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I can't tell you how many times I quit only to realize that when the work has been your life, you don't really have a life without it.
If you're in somebody's head for 12 hours a day for four weeks, it's like your brain actually wires itself to start thinking that way.
I tried to make myself as pretty as possible and even then I thought I was ugly. I found it madly difficult to go out, to show myself.
Latin men are the most passionate men in the world - they may not be the most aggressive, but they are very passionate, very romantic.
One of kindness and integrity. I know I fail constantly, but I’m working towards being a reliable and worthy contributor to the world.
The way I was raised, family was always the most important. When I had our first daughter, Natasha, I knew that's what I wanted to do.
My mother certainly loves caviar, but I think that's generational - they grew up thinking it's romantic or sophisticated or something.
You can't always tell if someone's gay over Twitter, but when he's talking to you about 'Real Housewives,' it's probably OK to assume.
What happens a lot in film, though not so much in the theatre, is that you get stroked and sort of massaged, like a little guinea pig.
I'd love to be able to write again, but I'm so repetitive. And it was all about fear. Never positive. Just indulgent about my sadness.
The things the writers have me doing on Suburgatory are insane. I think they think it's easier to ask for forgiveness than permission.
I'm not afraid to blame myself for any of my own faults or just to analyze things in a different way, but I don't overanalyze, either.
I have a kind of remarkable ability to, for want of a better phrase, get what I want. I kind of project. I guess it's called dreaming.
I don't have siblings, which is probably the biggest reason why my parents were able to give the attention to my career that they did.
I really liked Yale, although it was extremely intimidating. When I visited the campus, I was hiding behind trees, I felt so unworthy.
It's just extremely difficult to shoot with five dogs. They're great, and the people who handle them are amazing. But they're animals.
Shelley was an idol of mine -- and many -- an extraordinary woman with powerful charisma, enormous talent and a keen, perceptive mind.
I never watched reality shows. I was obviously very aware of them because they're everywhere, but I was not somebody who watched them.
You always draw from yourselves even if you're playing the most crazy type of person. What you really want is to be three-dimensional.
It's something that's always been there for me, that I have huge blue eyes - it's been something that people have always talked about.
I've always been really artistic. I went to an all-girls private Catholic school, and one of their biggest things was musical theater.
I was born and raised in Queens and moved into the city as a young adult. Then I ended up acting and decided to run off to California.
You see, I was born in the slums, that was before the ghetto. The ghetto was kind of refined; the slums was right there on the ground.
Sometimes it just feels so amazing to finally stand up for yourself. I highly recommend it. Life is too short to be taken for granted.
My tattoos say "Stay strong." "Stay" on one wrist and "strong" on the other. I'm able to look at them and be thankful for being alive.
I've been lucky to travel through quite a bit of Europe and Australia, but I would love to do Asia and South America and South Africa.
Love them for who they are, and what they are they are; they are not you. Good stuff, isn't it? You have to live 73 years to get that.
I think you figure out how to be funny by necessity. It's not a natural thing, being funny in the face of tragedy is kind of demented.
I just want to make sure I have a sense of balance between work and life, because work is my life and the lines can get really blurry.
I love movies, I love being a part of them, and this is the one occupation I love living and playing in and stressing myself out over.
I try not to repeat myself too often, but it's a gamble. 'Fred Claus' had three Oscar winners in it. No business - it was a bad movie.
Sayles could pull a performance out of a dog. I'm serious. He was just amazing. The world could fall apart and he remained on neutral.
The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure they're going to have some pretty annoying virtues.
I do strive to find projects that are trying to carve out some new space. I enjoy projects that leap away from the crowd a little bit.
I did my homework and didn't go out much, and had a very highly developed kitsch fantasy life where I dreamed of being a dancing girl.
I never wear pants in my life. I never thought I'd say this, but I miss wearing pants. For the first time in my life, I miss my pants.
I think it's important to be with a guy who has a strong sense of integrity. That's how I was raised, and that's something I look for.
I am literally obsessed with Lena Dunham. She's, like, my favorite person in the world. I follow her on Twitter; I read her every day.
I have plenty of invitations to go places, lots to do. If I'm not working, I go to have my hair taken care of and work at needlepoint.
I'm not really keen on men wearing perfumes. It's just a bit wrong! I don't find it sexy. I prefer essential oils - patchouli is nice.
It's quite hard to find a ballsy or complex character. So the roles I've taken are those. Lot's of people put me in the dark category.
People root for me in such a way that when they come to a show, the experience of not knowing what's about to happen is a great thing.
I tend to have more anxious dreams where I'm late getting to places. That's definitely a recurring dream; I hate being late to places.
I have yet to see a drama that puts forward women who are successful and also have a family... they are nearly always seen as victims.
With the Internet and social media being a huge part of today's culture, I think it's super important to promote staying smart online.
Women are in many ways second-class citizens in the United States in 2016, because of the way that we're portrayed in popular culture.
I've never understood people that sleep around. I think there's something very lacking in your life when you do, not to be judgmental.
I think when you write an enigmatic character into a film, you have to have real confidence that the audience are going to go with it.
People generally treat me like I'm very intelligent and really, I'm much less intelligent than she is. Scully is insanely intelligent.
I believe that we all need to do charitable work. It should be taken seriously in the area of education, as someone from the industry.