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There's something to be said for going back to a simple form of living-nature and family. There's something very...there's safety in that.
It's so bizarre, I'm not scared of snakes or spiders. But I'm scared of butterflies. There is something eerie about them. Something weird!
Part of the reason of being an actor is you like playing other people's lives and exploring all the psychologies in that and the emotions.
I've been a fan of all things Marvel since I was a kid, so now, working with the company and playing a superhero on screen is pretty cool.
I've always been a fan of science fiction. My family, we all used to watch 'Star Trek' together, which is kind of a nerdy family activity.
My mom decorated with lots of antiques. I never liked it when I was a little girl - I wanted to live in a modern house. But now I love it.
These archetypal older women in movies can sometimes make my skin crawl. It's about the one dimension; it's about the lack of any texture.
It would be interesting to go to Buckingham Palace. I'd just like to see what goes on - I'm not bothered about hearing any political chat.
When I was 16, I got 'Jamon, Jamon.' Of course, I had to lie about my age. And I had to lie to my parents about the content of the script.
I have had a very singular kind of life since I started working so young, so I am very used to traveling, working, taking time for myself.
It's great working with my sister, because we are very close as a family - my brother, my sister and myself. We have a great relationship.
I love shopping at Zara or Topshop. I'm not going to go out and spend $1,200 on a Chloe top that I'm probably going to spill something on.
If the playwright knew every little thing about his play, why bother? There must be discovery all the time, otherwise why bother to do it?
You have to turn the noise off a little bit. Fortunately, I'm not really on social media. I've been able to live in a bit of a black hole.
I would like to thank the Hollywood Foreign Press Association for giving me this wonderful opportunity to serve as Miss Golden Globe 2012.
I have a good memory for certain things. And a very short memory for painful things - that's my favorite Martha Stewart quote, by the way.
I don't want to discount the beautiful work that the fashion houses do, but somehow, just focusing on what you're wearing feels reductive.
I find it gross to talk about bodily functions like shitting or farting or your period, if you're a girl, unless it's extremely necessary.
When I had money in the past, I would always travel rather than spend it on big apartments or cars. And I still feel exactly the same way.
I turned down a lot of things that were so-called commercial. You're coming out of one film, and then they want you to be in the same one.
It's what still excites me most about acting: letting your imagination go places it's never been before. There's nothing better than that.
My husband hailed from Dagenham; he's an Essex boy. Me myself, I come from Derry City in the northwest of Ireland, so we love to get back.
A lot of people in television who've had successful shows claim the 'Roseanne' show as their starting place, and I'm really proud of that.
Last year people won more than one billion dollars playing poker. And casinos made twenty-seven billion just by being around those people.
The rule is you have to dance a little bit in the morning before you leave the house because it changes the way you walk out in the world.
If a film is not a success, then that's just the way things are. Nothing I can do can make a difference. I have stopped worrying about it.
It's such a joy to be able to play someone who is angry. It's a joy and a relief. Having to be nice all the time is exhausting and boring.
On the Hugh Grant romance rumours: We're not dating and I'm not pregnant. We have not kissed or touched. We have not fought and broken up.
I don't necessarily not believe in ghosts, but I've never seen a ghost. A ghost has never jumped out and been like, 'Hey, how's it going?'
I don't look to play people that are familiar. I look to play people that are different, challenge, unknown, foreign, and therefore scary.
I know that he, Matthew Broderick, doesn't have his laundry done, and that he hasn't had a hot meal in days. That stuff weighs on my mind.
I really got into 'The Walking Dead.' That was genius. And I have to say, my husband is on 'Shameless,' and I think it's a brilliant show.
I think it's healthy to gain a perspective on who you are deep down, question yourself, and challenge yourself; it's important to do that.
In order to help those around you, and in order to even be a good actress and a good mother at the same time, you have to know your worth.
I help relationships come to an end or help them go to the next level. It can be boyfriend or girlfriend, or if you want to quit your job.
I didnt like the Survivor shows because of the mean-spirited aspect, and women certainly were part of whatever conflict they would create.
I've fallen in love with my horse. It's a safer bet. We all know from my illustrious past that I should be sticking to men with four legs.
I don't think anybody whose ever been divorced can tell you divorce is easy or fun or feels like anything other than a tremendous failure.
My gift to my children would be from me to be as honest and true to myself as an artist, and put that out there to the best of my ability.
I'm still just a loud-mouth girl from Michigan. I thought I might've grown out of that, but people are always reminding me that I haven't.
Mystery makes movie stars! If you see someone on the cover of the weeklies all the time, why would you want to pay to see them in a movie?
When you use God as an excuse to hate people and you use God as an excuse to cut people down, first of all, I think it's insulting to God.
Television could perform a great service in mass education, but there's no indication its sponsors have anything like this on their minds.
I did model for a little while part-time, but I wasn't a bloody model, and I am definitely not that horrible thing 'model-turned-actress.'
It's interesting to see the dislocation between how people perceive a person visually. Apparently on the radio I'm blonde with a big arse.
In my head, that climb up the career ladder just doesn't exist. I feel I've achieved everything I set out to achieve, as far as work goes.
We're living in a world where the response is really instantaneous, even though it's delayed by a few months. It comes at you pretty fast.
It's exotic for me to be given a script that's already written, and be given a pay cheque, and asked to dress up and play, and that's all.
Most of the time you're too busy to think about it. But every now and then you say, 'I work at 'Saturday Night Live,' and that is so cool.
We writers dream of a future where actors are mostly computer generated and their performances can be adjusted, by us, on a laptop, alone.