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Don't be snarky, but don't be saccharine. Don't pander, but don't shut people out. Go straight down the line with the performance.
My musical taste is like a 16-year-old girl's when it comes to working out - Rihanna, Black Eyed Peas, Miley Cyrus. I love it all!
I like my job and I want to do well at it but I think there's much more integrity to being a journalist maybe than being an actor.
Shoes are a good starting point. I've become quite fussy about them! A patent pair of Sonia Rykiel oxfords have become invaluable.
I'm just a normal girl who really enjoys her job, and so you have to take the other things that come with being in the public eye.
They say revenge is a dish best eaten cold, but for most people, by the time it's ready to eat, they just don't fancy it any more.
I don't seek to be in the tabloids but I suppose sometimes I go out and I'm wearing something and they take a picture and it's in.
I always knew that 'Growing Pains' was not going to go on forever. I remember thinking, 'I'm going to enjoy every moment of this.'
NASA space scientists have been studying giraffe skin so they can apply what they learn from it to the construction of spacesuits.
I make dark dramas, movies about people living in desperate fear who then overcome that fear and find a heroic side to themselves.
'Tickle Monster' is an interactive book and, by the nature of the story, bonds the parent and child through tickling and laughter.
I was a musical theatre kid, which meant you could always find me singing or dancing in the halls with at least four other people.
You may not seem able to change some outer circumstances but you can start by changing your inner experience of life and yourself.
I find that falling in love is way more fun than just having that instant attraction that you have to maintain for a relationship.
I'd hate to be a sex symbol. Because you're always having to live up to an image. I haven't got time to sit around doing my nails.
I don't have a lot of stomach for people who don't show up to a set knowing their lines because you're keeping 150 people waiting.
The Emmys are honestly very unpredictable. I mean, have you looked at my Emmy record? I was nominated 6 times for ER and won once.
People are very reluctant to invest unless they know it's going to be a sure thing, and let's face it: film is never a sure thing.
I've proven that I'm not a complete failure. Every film has done well. It's like, "So, okay, when do I get my deal at Warner Bros?
Being a mother adds another emotional dimension, a feel for children that I didn't have before I had one. They were a pain before.
Before I thought there was a common denominator between my films - as if all my characters were sisters - but I'm not so sure now.
I don't like films giving me answers. I like films that are provoking me, that are making me feel not only being in an easy place.
Fighting the ageing process just doesn't work. I think that actresses, ultimately, are responsible for the faces we give to women.
Anything is possible - even the most far-fetched idea can come to being through a series of seemingly small decisions and actions.
When I was on 'The Big Gay Sketch Show' I thought, 'Well, this is going well now, but then when it's over I'll just be a barista.'
I completely took off my eyebrows one time for a screen test. I hadn't even gotten the role yet. So you have to have a commitment.
Two of an actress's greatest assets are love and pain. A great actress, even a good actress, must have plenty of both in her life.
I can't wait to take my son to see 'Wonder Woman' - I can't wait to show him all the female characters can be well-rounded people.
I do love playing aristocrats, probably because it's so against type. So much more interesting than playing a version of yourself.
I feel like I've reached a point where music has become just as much a priority to me as my acting, and I'm glad to feel that way.
Urban Outfitters - I love it. It's almost like Forever 21, but for, like, the 24- to 25-year-old girl, getting a little bit older.
Theatre is where my heart is. It's where I can do my best work. And even if I do films and TV, that's what I want to come back to.
When I was younger, I used to write to directors when I was unsure I could play a role. I'd say: 'You've made a terrible mistake.'
I actually don't watch much TV, but my goal is to watch 'Downton Abbey.' I want to catch up on the series... that's like my style.
You instantly become less selfish. You can't be the biggest person in the world anymore-they are. [Motherhood] really grounds you.
Nobody interviewed Kitty Potter about what she wore. I would have loved to hear what she would have said about some of this stuff.
I prefer younger men. In some ways, they are much more open to a woman being stronger and independent then some of the men my age.
I mean look at Antichrist. He's not making films to be liked by everyone, so why is this so surprising coming from Lars von Trier?
1st Valentine's Day: 200,000 BC men and women congregate on opposite sides of Pangaea, waiting for someone to make the first move.
For movies to get greenlit solely based on the success of other movies that have a lot of women in them? It's so ridiculous to me.
Even in this day and age, if you're not married, there are people who are like, 'Awww! Don't worry, it'll happen for you someday.'
I do a film because I like the story and I want to give life to a character - I don't necessarily have to agree with the director.
I just sort of choose to see the good in things, and I choose to - I don't know - look on the bright side, as cheesy as it sounds.
I think great directors really respect their actors and vice versa. That mutual respect makes the job fun instead of anything but.
I was raised by two actors in a moment in time - the Seventies - when there was no judgment of characters, no heroes and bad guys.
Any journey of a creative person has, you know, really unusual challenges and years where you don't work and years where you work.
The worst diets are ones that restrict your calories too much and try to trick your body. You have no energy, and it's ridiculous.
My mother married three times. My dad is... I don't really have one. I mean, he does exist, but I have zero relationship with him.
I don't like to talk about politics. If you say you're a Democrat, that'll turn off Republicans, and that's half of your fan base.
I love champagne, but I don't have champagne every night. If I go out, and I want to have a drink, I'll have a glass of champagne.