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You want to do what you love, but stuff overshadows it, so it makes it a little harder for people to take me seriously.
For me, acting is about the art of it and it's about being on a film set and doing your thing, painting a blank canvas.
I've always been kind of an escape artist. I think that I thought the day-to-day reality of things was unbearably flat.
Salem is such a cool little town that's very touristy. It's fun to walk around all the shops and get the feeling there.
I've always been aware of the emphasis on beauty in Hollywood, and I think that as one does get older, it can be scary.
I like doom and gloom with a sense of humour. Maybe it's a Scottish thing, we like to undercut indulgence with a laugh.
I lived my twenties in a very public manner and if anyone's twenties are documented it's not always going to be pretty.
The ruins of classic movie theaters are a personal obsession of mine, and I've made a couple of documentaries about it.
I am the kind of person that wants to get up in front of crowds of strangers and perform monologues. To each their own.
My own cabaret is constantly evolving with what is occurring in my own life, so motherhood is a natural addition to it.
If you were a kid actor, if you had any plans of being an actor as an adult, you were really barking up the wrong tree.
With TV, the pace is so fast, the scripts are coming at you, the directors are firing things at you, it's breathtaking.
Maybe I didn't have the childhood people think you should have, but I still went through the ages; I was still a child.
What is the difference between an actress over 50 and an actress with a disability? Nothing. They both can't find work.
My dad is a natural-born encourager. The last person who will ever tell you to lower your sights or give up your dream.
When you have a set of characters, you have to fall in love with them and care about them as each individual character.
I like to write about women, not so much about the way they relate to men, but about the way they relate to each other.
I think when I was younger, I used to sort of long to be a part of films that were really gritty and hardcore in a way.
I've been on plenty of sets where I have not liked the people that I work with, but you suck it up and be professional.
I cherish each director that I have. I want to be maneuvered out of my comfort zones. I don't have the time to prepare.
A guy wants a classy girl who is smart and has goals - someone that he wouldn't be afraid to bring home to his parents.
Focus on something that you have a passion for and hone that skill; it will make you feel confident about your ability.
I'm all about the supplements. I take fish oil every single day, as well as vitamin D, magnesium, B complex, vitamin C.
You show your vulnerability through relationships, and those feelings are your soft spot. You need to have a soft spot.
If wanted to play a sport, I played a sport. If I wanted to do things that many girls born in 1950 didn't do, I did it.
Just because I was 30 doesn't mean I was grown. God, I was such an idiot. I was an absolute idiot at 30. And I grew up.
I was inspired by lots of people, certainly in acting and in writing and stuff, but I never wanted to be somebody else.
I would love to someday do a play. I did one when I was very young in San Francisco, where I grew up. A girl can dream.
I've been shy twice. Once when I saw Matthew Bomer and once when I saw Adam Levine. I couldn't say anything, literally.
I have a list in my mind and in my heart of actors who have been extraordinarily kind, and Hugh Laurie is near the top.
Of course designers inspired me, but I was more inspired by everyday people. People that I see walking down the street.
I remember 'Hannah Montana' came out, and I was so depressed, I started crying because I was like, 'I want to do that.'
In dance you use every party of your body except your voice. I wanted to start acting because I wanted to use my voice.
I still have in me the same awareness when I was 12 and chubby and a girl was spitting in my face. I'm the same person.
Take it back Oh, take it back I don't want your lovin', anymore Let me live Oh, let me live It's not you who I sing for
I think that if you haven't been to the grocery store in a really long time, it's really easy to get very out of touch.
Female-driven shows have to be every single thing and are constantly criticized in a way that male-driven shows are not.
'Getting On' - that show, it broke my heart. It really was like the greatest love of my life. I'm forever changed by it.
I don't watch things like Jeepers Creepers or Final Destination 53 ½. I really like more of the psychological thrillers.
I had done a lot of running in 'Texas Chainsaw' and sword-fighting in 'Percy Jackson,' which taught me to fall properly.
I know I'm an actor, but I'm not at all a believer in people watching a lot of TV. I've never had television in my home.
I'm the kind of person who, if I like one song, will listen to all of the band's work before moving on to another group.
When one stops working at the height of one's career, it's just stupid not to say, 'I want to make sure I have a house.'
I don't think it's good to say that you won't do certain things, but I don't necessarily have the natural urge to write.
There will always be a few people who have the courage to love what is untamed inside us. One of those men is my father.
When women are in positions of power it's a hard place to be, especially when that position involves bossing men around.
If I had a dream show, I probably shouldn't even mention it in this climate, but it would be like a kind of Fix It show.
When I was a preteen, I got into singing, and became really obsessed with it. But then, of course, that didn't work out.
I don't shoot anything. I could never kill an animal. My dad does all the hunting, and he eats everything that he kills.
I watched The Muppet Movie obsessively. I can still pretty much say a lot of the lines and do a pretty mean Fozzie Bear.