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" I always feel I can play a role - just give me the time to do the preparation and I'll be it. "

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" The Oscars have become such a big deal these days that it's just used as adjective. "

" I take the responsibility of choosing seriously because it becomes an indelible part of your body of work. Something has to sing to me. "

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" We are all capable of so much more than the narrow confines of our regular behavior and our personality. So it's interesting to play different notes on your keyboard. "

" I had started off, before I ever got an acting job, working at Robert De Niro's Tribeca Productions as a reader. I was always interested in that side of the camera. "

" I'm doing things that are more artistic again, more close to the material that I love. I don't disparage those things that I did. They're just not as much reflective of who I am. "

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" Being a good mother is really so hard and so important, and it's this thing that all people long for. Think of all the soldiers who cry out for their mothers on the battlefield as they die. It's a primal relationship. "

" When I was 5, my mother threw a party, and a friend and I wrote and performed a play called The Dutch Doll. "

" I love music; I love dancing. I took, like, eight years of ballet when I was a kid, and I still love dancing. There's been a couple of films where I was able to do some dance numbers, like 'Romy and Michelle' and 'Summer of Sam,' and I'm so happy when I get to do that. "

" I hate it when people use sex as a weapon against the people who are engaging in it. It's so hypocritical. "

" I have learned to pare down what I do and still be effective and strong in a role. "

" I always want my character to have dimension, no matter what phase of life or situation they find themselves in. "

" We all struggle with our failure to communicate and our failure to reach beyond fear to love people. "

" I've definitely taken more family-friendly roles. Honestly, sometimes the edgier acting roles are not age-appropriate for kids but I have taken more projects that I feel have a great message or my kids can watch because of their age and that were just plain fun. "

" I did a Christmas movie where I played Mrs. Claus because my children's favorite movie of all time was a Christmas movie that my father did in which he played Santa, and I was like, 'How often do they make a movie about Mrs. Claus?' and, 'My kids will love this.' "

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" I have great respect for Harvey as an artist, and owe him and his brother a debt of gratitude for the early success in my career, including the Oscar. "

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" I feel like the world that ' Condor' lives in is very close to the world we're all living in every day. "