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When they tested Fatal Attraction, the audiences were so upset by her behavior, they literally demanded her blood.
Trying to build the brotherhood of man without the fatherhood of God is like trying to make a wheel without a hub.
Old school Janet Jackson is always good. I usually go old school, it's very rare that I pick a song from nowadays.
I dont want to play second leads or third leads in a film. I started working at 17. I still have a long way to go.
My first film festival and my first film that I've ever been in, 'Martha Marcy May Marlene,' that was at Sundance.
I don't sing the way I used to, so I'm doing everything I can to put the word out that they shouldn't expect that.
What terrifies me? When I read about plots of evil taking over the world and obliterating women's hard-won rights.
That's what I love doing - finding ways to make a personality as extreme as you can before it starts to get goofy.
I'd love sloth. I wish sloth would come home and visit me once in a while. I don't consider laziness a sin at all.
The kind of roles which you get, people identify with your roles, and it then leads to the kind of brands you get.
There's nothing worse than people who want to make you feel better when you are losing. I just want to smack them.
My father was a diplomatic officer. As a diplomat's daughter, you have to learn to present yourself very early on.
The cool thing for me, as an actor, I like to be as true and honest as possible, and I'm into real fight training.
It becomes easier to handle controversies when you are a part of the film industry. I just take them with a smile.
Raising money for research and for those suffering with cancer who can't afford treatment is very important to me.
I find men terribly exciting, and any girl who says she doesn't is an anemic old maid, a streetwalker, or a saint.
I listened to country music my whole life. I started writing music when I was a teenager. It all came out country.
I need to have an outlet, and so I go and make up characters and act and sing and dance like a crazy monkey clown.
You can't start worrying about what's going to happen. You get spastic enough worrying about what's happening now.
Life works in mysterious ways but when you find your inner glow is back and shining brighter, you know it's right.
For a long time, I worked in film and theater, but reading started when I was much younger. I was always a reader.
I have a big life, a small child, I work, I do a lot of things, so I'm often playing catch-up with what's current.
Being called gorgeous is not a bad thing! But at the same time, I don’t want to thrive on people’s opinions of me.
I had moved back to Kenya after undergrad, and I went through this crisis of, 'What is my life going to be about?'
Yeah - I wanna be the sister to Khaleesi in 'Game of Thrones.' I wanna be a dragon lady; that would be really fun!
My favorite is Deepika Padukone. She is amazing and is a brilliant actor. She is fantastic and has come a long way
For growth, I need to be challenged and excited about the project. I need to venture out into unknown territories.
The important thing is that when you correct your children, they see what they've done wrong and why you're upset.
Whether you win or not, the night the Oscars are over, the curtain goes down and you go back to the grind. Period.
Sometimes in film and television, I don't have the opportunity to play roles that really stretch and challenge me.
It seems to be the way I get jobs - I book a holiday, I get to the other side of the world, then I'll get the job.
People take such an interest in your love life when you have a profile; it puts a lot of stress on a relationship.
I would hate to think of the theatre world without critics. Without them, we'd not have the record of each season.
Housework is like bad sex. Every time I do it I swear I will never do it again. Until the next time company comes.
I'm hoping maybe people like working with me because I like what I do for a living and I want to have a good time.
I thought a vegan diet would be too difficult, being on the road so much, but it's been far easier than I thought.
I grew up seeing a lot of theatre, and it was theatre that really seduced me into acting - not film or television.
My first big role was when I was 17 and I got the part playing Maria in 'West Side Story' in my school production.
I love the romcom. I thought I had a career playing the best friend. What happened to that? It's really sad to me.
Indie movies got co-opted by the studio system. The studios insisted that only stars could make movies successful.
I've learnt that there's a soul mate somewhere in this world. Till you don't find that person, the search goes on.
I was obsessed with Tupac - like eat, sleep, breathe Tupac. During this obsessive love affair, I dressed the part.
Black, brown, white, yellow - why are we always talking about colors? I'm a girl. I believe in a global community.
I can't eradicate poverty, but at least for the people around me, I can help make sure no child is denied a dream.
If you are a 5-year-old, you just go ahead and try something. You don't think about it. You are just a little kid.
I go on walks during lunch breaks and travel with a fold-up yoga mat. I also love reading by candlelight at night.
I think baseball - the baseball genre - is this mitt, to use a double pun there, to catch a whole bunch of themes.
I've made some great movies. 'Risky Business' still stands up. It's timeless. They study that film in film school.
I can’t remember a time when I didn’t want to be an actor. It has just always been an inevitability on some level.
I can't remember a time when I didn't want to be an actor. It has just always been an inevitability on some level.