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It's always been fun for me to play a variety of parts, and over the years, I've been lucky with the things I've been asked to do.
Whatever the reason is, I am happiest when connecting with the human experience. It lets me know that I'm not alone in this world.
When you are in a relationship, you want the other person to appreciate the things you like. It sounds superficial, but it's nice.
When we were doing Bullets over Broadway, he told me to be more fragile and I thought I was, but he saw it completely differently.
I am in love with girls that are bad and naughty and badass, and a little selfish, but I like to watch from a respectful distance!
I know certain actors are totally screwed up on drugs, yet it gets covered up. Why wasn't I excused for 'exhaustion' or 'the flu'?
When I am working, I have two shows on Saturday, and when I wake up, and it's a lovely day, I just cry. I'm joking: I love my job.
I joined the Twitterverse in the second season of 'Dollhouse.' Friends that I admire were already in that space, like Kevin Smith.
When we're growing up there are all sorts of people telling us what to do when really what we need is space to work out who to be.
In my early career I was like a goldfish. Rejection didn't affect me; I'd just forget how bad it was and keep going back for more.
With 'Harry Potter,' I've been all over the world. I probably wouldn't have gone to New York so young if it weren't for the films.
I was lucky enough to have the songs in my first show written by George and Ira Gershwin. Then Cole Porter wrote five shows for me
I'm French, so I'm quite lazy about exercising, and I smoke. But I do love going for a run in the morning with my dog. That's all.
And, look, I'm sorry if I have blond hair and blue eyes and my boyfriend looks like a vampire. What do you want me to do about it?
Everyone from Pullman porters to hostesses at swank New York parties will tell me they always watch 'Miss Brooks' on Friday night.
One gal drank a can of floor wax and topped it off with a cup of Clorox, trying to separate herself from the same world he was in.
I don't think Bollywood is only mindless cinema, but a lot of films they churn out are not films that I completely enjoy watching.
I've always been so intrigued by French language and how it completely changes you, because of cultural context, because of humor.
Personally, it’s rude. You got three kids with the lady, she just did 17 years for you and you’re not gonna leave your...whatever!
I watched a lot of series. I didn't watch a lot of movies on TV. But I watched Gilligan's Island and Star Trek and all that stuff.
In a theater you can fool everyone past the tenth row if you're good, but on the screen you can't really fool anyone for a second.
I'm generally known as a happy person, but years ago, I suffered from panic and anxiety. I've learned to manage the fear and pain.
Let your characters talk to each other and do things. Spend time with them - they'll tell you who they are and what they're up to.
I love movies, so getting to be in the conversation and meet some of my heroes has been so fun. It's just the most fun thing ever.
My life is good because I am not passive about it. I invest in what is real. Like real people, to do real things, for the real me.
Be really, really true to yourself. That to me, has been key to me in understanding how I want to live the second half of my life.
I've learned my tricks. I know what I like. I do not wait around. I initiate. And I'm not all about frequency - I favor intensity.
That's a powerful lucky rabbit's foot. I got the part in Gone With the Wind because of it. I got my Warner contract, thanks to it.
The ceremony took six minutes. The marriage lasted about the same amount of time though we didn't get a divorce for almost a year.
When you're up for an Oscar, you just get offered everything. It's fantastic, but a lot of it you're completely inappropriate for.
The love you have for your child is so much greater than any challenge you'll face as a parent, and that's what helps you through.
My sister took me as her own. My mum had a lot of help raising me. That's what happens in large families: your siblings raise you.
I was once an extra in a Bruce Springsteen video where they did a live performance video at Tramps. I forget the name of the song.
It's been a dream of mine to run my own summer camp. I went to one as a kid, and I put on productions, and got lots of confidence.
[Hollywood] is obviously so fake, but then comedy is this little carve-out of sincerity. I love it. I get to be funny and do this.
Neither an assembly line nor a stock market nor an oil well did it, simply what came from one small skull and that one right hand.
For everyday clothes, I love North Face and Rohan, and for smarter options, I like Whistles and Agnes b on Marylebone High Street.
You can tell when someone is putting on a role. If someone really believes in what they're saying, it's quite hard to find cracks.
I've probably understood men too well. I realise they are predatory by nature, and I have a certain acceptance of the male animal.
I've etched out who I am through myriad haircut attempts, outfit attempts, beauty attempts, diet attempts. It's been an evolution.
I was on Murder She Wrote with Angela Lansbury. She was fantastic... she was lovely to everyone, she was always on time, prepared.
I don't know if a country (America) where the people are so ignorant of reality and of history, if you can call that a free world.
I think that if you idealise someone for so long, they can only disappoint and I wouldn't want to be disappointed by those people.
I definitely believe in a God and in a higher power, and I definitely take from many different religious cultures. I go to church.
If somebody ever wished to be me for a day, they'd be the most pissed-off person once they got here. They would be, like, in hell.
My parents' divorce left me with a lot of sadness and pain and acting, and especially humour, was my way of dealing with all that.
It's really hard for me to meet someone. I don't want to date actors. Been there, done that. Only one actor per household, please.
I just never really gave myself any credit. And because of that, nobody else did either. You mirror what the world mirrors to you.
I've always wanted to be a mom. Because I want to give a kid all of the magical gifts my mom gave me, such as love and friendship.
Human comedy is more profound than tragedy. In tragedy we die and it is very sad. In comedy we avoid death, and it is even sadder.