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" I can't complain. I'm making a living out of what I do, which is really rare for a lot of actors. The hard part is staying confident and staying with it. "
Morena Baccarin
Living
Hard
Confident
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" I've love to do more movies. Just because I'm interested in the medium very much. I've done a lot of theatre at this point, and I've done a lot of TV. I've done a few independent films, but a lot of them have not seen the light of day. It'd be really nice to be in a film that gets out there. "
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Theatre
Movies
Love
" I grew up in the West Village and went to the New York City Lab School for junior high. "
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City
School
New York
" My mom is an actress, but she never really pushed me into it, and it was never something I thought I would be doing. She was very happy I decided to, but she certainly doesn't offer me criticism because she knows I'd tell her to shut up! Nobody wants to hear that from their mum! "
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Happy
Me
Mom
" You see those magazines, 'Oh, look at so-and-so without makeup, Halle Berry without makeup.' It's so crazy to wake up in the morning and have that thought - 'Do I need to put makeup on? Do I need to do something because I know people are going to know who I am?' "
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People
I Am
Crazy
" There are many people who live with terrorism every day. "
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Every Day
Day
Terrorism
" There's really no way to plan how to play an alien. "
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Alien
How
Plan
" I was your typical pregnant lady - pickles and watermelon. "
Morena Baccarin
Pregnant
Typical
Your
" 'V' had just been cancelled; I was looking for a job, and the 'Homeland' script came across my desk. I loved it immediately, although I thought it would end up being discovered gradually - a slow-burner, like 'The Wire.' "
Morena Baccarin
Desk
Thought
Loved
" I would love to be a Bond girl. That is on my bucket list, definitely. "
Morena Baccarin
Girl
Bond
Bucket
" In Brazil, you are very close to your family; we saw our cousins every weekend, and my grandmother lived with us. "
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Weekend
Lived
Grandmother
" I certainly am not doing nudity because I think lightly of it - I don't think it's something that one should just jump into without thinking about it. "
Morena Baccarin
Without
Jump
Think
" I've done some sitcoms here and there, but nothing long term. "
Morena Baccarin
Long Term
Done
Here
" I think, in general, this country makes a huge deal about nudity and not a big enough deal about violence. We're allowed to cut people's heads off on shows - but not allowed to show breasts or somebody breastfeeding or whatever. I think it's a big deal in America especially. But I think to each is own. "
Morena Baccarin
Enough
Violence
Think
" The sky above us is something we have very little control of, and the space beyond is something we don't completely understand. "
Morena Baccarin
Sky
Control
Understand
" At a certain point, I think, you harden yourself to the realities of the business. "
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Yourself
You
Think
" I'm one of those people who has a toothbrush and toothpaste with me at all times. After lunch, I'll brush my teeth in a restaurant bathroom! "
Morena Baccarin
People
Teeth
Lunch
" I'd love to do a comedic film. I'd love to do a very epic Shakespearian film. "
Morena Baccarin
Epic
Love
Film
" I'm an avid cook. Brazilian, some Italian, a little French. And I often throw dinner parties. "
Morena Baccarin
Dinner
Throw
Cook
" You learn to not take things personally and to just let it roll off of you. "
Morena Baccarin
Off
You
Things
" My son's baby paraphernalia always ends up in my bag. "
Morena Baccarin
Up
Baby
Bag
" When I first cut my hair short, I was trying for a mix of Mia Farrow and Jean Seberg. The photo I took to my hairdresser was Jean Seberg in Breathless. I said, 'Make me look like this.' "
Morena Baccarin
Said
Hair
Look
" I had the opportunity to wear Hearts On Fire jewelry on the red carpet and just loved the way their diamonds made me look and feel. "
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Me
Red
Opportunity
" Coming from 'V' into 'Homeland' was a really big change and the best gift as an actor you can get - which is to transform so drastically from one genre to the next, from lizard to human being! "
Morena Baccarin
Best
You
Human
" Sci-fi fans are a different breed. They are so loyal, it's unbelievable. They've seen every sci-fi thing I've done, and then they started watching 'Homeland' because I was in it. "
Morena Baccarin
Done
Different
Watching
" My career has been very good to me, but really, the odds are really slim. It's a tough life, and you deal with a lot of rejection and unemployment, and if you're lucky to have a career, it's not easy. So you just want to protect your kids from the pain of rejection. "
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Me
Good
Life
" It's incredibly fun as an actor to get to play different styles and different genres for completely different audiences. "
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Get
Play
Genres
" I use Lina Hanson Global Face Serum every night. It's a blend of 100 per cent natural essential oils from all over the world, many of which are produced by women's cooperatives. "
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Natural
Face
World
" My mom never cared if I came home dirty from playing outside with my brother. If I got my dress muddy, or my jeans were ripped, or I got blood on something. But I think a lot of girls have a different experience. "
Morena Baccarin
Experience
Dress
Brother
" The quality and sparkle of Hearts On Fire diamonds is truly unmatched, and I am really excited to represent the brand. "
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Diamonds
Brand
Fire
" For a long time, I had this constant feeling that I just wanted to look behind me. The hairs on my neck were standing up all the time, I didn't know where was safe. "
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Long
Time
Feeling