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" I actually haven't been approached a whole lot for television, believe it or not. "
Claire Danes
Whole
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" Growing up in New York with artist parents - a very liberal environment, where we were always encouraged to challenge the status quo - I think for a long time I confused jingoism with patriotism. And that is a mistake. "
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" By the time I went to Yale, I'd been acting for a long time and I was really tired of it. I was restless - and a little bored - and I was really eager to investigate different parts of myself. "
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" The Brexit and Trump phenomena are informed by similar forces and social and economic movements. I think it's been really stressful; it's been really scary. "
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" I particularly love Israel. I've had fantastic experiences there. "
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" I think you can become dependent on fame and be as known as you want to be, you know? "
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" If I took my characters home with me, half of my life would be a misery, I think. No, I tend to compartmentalize work from my life. I'm not terribly method. "
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" I'm only realizing now that I was a child actress because I always took myself so seriously. "
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Always
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" I was an actor who happened to be a kid. "
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" 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. "
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Hand
" Autism does exist on a spectrum, and there are so many manifestations of it, so many kinds of expressions of it. And every case is particular. "
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" College was just so essential for my sense of self and my development. "
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" You have to pick your battles on set. "
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" Every time I make a movie, I'm prepared for it to become influential and career-defining - but I have no control over these things. "
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Time
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Things
" I eat in moderation and try not to worry about it. "
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Try
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" I have plenty of vanity in my life. I want to look pretty in the world. But it can be this bottomless pit. "
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" Counterterrorism isn't really about the nunchakus, the guns and gadgets. It's about psychology. "
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" You have to come to work from a place of love. "
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Come
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Work
" 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. "
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Good Work
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" I should be so lucky to be a misfit. I aspire to be a misfit. "
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Lucky
Should
Aspire
" 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. "
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Career
Place
Comfortable
" Oliver Stone's strategy is to unnerve the actors so as to make them alert and alive. "
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Alive
Make
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" I've always had a really active imagination. Lots of kids have imaginary friends. Mine just took on a rather demonic form. "
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" I've always very earnestly tried to do my best, so I just have to trust that and forgive myself for being fallible. "
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