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I was having this awful nightmare that I was 32. And then I woke up and I was 23. So relieved. And then I woke up for real, and I was 32.
I absolutely love Vancouver! One, because the city is beautiful and very easily walkable, and two, because the city keeps giving me work!
I'd rather be useful than rich. It's more essential to feel you're doing something that's worth doing, rather than making a lot of money.
I've never thought of my characters as being sad. On the contrary, they are full of life. They didn't choose tragedy. Tragedy chose them.
There is often better opportunity attached to fame, at least career-wise. But it's a flash. You can't control it. You can't depend on it.
You are as old as you look. If you are fit and pretty at an X age, why won't filmmakers want to cast you, whether you are married or not?
There's nothing else I would rather do, unless there was a profession that involved cuddling bunny rabbits and kittens all day for money.
I gained 60 pounds, and I'm proud of it. Why do I need to watch my weight when I'm pregnant? I could eat whatever the hell I want to eat.
If I had my druthers, I would be a brain in a jar, with a burlap skirt around the cart I'm on - I don't attend to my physical being much.
An Edward Povey hangs in my living room and every day I am reminded of his originality, his beauty, and the eternal promise of his craft.
I have to remind myself constantly to not be antisocial, because I stay to myself a lot. I'm a lot more introspective than my characters.
I've never been one to check for what the next person is doing. My circumstances and my mind have set me apart and I will never blend in.
No actor can play a villain if they don't sympathise with him or her - otherwise the character just becomes a two-dimensional caricature.
You should never look at somebody and say, 'I wish I had their life,' because you never really know what struggles they're going through.
I love saying dialogue and creating a full character more than just being physical. But I always end up doing physical stuff in my roles.
I love my family in Baltimore. But on their side of the family, I love their cousin Charles Thompson, because he's from New York like me.
I've been asked for years to do a reality show. One of my criteria is that I would be given the opportunity to show a strong family unit.
I have always loved story - I escaped within it as a child, I read every day, I love figuring out the complex layers of an author's work.
I would imagine that Bret would taste like a warm goat cheese, and Jemaine would taste like harvati with dill. Hmm...I'm hungry actually.
Females want other females to be really strong, so there are a whole lot of scripts that are basically just male parts renamed as a girl.
I'm about to play an emaciated pregnant vampire, so I've stopped using as much butter as Paula Deen - just until 'Breaking Dawn' is over.
It's this weird thing that I always feel like I have to gauge in myself, like, "Don't come on too strong because you won't get your way."
I say to my mother all the time, 'You're the child.' And she says, 'Yeah, you're the mother.' I've been that way with her since I was 11.
People can't really place me. They're not really sure who I am. Sometimes they think I'm Helen Hunt. Sometimes they think I'm Laura Dern.
Chilling out on the bed in your hotel room watching television, while wearing your own pajamas, is sometimes the best part of a vacation.
I hate when people don't hear the actual words out of your mouth or even the intent of it. They just hear something completely different.
I'm not really a partier, in general. I've definitely learned that that's probably the least interesting thing you can do with your time.
The threat of extinction is more real than many realise. And the damage done to elephants directly leads to destruction of the ecosystem.
Instead of working for the survival of the fittest, we should be working for the survival of the wittiest - then we can all die laughing.
I always looked for a man to rescue me and bring me happiness. I bought into that myth, of course, and looked for my own Prince Charming.
So many people around me would say they cared for the wrong reasons. A lot of people were pulling from me, taking from me and not giving.
I have always admired and had enormous respect for Elizabeth Taylor. She was not only an incredible actress but an amazing woman as well.
I’m the youngest in my family and everyone is very funny, and I was always trying to keep up with them. I just loved making people laugh.
My hair got lighter, and I gradually went blonde. I liked it. Had more fun. But my image of myself in my head is this dark-haired person.
We can't have everything! It took a lot of growing up for me to realize this unalterable fact and to discipline myself into accepting it.
There were a lot of heads turning when people found out I was doing music and when they found out it was country, they were like, 'What?'
There will be hoards of vampire bats descending on Beverly Hills.... We'll see if they can find any real flesh to puncture. I don't know.
The way I feel about you, it's like I finally understand what Lionel Richie is singing about. I mean, what we have, it's like movie love.
I was always protective of Jayne. I never allowed people to talk about her behind her back because those same people would talk about me.
If I ever have children of my own, they will read Matilda. They will watch the movie. And you can bet they will see Matilda: The Musical.
So many actors wear wigs nowadays. Besides, if someone is hiring me because of how I wear my hair, I don't want to work with them anyway.
I really believe that we all have the ability to come out of our story. But you have to tell your story first in order to come out of it.
Even with mental health as well as physical health, it's about taking responsibility and knowing that you're part of the solution always.
Just remember, some come, some go. The ones that stay with you through everything - they're your true best friends. Don't let go of them.
People respect you because they feel you've survived hard times and endured, and although you've become famous, you haven't become phony.
Gene Roddenberry's thing always was, we should not pass judgment on anything that anyone else believes in or what they do in their lives.
My parents definitely sparked something in me. I'm sure of it. I saw how happy and fulfilled they were, and I knew I wanted the same job.
If I can play a little part in the world's healing, and making it a better place than when I came, then I just thank God for that chance.
Soup not only warms you and is easy to swallow and to digest, it also creates the illusion in the back of your mind that Mother is there.
You've never seen anything until you've seen David Mamet be an Edwardian lady. He always conveys what he means, but he's so... masculine.