It's a lot of work, and I didn't hire any help because I overestimated my own abilities.
I always hear some couples can't work together, and I don't get that. We have the most fun when we're working together.
You know, it is said that we Greeks are a fervent and warm blooded breed. Well, let me tell you something - it is true.
I don't associate with people who blame the world for their problems. You are your problem. You are also your solution.
I've never been interested in playing the boring ingenue. I always wonder: Who's her weird friend? I like the oddballs.
I'm always researching ancient religions, and I was also raised Jehovah's Witness, so that kind of scarred me for life.
I have a really supportive family, which is really wonderful, but I'm not forcing everyone to watch my work every week.
Have a baby, and you realize: The second you think you got sh-t figured out, you don't. It's the greatest wake-up call.
I commend women who wake up 30, 40 minutes early to put on eyeliner. I think it's beautiful. I'm just not that person.
I decided to do a comedy. It's a good mind-set to go into work and be happy every day instead of being in a dark place.