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" I am a feminist. "
Claire Danes
I Am
Feminist
Am
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" I finally realized that yeah I did want to be an actor and it wasn't out of habit, but I needed to grow up for myself and then kind of re-enter the industry with a sound understanding of what my sensibilities and my values are as a relatively formed human being. "
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" I really have never been concerned about being beautiful on-screen. That's just not my jam. "
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" The twenties are a deceptively challenging-slash-painful time. I'm just glad to be out of that phase. "
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" Fame doesn't end loneliness. "
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" I am not a genius. But I am nerdy. "
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" Most people assume that autistic people are not capable of empathy. "
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" Acting is a humiliating job, from start to finish. "
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" I particularly love Israel. I've had fantastic experiences there. "
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" The big question is always, 'Eyes or lips?' I tend to go with the eyes because I've got a lot more material to work with now - and it saves me from reapplying lipstick! I'm a pretty low-maintenance person and it's too excessive to exaggerate both the eyes and lips. "
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Lips
Me
" My character was kidnapped by the Terminator and I was kidnapped by the Terminator production. "
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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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" Relationships are a constant negotiation and balance. "
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" I love sitting in the makeup trailer and getting my makeup done in 15 minutes as opposed to an hour and a half. "
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Half
Love
" I was a pretty nerdy kid. I was pretty nerdy. I'm still kind of nerdy. I have all of the worst qualities of being a nerd - all of the affect and none of the smarts. I'm a useless nerd! That's pretty bad. "
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" As a young performer, I didn't know that you can have a great time playing someone in terrible crisis. The more you know it's not real, the deeper you can go into it. And the easier it is to let it go when it's done. "
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" College was just so essential for my sense of self and my development. "
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Sense
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" I used to have nightmares when I was a little kid that I woke up prematurely and opened all the Christmas presents. And then I would be so relieved when I woke up and I realized that I hadn't done it. "
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" I'm very vain about my performance. I want to give as honest a performance as I can. But I'm not so worried about being regarded as beautiful when I'm playing a character. "
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" My goal is always to do something that feels just beyond my reach, and 'Homeland' continues to do that. Every season, they find new ways to scare me. The show is like a diamond that fell from the sky. I'll always feel slightly bludgeoned by it, but in the best way possible. "
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Goal
Best
Sky
" I like marriage. I feel very secure. It helps when you are in love with the person you are married to. "
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Marriage
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" I care about being formally physically attractive in my life, and I think that I am quite vain about my performance. I'm just not vain about how I look while I give the performance. "
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Look
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Care
" I have this home in New York, I have a long-term relationship with my boyfriend, who's from Australia, and I had this business that I had maintain. Even though I wasn't actively shooting, there's a lot of peripheral work. "
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" Counterterrorism isn't really about the nunchakus, the guns and gadgets. It's about psychology. "
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" I'm just a big old nerd. "
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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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" I think I would make a lousy stay-at-home mom. It just wouldn't suit me. "
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" Acting is the greatest answer to my loneliness that I have found. "
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Greatest
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" I'm just always learning lines. I've learned to flag the really crucial scenes, and I start figuring them out and committing them to memory as soon as I get them. "
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" I have this book club, and we don't read one book; we offer up a few suggestions and create a library over time. "
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" I took three years off. I differentiated myself from the industry. Found my identity - sort of... I haven't graduated yet. I'm not legitimately educated yet, but maybe one day. "
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