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" I consider myself a feminist living in a post-feminist era. "

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" I'm a good businessman. I pay my bills. Growing up in a situation where everything counted helps. "

" 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 take care of myself, which includes dieting, exercising and minimising stress. I joke that I've been on a diet since 1974, which is basically true. "

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

" It's easy to diet or get off a diet when you've got a juicy role to play. "

" Your dressing area should be your private space. "

" If I only did theatre I would have had to waitress, and I didn't want to waitress. "

" I always assumed that like my mother before me, one day I would have children. "

" I wanted to understand pain and the human condition, which is full of pain and regret and sadness - and some happiness, if you're lucky. "

" I prefer younger men. In some ways, they are much more open to a woman being stronger and independent then some of the men my age. "

" I've learned that I can't have a packed work schedule and a packed social schedule and a packed personal life; I need to just have time to myself to sit and breathe and unwind. "

" I feel I disappoint people when I am not 'Samantha.' They seem surprised when I don't have the same voice and the same mannerisms. They were booking 'Samantha,' and I would show up. "

" 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 never gave up believing that there was much more to life than how I was living it. "

" My family was going back to England to visit my mother's grandmother, who was very ill. We went up to Liverpool and I met my great-aunt, who was just a force of nature. She was an elocution teacher and a huge enthusiast for theater and the classics. I took her amateur acting class, and she was really impressed with me. "

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

" I enjoyed making people laugh. I discovered that I loved that power over them. On stage, I felt I could really express who I was for the first time. "

" I feel so much at home onstage and so comfortable in my body. "

" Have you seen some of the women - and the men - in Los Angeles? They pay surgeons to make them look completely different in the hope of finding their youth. But youth comes from within. If you have a young attitude, then that can show in your face, the way you walk and move. "

" I'm not a personality actress. I never have been. I have been a character actress. "

" I follow life's changes, continue with my time-outs, and remain curious about what's next. "

" I've been playing sexually aware women most of my life. At this point I expected to be playing moms and wives. It's exciting to play a femme fatale. "

" I have a very healthy dose of self-loathing. But I think we all have a past of being whatever our story was, of feeling not good enough. It can propel you to work harder and do more, but it can also be a tremendous trap, and you can't see beyond it. "

" Really rejoice in being yourself. Have your own drumbeat. "

" I'm drawn to roles because they excite me intellectually and emotionally. "

" I had a great time in my youth and I still feel youthful. I've no desire to look as though I'm in my 20s. "

" Being a gossip reporter just isn't a respectable job. It'll chew you up and spit you out. "

" I don't read reviews because if they're bad I'm devastated and if they're good I get a big head. "

" There's a positive side to film and television, the sense of feeding into the theater... Your fans will follow you, hopefully, and be open-minded to see you play other things and experience other stories you want to tell. "