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It's not easy, though, singing upside down in a headstand on a raised platform with your unfettered breasts hitting you in the chin.
Oh, I like to take classes every chance that I get. If I'm not working after about four or five months, I'll jump back into a class.
Sometimes you'll be on sets, and people will be fighting and there will be some nasty person that thinks they're the next Brad Pitt.
I think you should just wear something you feel comfortable in. It's important to make a statement, but don't kill yourself over it.
Hollywood is a dirty temptress that has stolen my wallet way too many times. It's a great town, but at the same time, it's a hustle.
One of my favorite things in watching an actor is feeling, The story is safe in your hands. I can lean back and trust you with this.
My husband and I don't want Hollywood drama. I go to the market and do the dishes. I'm not treated differently because I work on TV.
I'm a big believer in, no matter what you go through in life, as long as you can laugh your way through it, you're going to be okay.
I am my father's daughter. It was not up to me growing up. I was his hunting and fishing buddy, so I've been shooting my whole life.
I wanted to be a disgusting, oozing zombie, not a sexy, cleavage zombie, which is what I was expecting, given my previous film work.
It’s just very homey in Ireland. It’s very comforting and comfortable. There’s lots of fireplaces with fires. It’s just really cozy.
It's just very homey in Ireland. It's very comforting and comfortable. There's lots of fireplaces with fires. It's just really cozy.
As an actor, you're used to putting on characters, taking them off, becoming someone else, doing your research, and working on that.
It is a joy to be an artist, but it doesn't mean very much unless that work is somehow useful in some way and contributes to others.
I think all actors - they'll hate me for saying this - but we are babies. We like to be loved, and we'll do anything if we're loved.
An actor definitely has to be in the past a well as the present; an actor must react to past experiences every minute, every second.
It's hard to dance after a certain age. All those athletic things - like looking up at my kneecaps - they're just not there anymore.
I always tried to be the perfect little girl. Always tried to have the perfect little manners. Never wanted to displease my parents.
I went to college at North Carolina School of the Arts and took a lot of singing classes, and it really is so connected to emotions.
My main concern is theater, and theater does not reflect or mirror society. It has been stingy and selfish, and it has to do better.
You can't tell an audience to like a character. And I think the best way to get the audience on someone's side is to embarrass them.
I told my mother at about the seventh year of therapy that I had been abused sexually by my father, and she hung up the phone on me.
Then, as now, the Disney studio buzzed with activity. You had a strong impression of being at the center of something very exciting.
I'd love to be in a period drama - that's my obsession. But being a mixed-race actress, there aren't so many roles you're right for.
You can have all the agents and publicists in the world but no one's ever going to give you 110 per cent like someone who loves you.
Be happy with being you. Love your flaws. Own your quirks. And know that you are just as perfect as anyone else, exactly as you are.
I am certainly not perfect. I don't think you should try to be perfect for anyone. When you come to terms with that, then you're OK.
I get quite excited about things other people have worn. I went through a phase as a student when I wore a lot of 1940s tea dresses.
Some days, I don't recognise my country, and other days, I see people being vocal and passionate, and I think, 'There's my country.'
There is a science of war, but how strange that there isn't a science of peace. There are colleges of war; why can’t we study peace?
I like movies that have strong personalities, and Michel Gondry is so creative that his films are always something special to watch.
Storms and darkness scared me, but somehow it encouraged me to learn about nature and I think nothing's dark, dark is beautiful too.
I was raised in the theater and, as it turned out, a TV show was like performing a new one-act play. So, it was really no different.
I made jokes about kissing Murphy Brown. But if that's what cost me my job, my wife will probably say, "Hey asshole, I told you so".
I love opening night, and I love doing plays. But one of my favorite parts about doing a play or working on a new play is rehearsal.
Being called very, very difficult is the beginning of success. Until you're called very, very difficult you're really nobody at all.
May each of my grandsons know, at an early age, what his life's ambition is -- and may he be successful in his pursuit of that goal.
The Sandinista government became consumed with fighting a war of survival. They were up against the biggest superpower in the world.
I definitely have some stereotypical qualities of being a Latina. I talk with my hands, which means I knock stuff over all the time.
I loved doing Shakespeare. My two favorite roles, in fact, have been Viola in Twelfth Night and Helena in A Midsummer Night's Dream.
When I was beginning, a young actor could go from repertory company to repertory company. I did that and loved it. I was also lucky.
I'm a huge breast cancer awareness advocate because my mom went through breast cancer recently. It really brought our family closer.
I love to bake. I like to bake with wheat and try not to eat sugar, so I use applesauce instead, which probably sounds really gross.
I balance family and career by doing what makes me the happiest! That for me, without question, is putting my family and kids first.
My dream was always to have a stamp. I feel like people who have a stamp really did something. They really did some acts of service.
I had lots of opportunities to survive this [popularity] madness. Madame de Staël said, "Glory is the bright mourning of happiness."
I don't see how a socialist government can tolerate hunting on horseback. The people who do this are snobs; they're very well-to-do.
We live in New York. To be able to have a steady job and take your kids to school, and be around and work hard, is the perfect life.
Unfortunately for the 'Tomorrow' series, I feel that for the actors that were in the first film, maybe our commitment to it is done.
I wanted to be in a Baz Luhrmann film. It's just extraordinary. He's so amazing at what he does. He makes the most incredible films.