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" Clarity keeps you from boredom. "
You
Boredom
Clarity
" I don't live by a lot of society's rules; I can't pattern myself after the herd. "
Rules
Myself
Society
" If anyone has a dream out there, just know that I'm living proof that they do come true. "
True
Dream
Just
" I feel there are two people inside me - me and my intuition. If I go against her, she'll screw me every time, and if I follow her, we get along quite nicely. "
People
Feel
Follow
" I grew up on soul music. I was a dancing little creep. "
Soul
Up
Creep
" I just absolutely, totally hated school. It was like a prison to me. I just could not stand that structured, absolute disciplined way of having to deal with life. "
Life
Me
Prison
" I just thank God that I didn't grow up with so much money or privilege because you had to create ways to make it happen. "
Thank God
Money
God
" I like to see a driven kid: somebody who wants to come from the ground up. I love to see somebody who wants to be the best they can be. "
Kid
See
Love
" I love to be nervous before a scene. "
Before
Nervous
Love
" I'm a very determined businesswoman... I've got lots of things to do, and I don't have time to be classified as difficult, and I don't have time. "
Difficult
Got
Things
" I'm a very determined person. "
Very
Person
Determined
" I'm extremely competitive with myself. But I'm not actively competitive with other women in the business. Which may have been a mistake. I've never had someone in my life, agent or otherwise, fighting for me. "
Women
Business
Life
" I'm not a real social person - I'm shy - and a lot of the business is just social. "
Social
Shy
Real
" I never really saw my dad as entertained as when he was just completely blown away by somebody on the television screen or at the movies. I think that's the real reason that I went into acting. "
Television
Movies
Acting
" In this business, you can be at the top of the world and at the bottom of the barrel, and you're grape juice. I've been at both ends. It can make you become what you really are. "
Become
Business
Juice
" I remember that Jack Lemmon, who is one of my favorite actors of all time, says that the day he stops being nervous is the day he should leave the business. "
Remember
Time
Nervous
" It always takes the truth a little bit longer to cross the finish line. "
Always
Truth
Line
" I think any girl who comes to Hollywood with sex symbol or bombshell hanging over her has a rough road. "
Road
Sex
Her
" I've been to fights, and I've seen them on television, but no, I would not call myself a fan of the sport, that particular sport, no. "
Seen
Television
Fan
" I've just always believed you can get anything you want in this life - anything you want. "
Want
Life
Just
" I was doing publicity for 'The Getaway'; people were coming in from all over the world to do six-minute interviews. "
Over
World
People
" I work in a strange business, and 'trust' is a word that's not even in the vocabulary. "
Trust
Strange
Business
" My hand still shakes when I sign autographs. I still go and sit in the movies like everyone else and look up there and go 'God! Movie stars! Wow!' And I'm in this business. I walk out there just fascinated, and I always want to stay like that. I'm just a little kid going to these movies, and I don't ever want to change. "
Stars
Business
Change
" My priorities had been changing before I had Addie but after she was born they changed completely. I don't count - my daughter sort of owns me. "
Priorities
Daughter
Born
" Nobody interviewed Kitty Potter about what she wore. I would have loved to hear what she would have said about some of this stuff. "
Nobody
She
Hear
" There's no doubt that becoming a mother was the greatest thing I'll ever do. "
Doubt
Becoming
Mother
" The smartest thing you can do in this business is get connected with a great agent to help you. Get connected with people who will form a family around you, or a moat. "
Great
Business
Help
" Whatever show is on, I dress in that designer's clothes. Some of them were totally unwearable. "
Some
Dress
Clothes
" With every project I've ever done, I've always treated it like I'm still in school. Each time you try to go a little further, get a little deeper, feel a little more, sculpt it a little better. "
School
You
Better
" You have to be a little unreal to be in this business. "
Business
Little
Unreal
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