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" A lot of people work out to be skinny. That's so boring, and it seems like a depressing goal for a modern woman. "
Work
Woman
People
" Always the aim for me is making people feel like they are not alone. That's just the greatest feeling. "
Alone
People
Me
" Anyone who knows me knows that I am really into hair. I'm a real girly girl and love doing my hair and experimenting with different styles. "
Girl
Hair
Love
" Being an actress can be a little like being a girl in the '50s: You're stuck waiting by the phone, hoping that the boy you like will call. "
Girl
Waiting
Will
" Certain aspects of my personality are always going to come out on-screen. I guess that's just me - if they say I'm quirky, I'm quirky. It's better than being boring. "
Better
Personality
Me
" Classic Christmas cookies are really time-consuming. Instead, make a bar you can bake in a pan and just cut up, like a brownie or a blondie or a shortbread, which still has that Christmas vibe. "
You
Like
Cookies
" Do your eye shadow first, then your foundation. That way, you can clean up any mess without starting all over again. "
Way
Foundation
Shadow
" Especially in comedies, I think a lot of time the female characters are there to provide a balance for guys. "
Balance
Think
Lot
" Everyone needs a theme song! It should make you feel like a million dollars. "
Like
Everyone
Feel
" Everyone romanticizes somebody. "
Somebody
Everyone
" Every show is unique; some shows have the master plan and have everything figured out and that's just the way they do things. It's like high school. Some people write their papers the second they get their assignments, and some people write it the day after it's due. "
Day
People
School
" For me, writing is 75 percent procrastinating and 25 percent actually sitting down and working. "
Me
Writing
Down
" For some reason, people look at me and laugh. I don't know why. "
Laugh
Reason
People
" From my perspective, probably women are won over by people who are sweet and respectful and courteous and kind and funny. I think those are the things that win women over. "
Funny
Women
Think
" Girls get competitive, as though there's only one spot in the world for everything _ but that's not true. We need to stick together and see there's more to life than pleasing men. It's important not to cut yourself off from female friendships. I think sometimes girls get scared of other girls, but you need each other. "
Men
Think
Together
" Growing up in Hollywood meant there were a lot of film stars' kids at my school - but no conspicuous wealth. It wasn't cool to show off that you had money. "
Stars
Money
School
" Humor is a part of spirituality. "
Spirituality
Humor
Part
" I accidentally entered a youth pageant when I was 14. That's like a beauty pageant, but without the beauty. It was terrible. "
Without
Pageant
Beauty
" I always choose roles that are, you know, hopefully different from the last role. I don't wanna do the same thing over and over again because that's, well, first of all that's no fun. "
Last
Always
Know
" I always wanted to be normal. I tried really hard, but it's like I try so hard and then people still say I'm offbeat. I've learnt to accept that and take advantage of it as an actor. "
Always
Say
People
" I am always early to work but sometimes late to other things. "
Sometimes
Work
Late
" I appreciate a songwriter like Morrissey with so much restraint. "
Much
Appreciate
Restraint
" I can't even remember the first time I started singing. "
Singing
Time
First Time
" I can't go on Gawker. I actually think the writing is really funny, but there is a chance that somebody is undercutting me. "
Chance
Funny
Go
" I'd be more likely to go for somebody who is like me. Well, I like creative people, so whatever that means... Yeah, authentic and creative. "
More
Go
Like
" I did go through this period where girls would be mean and I had a lot of guy friends. But I've found as an adult the importance of having female and male friends. "
Friends
Go
Guy
" I did not have a date to the prom. I went to my junior prom alone, and my senior prom, I was doing my first movie. I went in a limousine with, like, a bunch of people to my junior prom. It was a group date. "
Group
First
Doing
" I don't have control over what's on screen, and that's terrifying. "
Terrifying
Screen
Over
" I don't know how to explain how, probably to my detriment, unselfpromoting I am. I used to have a cabaret act and I didn't even like to tell me people about that. I really hate selling myself. "
Know
Hate
People
" I don't know why femininity should be associated with weakness. Women should be free to express who they are without thinking, 'I need to act like a man, or I need to tone it down to be successful.' That's a very good way to keep women down. "
Thinking
Weakness
Women
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