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" Acting can be an amazingly cathartic thing - especially for young girls. "
Cathartic
Young
Young Girls
" Being a mother is magical. "
Magical
Mother
Being
" Being a mother is the most fun job I've ever had. "
Job
Fun
Ever
" Brains don't really smell, but what's amazing about the brain is that it's almost like scrambled eggs or soft tofu, almost like a gel. The brain controls so much of what we do, but you could put your finger right through it. "
Right
Smell
Brain
" Cancer is something that touches everyone's lives. "
Cancer
Everyone
Something
" Happiness is not that easy to achieve, but having a handsome husband, a beautiful baby, and a great job helps. "
Baby
Happiness
Great
" I am who I am, a Southie. "
I Am
Who
Am
" I didn't have a boyfriend until I was 16, and he was eight years older. My father was furious about this 24-year-old, and I had to hide the relationship. "
Hide
Relationship
Years
" I don't believe in putting on airs. I call it like I see it. "
Like
Believe
Putting
" I don't find acting to be a particularly noble way to make a living. I'm not saving anybody's life, I'm not a teacher, I'm not working for UNICEF. I don't think I'm some big deal. "
Think
Teacher
Living
" I don't like everybody who I see on TV. "
Like
I See
Everybody
" If I'm bringing joy to people and entertaining people as an actor, then I should be grateful for that and act accordingly, you know? "
Actor
You
People
" I just don't want to be self-obsessed. "
Want
Just
" I just worry about the girls who look up to me. I don't want them to think I starve myself or don't eat, and that to be like me that's what they have to do. "
Want
Myself
Me
" I read a lot of nonfiction - especially books about the brain. "
Nonfiction
Lot
Books
" I think for any actor to say they don't like attention is ridiculous. Of course we love attention. But getting attention is different than pretending the attention means something. "
Attention
Love
Pretending
" It's easy to get lost in the baby. You have to make sure you give your husband attention. "
Husband
Get
You
" I want to teach my daughter the importance of exercising and eating healthy as she grows up. "
Teach
Daughter
Eating
" I was never a person who was introduced to junk food. "
Person
Who
Never
" I went up a pants size during my pregnancy. "
Pants
Pregnancy
Size
" Learning about the way people process information and their emotions is hugely helpful to my work. "
Learning
Way
Work
" Medicine is so fascinating. "
Fascinating
Medicine
" My daily schedule is quite hectic, but I have to put my health first in order to be the best mom and wife I can be. "
Best
Health
I Can
" My mother came from an Irish family of 11 kids and, of course, had a sister who was a nun, so I spent time at a convent and with an aunt and uncle who lived in New York and took me to the theater. "
Family
Time
Sister
" People love to watch a train wreck, I suppose. "
People
Love
Wreck
" Really, I don't care if people think I'm too skinny. This is my body. If they don't like it, screw it. "
Skinny
Think
Like
" The older you get the more realistic it is that you're significant other is your significant other. I mean, you'll always have your girlfriends or your guy friends, but the person you're married to is usually your No. 1. "
Friends
Always
You
" There's a remarkable amount of sexism on TV. When male characters are flawed, they're interesting, deep and complex. But when female characters are flawed, they're just a mess. It's good to put more flawed but interesting female characters out there because it promotes equality. "
Interesting
Equality
Good
" This is Hollywood. People don't admit mistakes. "
Admit
People
Mistakes
" Want is misery. "
Want
Misery
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