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" A friend of mine described it this way: When they were born it was like a meteor landed in our house and blew everything apart. We had to just put all the pieces back. "
Friend
Like
Way
" After doing so many different roles, if you don't stretch yourself, there's no excitement left. "
Left
Yourself
Doing
" And that's why I chose on purpose not to have a death scene. We've seen them in a million movies and it's too much like cranking the tears out. I didn't want that scene. "
Movies
Purpose
Too Much
" Competition is very good... as long as its healthy. It's what makes one strive to be better. "
Better
Competition
Long
" I am an actress and acting is my passion... period! "
Am
Acting
I Am
" I demanded two weeks of rehearsal because to me as an actor, that's the most important time. "
Important
Me
Actor
" I don't want to fight aging; I want to take good care of myself, but plastic surgery and all that? I'm not interested. "
Aging
Age
Care
" I like to take up something that is challenging. I like to stretch myself. "
Up
Like
Take
" I loved the stage and then grew to love the camera. "
Loved
Camera
To Love
" I'm more proud of quitting smoking than of anything else I've done in my life, including winning an Oscar. "
Proud
Smoking
Winning
" I most often land up taking up the roles that I most detest. "
Often
Up
Taking
" I think all industries are sexist in nature and I don't think the film industry is any different. "
Film
Nature
Different
" Its only when you are a great actor and are recognised for your good work that you become famous. Unless you are in the news for the wrong reasons! "
Great
Good Work
Good
" It was not really a career choice that I had to make. It was something I knew right from the beginning. I had to be an actress... period. "
Career
Beginning
Right
" I wanted to be an actress. In college I was a serious feminist and very political. I was determined to get one thing out of my career and that was respect. I didn't want money. I didn't care about fame. "
College
Money
Political
" I was a fighter and very determined. There was no way I was going to back out without winning. "
Winning
Fighter
Without
" I would take up any small job on the sets, just so that I could hang around with the hope of getting noticed. "
Hang
Hope
Job
" My heart's in really great shape thanks to spinning classes. "
Heart
Great
Shape
" Sure I faced the troubles and challenges that most actors and actresses face until they get noticed, but I was always confident of myself and my capabilities. "
Challenges
Face
Myself
" Television really does offer still great parts for women, cable in particular. "
Cable
Women
Still
" Theatre is more exciting in the sense that you can actually see the audience in the eye. You know there are no takes and retakes. You have one chance to do your job... and you better do it well! "
Eye
Better
Chance
" The crossover wasn't happening. TV actors were TV actors, and film and stage actors were a whole different thing. And now there's just a lot of crossover. "
Different
TV
Stage
" When I'm not working, my time is really about my children. "
Time
Working
Really
" When I was first starting out, if you were acting on television, it was a real stigma. "
Real
Acting
Starting
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