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I've been in the business 60 years, and it's taken me this long to play a scene with a monkey. That's what happens if you stick around.
Have you ever noticed when you start getting happy, you say, uh-uh, I'd better watch out. I feel too good. Something's going to happen.
I think that's just a natural instinct as an actor is that you want to just keep exploring humanity and finding different facets of it.
I don't pick roles based on how famous they are going to make me; I pick roles based on how they're going to inspire me intellectually.
I'm Latina. I was born with high heels. We crossed border in high heels. We were running from immigration...I can do aerobics in heels.
Acting is different from mental gymnastics. You try to discover as much about the character as you can, but a large area is mysterious.
I know that in my own personal life, the people who I have dated who are funny can get away with a lot more than the people who aren't.
I've heard about productions where it still happens: yellow face, taping up the eyes. It's hard to talk about it in a constructive way.
Of course, much easier to do a film when you're doing an extremely emotional part than it is doing it onstage over and over especially.
If somebody is deemed more talented within the confines of the school it doesn't mean they're going to have the most successful career.
I love discovering new young brands and watching these fashion lines take off, like Peter Pilotto, Christopher Kane, and Clover Canyon.
I've had a very positive experience in L.A. in the comedy world and found everyone to be very nice and welcoming. It's been really fun.
My life has been that of someone who has moved from the countryside to the society. To make that transition, I have had to learn a lot.
It would be very sad if children had no memories before those of school. What they need most is the love and attention of their mother.
I really do feel like I'm in a generation where women are empowering and supporting each other. It's so amazing to feel a part of that.
My very first audition was on the lot of Paramount, and I was put on tape and it was very nerve-racking. I think it was about 15 pages.
I live in the country. I'm a bird-watcher, an oyster-raiser. You know, I'll do anything that - raise dogs for the blind as a volunteer.
When you do a half-hour show, there's only so much you can do. At best, you're going to get a character with two-and-a-half dimensions.
I didn't expect to win the Oscar. You grow up watching the Oscars on TV and you think it happens to fancy people. It was really surreal
I'm the kind of person [who] when I'm doing a play, and even when I'm working, I don't do anything else. When I'm working, I just work.
Sometimes opportunities float right past your nose. Work hard, apply yourself, and be ready. When an opportunity comes you can grab it.
When I start to write, I see my stories as a kind of movie. For instance, I ask myself, "What kind of opening do I want for this book?"
Because of the wealth of fine music spread through the film, working on it held all the fun and excitement of attending a great concert
Vulnerability is important in life, I feel. That's what allows you to experience intense emotions, whether it's joy or pain or sadness.
I think the glamour industry, all over the world, does portray a version that is 'Photoshopped' - a picture that is not very realistic.
I have kept working, even if Ive thrown off the big movies I used to do. I still have three or four wonderful little movies coming out.
I went to Floridita on Wardour Street when I was 18. All I could afford was pumpkin soup and a glass of champagne, but it was worth it.
Like the Bond girl, there's a stigma attached to being a 'Dhoom' girl. You have to look pretty good, and people are going to judge you.
I have a shoe habit. If I'm in New York, it's a problem because I'm walking and I have access to more stores. In L.A., it's not as bad.
Sad but true: individual intelligence probably peaked in the Upper Paleolithic, and we have been self-domesticated creatures ever since
I try to do justice to whatever roles I take up and it really doesn't bother me whether I am paired opposite a superstar or a newcomer.
In any relationship, only if both partners bring in emotional, financial commitment and honesty in equal measure, can there be harmony.
Yoga has always been an integral part of my life style. The benefits I have reaped from a constant practice have been invaluable to me.
I've always been a huge admirer and lover of Alexander McQueen, Alexander Wang. I love so many British designers like Stella McCartney.
Of course I believe in aliens. I think it's very egocentric to think that there's nothing else with intelligence in the whole universe.
I've paid my dues. It wasn't overnight success. I went to tons of casting calls and auditions... But I've got to give luck some credit.
Earlier, I was traveling all over the world. Then I got married. Everyone presumed I had lost interest in my career. That was not true.
And I love having the job to go to every week. With movies, there's a lot of downtime. I like working, and television really does that.
Where I'm from on the Gold Coast, we say that there are a lot of 'cashed-up Bogans,' you know, people with no class but a lot of money.
My mum is just the sweetest person on Earth, and if I turned into her, I wouldn't be that upset at all; in fact, it would be an honour.
I've never been obsessed by how I looked. In fact, I would rather have looked more ordinary so I could play more parts more truthfully.
the boys had learned that laughter stilled anxiety. It cleared away mystery. If you could laugh at something, it erased its importance.
I'm really confident. I had a perfect childhood. I had perfect parents and grandparents. They just love me, simply. So I have no fears.
Supergirl is this unattainable, idealistic optimist of an alien, and all of us can escape into her world, and she always saves the day.
It was there that, through a mutual friend, I met John Waters - proving what I've always said: you meet the best people on field trips.
In general, I try to eat food without added hormones and pesticides, but I'm not so strict that I won't have a Big Mac once in a while.
Isnt it lovely to know that even the great Sherlock Holmes, the quirky and genius Sherlock Holmes, is vulnerable to love as we all are?
As an actor, your text is your bible, so you're not making a documentary, but you still have to follow the choices made by your writer.
As a rule people don't think other people on drugs are funny. They think they are tragic. They have a point, but I still had the funny.
There's something great about all your worst fears coming true and being said about you. There's a tremendous liberation on some level.