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I have always liked family-type dramas; I just think the dynamics in families make for some really interesting characters.
I believe in dressing for the occasion. There's a time for sweater, sneakers and Levis and a time for the full-dress jazz.
We've got a wood-burning pizza oven in the garden - a luxury, I know, but it's one of the best investments I've ever made.
Taking care of yourself is being there for your kids, like how on a plane, they tell you to put on your oxygen mask first.
My playground was the theatre. I'd sit and watch my mother pretend for a living. As a young girl, that's pretty seductive.
When I was a kid, my mother told me that if you could not be a good loser, then there's no way you could be a good winner.
I always had to diet. I'm diabetic, so it's a lifestyle for me anyway just to stay healthy and not end up in the hospital.
It is very hard to separate one's self from a character. Sometimes the people closest to me have to be very understanding.
I started taking singing classes just two years ago. It was great. I never knew I could sing but I kind of found my voice.
One of the great things about my job is I get to do all of these things that I may not experience had I not been an actor.
I loved the energy of Dublin and the fact that it's so close to the sea, with beauty spots such as Howth so close to hand.
It's too easy to sum up a person's character in one negative instant, and it doesn't put anything good out into the world.
I never let anyone pluck, including myself, unless my mom approves. She guards my eyebrows. She's like the eyebrow police!
Just because something is three months away and seems far off, doesn't mean you will want to be there when the time comes.
At the time, 1980, people regarded actresses involved with production with a certain amount of fear, resentment and anger.
I confess. If the law had been appiled to me properly for what I did in Vietnam, I'd have been convicted for high treason.
We eat a lot of lean meat and fresh vegetables.. You are what you eat, you know. When I'm 100 I'll still be doing pin-ups.
It's like climbing a staircase. I'm on the top of the staircase, I look behind me and I see the steps. That's where I was.
You have to be really comfortable in your skin. You have to start with being in love with you are, with who you've become.
I usually don't wear makeup, and if I do, it's later in the day if I have to get my act together for work for some reason.
I had to learn how to chop wood actually - I don't think my dad would have let me go chop wood in the backyard growing up.
Most of the time I'm in khakis and a white T-shirt. I'm a total Gap girl. Super casual, hair in a pony tail and no makeup.
When people realize that they have been forgiven of everything, it becomes a little bit easier for them to forgive others.
Eating Paleo just leans you down and slims you up and takes that little layer of fat and water-weight right off your body.
I would like to explore comedy, I want to do more theatre, and I definitely want a future in film. I love science-fiction.
I don't ever wanna come across too intimidating, so as long as I look like you can come up and give me a hug, that's good.
Any show that includes guns or machinery or stuff like that, you need to trust who's around you because blanks are flying.
I like the purity of stand-up because it is all about whether people laugh at your jokes. Either they laugh or they don't.
I'm too nervous to eat before I go onstage, and I'll usually eat out after the performance or when I get home at midnight.
I don't use e-mail; I phone and fax. I think people who are hunched over their computer screens all day should get a life.
I wanted to be a lead singer in a band. I can't sing. I'm almost tone deaf. I still play. Next life, rock'n'roll for sure.
I love the look of buffed nails. They look neat and chic without actually having to paint your nails-and it takes no time!
I'm tall and smart. If you're aggressive and energetic it can be intimidating for people who aren't very smart themselves.
My dad's so likeable, you wouldn't feel in competition with him. If any boyfriends have ever felt that, they're long gone.
We make them [kids] earn the stuff they want. They're not going to play with their iPad today unless they do their chores.
I take care of myself because I'm an actress and I have to take care of my body as it's my tool in order to give in films.
You have to have the courage to wait, to say no, ... And thats difficult. This job is very uncertain, and its frightening.
I have stories that I'd like to maybe one day consider directing, but you need a lot of time to write and put it together.
I think I can be beautiful with all the little stuff done, and I can be ugly. A lot of attractive actresses can't be ugly.
I have a huge fear of crowds. The irony is that my band is a therapeutic exercise. I hurl myself into thousands of people.
For my rock band, I was influenced by things like 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show.' For me, it's live rock n' roll theater.
I recommend everyone wakes up in the morning to Bachman Turner Overdrive's 'Taking Care Or Business' - you'll feel better.
I'm going to be in another city when my kids are teenagers. I'll be like, 'Give me a call when you're done with all that.'
I want to be the first person to laugh at myself. It makes other people feel at ease - we're all on an even playing field.
Being a Kapoor, acting is genetic. My sister paved the way for me when she became the first Kapoor girl to take up acting.
When I exercise, I need to connect to myself and see how I'm feeling at the moment because my mood is constantly changing.
The experience of making a movie is far removed from watching the end result. It's exciting, but it still makes me squirm.
The notion that work is a burden is a terrible mistake. Working and facing up to one's responsibilities: That's happiness.
Just write the best you can about the things that concern you most. I never lose sight of the fact that just being is fun.
I love not being in a comfortable state, anyway. That makes for much more interesting storylines and an interesting story.