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I am very lucky, I have a very tight group of friends and a very supportive family, and to this date no-one has ever sold a story on me.
I think it has a terrible impact when you don't see yourself reflected in the society because then you get the feeling you don't belong.
I get to experiment with a lot of looks with my character so that's really fun for me. It's like getting to paint a new canvas everyday.
You never know what a movie is going to look like when you're shooting it and you just hope it's going to look like it's supposed to be.
The facts of life are that a child who has seen war cannot be compared with a child who doesn't know what war is except from television.
It took awhile for me to get used to speaking candidly about my own life. I got into it, and it turned out to be a wonderful experience.
This year, when I turn 65, I thought, 'So weird;' when I was a kid, people who were 65 either retired or died. I'm so nowhere near that.
Too many of our countrymen rejoice in stupidity, look upon ignorance as a badge of honor. They condemn everything they don't understand.
I think that me now, I wouldn't take a 16-year-old seriously in any capacity. "You're a kid, why would I listen to you? You're a child."
How come women are treated differently from men all the time? Not only handicapped people, but women - and handicapped women, forget it!
We must hang on to the idea that we can actually change things. That's the sort of environment that Joe finds himself in, in Young Adam.
The potential strength of female friendship and the bonds that can be formed, especially over a lifelong relationship, is very profound.
I've opened my mouth on a lot of subjects. And I thought the more prestige you get, I'd have the power to do what I like. It's not true.
When I look at female characters, I want to recognize myself in them: my trials, my tribulations as a mother, as a lover, as a daughter.
I became so consumed with trying to live up to what the public expected that I lost myself. I don't know of anyone else who can say this
I've been in this business 25 years. I've been eking out a living doing Broadway, off-Broadway... I've seen the unemployment line a lot.
I know that love is real when it's not convenient, when it's not selfish, when it's challenged, sometimes even if it's not reciprocated.
It's so hard for women to be happy for one another, like genuinely happy. Once you find that, you know you've found true SELF happiness.
I think when you're young, you're a lot more open-minded, and sometimes you're a lot more perceptive about what's going on in the world.
If there's any relevant influence we may have with an investor, with a studio, with a director, with an actor, I think we have to fight.
I just want to be a part of great stories, whether I'm part of an amazing ensemble cast or I'm leading it or the antagonist or whatever.
I would say I know nothing about the music business, in a nice sort of way. I totally forgot I was in that music video. That's so funny.
Well, I came the second year. I mean I just fit right in. They wrote a great person and I'm so lucky that I got to be part of the family.
I started dancing at the age of three in my hometown of Toledo, Ohio, and it really was my sister's dream to pursue dance professionally.
I don't read reviews, as a rule. I can't, because I can't control myself. But I've heard that [the Duplasses] were happy, so that's good.
Strength and independence are always something that I'm drawn to in all my characters, no matter how different they are from one another.
I do love shoes that make my legs longer. I have the upper body of someone who's 5ft 8in, so high heels help me even out the discrepancy.
When I had a job catering, I catered a wedding for the Smashing Pumpkins bassist in Indiana. And I served Billy Corgan shrimp off a tray.
I asked people who have already finished books for advice, which is akin to asking a mother with a four-year-old what childbirth is like.
When disease took my legs, I eventually realized I didn't need them to lead a full, empowering life; Only True Disability Is in Our Mind.
Road trips to me are just such an escape. You listen to your music, and you roll the windows down. You're usually going to somewhere fun.
I think of myself as a journeyman actress. I will attempt almost anything that I think that I can bring off. It could be almost anything.
I wanna better understand the world I live in, and I wanna be able to learn how to be more effective... I wanna learn and I wanna listen.
I 've been married so much in my life that I never really had lovers, so it's been a fun time. Hopefully the men are enjoying it as well.
There's nothing wrong with women saying that we can be ambitious and that we can want the same things that men have traditionally wanted.
It's a lot easier to act when the writing is good. Nothing is more frustrating than trying to figure out 'Well, why did I say this next?'
I believe I've always been a big believer in equality. No one has ever been able to tell me I couldn't do something because I was a girl.
Some people like to hear and not see, so we have the radio. There are so many different ways that we can get and participate in the arts.
I'm always dancing in my kitchen. And I love to sing. I've always sung. My father was a lovely singer. Always sang Jim Reeves at parties.
When you're really having fun, you're always doing it a little bit in a way that you're not supposed to. That's when great things happen.
I have found that many other countries will buy off on anything American. As much as they hate us, they want to be us more than anything.
What I love about our show is that it's so nuanced and feels very real to me. I think how it explores creativity in general is very real.
It shouldn't be an issue that we have a black president. Gay marriage shouldn't be an issue. And women being funny shouldn't be an issue.
I've had the career experience. I've had the experience of taking care of myself. I'm going to college because I genuinely want to learn.
A lot of people like to be supertiny, but I don't want a child's body - I want a woman's body that is extremely fit. It's so much sexier.
I got to try things that I might've been uncomfortable doing if I had been in a larger setting with a studio and producers looking at me.
Having been a child actor, I remember how directors would trick me to get good performances out of me. I don't think you need to do that.
I think we all have our own mission, duty, fate in life so for me somehow I think I am always walking on the edge of life and take risks.
Before I had kids, my bag was clean. In case I need to occupy them, I like to have Hot Wheels cars, See's lollipops, and a deck of cards.
Men become much more attractive when they start looking older. But it doesn't do much for women, though we do have an advantage: make-up.