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" Acting is the greatest answer to my loneliness that I have found. "

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" I fantasized about being a psychology major when I first started school, and I took a handful of Psych 101 classes. "

" It just seems like the most successful, iconic love stories are not so easy or escapist. I think the ones that stay with us and resonate are full of conflict, discord and misunderstandings 'cause that's what makes drama happen or tension even if it's a comedy. "

" Oliver Stone's strategy is to unnerve the actors so as to make them alert and alive. "

" Yeah, there was the Flora Plum thing, where I trained for about a month and I had taken a semester off for that, and two weeks prior to filming, the financing collapsed. "

" I really liked Yale, although it was extremely intimidating. When I visited the campus, I was hiding behind trees, I felt so unworthy. "

" As a young performer, I didn't know that you can have a great time playing someone in terrible crisis. The more you know it's not real, the deeper you can go into it. And the easier it is to let it go when it's done. "

" My character was kidnapped by the Terminator and I was kidnapped by the Terminator production. "

" College was just so essential for my sense of self and my development. "

" When I was a kid, I was one of those really obnoxious 'oooh oooh' girls, with my hand up in the air constantly. I've learned over the years that that's not so attractive, so I've censored that. "

" I think it's important to never play 'crazy' - you have to know what kind of crazy you're playing. "

" The first time I realised I was patriotic was after September 11th. "

" I don't want to be an actress. I want to be doing good work that is well written and has good people in it. "

" When you really get it right in acting, it's an act of empathy. You feel less distant from others, and that is really exciting. "

" I would rather not work than be a neurotic mess. "

" It's a very young mistake to assume that life is very serious. I get the joke now. "

" However, I'm at a very comfortable place in my career and celebrity, in that I don't have to audition as extensively as I used to for roles but yet I'm not immediately recognizable. "

" Maybe philosophy - I love talking about ideas. Or maybe art history. I was thinking about psychology, then I got really afraid because everybody says it's terribly boring. "

" I am not a genius. But I am nerdy. "

" I got an agent when I was 12, and I started working in more amateur productions well before that. But even as a kid, I never felt like a kid actor, you know? I always took myself kind of absurdly seriously. "

" I think because I am as earnest as I am, people were accepting of my evolving into a certified, legitimate, and grown up and I did take three years off. "

" You have to come to work from a place of love. "

" I would not say that secret-keeping is one of my finer skills, actually. "

" People talk about 'date night,' and it is true: Sometimes you have to apply yourself, or at least apply lipstick to yourself. You kind of have to dress up, just because. You know, wear heels to your own dinner table. "

" I'm only realizing now that I was a child actress because I always took myself so seriously. "

" I've always very earnestly tried to do my best, so I just have to trust that and forgive myself for being fallible. "

" Television lets audiences deeply connect with characters. "

" It's very difficult to judge yourself. Extreme self-doubt is only attractive when it's fictionalized. Which is why people love the movies. They are so reassuring. "

" I like marriage. I feel very secure. It helps when you are in love with the person you are married to. "