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" I almost moved into a place over a funeral parlor. My father said, 'That's just too macabre,' but I thought I'd be embracing my mortality. I told him it would keep me grounded - like when people get skull tattoos. "

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" Dark Water was one of my favourite films to shoot because of Walter. I had seen the previous films he had directed, Central Station and Motorcycle Diaries, and I thought they were great. I really trusted him. "

Jennifer Connelly

Thought

Motorcycle

Water

" I try to do a lot of research beforehand so I know where I want to go with a scene. I try not to get too stressed about it, because I find that's the worst thing. "

" That's a great feeling to know that I'm going into a project that I have no idea what will become of that movie, but I really trust Ang Lee. And I really trusted Ron. It's just really nice to work with people that you feel that way about. "

" I would not want to be on a cruise ship. Some ferry crossings I'm not too thrilled about. "

" Nobody wants to get rid of their life experiences - you are who you are because of them, no matter if they're good or bad. "

" I'm really blessed. I love my job. Love going to work. I just love it. I love getting it, I love preparing for it. I love the whole process. I love the whole ritual. I'm really very lucky. Lucky girl. "

" We live in downtown Manhattan and we have pretty big windows that looked right at the World Trade Center. I was home along with Kai and we watched it all happen. I was holding him in my arms and we were looking out the window when the second plane hit. "

" If you get too attached to how you want it to come out the other side, you freeze. I try to trust that it will work out in the end. "

" Growing up, being watched from the outside... it's kind of very taxing and maybe I should just do some kind of manual labor-it might be more relaxing. But I can't, it's not in my nature. "

Jennifer Connelly

Growing Up

Kind

" I'm so happy in the projects that I'm able to make, to be involved in projects like this. This isn't always where it was at for me, I started working when I was a kid. I'm just a different person now, I'm 30. I started working when I was 11 and it's a different ballgame. "

Jennifer Connelly

Always

Person

" I try to stay focused on my life and do try not to be brought into the Hollywood fantasy. "

" It was, when I read it, I thought, such a beautiful script. I loved the story. I thought it was well handled. I thought it was even more moving because it was a true story and that made it even more poignant. "

" You can't predict what someone else is going to do and when someone else is going to leave. "

" I don't know if I was a star. I was certainly working a lot and that was strange because there were good things about it and things that were difficult. "

" I didn't expect to win the Oscar. You grow up watching the Oscars on TV and you think it happens to fancy people. It was really surreal. "

" People who are incapable of having any kind of intimate relationship have to turn to feeling this incredible hunger and void, have to turn to some quantifiable external product to make them feel whole. "

" Once I'm comfortable with someone, I'm not reserved. I'm a compulsive confessor. "

" I do finish reading a script and say, Why are they making it and what are they talking about? I like to try and be responsible in my choices in that way. "

" Everything changes as a mother. Yes, work has changed. The projects that I choose are even more important to me now. The world he's growing up in and the kind of stimulus that is out there; they are so precious and I'd do anything to protect him. "

Jennifer Connelly

Mother

Growing Up

" It's funny looking at yourself. You know how it is when you look back at old pictures? It's just funny looking back at yourself walking and talking at age 14. "

" I can't comment on any outside perception. I'm happy to come out and talk about movies that I've worked on in a setting like this. Otherwise, I have my own life that I live which is very different and private. "

" I don't always like my own behavior. I haven't known anyone who is perfect all the time. "

" The thing that really matters to me is well-being and happiness. Maybe it comes from knowing people who have tortured themselves trying to meet these strangely narrow and rigorous definitions of what our culture thinks is beautiful. "

" I had a good time working with Russell Crowe, Ron Howard and Ed Harris. It was a great cast and Russell worked really hard, doing tons of research and questioning everything. "