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The universe is not indifferent to intelligence, it is actively hostile to it. Love thy neighbor as yourself, but choose your neighborhood.
Every time I overcome an obstacle, it feels like success. Sometimes the biggest ones are in our head - the saboteurs that tell us we can't.
It's only when you risk failure that you discover things. When you play it safe, you're not expressing the utmost of your human experience.
For me, it's first about the characters. I look for a character who is intriguing and challenging and different from what I've done before.
Everybody goes through a phase of fatigue, and I am no different. Re-inventing yourself in your profession is the key to deal with fatigue.
The poor lifestyle I had been leading made my body susceptible to diseases. Had it not been cancer, some other malady would have struck me.
I examine other people's characteristics, so when I'm playing characters, I don't always have to make them me; I can transform into others.
In my big group of girlfriends at home, I am definitely not the best looking. I did not grow up feeling like I was particularly attractive.
It irritates me so much the way people talk about soaps because it is far more difficult working on a soap than it is on a big studio film.
I'm not that big a fan of marriage as an institution, and I don't know why women need to have children to be seen as complete human beings.
I think I was, like, maybe frustrated for many years because I didn't try to direct. And since I made my movie I'm just like, 'It's great.'
Silk scarves are my thing. I tie them to my handbag or thread them through belt loops or wear them in my hair. Never round my neck, though.
The only problem in the past has been my kids. I'd want to bring them to London with me, but they are at an important stage in high school.
For me, the sexiest men don't know they're drop-dead gorgeous. Not that I'd ever rule out a pot-bellied plumber in the right circumstances.
As wild as I was, when the cops show up, and suddenly you're being handcuffed, it's so deeply shocking and terrifying, the loss of freedom.
The degradation of our environment is undeniably a direct result of our lack of regard, lack of accountability, and lack of responsibility.
I like for jewelry to tell a story and to be able to talk about what I'm wearing. That's more important to me than a name, brand, or label.
I don't try to intellectualize characters too much. But I always think of the audience. I always make sure that my characters are likeable.
I love pool because it's a game of strategy, a game of the eye, and your whole universe is like this. I really want to become a pool shark.
It's so stupid, so archaic to say that men are so stupid they'd give anything for sex, and women are...that that's the only resort we have.
After I won Miss India, I realised I do not like failing. I just like being the best. I hate being a loser. So I just have to keep winning.
I wasn't the prettiest girl in the room, but I learned to carry myself with confidence - that's how you make the best impression on people.
There`s a good sense of fun and lack of sarcasm in the Texans, maybe a little earnestness which is kind of why I found it quite Australian.
For better or worse, I don't necessarily categorize myself as a method actor; I'm not going to make claims that I stayed in character 24/7.
There are lots and lots of good actors out there, and often it's just luck if what you bring to the table syncs with the director's vision.
Every unwanted animal ends up on my farm: alpacas and horses and dogs and cats and chickens and ducks and parrots and fish and guinea pigs.
There's nothing like the buzz of live theater. You put it out there and receive an instant reaction: laughing, crying, yelling, applauding.
When I was a 7-year-old girl, in my bedroom, on my karaoke machine, I would sing 'On My Own' or do a one-woman version of 'Les Miserables.'
He who is incapable of feeling strong passions, of being shaken by anger, of living in every sense of the word, will never be a good actor.
New ideas come into this world somewhat like falling meteors, with a flash and an explosion, and perhaps somebody's castle-roof perforated.
The EA Sports UFC development team has been incredible to work with, and they've done a great job capturing the look and feel of my father.
I have never seen myself as leading for others. What's important is that I know who I am. Not completely. But I'm coming around third base.
And I think we'll be able to prove scientifically that other talents such as intuitive, psychic, clairvoyant and audiovoyant are very real.
I'm not too proud of the movies I made as a grownup except for 'That Hagen Girl', which nobody remembers but which gave me a chance to act.
Living in New York always felt to me like living in the middle of a carnival. It never stopped. There was something very exciting about it.
I'm a radical reformist, because between where we are and where I want to go there's a great deal of work, and I won't see the end of this.
Being in love is all about the ability to give rather than take. It is not easy, but if you can accept this, then you will experience love.
I don't believe what I do outside my profession is anybody's' business. And that includes a personal thing like pregnancy or even marriage.
The key is allowing your partner to be who they are and not having expectations that really have nothing to do with the person you married.
The cool thing about working and meeting a lot of people through your acting is that you never know who you might work with, in the future.
I've definitely gotten to work with female directors, and I feel lucky because of that. I just feel like more voices should be represented.
I feel like science fiction is so much more mainstream now than it has been. And I feel like thats because technology has caught up with us.
I watch Letterman. Once in a while, on the odd night, I'll catch the Food Network and watch 'Ace of Cakes,' which I'm kind of obsessed with.
It’s funny, there are so many women who are former executives and have taken all that stress and anxiety and transferred it onto their kids.
It's funny, there are so many women who are former executives and have taken all that stress and anxiety and transferred it onto their kids.
People look to you to replace a part in their lives that they can't get back. You can't get the past back, you can't do it. We've all tried.
I've always had questions about how things work and why it was that way. From all kinds of perspectives, from the physical to the spiritual.
The word, and the concept of feminism, was a gift because it gave me a sense of identity and a way of defining how I wished to live my life.
Having spent a lot of time trying to figure out screenwriting, I do feel moved and I want to try to write good roles for women of every age.
My brother is what got me into the show business. So it's a really great relationship we have. Our whole family is - we're thick as thieves.