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Being tiny has been difficult for me in a business that regarded physicality as the most important part of your life.
When people call me a sex icon, it's flattering but it never goes to my head because I never felt sexy as a teenager.
I started to do everything I could to succeed, but found that the more successful I became, the less people liked me.
If you don't eat properly, it affects your energy level. You are an athlete when you're onstage. You can't get tired.
As you grow up and get educated in the business, you go from, 'I want to do movies' to 'I want to work. In whatever.'
Illness is the great equalizer. It doesn't matter who you are, rich or poor, young or old, fat or thin, sick is sick.
I was very good until I left home to go to a little college in West Virginia, and then I started to break some rules.
In 'Imitation of Life', I was showing how a girl might feel under the circumstances, but I am not showing how I felt.
When I went to my parents I was at the University of Wisconsin, and I just couldn't wait anymore to go be an actress.
When my mood was high, I seemed normal, even buoyant. I felt smarter. I had secrets. I could see God in a light bulb.
I cherish all of the times I've fallen on my face and made mistakes, because those experiences have made me who I am.
Journalists are still inventing things that never existed about me. Before, it made me cry, but now I laugh about it.
Being invisible would be pretty great. You could watch everybody, sneak into places and know what people were saying.
My greatest inspiration... is my mum, who had a baby at the age of 42 and is still so fit, independent and beautiful.
These days I am a teetotal, mean-spirited, right-wing, narrow-minded, conservative Christian bigot, but not a racist.
I went to Florida when I was 15. That was my first time in America, so you learn about how different the regions are.
This morning I was laughing at my cat who was running up the stairs and slipped, and pretended like it didn't happen.
I feel like the bigger risks that I take, the more I learn. I know that I learn more from my failures than successes.
We know in our society, women are valued for their sexual desirability and not necessarily for what they have to say.
'Coronation Street' was my first job, Zoe was a controversial character, and I wasn't used to everyone looking at me.
I'm magnificent! I'm five feet eleven inches and I weigh one hundred thirty-five pounds, and I look like a racehorse.
I think, is a cultural thing, too. You know, everyone wants to see the baby. Everybody's bringing gifts for the baby.
There's a lot of pressure on women to look in a certain way. It's not easy to live in a world that objectifies women.
I don't find anything upsetting or gross or degrading about fighting with a mental illness: Bipolar or Schizophrenia.
The hell with the aging process. It happens to everyone - you just keep your mind active, you keep physically active.
I always play what I call The Girl. The nice straight character. Sincere. Usually the victim. I'm put upon. I suffer.
I think everyone can relate to the idea of making a bad choice - and knowing it's a bad choice - but doing it anyway.
I want to be the only American actress who doesn't do any plastic surgery or anything. I think older faces are great.
I have an impeccable memory, and I can learn dialogues in any language in 20 minutes, including Telugu and Malayalam.
The safest thing to do was get rid of the second breast. I just want to give myself the best chance possible to live.
I am still the same girl. The only difference that success has brought about is the love and affection of the people.
Simplicity is the strength of the film. It is an emotion-packed film with simple things knitted together beautifully.
I came from modelling industry so I am part of fashion industry. It is not that I hated being part of glamorous film.
When creating an album, one of the first things you have to think about is what you want your production style to be.
I don't like modernity. I don't have television or the Internet at home. The Internet scares me. I can't drive a car.
I've been to the White House and had Hilary Clinton push through the crowd to come and meet me. Chelsea Clinton, too.
Even in my dreams of being an actor, my dream was not in the celebrity. My dream was in the work that I wanted to do.
My conscious life has all been in Kenya, and it's my point of reference. But going back to Mexico was very formative.
Our relationships with our computers are almost sexual, they're so close. They're just such a huge part of our lives.
That was the beauty of 'Twin Peaks.' The young people had just as deep of storylines as the older generation in town.
So many actors who are really gifted and talented just don't get the opportunity. I happened to get that opportunity.
Every time a baseball player grabs his crotch, it makes him spit. That's why you should never date a baseball player.
Every one of us strives to be a better person; and if I am to contribute one thing of myself, it would be compassion.
My mother's only wish was to start a life in America because America was the cradle of every promise and opportunity.
Israel is not dangerous on one hand, but on the other hand it is dangerous. Human life is just dangerous, in general.
A part of my job, when I'm playing a character and approaching a role, is to rationalize and to not judge whatsoever.
There's just no real job security when you're shooting a show about an apocalypse, and anybody could die at any time.
There are some great women's roles in television... so much more interesting than what I was reading in film scripts.
A really fun part of getting to be an actor is exploring those parts of yourself that you wouldn't otherwise explore.
Know that you are worth so much more than the value you place on your body. It's not the only thing that defines you.