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" As an actor, the second and last ones were interesting for me. Because those parts had the most change in playing someone who was both light and dark, sort of Jekyl and Hyde. "

" Being tall has a major impact in general. It takes some courage to be as big as you are - to live up to it and not be intimidated by the graceful tiny people. "

" Every role sort of teaches you how to prepare for it. "

" Every time there's a really good story, there's women in it. We may not get as many roles, but the roles we get are really good, I think, for the most part. "

" For the camera, particularly, I feel like - I think that, as human faces become older, they become more interesting. "

" Here's a vice: I say yes to too many things. I wish I had the guilty pleasure of saying no. My goal is to try to do less, but more fully. "

" I actually think the reason I am interested in certain parts is because I was such a dweeb in high school. When you are such a loser, it's a helpful way in to a lot of characters because even very powerful people are not all that powerful, really. "

" I always find it particularly difficult to work in New York because there are so many things to do. "

" I am a person who goes out without a purse. "

" I am more of a New Yorker than ever and just actually, sometimes I fantasize about living somewhere else, where it's maybe not quite so crowded or stressful, blah, blah, blah and after September 11th, I guess I could just not imagine living anywhere else. "

" I changed my name when I was about twelve because I didn't like being called Sue or Susie. I felt I needed a longer name because I was so tall. So what happened? Now everyone calls me Sig or Siggy. "

" I consider myself very much a team player. "

" I'd be more interested in doing a smaller, character driven thing, rather than another action picture. "

" I'd love to tell actors about all the things they don't need to worry about. Less is more. If you have it inside, you don't need to show too much. People pick up on things. "

" I don't really see science fiction as fiction. I can imagine colonies on Mars and everything. "

" I don't want to leave New York and leave my family. I don't like the distance. I just did a movie in California and it's kind of excruciating to be away from them so I think there is that sense. "

" I feel self-doubt whether I'm doing something hard or easy. "

" If you come back from the dead, you don't have the same value system, I think. "

" I had always done theater in extracurricular ways. I'd never been a drama major. "

" I have always been uncomfortable with a series of movies. I hate that word 'franchise' - it always makes me think of French fries. What I felt each time was that we were going for broke, that this was going to be the last in the series. You can't count on anything. "

" I have a very commercial appetite. I don't like to do high-brow things. "

" I just feel that getting out there physically and protecting New York, putting my arms around everyone and protecting them... to see this happen to our city and our community. "

" I love playing an alien. "

" I love the role of Ripley. "

" I love working quickly. I don't like to do thousands of takes, and I don't want to do thousands of set ups. "

" I love working with young people and young filmmakers, and I love working on first films. I think it's cool. It's fun. I just take it as it comes. "

" I made fun of myself before everybody else could, so I always got the comic crowns: Freshman Fink, Sophomore Fairy, Junior Birdman. I got all three of them! "

" I'm always the last person they go to with a sequel, because I'm the most skeptical. You know, I'm very proud of what we've done, and I don't want to screw up our series. "

" I'm a natural golden retriever at heart. I'm fine with that now, but there was a time when I tried to keep myself from jumping up on people. I had to make myself sit. "

" I'm no Ripley. I had doubts that I could play her as strongly as she had to be played, but I must say that it was fun exploring that side of myself. Women don't get to do that very often. "

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