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" I am no size zero or super-thin Hollywood actress. I am built for men who like women to look like women. "

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" I did a school play when I was 10 where I played a cold germ infecting a whole classroom of kids. The play was called 'Piffle It's Only a Sniffle.' I'd never had so much fun. It was a thrill. "

" If you stick with a vision, it might not all work, but some of it will be absolute genius. To me, 15 minutes worth of absolute genius in a film is so much better than two hours of mediocrity. I would rather pay to see something different like that. "

" There are many ways to be a mother. I have a lot of young actors I mentor, and my nieces and my nephews need a lot of love. "

" I'm so lucky to have a career in my fifties. And to still have the desire to do it. I don't think about retirement. "

" I've realized that the most important thing I can do to look good is just treat myself well, whether it's getting a nice, long massage or just lying low and not going out every single night. "

" Most people look at ageing as a disease. They do. They have prescriptions and places where you go to eradicate it. "

" Shows like 'Sex and the City' got women involved again in a political way. They were drawn into the personal stories of the four women who together make up one complete cosmopolitan woman. We want to have community, and the show filled that void in our lives: friendship between women. "

" I haven't played a lot of wallflowers but I have played women who have been vulnerable. "

" I'm a trisexual. I'll try anything once. "

" A lot of my life has been lonely. Fantastic, but lonely. "

" Theatre can't be done again and again and again and again - it's organic. "

" I've been dieting my whole life because I have a tremendous appetite. "

" A successful television series can chain you to a schedule of long hours and can put your personal life on hold. But after it is all over, if you survive, then anything is possible. "

" I actually think 'Sex and the City' helped share how complicated it all is, to be a wife, a mother, and working, and a sexual being. "

" I was very close to my father. At the age of ten I wanted to do plays, and my father was very encouraging. When I applied to different acting schools, he was right there and very supportive. "

" Theatre is immediate, it's alive, you're there with the audience, it can't be done again and again and again and again, it's organic. "

" I was a bit odd as a kid, because there were so little outlets for me. There was no theatre except for the odd community theatre and school shows. The only movie theatre was at the Canadian Forces Base nearby in Comox, so it either showed kiddie flicks for the families and restricted stuff for the men. "

" I first wanted to be an actress after seeing a play - not a movie. "

" What I wear is a reflection of where I am going and how I am feeling. If I'm in a good mood, it's got to be cashmere and jeans - just something comfy, soft and warm. When I'm down, I might find something that I haven't worn for a while that was bought for me - or wear a brooch or a pair of shoes that are like old friends. "

" Talented people are written off once they hit their 50s and 60s, and the saddest thing is, we just get better as we get older. "

" At the beginning of every role I take, I have to start from basics and build it up. It's like a new construction. "

" I think the wonderful thing about doing theater is that it's more of an actor's medium. I think that film is more of a director's medium. You can't edit something out on stage. It's there. "

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" Someone recently asked what I am most proud of. The thing I'm most proud of is that I'm in my 50s and I'm still a leading lady. "

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" I have a big appetite, and staying on top of that is about knowing myself and saying, 'I can eat that today, but tomorrow I'm not going to.' "

" Practically all the relationships I know are based on a foundation of lies and mutually accepted delusion. "