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" Every film is its own experience, its own planet, its own family. It seems infinite when you're working on it, and then it's suddenly very finite, and it's done. "

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" I can tell you that, you know, when I went to my first movie premiere, it was my own movie, and I wore the best jeans I had and my favorite top. You know, I made sure my hair had some wave in it because I braided it the night before myself. "

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" Some people fascinate me. They really worship at the altar of their careers, you know? And it's terrifying. It's sort of like setting a table and waiting for someone to come along and whoosh - push all the plates onto the floor. "

" More yoga in the world is what we need. "

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" For me, going away to work is the hardest part of my life and career. "

" I love the rebelliousness of snail mail, and I love anything that can arrive with a postage stamp. There's something about that person's breath and hands on the letter. "

" You really can't take a cat and turn it into a dog, or try and get lemons off an apple tree, or what have you. "

" Playing dead is difficult with a full bladder. "

" All the lessons are in nature. You look at the way rocks are formed - the wind and the water hitting them, shaping them, making them what they are. Things take time, you know? "

" Self-respect is a commodity worth cleaving to. "

" I like someone who's suffered from both sides. "

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Both

" Anyone who's had a finger pointed at them and been told they're pretty or attractive, there's a power that comes with that. But beauty for a woman becomes cumbersome because it's always being equated with youth. "

" I try not to be overly analytical. "

" Secretariat was just ridiculously endowed with every positive quality that a person would seek out in a non-human. He was very aware of his environment; he surveyed the terrain before he ran and would look people in the eye. "

" You are the age of your spine. You are as flexible as your spine. That transfers to other areas of your life. "

" I feel like I'm the most forgiven actress I can think of, probably because of this short memory people have! "

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" I've always had this unresolved desire to prove that I could get a Ph.D., or contribute something else to the world. "

" For me, I don't even like to promote my films but I have to because it's in the fine print of my contract. "

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Fine

" It's rare that you get to have a lovely time of it and you're not just portraying endless trauma on film. "

" We live our whole lives, and in our dying moment, we have to ask ourselves, 'What did we really care about? What impact did we make on the world?' The older I get, the more I realize the answers have to do with how we affect and love the people around us. "

" To me, there's no greater reward than being around people you care about and can be present with. "

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People

" I was, I think, extremely lucky, because the minute I saw my face plastered on 'Time' magazine in the subway with my mother, I just said, 'Wow.' And it made 'Time' magazine come down to life-size scale. "

" My roles are in some way like children to me. You don't ever really want to scrape one off your shoe. "

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Children

" The potential hot tomato of today can turn into the cold pop tart of tomorrow, and I know that. "

" Essentially, my hero-role model is Muhammad Ali, because when I watched this one fight of his with my dad when I was a kid, and I watched him not go down... I think him just taking a lot of blows and not going down, it was so moving. "

" It's wonderful being the underdog. "

" I'm done saying 'I'm sorry I wasn't who you needed or wanted me to be' to everybody in my life. "

" It's nice to have a pause to parent and to be more present at home, teaching them how to drive cars and navigate boys and all this sort of thing. "

" Imagine if somebody said your nose is too big or your ears stick out. For me, it was my neck was too short. It stuck with me all my life. "

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" I think fun is an important part of the entertainment industry, and it should be. Anybody who's not incorporating some of that into their work needs to take a break, go away, and have an attitude adjustment. "

" It's all so confusing and incestuous and curious, the trail that actors wander through in the course of their careers and how stories overlap. It's funny. "