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" At the end of your twenties, you realize you are inherently flawed, and that's great, and that's what makes you dynamic. "

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" I feel like the luckiest child in the world because I got to grow up in Ireland. In summer is when you really grow up. During the year, I would go back to the States, and all year long really couldn't wait to get back to Ardmore. "

" I wanted to be on 'Saturday Night Live' since I was ten. "

" It's really kind of a luxury for an actor to have the opportunity to show such different types of characters. I actually left 'Cowboys & Aliens' and went straight into 'The Change-Up.' It was kind of a funny change of pace. "

" I think my confidence has developed over the years in terms of the speed at which I will reveal how collaborative I want to be. "

" My parents were journalists and friends with writers, artists, and just a really interesting assortment of people, so I was exposed to all lifestyles from a young age. "

" It's not actually OK to just be apathetic about anything. "

" Now I'm doing a film festival for kids and writing a script about a kidnapped journalist in Afghanistan. "

" I have a great pack of female friends, but I also have a lot of guy friends. I believe that platonic relationship is entirely possible. "

" I love eye makeup. I really like doing a cat eye, playing with liquid liners and different colors of liners, like emerald and deep blues, combining them with black. "

" Fear of carbs, of gluten, of everything - we've distanced ourselves from the beauty of food, the art of it. It makes me sad when people say, 'Oh, I don't eat gluten. I don't eat cheese. I don't eat this. So I eat cardboard.' "

" I fell in love with theater there, and after graduation I moved to Los Angeles to pursue acting. "

" It's interesting having a son. Someone told me that it's good when you have a son first because when you have a daughter first and then a son, you think your son's slow. A lot of parents freak out because they've seen a daughter progress so quickly, and they think their male child is, like, damaged. But boys are just naturally slow. "

" People have nervous tics they don't know about, and I would advise asking around. Ask the casting director, 'Is there something I'm doing?' I would see people unconsciously rocking back and forth. I roll my lips. I bite my lips and roll them. "

" People assume actresses are afraid to get older; the truth is the roles get a whole lot more compelling once you're too old to play dumb. "

" If I have to draw attention away from some hormone-induced acne on my chin, I put on a lot of mascara. "

" I shaved the back of my head once and did the asymmetrical hair. "

" If a woman feels anchored to a man's plans, she may start to resent him for the fun she's worried she's missing. "

" I think it's very healthy to spend time alone. You need to know how to be alone and not be defined by another person. "

" I'm proud to have played characters who've inspired people to live out loud, and I'm lucky to have reached an audience that's been incredibly enthusiastic and supportive. "

" Believe it or not, I'm a big fan of patchouli oil. I know it's not a universally liked fragrance. I usually combine it with other essential oils - I have many mixtures I like. "

" I guess for my skin, I clean it and moisturize and try to drink water. How boring is this though? I'm convinced that it comes from within. If you're happy and healthy, it shows. "

" What happens so often as an actor is that you retain the information about the scenes that you yourself shot and you obsess over certain scenes that you found the most challenging or interesting. The rest of the film kind of falls away in your memory or it fades a little bit. "

" I trust work, directors - I don't live in fear. All good experiences have come from trusting the universe. There is no other way to live or love. Otherwise, you create your own prison. "

" Documentaries are a powerful and effective way of bridging the gap between worlds, breaking through to new audiences that wouldn't otherwise be engaged - in essence, not preaching to the choir. "

" I think what ruins relationships and causes most fights is insecurity. "

" My parents said marrying was an optimistic thing to do in pessimistic times. "

" Weakness is something we don't like to admit we have. We hold it against people, until we experience it, and then we feel more compassion for it. "

" There are so many young women in film school right now, and it's just about foreign sales companies, domestic sales companies agreeing to finance films directed by and starring women. "

" I actually happened to be in Haiti right before the earthquake in 2010. I was there already with the organization I work with now, Artists for Peace and Justice, visiting the primary school that I had adopted, the Academy for Peace and Justice in Port-au-Prince. I came back, and within days, the earthquake happened. "

" It never occurred to me that some people were seen as wrong or even different. "