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I was cast in 'Thor' back in 2009, so it sort of took me out of the running for anything tied to DC Comics.
Beauty lies within a person that is willing to do anything for their love, love is beauty within the heart.
Making sure that when my child went to school people were enlightened enough not to torture them, you know?
I'm working hard to break free of stereotypes that the film industry has created and nurtured around women.
I'm reading a lot of scripts. It makes my career decisions in that sense much the same way I consume media.
I notice now, whatever character in whatever movie you're watching, they have these toned arms and muscles.
You will not get me in one second of an interview criticising another actress for a phenomenal performance.
In every job that must be done, there is an element of fun. You find the fun and - SNAP - the job's a game!
The arts bridge cultures; they're good for the economy, and they're good for fostering empathy and decency.
Don't ask me about Beverly Hills High School. Everybody hated it. I hated it. Hated it. Hated it. Hated it.
I did Lassie for six years and I never had anybody come up to me and say, 'It made me want to be a farmer.'
The thing I always thought of myself as was an actress. I never thought: I want to be. It was always: I am.
I am not ashamed of anything - not my past, not my affairs, not my body, and most definitely not my desire.
I always thought the point was to have a bigger life, to meet more people. So I don't understand Hollywood.
I don't like all of the contemporary country. I like some of it, but I'm mostly into the traditional style.
I like to learn things from other cultures. I'm curious. It's exciting to be in an unknown world, in a way.
It truly is the power that you have deep within yourself that gives you the strength to pursue your dreams.
I'm not into younger men. A couple of years younger, maybe, but I'm not a cougar. I'm not a panther either.
People are always asking me what it's like to be Judy Garland's daughter. It's hard to be a legend's child.
I want to thank my mother and my father for teaching me to have a dream. You are seeing my dream come true.
I feel privileged that people are looking up to me and perhaps a dream will be born because of my presence.
In the Dominican Republic, my mom and I lived in this little tiny town called Cabarete, which is very poor.
I don't miss what has passed. I am enjoying the present. I am not one of those people who live in the past.
There is something about being people from your home country in a different country. It bonds you together.
I have had a career in which, almost without exception, every single person I've worked with has helped me.
With acting, it was really more of a general kind of experience of really just loving being in the theater.
I just don't know how to stitch words in a predictable way sometimes. It's a weird instinct I've developed.
I don't take karaoke seriously at all. I'm not the type of person who will go and belt out Whitney Houston.
In the early '20s, with the war over, there was a period of celebration, and you can see it in the fashion.
For years, I was often afraid to speak up when I didn't fully understand a script. I'd tie myself in knots.
No matter what you're doing, live it. Make an experience. Have fun. Relate to someone. Take them in. Learn.
Sometimes, as a young woman, you are boxed in more to playing characters that are emotional and vulnerable.
You can have a laugh in Los Angeles, or you can weep in Los Angeles, depending on your attitude towards it.
Somebody referred to me as a ringleader, which I wouldn't have classed myself as, but anyway, there you go.
A guy once told me that I sound like I’m a little ahead of myself. I can’t wait to thank him at the Oscars.
Not just as a black woman, but as a woman, since the beginning of time, beauty has been our responsibility.
A guy once told me that I sound like I'm a little ahead of myself. I can't wait to thank him at the Oscars.
I have a long-standing relationship with Autism Speaks. I've been supporting them for many, many years now.
People think that saving the planet or finding their place in that effort is a really overwhelming thought.
I'd much rather work with people that are tricky and difficult than people that just say yes to everything.
What's the difference between a personality disorder and a personality? You know? That's what I wanna know!
Do you know why I don't like doing press? I have trouble condensing things. I'd rather have a conversation.
You live in the present and you eliminate things that don't matter. You don't carry the burden of the past.
What I'd really like to do is do a film or two a year and then do theater in New York the rest of the year.
I was bookish and dorky in high school, so the best part of this movie was getting to be on the other side.
Just as you maintain your home, your car, your garden, you should look after your greatest gift: your body.
The minute you feel like there's nothing left to learn, whether it's with your career or life, you're done.
Everything I thought about acting and having a movie career has changed from what I thought when I started.
If I got too famous, I'd just quit acting, but I think it's highly unlikely I'm going to get really famous.
I'm probably not going to play a junkie and that's OK because there are other people who will do it better.