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" Cancer is so much bigger than a TV show. "

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" I grew up in Manhattan and, since my father was a playwright, all I ever wanted to be was a stage actress. "

" I'm absolutely doing what I enjoy. "

" I am very lucky, because for the most part people are very nice to me, and I am still able to go about my life and ride the subway and all that. "

" A lot of what is publicized now is really pretty trivial stuff - you know, what I eat for breakfast, where I have my pedicures, questions that I just cannot for the life of me understand why someone would want to know that. "

" The entertainment industry is terrified of silence. "

" You can watch someone on-stage cry and cry - but in the audience you feel nothing. It's easy to become indulgent. For me, what's important is the story first. "

" I have an instinct to want to be part of a group of people. I feel safe there. That's why I was in school for so long. "

" I am very aware that playwrights, particularly good ones, have a intention for everything they write. Language and punctuation is used specifically, and most of the time actors can find wonderful clues about character in the rhythm and cadence of the language used. "

" History's a resource. "

" Doing the right thing has power. "

Doing The Right Thing

" The good thing is that I'm always honest. "

" I'm lucky because I don't like being in the sun a whole lot, just because the repercussions for me - I feel it, I go very red. "

" What people can survive and what they don't survive is shocking to me. Someone can go to Iraq and be blown to bits and survive. Someone can trip and fall on the street and they die - that's that. "

" I don't consider myself a celebrity and I don't consider myself a star. "

" What I love about a play is that it's such an investment because only time can create a lot of what happens onstage. "

" I get cold - really cold - when I travel. "

" Tanning is tricky, because a lot of people just look orange. "

" Some people's personalities are so compelling that they command attention. "

" I enjoy learning about different periods and people, and then taking what's universal about the human condition and seeing where it matches up. No matter where you are, certain things unite everybody. "

" I just want to say, 'Go work! It doesn't matter what it is. Work begets work. Just go!' "

" Fame didn't happen to me in my 20s, it has been a gradual thing which probably makes it easier to deal with. "

" All the things that most kids hated, I loved. I loved that things were asked of me and that, much to my surprise, I was able to do them. I loved the 10 o'clock bedtime. I loved the responsibility. "

" My parents were divorced and I would spend weekends with my father. "

" I just have to concentrate on doing what I do. "

" Traits like humility, courage, and empathy are easily overlooked - but it's immensely important to find them in your closest relationships. "

" I love working closely with people. "

" What I find so interesting about people is the choices they make, and how that effects their behavior, their sense of self and their relationships. "

" When your life is being threatened there's an instinctive urge to fight. You fight for the time you have, for your relationships. "

" I have a bag with a toothbrush and toothpaste and all the things I might need during the day. I call the bag my trailer. Sometimes you don't have a trailer, so that's my trailer. "

" My experience is that's rare - that you have a script that is... what they call 'film-ready.' "