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Technology and communicating with people online or through a phone or through social media - it's a false sense of intimacy and connection.
I was just shaking and then also immediately, I had to go into 'take-care-of-business-mode' which included a change to a more healthy diet.
I always like to do quite a lot of homework; I quite like to do the research. If I didn't do this, I think I would like to be a researcher.
I'm no stranger to weight issues. I've had cellulite since I was about nine years old. I have enjoyed the uber support of Spanx many times.
I never felt ready to have a baby until I was about 37 years old. I knew I always wanted kids someday, but I needed to be 'ready,' ya know?
On film and TV sets, they let you sit down. Theater is like pushing a boulder up a hill each night. It's a fun boulder, but it's a boulder.
Some people will like it [Fifty Shades of Grey] and some won't. I have other movies coming up, this is not what my whole life turns around.
I did a movie where my character was obsessed with Bruce Lee, so I learned everything about Bruce Lee, read everything, watched his movies.
It's very hard when your child doesn't want to talk to you and you want to talk to them, and you want to touch them, you want to hold them.
I have always believed that chemistry can't be created between two people. You either have it or you don't. The script can only enhance it.
I love being directed. Because it's another thought, it's another fresh idea. You're so grateful for an original idea that you haven't had.
I was seeking a real love, a real deal, and I have been seeking it for a lot of years. And in that seeking, I found that God's love is real
Often, female characters are quite one dimensional, especially in a two hour film; television gives characters room to breathe and develop.
My father raised me from the time I was 12 years old. And it would never occur to me that I wouldn't be strong - I wasn't raised like that.
There's a massive part of me that can be bold and courageous...very strong and very assertive and independent, almost to a fault sometimes.
The way I've been able to embrace fame is by realizing that celebrity is just a means to send whatever message you want out into the world.
I don't want to just model. Anyone can do that. I've let myself be in magazines in the past without participating as much as I should have.
The good thing about being an actress is that it's very children-friendly. I can work for three months, and then I can have six months off.
If this acting thing doesn't work, I'd just put in my resume for NBA.com. I'm a really huge basketball fan... I'll talk all sorts of trash.
I grew up in such a macho family. I had a former Green Beret for a dad, a mom who's really rough-and-tumble, and three very macho brothers.
You don't do an experimental film to become rich, so the people who are involved are involved because they enjoy the creative aspect of it.
The truth I know for sure is that if something feels good and makes you happy on the inside, you're probably moving in the right direction.
So many Hollywood actresses become successful and then just keep on going - they miss out on having a partner and a baby and end up lonely.
Without sounding pretentious, it's nice to always be surrounded by creative people who inspire me and keep my levels of creativity charged.
My husband calls me a ginger every single day of my life, so that Im completely used to it, and Ive come to see it as a term of endearment.
If you consciously send negative energy toward someone, then what you send is exactly what you will attract upon yourself in your own life.
Good actors never use the script unless it's amazing writing. All the good actors I've worked with, they all say whatever they want to say.
I love acting because it's this space where dreams can be realized, fantasy comes to life, and there are no limitations on what's possible.
Honey is hydrating and antiseptic. It really clears your skin, and it's moisturizing. You can use it every day if you want. It's so gentle.
My personal advice is to go to school first and get a liberal arts education, and then if you want to pursue acting, go to graduate school.
Acting gave me the opportunity to do outrageous things. It allowed me to be sad, happy, angry and lustful, even if it was just vicariously.
I don't know what the secret to longevity as an actress is. It's more than talent and beauty. Maybe it's the audience seeing itself in you.
There's an interesting mix to 'Robin Hood' because it's kind of modern but medieval. There is a blend of adventure with a very modern feel.
Seriously, though, I think I never ceased to be grateful of the fact that I am able to do a job that I really love - I never got over that.
I'm not singing anymore; that is why I am so pleased to be writing. My daughter said, "You just found a different way of using your voice."
That's one of my greatest strengths. I'm a Scorpio rising - we're very decisive. I'm very good at cutting things off that don't feel right.
I won't ever direct a film. And I certainly won't write an autobiography. Only self-obsessed people want to write or talk about themselves!
When 'The Master' came around, they said they wanted to try and find a part for me, and I got a text from the casting director saying that.
I'm not very active politically. The causes I work on offer immediate, practical, accessible help, and politics has never meant that to me.
My two favorite musicals growing up in were 'Annie' and 'Sweeney Todd,' and my best friend and I would sing all the songs when I was a kid.
My family and I go every year to Lake Tahoe for Fourth of July. It is honestly my favorite place in the world to spend time with my family.
I saw 'Food, Inc.' last night - it was like a horror movie. I'm definitely thinking about my food supply now and how I want to grow my own.
A man's illness is his private territory and, no matter how much he loves you and how close you are, you stay an outsider. You are healthy.
There were times, sure, I wanted my career to go better. But once it starts to go downhill, you can never get back, or only to some degree.
From a very young age, I wanted to be an actor, but I lived in a very small town in Florida where there weren't any opportunities for that.
The first time I ever got up on a stage, I did a comedy poem. I don't know how I got there in the first place because I was very, very shy.
I wanted to watch the women interacting with [Warren Beatty], which takes he chose, and how the actresses were reacting in scenes with him.
As an actress, I have put myself out there as an independent black woman, a single mom, a go-getter, a hustler who isn't afraid to survive.
I was so busy fighting and so busy trying to keep everything above water that I didn't realize I was spiraling downward with nowhere to go.
It's hard to keep a play alive moment-to-moment, you know? But there's another part of it that I really love, which is that you never know.