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" Acting is doing, because everything you say or do is some kind of an action, some kind of a verb. You're always connected to the other person through some kind of action. "

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" There was something about being in front of audiences when I was in elementary school plays that gave me a thrill. It was like the rush you get from a roller coaster drop. "

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" I assume that if people get to know me, they'll like me. If they don't, it's not my problem. "

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" I had been looking for a New York apartment, but I said, Why not give LA a go? "

" The name game is frustrating. Agents will say, They love you, but they're going to offer it to Julia Roberts first. "

" I feel like the world that ' Condor' lives in is very close to the world we're all living in every day. "

" There are all kinds of other things I could do, things I would probably like, but only acting would give me emotional fulfillment. "

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Acting

" I have learned to pare down what I do and still be effective and strong in a role. "

" I try to become more humble and more myself with every year. There was a while when I got famous where I was so confused and my head was spinning. "

" I did a Christmas movie where I played Mrs. Claus because my children's favorite movie of all time was a Christmas movie that my father did in which he played Santa, and I was like, 'How often do they make a movie about Mrs. Claus?' and, 'My kids will love this.' "

" We all struggle with our failure to communicate and our failure to reach beyond fear to love people. "

" My father taught me how to substitute realities. "

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" We're going forward until we have an equitable and safe world for women. "

" I hate it when people use sex as a weapon against the people who are engaging in it. It's so hypocritical. "

" I've definitely taken more family-friendly roles. Honestly, sometimes the edgier acting roles are not age-appropriate for kids but I have taken more projects that I feel have a great message or my kids can watch because of their age and that were just plain fun. "

" Being a good mother is really so hard and so important, and it's this thing that all people long for. Think of all the soldiers who cry out for their mothers on the battlefield as they die. It's a primal relationship. "

" I always want my character to have dimension, no matter what phase of life or situation they find themselves in. "

" I love music; I love dancing. I took, like, eight years of ballet when I was a kid, and I still love dancing. There's been a couple of films where I was able to do some dance numbers, like 'Romy and Michelle' and 'Summer of Sam,' and I'm so happy when I get to do that. "

" When I was 5, my mother threw a party, and a friend and I wrote and performed a play called The Dutch Doll. "

" I always do that for all of my characters. I built a music playlist for her... with songs she really likes. "

" I wanted to do something far from my intellectual and physical home, so I went to live in Beijing for eight months and took Mandarin Chinese. "

" I always feel I can play a role - just give me the time to do the preparation and I'll be it. "

" I have a pretty big range of interests. I love art; I love going to the museums. I dabble in painting, and although I'm not very good at it, I enjoy it. "

" I have great respect for Harvey as an artist, and owe him and his brother a debt of gratitude for the early success in my career, including the Oscar. "

" I'll talk to myself out loud a lot. "

" The cognitive dissonance, the denial and cowardice that spare us painful truths and prevent us from acting in defense of innocent victims while allowing 'beloved' individuals to continue their heinous behavior must be jettisoned from the bottom of our souls. "

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" I had started off, before I ever got an acting job, working at Robert De Niro's Tribeca Productions as a reader. I was always interested in that side of the camera. "

" I could have seen myself going into academia, but I don't love it; I just like it. "

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" I'm doing things that are more artistic again, more close to the material that I love. I don't disparage those things that I did. They're just not as much reflective of who I am. "

" The revelation is that when you lift the curtain, history is decided by a very small group of people, and their own interests guide their actions, not necessarily the laws or principles we think our country rides on. "