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I suppose I am one of life's naturally clumsy people; I don't drop stuff all the time, or break things, but I'm just generally a bit flustered.
So when things start going badly, you're invested in the characters in a way I think amplifies the horror and the fear because you're invested.
I'm constantly struggling in interviews to engage and finish sentences, because I am being asked personal questions from somebody I don't know.
I think Europeans have enough tradition and respect for the experience and body of work of an actress that they don't sell out to the new ones.
What I love is Mexican hot chocolate, like a spicy hot chocolate - adding cayenne pepper to the Hershey's cocoa and making a spicy-sweet treat.
I said that in Beverly Hills, a woman going out to a party without makeup on is shocking. I was referring to women in Beverly Hills in general.
I always struggle with explaining my relationship with my sister Kim. I am not sure why I am not always able to be myself when I am around her.
Most people think that action movies are difficult and comedies are easy, but it's actually the opposite. Comedy can be a lot of hard work too.
'Hairspray' was a show I was involved in from the very first reading, and I was 19. And, 'Hairspray', was one of my favorite movies growing up.
In the world of relationships, possibly the most complicated, uncommon, hard to find, hard to keep and most rewarding has got to be friendship.
I guess that is my favorite thing - to make people laugh and also to maybe engage them emotionally and touch them somehow in telling the story.
People always say that Californian women are obsessed with their appearance but I think you've got to take good care of yourself, for yourself.
To be honest, I know there are shows that have a lot of women and they say, 'Oh, we love each other!' but I don't know if I totally believe it.
There are definitely scripts I start reading, where it doesn't interest me. Maybe it'll be a good movie, but the character doesn't intrigue me.
Singing really oxygenates your blood. You stretch your lungs and take in much more air into them than before. It's really good for your health.
As soon as I finish one thing, there's always something else on the horizon I want to do. I don't have any intention of retiring from anything.
We don't want to come off as pro-smoking. Even though we didn't smoke real cigarettes at all, you want to be careful of people's sensitivities.
I often feel like a pretender when wearing makeup. The most beautiful features in a woman are her character and her experiences. Why hide that?
I like to play different ranges. When you get really deeply involved in the emotional parts, I enjoy that just as much as the fun and laughter.
I love cycling, but if I could find a way of building something above the streets for cyclists, that would be amazing. We need even more space.
I've had moments of thinking maybe I should go on Twitter. It's something that I've been shy about, and I've thought that maybe I should do it.
When I made my first film, it was just an adventure. But after my first movie, I guess I got more of a feeling of what was happening around me.
Anna Magnani, Sophia Loren, Meryl Streep - I love actresses that are strong and fragile at the same time. They bring complexity to their roles.
Three-dimensional, complex women get an audience engaged as much as the men. I’m a feminist in the true sense of the word. It’s about equality.
I was naturalized right before Pearl Harbor. Nine days later, I would have been classified as an enemy alien. I might have been sent to a camp.
They're like a weird couple. If you were to personify the artichoke and the oyster, they would have a great date. They would totally get along.
You always have to sign contracts for several years, if they want to pick you up. It's kind of a strange scenario. They have the option or not.
I'm not interested in a pretty world. It's boring to me. If you're lucky enough to get to play a character for a long time, it's life-changing.
I had seen Shawn Levy's movie just before, Just Married. And I think when I met him too, he's very smart and together and he's got it together.
I moved to cricket at a time when I was at the peak of my career, and I can guarantee you that no one else from Bollywood would have done that.
I just want to learn even more about my culture and about the Algonquin culture because I fell in love with Pocahontas and the Algonquin tribe.
I drink tons of water. It always sounds like the lamest thing, but there's a reason you keep hearing this over and over again. It really works.
In Hawaii, they're happy to hear that you're filming a show. They love it that people actually come and make use of their beautiful landscapes.
Be friendly to everybody; protect yourself; people sometimes want a piece of you for no good reason; and always do things out of love not fear.
If you told my 13-year-old self that one day I'd be talking about how Tom Cruise and I had good chemistry, she'd think you were completely mad.
There's a lot of intensity when you're on a set. And then it just goes away and no one's giving you attention or flooding you with compliments.
History is written by the winners. My job as an artist is to speak up for those who might be perceived as the losers. Or those who can't shout.
One can't change one's life experience, but even if I could, I wouldn't change it because of all the wonderful things that have happened to me.
I think, head up and shoulders back. Not only does it make you look taller and thinner but it gives you confidence and boosts your self-esteem.
My goal was not to be famous or rich but to be good at what I did. And that required going to New York and studying and working in the theater.
I'm a peaceful person once work ethic is established. If people are around me and whatever I'm doing is efficient, then I'm extremely peaceful.
I'm quite shy, so if there's a guy I like, I actually ignore him because I can't speak to him. I get all red and sweaty, and it's embarrassing.
Anytime I fall in love, I feel it's a first time. I have had no successful love story yet. I hope I will succeed next time when I fall in love.
When [we]were first married, [Wade] begged me to be practical...thank God I lived by my credo: 'Veni, vidi, visa - I came, I saw, I charged it.
If it's a good day, I get 'The New York Times' on my iPad, and if I have a little time in the morning, I like to look at that while I'm eating.
Honestly, all the sweets and bad stuff on set don't really call to me because I'm working so much. I've trained myself to stay away from sugar.
In your teens, you think you know everything, and you know nothing. By your thirties, you're sure you know nothing, but you're happy with that.
I'm not the same girl I was five years ago. Hopefully, with the choices I'm making people will start to see that I'm not just little Gabriella.
We all have our essential nature. If you're good with numbers, you don't even know you're good with numbers because that's how your mind works.
I think even probably the people we look up to the most, and think are on the Mount Olympus of actors - they're still experiencing nervousness.