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I don't think I like characters who are afraid and ashamed of who they are.
I can't think of anything that I turned down that became big and successful.
You won't see me in a better mood than 4:00 in the morning on my way to work.
My roommate and my boyfriend, they both know I am compulsive and controlling.
This is my costume. I'm a homicidal maniac. They look just like everyone else.
I always knew that I was kind of bored; the regular life of a child didn't fit me.
I think I've always been interested in playing people who are judged very harshly.
I think I am naturally attracted to things that are a little bit out of this world.
I like the way my own feet smell. I love to smell my sneakers when I take them off.
I'm getting older now, so I should think about a family, but certainly not tomorrow.
I mean, I sing. But I don't think I'm a good enough singer to do any kind of musical.
I was really bored and unhappy in school, and I used to act out and do horrible things.
I think that I need to work on being comfortable at being normal, everyday-ish on camera.
I would love to fly privately, but unfortunately, I don't. I don't summer anywhere either.
I certainly hope I'm not still answering child-star questions by the time I reach menopause.
I just want to be married, or just engaged. Basically, I just want a ring. And the tax break.
The movies I made early on may not have been great, but they were all commercially successful.
It's fun to be sarcastic, but now I'm able to express myself in a way that's much more sincere.
If I know I have everything prepared for when I get killed by a stalker, then I can go to sleep.
Recently, I've really responded to books that bring the magic of childhood back to us as adults.
I take Wellbutrin because I'm afraid to go into stores. I'm afraid people are going to yell at me.
Our society doesn't want to help girls like that [in Black Snake Moan]. They just want to use them.
I think that the best career that someone can have is one that's reflective of their personal tastes.
I feel like some of the best talent is on TV right now, with the writing, acting and great directors.
When you're doing something where you really like the material, it doesn't matter what medium it's in.
As long as we can tell stories about our ability to survive, the more we will hope, not self-destruct.
I think that's the best career that someone can have is one that's reflective of their personal tastes.
I love the solitude of being on a plane and finally getting to read an entire book and being left alone.
When I was a little girl - well, like, a teenager - I wanted to be Sam Jackson. I always wanted to be men.
For years, I hated myself. I covered the mirrors in my house. I literally couldn't have a mirror in my room.
I come from one of these hideous backgrounds where being sincere is like - ugh, you might as well kill yourself.
All the roles are for boys. The girls' roles are either small or all the same. There's just nothing interesting.
I get so nervous. I happen to be socially awkward and shy. I spent a lot of my time as an adult not going places.
Well, I think most people understand that there's a big difference between who you are and who, you know, you play.
I don't know who Peter Lorre is. Pathetic, right? It shows you how completely gross and uncultured my generation is.
I won't swim in a pool by myself, because I think that somehow a little magic door is going to open up and let a shark out.
Real tears are not those that fall from the eyes and cover the face, but those that fall from the heart and cover the soul.
I think the thing that I always try to do - because it piques my interest - is to play really different parts all the time.
Unless it's a specific accent, or something about physicality you have to change, I am generally not such a conscious actor.
As a teenager, my favourite rejection was, 'She looks too healthy,' which of course translates as, 'She needs to lose weight.'
Well, it's difficult to fall in love with a character when you just read the pilot. You don't really know who the character is.
Hopefully what you do as an actor is strong enough and has enough of an impact that people get what you're trying to communicate.
I think people who suffer from depression, unless it's post-traumatic, are probably going to struggle with it for their whole life.
People feel like they have to live up to being perfect or have a perfect life or be perfectly happy, and it just makes them more unhappy.
I think it's really great to be able to stick with a character for a long period of time. It's not like you have one shot, and that's it.
You always fear when you're making a movie that has a moral to the story that people are going to reject the idea of being taught a lesson.
If I hadn't gone into acting, I would have been one of those weird runaways on Hollywood Boulevard. No, it'd be uglier. I'd probably be dead.
We might all be so afraid to be who we are, but in the end, it's really you're individual, unique qualities that make you attractive to people.
You always fear, when you're making a movie that has a moral to the story, that people are going to reject the idea of being taught a lesson...
Now my body is really womanly - a little too much so. It's someting I can fall back on. When I don't know what else to do, I stick my chest out.