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I've always very earnestly tried to do my best, so I just have to trust that and forgive myself for being fallible.
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I discovered Christopher Isherwood in college. His writing style is so direct, warm, and inclusive.
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Oliver Stone's strategy is to unnerve the actors so as to make them alert and alive.
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I have to expose myself and then accept the judgment that audiences and critics will have. And that's okay. I appreciate the elliptical nature of it. Sometimes people are more in the mood to be nice to me than others, and that's great.
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I fantasized about being a psychology major when I first started school, and I took a handful of Psych 101 classes.
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Narciso Rodriguez was my first fashion big brother. He made my wedding dress, which was wonderful.
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If I took my characters home with me, half of my life would be a misery, I think. No, I tend to compartmentalize work from my life. I'm not terribly method.
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The big question is always, 'Eyes or lips?' I tend to go with the eyes because I've got a lot more material to work with now - and it saves me from reapplying lipstick! I'm a pretty low-maintenance person and it's too excessive to exaggerate both the eyes and lips.
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I discovered Orson Welles in college; my freshman English professor screened 'Citizen Kane' for us, and I wound up writing a 20-page term paper on it.
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I was very driven to act from a very young age, and my parents were not only tolerant of that drive but also encouraging.
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Actors want to surprise themselves. When it's really good, you kind of transcend yourself, and that happens infrequently. Very, very rarely.
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If you do something that you're not genuinely passionate about, it is a little soul-crushing. Just not worth it.
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There was a solid year and a half, perhaps two years, after making 'Temple Grandin,' when I didn't do anything. I just didn't have much patience for roles that were silly, or light, or inconsequential.
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I'm exceptionally open with my own parents, and they're exceptionally open with me.
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I got an agent when I was 12, and I started working in more amateur productions well before that. But even as a kid, I never felt like a kid actor, you know? I always took myself kind of absurdly seriously.
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People in the CIA, they marry each other. They're like actors! We have to travel without much warning to far-flung places, and it's very hard to communicate what our experiences are like to those in the outside world.
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Counterterrorism isn't really about the nunchakus, the guns and gadgets. It's about psychology.
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I actually haven't been approached a whole lot for television, believe it or not.
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It's funny with jeans now, because if they don't feel like a pair of sweatpants, I don't have patience for them anymore! I think I'm becoming increasingly lazy.
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When I was a kid, I was one of those really obnoxious 'oooh oooh' girls, with my hand up in the air constantly. I've learned over the years that that's not so attractive, so I've censored that.
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Every three seconds in the developing world, a child dies needlessly due to lack of basic health care and other things we all take for granted.
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I think people who make movies and have invested a lot of money in them get frightened that if they challenge an audience they are going to repel them. And I think the opposite; it's really true.
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It just seems like the most successful, iconic love stories are not so easy or escapist. I think the ones that stay with us and resonate are full of conflict, discord and misunderstandings 'cause that's what makes drama happen or tension even if it's a comedy.
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Voice over can be tricky. It can be dangerous because it's over-used or inappropriately used.
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I used to have nightmares when I was a little kid that I woke up prematurely and opened all the Christmas presents. And then I would be so relieved when I woke up and I realized that I hadn't done it.
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When you really get it right in acting, it's an act of empathy. You feel less distant from others, and that is really exciting.
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Steve Martin is one of my favorite performers, writers, artists of all time.
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On a film you can really get away with learning the scene the night before and that's often just not possible with TV, so you have to be a little bit more prepared a little bit more in advance.
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Psychology and acting are very closely linked. It's just about studying people and how they work. It can be an incredible discipline and exercise.
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Growing up in New York with artist parents - a very liberal environment, where we were always encouraged to challenge the status quo - I think for a long time I confused jingoism with patriotism. And that is a mistake.
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I think it's important to never play 'crazy' - you have to know what kind of crazy you're playing.
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I became very successful at a young age... I had lots of opportunities and lots of power and had no idea how to focus it.
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