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I would love to have more kids. Kids are the best part of my day. I don't wake up to make movies. I wake up to hang out with my family.
Oh, my gosh, I've never seen a film unless, you know, if I have to go and do ADR, loop-loop. But I don't watch after. I'm too critical.
I love playing people who don't have a sense of humor for instance, there's nothing funnier to me than a person with no sense of humor.
I love complex characters - strong females who are vulnerable but have a life and soul. That's what I'm drawn to and what I enjoy most.
People know my characters like Alice Morgan in 'Luther' or Alison Bailey from 'The Affair.' For me, that's a compliment, a kind of joy.
I like acting in London-not least because it means I can go home after the show every day, rather than being on location making a film.
A Local Government Stationery Store is something to behold. It's like walking through the back of a cupboard into a really dull Narnia.
I didn't have a teenage or early-20s experience that was free and without worry. I missed the screw-everything, have-a-good-time phase.
Your home should be your home. People shouldn't be allowed to use whatever crazy lenses they use to catch you waking up in the morning.
Everyone is lonely sometimes, even married people. But most single women (as well as women with spouses) actually enjoy their solitude.
You're always homesick. There's always something about home that's special. But I'm not a things person. I'm not attached to my things.
The Jonas Brothers are all sweet. They're so amazing to me. They've become really good friends of mine, but I'm not dating any of them.
I've tried it, and I've never been that girl. I'm always going to be the girl you want to take home to your parents, not for the night.
To be a part of something like 'Tron,' good God! It doesn't matter how big or small your role is, you're like, 'Yeah, I was in 'Tron.''
It's difficult dating as an actor because your free time is precious. The guy I end up with someday is going to have to love traveling.
Mondays are just like Sam from Clarissa Explains it All. They just show up through the damn window whenever the hell they feel like it.
I understand what it's like to go to hospitals and there's no medicine, and the best thing you have to give the patients is compassion.
I'd like to be an American Catherine Deneuve. She plays beautiful, sensitive, deep parts with a little bit of intelligence behind them.
I love to eat. I'm from New Orleans. I eat like nobody's business. So to find a workout that I actually look forward to is a lifesaver.
You want to feel that you can do something creative that you love without being picked apart and mutilated for other people's pleasure.
I've always been pretty confident. I grew up in a family of strong women, so I was always taught to be proud of who I am, the way I am.
I think that would be ungrateful if I were upset because I'm seen as attractive or sexy. That's opened so many doors for me in my life.
I think of a movie as a human body. You can feel the pump of the heart and the blood going through the veins when you watch that scene.
The only thing I regret about my past is the length of it. If I had to live my life again I'd make all the same mistakes - only sooner.
In Australia, there is a very famous show called 'Home and Away.' I was cast on that at 15. The day I started filming, my life changed.
I'm an actor and I like having attention. There's a reason I like being on stage and in front of the camera, and it's that interaction.
The more love I craved, the more distant and abusive he grew. The role I longed to play was never written into Ryan's script: daughter.
Where I'm at now is awesome. A different road might have led me to a different place, and I wouldn't be happy doing anything but music.
Every now and again I want to go to the beach and be in the sun, but that's a very rare feeling, so I could live in London, definitely.
You can't be a band and not play, and playing is so invigorating. It breathes life into you. So does creating something out of nothing.
I love comedy. If I could be a comedian - well, I probably would not take that job because it seems really hard, but I wish I could be.
My father died when I was 11. He was a vaudeville comedian. He worked in one movie, 'Ladies of the Chorus,' as Marilyn Monroe's father.
30 Rock is a little different from other current sitcoms, in that it's fast-paced, but the pace comes from the actors, not the editing.
My 20s were totally bonkers. I was living out of a suitcase and burning the candle at both ends. But I tell you - I am totally over it.
I think my biggest tip - and I consider it a part of my beauty routine - is getting my sleep, without a doubt. I do a true eight hours.
I've never looked ahead very much in my life. I've never had any grand plan from the outset. I had no burning ambition to do what I do.
My family absolutely comes first, and I don't mean that in a Pollyanna way. It's the focus of my life because it's what makes me happy.
You know when you have a good relationship with someone when you are just perfectly happy to be quiet and just hang out and do nothing.
I think people are just shocked to see me walking around. It's weird. When they see you on TV, they don't expect to see you in a store.
August Wilson is the one writer that writes about men like my father, who had a fifth grade education, who was a janitor at McDonald's.
I'd love to work with Julia Roberts and Johnny Depp or Dick Van Dyke. I love 'Mary Poppins' - when I was little I was obsessed with it.
It’s equally as important to me to be a good friend, and a good sister, and a good daughter. I’m very close with my family and friends.
I love seeing young people take a stance and not be afraid to say how they feel, and protest when they feel things are wrong or unjust.
There are so many cute vintage dresses made out of synthetics from the '60s and '70s - but they're so itchy and hot. It's not worth it!
When I was a little bit younger The strain I was under could make me cry. Now I'm a little bit older, A little bit bolder, Never so shy
People idealize or reminisce about their 20s, but nobody tells you beforehand that it's hard and unglamorous and often very unpleasant.
My mom didn't ever think I would take to acting because I was a very shy, very reserved kind of child. But obviously, something changed!
I guess I'm a pretty curious person. I like doing new things. I like being challenged. I'm competitive. Trying to beat my personal best.
I don't have a TV at my house. I literally do not. I have a television, but I don't have anything plugged into it, though. I watch DVDs.
Pursuit of perfection is futile. Instead, I prioritize and often realize goals or tasks I've been aiming for just aren't that important.