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" I could truly have gone through life thinking that women were these venomous creatures. Turns out, they're not. "

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" College was just so essential for my sense of self and my development. "

" I got an agent when I was 12, and I started working in more amateur productions well before that. But even as a kid, I never felt like a kid actor, you know? I always took myself kind of absurdly seriously. "

" I hadn't been free from adult responsibilities since I was 12, and I needed to experience that. I really needed to just be a kid again. "

" However, I'm at a very comfortable place in my career and celebrity, in that I don't have to audition as extensively as I used to for roles but yet I'm not immediately recognizable. "

" I'm only realizing now that I was a child actress because I always took myself so seriously. "

" We just can't shake monogamy. It definitely demands a kind of rigor and discipline and selflessness. But it's also fun. "

" Maybe philosophy - I love talking about ideas. Or maybe art history. I was thinking about psychology, then I got really afraid because everybody says it's terribly boring. "

" Some of my happiest moments have been dancing. "

" There's certainly something very uncomfortable about the voyeurism involved in being in the press, being an actor, where people have a seemingly insatiable curiosity about, you. "

" I would sign on for projects that were meant to shoot in July, and then they would postponed and they would bleed into the following semester, and then I'd take a semester off, and then the movie would collapse. "

" I think 'Breaking Bad' is incredible. "

" Acting is a humiliating job, from start to finish. "

" I think because I am as earnest as I am, people were accepting of my evolving into a certified, legitimate, and grown up and I did take three years off. "

" I would be a terrible CIA officer in real life. "

" When I was a kid, I was one of those really obnoxious 'oooh oooh' girls, with my hand up in the air constantly. I've learned over the years that that's not so attractive, so I've censored that. "

" When you really get it right in acting, it's an act of empathy. You feel less distant from others, and that is really exciting. "

" I became very successful at a young age... I had lots of opportunities and lots of power and had no idea how to focus it. "

" It's very difficult to judge yourself. Extreme self-doubt is only attractive when it's fictionalized. Which is why people love the movies. They are so reassuring. "

" I discovered Christopher Isherwood in college. His writing style is so direct, warm, and inclusive. "

" I like marriage. I feel very secure. It helps when you are in love with the person you are married to. "

" Every three seconds in the developing world, a child dies needlessly due to lack of basic health care and other things we all take for granted. "

" Fame doesn't end loneliness. "

" You have to pick your battles on set. "

" My first offer was when I was 12, and it was for a soap opera. And I turned it down because I knew that I was an unformed actor, and I didn't want to develop bad habits. "

" But I don't know if people are meant to be together. You have to have a lot in common, choose well and be really fortunate. It's not like you're sprinkled with fairy dust. You have to believe that love will be there when you need it. "

" I think it's important to never play 'crazy' - you have to know what kind of crazy you're playing. "

" I really liked Yale, although it was extremely intimidating. When I visited the campus, I was hiding behind trees, I felt so unworthy. "

" 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. "

" I don't know any celebrated people that register in a big way who aren't unique. "

" You have to come to work from a place of love. "