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I'm more of a homebody type. I don't want to look like I want to be in the public eye. I didn't become an actress to be famous.
Labels are boring and often have nothing to with the person; it is just the way others perceive you, or choose to perceive you.
Women remain dramatically under-represented as characters in film when compared to their representation in the U.S. population.
For someone who wears makeup so much all the time, it's really important to take it off and give your skin some time to breath.
I really just try to focus every day on delivering the most honest portrayal I can and let everything else take care of itself.
I once made the mistake of going for a whole row of false eyelashes, which was just wrong as it gave me a sad, puppy-eyed look.
I have a good brain on me but I've never really used it when it came to decisions about love... I definitely have been foolish.
I think so many families are touched by illness and loss, and we kind of overprotect our children often, you know, we sanitize.
I got married six weeks ago. It's just a sweet thing. I haven't got a better word for it. It's an enormous amount of sweetness.
As far as beauty is concerned, in order to be confident we must accept that the way we look and feel is our own responsibility.
I wanted to wear fingerless gloves at my confirmation. I think I always wanted to be different and felt very stifled at school.
I was really talkative as a child. The priest used to pray for me not to talk so much because I was distracting the other kids.
Before I was working out, if somebody told me that I would actually choose fruit over french fries, I would never believe them.
Dresses are beautiful, but I'm such a slacks or a jeans person. Whenever a woman has a slick suit or dress on, she looks sharp.
Going down on a woman gives me a stiff neck, going down on a man gives me lockjaw and conventional sex gives me claustrophobia.
I love nerdy work. I love writing notes. I try to go back, as much as I can, to feed what happens and why they do what they do.
In Washington, officials from the National Rifle Association met with a group of high school students. There were no survivors.
So I do have to work, you know, and I find as many movies and TV shows that I can, because otherwise I wouldn't have an income.
I have sat in with the Burbank Philharmonic and the Topanga Orchestra when they need someone if someone gets sick or something.
In some of the darkest and hardest moments, there is always a part of me that is okay. And I can always access that part of me.
Everyone's always like, 'Be your best self!' And that drives me bananas, because when you're not, it makes you feel really bad.
Urban women don't breed in their twenties. Shortly after, I became a mother too, which is why I was probably so child friendly.
I kept buying bigger and bigger jeans, and once the size 14s got too tight, I thought, That's it. I'm not buying the next size.
I'm pretty squeaky clean. No big tragedies in my childhood or adolescence or adulthood. I've had a very easygoing, simple life.
I look up to Mick Jagger because he's an amazing performer and he's such an individual. I respect him and admire him eternally.
To me, it's always a luxury to be able to work with the best of the best because they make it easier for you to do what you do.
My grandmom worked as a maid for most of her life, and she worked in the tobacco and the cotton fields, whatever she could get.
Egos are an occupational hazard in acting, but I don't have much of one, and my husband doesn't have much of one, so it's good.
I was watching TV, and there was this oldies-but-goodies film fest, and 'Lucas' came on. I was like, 'Oh my God, I'm an oldie!'
I love 'Husbands and Wives,' Woody Allen's movie. It's like one of my all-time favorites. I could watch it over and over again.
After staring at origami directions long enough, you sort of become one with them and start understanding them from the inside.
I've been watching a lot of Joni Mitchell YouTube clips and I can't believe her transformation from this folk singer in Canada.
Men fall in love with their eyes - they like what they see - and women fall in love with their ears - they like what they hear!
It's cheesy, but having a pimple or a bad hair day isn't going to matter in five years. I don't always remember that, but I try.
I like the company of guys. I have a lot of good girlfriends that I really love, but you know, most of my close friends are men.
I've never had plastic surgery, but if they made a new invention for making people taller, I'd be the first to have the surgery.
Working on 'Mad Men' was an incredible experience. It was such an incredible show with beautiful writing and so much complexity.
I want to learn how to play an instrument. I want to break a world record. I'm just a very determined, motivated type of person.
Never Try To Ruin Someone.. That's Bad Karma.. Let Them Ruin Themselves The Victory Is That Much Sweeter. You Reap What You Sow!
I love the process of creating a character; someone entirely different from myself, and depicting it, either on stage or screen.
I think there's this great disconnect between youth culture and politics, which is a product of how our capitalist system works.
One of my good friends is Christian, goes to church every Sunday, very religious. I'm fine with that and I will never judge her.
And a lot of times in slam poetry I feel like people are so worried about the performance that the words might not be as strong.
The earlier you learn that you should focus on what you have, and not obsess about what you don't have, the happier you will be.
I used to say that I wanted to make great art with people I love. Now I have an addendum to that goal: to get things on the air.
If you're constantly moving, you can get in a monotony that's just as equally boring as sitting still for a long period of time.
I was put under contract. A major studio. I got nominated for an Academy Award. Isn't that ridiculous? I mean, at the age of 18!
There's something about death that is comforting. The thought that you could die tomorrow frees you to appreciate your life now.
Just start off with the same goals in mind. If you have the same values, same goals then you'll be on track for the same future.
an off-screen persona of Globally Conscious Earth Mother and an aggressive on-screen embodiment of Kali, Goddess of Destruction.