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The thing about having a very young mother who had you at 20 is that you expect that you're going to be old ladies together.
The way I relax is I think, 'I haven't got anything coming up.' I like to know there are months ahead when I've got nothing.
I believe in the institution of marriage and it's like a tag to cement the relationship for your friends, family and public.
Ek Main Aur Ek Tu was a very special film for me. Imran and we complement each other very well. He is sugar, and I am spice.
I can't imagine wanting to be famous just for the sake of being famous. I think fame should come along with success, talent.
I've never been in jeopardy, but being an actor is a pretty shady place to be because you never know where your next job is.
I started in movies in Mexico and started doing telenovelas in Mexico. American Family was the first thing I did in English.
If you asked me to seriously kiss someone on a screen, I would be very uncomfortable. But I will lick any part of your face.
I feel like I'm playing more of a role walking down the red carpet than when I'm playing an ordinary woman covered in sweat.
Real luxury is having the time to read endless stories in bed with my children. And I get that all the time. I'm so blessed.
'Harry Potter' really harnessed the imagination of so many young-adult minds, and it's the same with the 'Divergent' series.
"Isn't it fun getting older?" is really a terrible fallacy. That's like saying I prefer driving an old car with a flat tire.
Did I think I'd ever be in television shows that people would see or movies? No. But I knew that I was going to be an actor.
I regret not taking my 83-year-old mother to the Oscars the year I won. She deserved the Oscar for giving up so much for me.
I certainly immerse myself in as many crazy Hollywood events as I can because you never know where you can pick up material.
We come from a very humble background. A lot of my paycheck from 'Skins' went to paying the bills and getting us a new sofa.
I wish I was Sienna Miller. When I talk to her, I hope a bit of her party personality will rub off on me, but it never does.
I enjoy doing an action scene. I'm not a purist as far as films go. If you want to do sex, great. As long as you do it well.
If there's a certain song that I want to reach a certain person or certain type of person, that's when I play it for people.
I'm a mother, and when you have children, there's a protection. You'll do a lot to protect them, to do what's best for them.
There weren't a lot of action roles growing up - there were a few, maybe, like Wonder Woman, but then it wasn't real action.
My dad was a musician, and that was his first love, and I think probably, to be really honest, it was my first love as well.
You know within three seconds if you're going to have a history with someone - it's a long half-hour if you've got it wrong.
I miss my 'Facts of Life' family. But I had been preparing myself to leave the show for some time before we called it quits.
I have brothers, and that so-called boyish quality was something that I was deathly self-conscious about when I was younger.
Even in this day and age, if you're not married, there are people who are like, 'Don't worry, it'll happen for you someday.'
It's nice to be with someone, but I don't think you need to be in a relationship to feel complete. That would be really sad.
I read 'How to Rig an Election.' Well, I read parts of it. I wouldn't necessarily quote me as saying I read the whole thing.
Having a career is a bit like navigating an Atlantic crossing - you have to make sure everything is keeping and is balanced.
I was always fraught with guilt, and it's such a waste of an emotion. It keeps you out of the moment of being where you are.
My fiance likes drawing on napkins, which I save. I'm always scared I'll get caught taking a linen napkin from a restaurant!
That's what the holidays are for - for one person to tell the stories and another to dispute them. Isn't that the Irish way?
I actually enjoy Britney Spears. Not as a singer but as a performer. I just enjoy watching her. I think, 'You are so brave.'
What do you say when someone has truly inspired you? How do you express to an artist how deeply their work has affected you?
David Lynch is like that - every sound, every detail to the end of making the film, he never gives up. It has to be perfect.
I don't want to mess with my face. So I'm becoming fluent in French so I can go to France and make French films when I'm 60.
It's not that the grass is greener on the other side, it's that you can never be on both sides of the lawn at the same time.
I actually prefer getting into roles that are the polar opposite of me; that's why I've done so many dark and dreary things.
I think women are amazing and women's friendships are like a sisterhood and we should see more of it in television and film.
I didn't know I could sing until I auditioned for 'Les Miserables.' My friend was auditioning, and I wanted to audition too.
The whole experience of doing a sitcom is... Telling jokes with such precision is really exciting, but it's also terrifying.
In real life I've learned to love not wearing any makeup whatsoever, and I'm super low-maintenance when it comes to my hair.
All I really want to do is someday be in a western. If I could be on a horse with a rifle, I would be a really happy camper.
Success is a ladder that cannot be climbed with your hands in your pocket - The road to success is always under construction
I was born in Connecticut. But my parents brought my sister and I to L.A. when-Hollywood, actually, when i was 6 months old.
I am happy being able to play roles with people my age because once you do something really mature there is no turning back.
As long as I stay honest with myself and just do the work that I am willing to do, and have been willing to do and am doing.
Great actors who I want to work with-have such a misconception of who I am because of all the things that get said about me.
On network TV, I'm still Phoebe to people, and it would be hard to convince them otherwise in the bright lights of a sitcom.
I did feel like I had a relationship and knew so many people in 'Shondaland,' and that certainly made me feel very welcomed.