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There is always that thought that you might get stuck with a character. But there's always the notion that every character is always evolving.
It was so kind of you to mention that I don't wear stays. What's the point? If you squeeze it in at one point, it only comes out at the other.
When I was younger, I started taking singing lessons and dance and acting. I just started acting first because that's how everything happened.
Dates in Calendar are Closer Than They Appear! Time is what keeps everything from happening at once. Keep a diary, and someday it'll keep you.
There is a kind of invisible thread between the actor and the audience, and when it's there it's stunning, and there is nothing to match that.
I have this weird obsession with kids and old people falling. Like, funny falls. It is awful, but it's the thing that makes me laugh the most.
I don't think I'm ever really going to run the risk of disappearing into a Marvel franchise. I just don't know how I would fit into a catsuit.
I liked the fact that Lois was one person with Clark and another with Superman. I think that, as women, we do that a lot when we fall in love.
Those who truly love and respect you will respect your boundaries. I think freeing oneself from codependency and fear is vital for well-being.
There's no doctor in a white coat that's going to save you, or a system or a pill - it's always going to be you and the choices that you make.
My public is growing up just as I am. After all, I'm not 19 anymore and if I stick with the sex bit, who will be paying to see me when I'm 50?
I have never cared especially for outdoor sports and have no desire to excel at tennis, swimming, or golf. I'll leave those things to the men.
I think thinking about becoming an adult, and having to face up to your problems and face up to your insecurities, is difficult for everybody.
This has been a wonderful life, absolutely terrific. There are very few things that I would go back and do differently, if I had that control.
There were also other things, but this was a big factor. It's sad, because she [Eve Plumb] was my best friend. We went through a lot together.
Auditions are hard. You should see what most of the women look like when I audition for things - they look like they should be on the catwalk.
Motherhood changed me because it is so fundamental what you're doing for another person. And you are able to do it even though it takes a lot.
It was not a healthy marriage for long time. It was never about another man, it was about what my and Dennis's relationship could not sustain.
I have a lot to say about the world, clearly. I can't put together a clear sentence about it all, but through the work I can say what I think.
I wonder which of the megaton bombs Jesus, our President's personal savior, would have personally dropped on the sleeping families of Baghdad?
I was quite bright, but I didn't do much with it, and I thought acting was dressing up and shouting for a living - which, of course, it isn't.
I feel less pressure to dress youthfully. I'm 50 and everyone knows I'm 50 - who are you kidding? Jeans are my uniform. I have about 15 pairs.
I don't want to be perfect, but I do want to be a role model. My mom always tells me that imperfections equal beauty. All of us are imperfect.
I think the reason that a lot of people have to have a lot of people around is just about being smart and knowing what you want to talk about.
There are certain movies you go and see, and then after, you wanna go home and talk to your best friend and tell her that you really love her.
I guess nothing puts a damper on a one-night stand as much as your friend pointing out all the opportunities where you might have been killed.
I'm an only child, and after making the movie [Yours, Mine and Ours], I know it would be awesome to have 17 brothers and sisters in real life.
When someone is suffering, you have to see this in the body and the face. I say all the time that actors use their bodies like objects of war.
Obviously I would love to work with all these great directors like the Coen Brothers, Tarantino. Robert Rodriguez is a dream director of mine.
I was a little fat pudgy kid with big thick glasses, and I was quiet and never said a word, you know -- teachers loved me, straight-A student.
I like to make pies. Thats kind of my new obsession - peach, blueberry, apple, strawberry. I make a really good pumpkin pie with real pumpkin.
One thing about New York is you can understand how you're perceived really easily if you just get on the train, by the way people look at you.
Hollywood 'friends' are only after one thing. They're looking out for the next big thing, and they don't want to miss out on you just in case.
[I like to cook] Shepherd's pie, which is a classic British dish. But my version reflects my Jamaican roots, because I add jerk to it as well.
For some reason I just lack that ability to be embarrassed about going up to people. I even do it for friends if they want to ask someone out.
I've wanted to be an astronaut, a doctor, a vet - these are things I've said in interviews. Before that, I wanted to be a mermaid and a fairy.
And I am standing in front of my mother, and my whole life I have wanted to make my mother proud. And now I'm going to make my daughter proud.
I love that ["Big Little Lies"] is about women coming together and making something happen very quickly, with friendship being the core of it.
My way of discovering of what I like was to create a restaurant list and eat my way through it, and I call it my 'inner fat girl bucket list.'
As a kid, I think people would have described me more as a goofball, or being energetic. But I always loved parodies; I loved spoofing things.
For me, when you have to prepare to play God, and then walking away from that, you realize just how tough God's job is. I don't want that job.
I'll say that I don't think you can throw a stone and not come in contact with someone who knows someone or has problems with substance abuse.
From the ages of 13 to 16, I loved makeup so much that I just wanted it on me all the time, and what I gravitated towards more was very heavy.
Everyone's so timid and afraid to insult anybody, but in the end, it's like we're all trying to please everyone. In the end, we please no one.
Seeing the energy of 'SNL' made me want to be a part of it. If that was a job, I thought, that was the job I wanted. That was my plan. Comedy.
When I saw 'Louie' and 'Girls', I was blown out of the water. They were fearless portrayals of real life. Everyone has a different experience.
You grow up and change your look. I feel different from how I did in my Playboy days. Now I think I'm in charge of toning down my look or not.
I was raised Catholic and I'm Presbyterian now, but I've always been a Christian, regardless of denomination. I believe that Jesus is the way.
I'm very comfortable writing in the first person; it dives into the character in a way that's difficult if you're writing in the third person.
In America, it stands out, because it's raw, it's big, it's emotional. My face is raw, big and emotional. It didn't work for the longest time.