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I think the world would be much better if you always started the morning by calling the person you dreamt of during the night.
Choosing to be in the theatre was a way to put my roots down somewhere with other people. It was a way to choose a new family.
Staying fit is all about trying to find enjoyment in something physical, because that's the only way you're gonna get results.
I start my day with granola, fresh fruit, and skim milk and end it with something healthy that also comes from my own kitchen.
I've had people tell me to get Mystic Tan, blonde highlights, choppy haircuts, but I've made a conscious decision not to cave.
I have a tendency as an actress in general to ground my characters. Even when doing outlandish characters, that's my instinct.
I started in movies in Mexico and started doing telenovelas in Mexico. 'American Family' was the first thing I did in English.
I looked at but was not allowed to touch Ai Weiwei's 'Sunflower Seeds' at the Tate. The film of making them was really moving.
The after-party is always at a restaurant, and for me, the fun starts when I get a cheese platter. That's as f-ed up as I get.
A good eye cream is really important when you are traveling, busy and stressed-that's when the dark puffy circles can get you.
I'm no stranger to the occasional dodgy juice, but it doesn't taste very nice and it is bloody boring. It's not a way to live.
Ah... romance to me is spontaneity. It's not diamond earrings; it's a bunch of daffodils that's freshly picked from the field.
Adoption has been a part of my life and a part of my family, so it was how I wanted to start. It felt natural and right to me.
I think that everybody has a right to their own thoughts, their own feelings and their own private moments, if they want them.
I've always approached acting from a passion point of view. It's what I love to do. The fact that we get paid is just a bonus.
I feel like I've been able to be my true self and discover what I can honestly bring to the table by working with other women.
Something that was instilled in me by my parents at a very young age is that there is no happy life without a life of service.
I'm an actor. I have to play weird characters, quirky characters, strange characters, sometimes characters I don't understand.
If a man thinks you're beautiful or thinks you're strong or thinks you're smart, take the power and use it, but don't need it.
I think the first time I realized I was actually acting was during Felicity. Before that, I was just going along for the ride.
I think I'm probably more passionate about acting now than when I was a kid. When I was young, I didn't know what I was doing.
People - not just in their teenage years - hold on to this fantasy of love when they're not ready to have a real relationship.
I get through the tough times through prayer and meditation. And I have really good friends and family, and a great therapist.
I have girlfriends in this business who talk about their personal lives, and it works for them, and I love it. But not for me.
Talented people are written off once they hit their 50s and 60s, and the saddest thing is, we just get better as we get older.
My curiosity and my appetite for evolving as an actor is one of the main components of me still working today in the business.
I recognize the unknowing, involuntary effect that 'Facts of Life' had and continues to have on several generations of people.
I always try to make myself be very approachable and easy to talk to, so hopefully people will feel that they can approach me.
It breaks my heart to know that millions of gay Americans still can’t marry the one they love, and I can. That makes no sense.
I would never bring a kid to a comedy show myself, but I have noticed that I can't stop other people from bringing their kids.
If you're an honest person, you'll make mistakes, but it'll be okay. The most interesting things happen after making mistakes.
I do things very impulsively; I don't really like to plan things at all. If I am passionate about something then I will do it.
Holidays do bring out the craziness in everyone. This time of year tends to being out the insanity in otherwise normal people.
A friend of mine told me, you know your obsession with girls who talk like sexy babies? You have to put that into your script.
I've dated men my age, younger than me and older. The only difference is the young ones are quicker at taking out the garbage.
I'm lucky because I don't like being in the sun a whole lot, just because the repercussions for me - I feel it, I go very red.
Kids really have a lot more power than they think they have. They have the power to change the world. And they should know it.
In terms of acting, we go through phases of being really inspired by film and television and actors and works that we've read.
A lighthouse doesn't save the ships; it doesn't go out and rescue them, it's just this pillar that helps to guide people home.
It's a feeling without a lid, of what you would do, physically, verbally, to protect the one thing that is your greatest love.
Fans always write asking why I didn't smile more in films. I smiled in `Annie Laurie`, but I can't recall that it helped much.
Wouldn't it be great if we all grew up to be what we wanted to be? The world would be full of nurses, firemen, and ballerinas.
My first-ever celebrity crush was Val Kilmer from 'Top Secret!' Not his biggest film, but I remember loving him in that movie.
Some people go through a rebellious phase, and they separate and understand that they're not who their family thinks they are.
I've been doing musicals since forever. Actually, I was focused on singing and becoming a singer until I landed on 'Passions.'
I think if a girl who liked 'Party Down' found out that her boyfriend liked 'Two and a Half Men,' she would break up with him.
On Masters of Sex, especially in the pilot, everybody was showing up word-perfect, and youre expected to show up word-perfect.
If I was on Game of Thrones, I think the nudity and sex questions would probably get irritating, but this is a show about sex.
A face is like the outside of a house, and most faces, like most houses, give us an idea of what we can expect to find inside.
I'm very good about taking care of my skin and keeping up with facials. I'm a big believer in always taking care of your skin.