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One of the wonderful things about Shakespeare is that he trusted an audience to move quickly with him. One moment tragedy, the next comedy.
When it comes down to it, I let them think what they want. If they care enough to bother with what I do, then I'm already better than them.
I am good, but not an angel. I do sin, but I am not the devil. I am pretty, but not beautiful. I have friends, but I am not the peacemaker.
It's not to much fun to know yourself too well or think you do - everyone needs a little conceit to carry them through & past the falls.
It was an amazing adventure, it was my dream to be in an American musical... I really hope you are going to love what you are going to see.
There are always going to be reasons to do the wrong thing. And the smarter the person, the better the reasons. That doesn't make it right.
Living modestly in a suburban neighborhood while trying to support four children through private school is not extravagant or living large.
Humor comes in all forms, and everyone has their cup of tea about what makes them laugh. But the day we censor humor is a sad one for sure.
The best feeling in the world is when you child just comes up to you and lays their head in your lap, for no other reason but just because.
Motherhood changed me because it is so fundamental what you're doing for another person. And you are able to do even though it takes a lot.
I have absolutely no skill set that would suggest that I would be able to do directing. [...] If I were able to, I'd like to get into that.
I know my mother would be overwhelmed by the continued outpouring of kindness and I want to thank everyone for keeping us in their prayers.
I couldn't care less about fashion. If I had taken any clothes home, they would have remained in my closet for the rest of their existence.
The wardrobe is always the last piece of the puzzle. When you step into the clothing, that's the final step to figuring out that character.
I smoked for almost 10 years. I really regret that. Thankfully, I came out on the other side. I hope my lungs are repairing themselves now.
It's so rare that you see a movie that you are genuinely moved by on a real level, and you relate to it, and you come out feeling uplifted.
To your point earlier if a female movie does well they're like "Oohhhh! I can't believe it did well! Maybe the next one will do well, too."
My parents were supportive of my creativity but did not have a lot of patience for whimsy with zero production value. They had stuff to do.
People seem to be having these awesome sex lives and I'm just trying to find a life partner to go apple picking with. What's wrong with me?
I was kind of unfriendly and suspicious of everyone around me. I didn't talk until I was about 15. It's a kind of famous story at my house.
I hope that doing truthful portrayals of people in a variety of circumstances gives people a kind of subterranean link to those characters.
The first time someone called me a role model, I remember thinking, 'What does that mean?' But I feel aware of it when I'm reading scripts.
I love getting my nails done. My mom's best friend is a manicurist. When I was little, she'd do little paintings on my nails, like flowers.
I felt all the things that other teenagers felt. I was insecure in lots of ways, over-confident in others. I was very emotional. Excitable.
The cover I was really excited about was 'Seventeen' magazine. To me, it was much bigger than 'Time.' 'Seventeen' was where I wanted to be.
If we could just trust the moment that we're in and live it in the way that you best can embrace it, it would be much better for all of us.
I feel like personally I have more drive now than I did then probably because I care more and also because I've reached the mid-life point.
I love being outside with trees and water, lying down somewhere or walking. I do transcendental meditation, which keeps me calm and steady.
I credit literature for the reason I act because that was the door to me saying, ‘Oh! I can be somebody else. I can exist as someone else.’
Acting for me is not a business, it's about trying to make pieces of art that I believe that I feel proud of. And it's the journey of that.
I try not to read best-dressed lists or anything like that. For every good thing, there will often be a not-so-nice thing people would say.
I put a lot of pressure to keep working. And when I'm not working, my agent books three auditions a day. I'd rather go to the set and work.
Even in my music, I am always searching for big, universal things - ways that you can sort of reach outside the norm of what you are doing.
Being vegan is not always easy and accessible. But it's a way of life and makes me as a person feel really good and physically look better.
That's one of the things about being married to a couple of musicians, I have got great iPods. That's what I was left with -- an iPod each.
That's been the most exciting part of the show - incorporating the magic and the acrobats and the singing and dancing to make our 'Pippin.'
On a personal level, as a Christian, it will not be Barbra Streisand I'm standing in front of when I have to make an accounting of my life.
For the first time, I lived alone... in a luxury apartment on Sunset Strip. For a few days I loved the idea, but I got lonely and restless.
I've worked myself to exhaustion before. I was so young, and I thought I could do everything; it was just too much for my body and my mind.
My first fear was about the devil, when I was around fire, something I saw in a movie. I think it's about pain, in whichever form it comes.
With a play, you do it and it's gone. Films always date. Television drama always dates. Television comedy, for some reason, seems to go on.
Natural beauty products are a must! I use coconut oil-based RMS makeup, and I slather almond oil on my hands to soak while I watch a movie.
Even if I'm hormonal and I feel like I've got a couple pounds of water weight, I will never starve myself, I will never, ever go on a diet.
I feel like I'm going backwards, actually, as I get older. I'm regressing. I feel more and more like a kid, which is kind of a fun feeling.
Who cares if your outfit is black and you're sporting a brown belt? Wear it, rock it, love it - and others will, too. Nothing beats a belt.
Being a Southern person and a blonde, it's not a good combination. Immediately, when people meet you, they think of you as not being smart.
I don't believe in perfection. I don't think there is such a thing. But the energy of wanting things to be great is a perfectionist energy.
Strong and in control - I don't necessarily feel that way. I'm a little bit more scattered in my life. I'm more of a street girl, in a way.
Kids who enter 'adulthood' without any strong attachments to people who know and care about them have a rough road ahead, to say the least.
I think it's ridiculous when a character wakes up in the morning with lipstick and foundation and contour and fake eyelashes and hair done.