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" By the way, I'm funniest when I'm not being funny. I'm better to laugh at than with, pretty much. "
Jemima Kirke
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" I don't have that drive to be in this field, climbing up, doing bit parts in movies to make a big movie. But I'm lucky I get to also do acting - it's fun. I should probably just take an acting class on the weekends - that would be enough for me. "
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" I've never been one to just do what I'm told. I don't say that necessarily with pride, it's just something that has gotten me in trouble before. "
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" I think I did a lot of really stupid stuff really quickly in my twenties and that sort of led me to want to sort of just relax a little bit. Relax a lot. "
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" I've had a baby. I've had an abortion. "
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" Acting is secondary - I don't feel like it's going to stick around because it's not something I want to do forever. My art has always been my top priority and I have far more experience in that field than I do in film. "
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" I've been painting and making things since I was little. "
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" I'll never have a best friend who is a man. It just doesn't work that way. So many times young girls will be like, 'I'm a guy's girl.' And I'm like, 'No, you're not. There's no way a man can understand you like a woman, and you're a guy's girl because you're threatened by other women.' I was like that. "
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" Being humble and sweet is the hardest thing you can do. "
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" That's what I paint, I paint people. They're portraits, but you won't always be pleased with the way you look in my paintings. Which is fine, I guess. Unless you're buying it, and it's of your kid! "
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" I have to remember that for the most part people will see me for what I do, not what I say I do. "
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" When you're literally carrying a child you can cut back on bad habits. "
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" I don't have the passion for acting that actors might have. "
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" My opinions of which of my works are good are vastly different than other people's. There is one that I'm obsessed with but I swear... no one else has ever even commented on it. So I'm a bit shy to draw attention to it. "
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" Portraiture keeps me humble. It's simple and straightforward. There is nothing more interesting I can make up than the figure sitting right in front of me. "
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" But I'm interested in the Barnes Collection in Philadelphia. I hear there are some of the worst Matisses there. I like seeing bad art by good artists. It's inspiring. I'm able to identify with them. It makes them real. "
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" I know acting is not impersonating, but I'm good with impressions. I can do impressions of people I know, and people I've been, and roles that I've acted before. "
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" I think Damien Hirst is hilarious. And I think he's a true artist. He's not hilarious first; I think he is a real artist, and I also think he's got an amazing sense of humor. "
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" I want lots of kids and I want a garden and I hope to stay married to my husband. I hope to be working in some way that fulfils me. "
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" People are confusing me with a good actor when I'm just a good mimic. When someone asks me to play a nun from the fifteenth century, you'll see what I mean. "
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