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I love theater.
I may not be perfect, but I'm trying.
Sometimes you just get burnt out with fashion.
I'm just happy when people want me to work for them.
I probably believe in God in a non-denominational way.
Never, never did I think I would be in a Disney movie.
I'm an actress who likes a strong, communicative director.
But you know, our show is our show, and it's not for everybody.
As an actress, there's nothing worse than not knowing your cues.
I've been dating since I was fifteen. I'm exhausted. Where is he?
Dogs are very, very pleasant with people that they're connected to.
It is very hard because there are not a lot of female driven scripts.
I just loved being in the theatre with all those crazy, creative people.
There's such a history, and to be here, and to feel that, is really amazing.
I also like men who like dogs. I couldn't date a man who doesn't like my dog.
I was very poor and I was a waitress, and it's hard to be a poor waitress in New York.
I'm 12 years sober, so I don't have beer! When I used to drink I really liked Bass Ale!
I'd wanted to be an actress my whole life, that was my goal, that was all I cared about.
I love animals and I love to see movies with animals that are done respectfully, you know?
So it was good for me to play a likable person and it was just an amazing situation to be in.
I like green or brown eyes. Tall but not overwhelmingly so. I like men who do yoga and meditate.
Where I come from, a lot of people didn't have money, but they didn't have gangs or drugs either.
I'm having a great career, though I think I'm not as good as your little scenario makes me out to be.
I think that when you are famous, it can work against you, people have preconceptions about your image.
Sometimes, when you're acting, you are so in the moment that you don't even remember what just happened.
I'm not about to go out and buy a snake for a pet. I mean, I may have faced a few fears but I'm not insane.
If I'm walking very, very fast down Madison Avenue in the middle of the day, I'll say I'm stopped 10 times.
If I was going to do anything, I'd be a producer, only because I'd like to have a say in what gets made and what doesn't.
It's nice to be with someone, but I don't think you need to be in a relationship to feel complete. That would be really sad.
Holidays do bring out the craziness in everyone. This time of year tends to being out the insanity in otherwise normal people.
I use Ahava skincare, which is natural line from Israel and is made from minerals from the Dead Sea. I have the most sensitive skin.
I drank a lot when I was a teenager and I don't drink any more, because that's when I thought, you know, I'm gonna end up a car wreck.
The Carrie in the plot was too much like the Carrie in the book. She smoked, she swore a lot, she was very hard, very cynical. I could never have pulled it off.
Everyone would talk about their diets and working out and what it made me do was go to craft services where all the food for the cast and crew was and I would eat.
I think fashion can have a very negative impact on young people who feel they have to be thin. I am not part of that trend. There is so much pressure on teenage girls.
Our mothers' generation fought so hard to change things and we're the first generation to benefit. And now you get girls in their twenties who say they're not feminists.
We all get so caught up in our day-to-day lives and have so many gripes. But when you see the way others live and how they make the best of it, you'll realize how lucky you are.
I do a lot of comedy and I like that. I am happy doing funny films. I am often the straight person in a comedy, which is great as long as there are talented people to work with.
Sometimes it would be nice to just have some red wine with dinner, but it's not worth the risk. I have a great life, a great situation. Why would I want to risk self-destructive behaviour?
I would never describe Charlotte as a prude. Maybe at the start, but that was in comparison to the other girls. She wasn't willing to do the stuff they were doing and I mean, thank goodness!
I always read the script, try to imagine myself in the role, then decide whether I have anything to give to the part. If you don't feel like that in the beginning, it is not going to go well.
I would never describe Charlotte as a prude - maybe at the start, but that was in comparison to the other girls. She wasn't willing to do the stuff they were doing - and I mean, thank goodness!
You create a little world when you are making a film and you have to feel that you would want to be a part of that world. I sometimes look at the scripts I get and think 'what are they thinking?'
I am definitely not a fashionista, I can't live up to that title, I don't want to. Sometimes I look like a slob, but I wouldn't do a job if I couldn't be involved in the style and wardrobe of my character.
I think I can speak for all four of us on the show here. We all consider ourselves to be feminists and we get very upset when people don't think we are. We're like, where did this come from? Of course we are.
I live up in the hills and I have dogs, so it is my responsibility to get them out and walk with them and I love being outside and I go on lots of hikes. I think it's good mentally to do that as well as physically.
Personally, I don't think we could do such a show if we didn't get along. The subtext of all this is that we're women in a show so we can't possibly get along. It's not like they write about The Sopranos like that.
Also, it was a cultural moment that wasn't being represented in terms of women who were successful and had choices they didn't have before. They needed a show that they can watch that they felt like represented them.
The whole subject with weight pressure worries me because a lot of young actresses are really unhealthy. It didn't happen to me when I was younger because I grew up in South Carolina in a very safe and secure environment.
Alcoholism is a genetically predisposed disease and it does run in my family. I also think I felt like a misfit. I was in the South, everybody was blonde. I just didn't feel like I fitted in. It was sort of my way of fitting.