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I learned to fly a few years ago in England. It's the only place I'm completely alone - up in the air, detached from everything.
I imagine I will spend my days traveling from country to country to visit our children, who I expect will live around the world.
It's such a lonely existence, living with a rock n' roller. No matter how much he loves you, he will always love his music more.
Honestly, after about three years on a show, you're like, 'Thank you very much for giving me a step up. Now can I go do movies?'
I loved killing zombies in 'Day of the Dead.' I basically welcome anything that involves being dirty or bloody or shooting guns.
Skydiving is something I've never done! And I am very excited to take the leap with a community of like-minded courageous women.
Im always practicing lines, researching, trying to be fresh, and fully trying to become the characters I play. Thats how I roll.
Growing up in the spotlight was quite possibly the worst for my self-esteem. I had a hard time finding confidence within myself.
It's exciting to kind of move forward and take hold of the opportunity that "Twilight's" afforded us, but it's also kind of sad.
I take my hat off to mums who have lots of kids. Anyone that says being a mum isn't a full-time job has obviously never had any.
I've been very lucky to have had the opportunity to play a diverse cast of characters in the short time I've been a voice actor.
Make-up can only make you look pretty on the outside but it doesn't help if your ugly on the inside. Unless you eat the make-up.
People in France are very intrusive when they recognize you. In New York, they are very polite, with quick words, so it's great.
I don't really know Hollywood, and I think that L.A. needs a bit of time to really know the city, because it's such a huge city.
Poetry is very crafted. You can't have too many words. It needs compression. It has to be spare, just the right number of words.
When I grew up in the '60s, your hair had to be straight and you had to be skinny and have no boobs, and it was like not my era.
I often think that a slightly exposed shoulder emerging from a long satin nightgown packs more sex than two naked bodies in bed.
As an adult, there are technical aspects of filmmaking you understand, like having to pick up a cup on the same line every time.
I knew I had to be the best at something, otherwise I would be nothing. I knew I wanted the world to know about Brigitte Bardot.
I'm just looking at how my dad's treating me and how my mom's treating me, and my mom has kind of backstabbed me a couple times.
We didn't name Birdie before she was born. When she came out I said, 'I think we gotta go with Birdie, I think that's her name.'
I don't ever feel like I have to stop myself from complaining about how hard it is to be an actress. I mean, it's not that hard.
I've been watching 'Californication' since the pilot aired and had always thought that it would be so much fun to guest star on.
I didn't read comic books; that's not something that was really available to me as a child. We watched more cartoons and movies.
I do think there are some great female comics: Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph. They're the whole ball of wax.
Part of my gestalt is that I still feel a little bit like a wallflower. Even in my own life. I talk about myself behind my back.
You're not surprised when alcoholics act like alcoholics. It's more surprising when non-alcoholics start acting like alcoholics.
L.A. is such a big city, and theres so much going on. I mean, you know youre in L.A. when you can just hear sirens all the time.
There's no limit to what you can accomplish, but there's always someone one step ahead of you, so it's a constant uphill battle.
I happen to have worked with male directors who don't understand women at all. Not at all. I'm flabbergasted by their ignorance.
Acting allows me the freedom to let go, to be in the moment, to be spontaneous. I no longer have the fear of losing, of failure.
Blade Runner was an incredibly influential movie, in terms of the way that it envisioned what the future was going to look like.
Letting go of things and not being afraid of being ridiculous or over the top - I think that's the main thing for me to work on.
I think probably like seeing women fight because we're generally not thought to be strong, especially in the case of this movie.
Every little thing I've done so far has been a dream of mine, and I've been able to accomplish it. It's still a dream every day.
Family transcends the flesh. You don't love someone because they look like you, you love their spirit; it's the soul connection.
Huge events take place on this earth every day. Earthquakes, hurricanes, even glaciers move. So why couldn't he just look at me?
I was a serious kid to an absurd degree. I was overwhelmed with responsibility. You know, trying to play grown up. I overdid it.
Shakespeare teaches you how to act. You come out of this process as a better actor. It's just the nature of the words he writes.
A lot of my humor does come from anger. It's like, you're not gonna pull one over on me - which is pretty much my motto anyways.
Well, we became a vegetarian. But that didn't last very long, because, um, I don't like vegetables. Or salad, nothing like that!
I call myself Zimerican. I was born in the Midwest to Zimbabwean parents. My father was a professor at Grinnell College in Iowa.
There is an epidemic right now of girls dumbing themselves down... in middle school because they think it makes them attractive.
This much I'm sure of. Chances for winning = 1 - (# of math students playing)/ (# of math students cheering). That's a fraction.
I go by my own standards, and I will be the voice of the curves for the women that feel like they can't stand up for themselves.
I'm such a good sleeper that I can have tea any time of day, and I will have no problem taking a nap. I'm a professional napper.
You just hope that you will get the opportunity to do what you love and pay your bills, and that is being a success as an actor.
My daughter is my biggest achievement. She is a little star and my life has changed so much for the better since she came along.
I love romantic comedies that are set in a world. It's not just a boy and a girl falling in love, out of love, and back in love.
I find it easier to abstain than do a little bit of anything. I'm not a 'little bit' kind of dame. I want it all, whatever I do.