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I think you can become dependent on fame and be as known as you want to be, you know?
I know, it's true. I've played these tortured teenagers. I can't wait to shed that image.
I really have never been concerned about being beautiful on-screen. That's just not my jam.
I'm only realizing now that I was a child actress because I always took myself so seriously.
Voice over can be tricky. It can be dangerous because it's over-used or inappropriately used.
My character was kidnapped by the Terminator and I was kidnapped by the Terminator production.
Counterterrorism isn't really about the nunchakus, the guns and gadgets. It's about psychology.
Narciso Rodriguez was my first fashion big brother. He made my wedding dress, which was wonderful.
You know, let a few years go by until I hit my midlife crisis. Then that can be documented on film.
I discovered Christopher Isherwood in college. His writing style is so direct, warm, and inclusive.
The twenties are a deceptively challenging-slash-painful time. I'm just glad to be out of that phase.
I like marriage. I feel very secure. It helps when you are in love with the person you are married to.
I have plenty of vanity in my life. I want to look pretty in the world. But it can be this bottomless pit.
I don't want to be an actress. I want to be doing good work that is well written and has good people in it.
I could truly have gone through life thinking that women were these venomous creatures. Turns out, they're not.
I love sitting in the makeup trailer and getting my makeup done in 15 minutes as opposed to an hour and a half.
I have this book club, and we don't read one book; we offer up a few suggestions and create a library over time.
If you do something that you're not genuinely passionate about, it is a little soul-crushing. Just not worth it.
I fantasized about being a psychology major when I first started school, and I took a handful of Psych 101 classes.
I've always very earnestly tried to do my best, so I just have to trust that and forgive myself for being fallible.
I think it distinguishes television from every other medium. It's what makes it kind of radical, and risky, and fun.
It's my job to find the cornel of truth and then exaggerate, exaggerate, exaggerate until it's of an appropriate scale.
We just can't shake monogamy. It definitely demands a kind of rigor and discipline and selflessness. But it's also fun.
It's been a huge joy, this experience of being a mom ... I don't know how to articulate it yet, because it is so fresh.
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.
I was very driven to act from a very young age, and my parents were not only tolerant of that drive but also encouraging.
I've always had a really active imagination. Lots of kids have imaginary friends. Mine just took on a rather demonic form.
I used to talk about my personal life all the time. It's the most fun thing to talk about, the people in my life are hurt.
Anybody who knows how to make a good movie, knows that it's a collaborative undertaking. To deny that its really dangerous.
Growing up in New York City, I was always encouraged to question authority, and I think I confused patriotism with jingoism.
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.
Huge events take place on this earth every day. Earthquakes, hurricanes, even glaciers move. So why couldn't he just look at me?
I was a serious kid to an absurd degree. I was overwhelmed with responsibility. You know, trying to play grown up. I overdid it.
With acting there are a lot more choices, With this, I either stick it or I don't. There's something really unforgiving about that.
Every time I make a movie, I'm prepared for it to become influential and career-defining - but I have no control over these things.
It's been a great privilege to see how interwoven nations are and how incredibly complex these relationships are. It's so elaborate.
You don't realize how useful a therapist is until you see yourself on e and discover you have more problems than you ever dreamed of.
I really liked Yale, although it was extremely intimidating. When I visited the campus, I was hiding behind trees, I felt so unworthy.
I hadn't been free from adult responsibilities since I was 12, and I needed to experience that. I really needed to just be a kid again.
My parents never condescended to me. As a child, I always sat at the head of our dinner table. I was always given a lot of responsibility.
People confuse fame with validation or love. But fame is not the reward. The reward is getting fulfillment out of doing the thing you love.
Actors want to surprise themselves. When it's really good, you kind of transcend yourself, and that happens infrequently. Very, very rarely.
Autism does exist on a spectrum, and there are so many manifestations of it, so many kinds of expressions of it. And every case is particular.
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.
When somebody asks me who I'm wearing, I always see myself with a BabyBjoern, carrying a little tiny Karl Lagerfeld, like, 'I'm wearing Chanel.'
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.
I'm so impressed by Jennifer Lawrence and Carey Mulligan. They have this exquisite taste. They are very gifted in their ability to make great choices.
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.
My husband and I have watched a lot of Hitchcock movies in bulk, and there's a lot to be gained from that, from focusing strictly on an artists canon.
You are the most brave intrepid person I have ever known, and you have dedicated your life to helping those who are misunderstood and underrepresented.