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" I had a Christian upbringing - it was all about sin and guilt. I was very happy just kissing people. I was like the make-out queen - not even second base. "

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" We want to take our activism and our power into action and change things for every woman, everywhere, working in any workplace. "

" Being is like pretending. "

" It's the relationships between people that are more important than the sort of far away fantasies of what the good life is, the world of supermodels and Bud ads. "

" Being a good mother is really so hard and so important, and it's this thing that all people long for. Think of all the soldiers who cry out for their mothers on the battlefield as they die. It's a primal relationship. "

" The Oscars have become such a big deal these days that it's just used as adjective. "

" I had been looking for a New York apartment, but I said, Why not give LA a go? "

" We're going forward until we have an equitable and safe world for women. "

" I have a hard time getting motivated to do something that seems like a career move. I've gotten into vague trouble with my agents for turning down work that I thought was exploitative. "

" I always feel I can play a role - just give me the time to do the preparation and I'll be it. "

" I try not to judge my characters. If I'm looking at it from the outside, I'd say, 'No, she's not really a great mother.' But she wishes she were, and she wants to be, and she still has instincts toward protecting her son and wanting him to be a happy person. "

" I always do that for all of my characters. I built a music playlist for her... with songs she really likes. "

" We are all capable of so much more than the narrow confines of our regular behavior and our personality. So it's interesting to play different notes on your keyboard. "

" Now that I've got some films under my belt, I have the courage of my convictions regarding acting. It gives me a leg to stand on. "

" Acting is what happens on the way. "

" My father taught me how to substitute realities. "

" I love music; I love dancing. I took, like, eight years of ballet when I was a kid, and I still love dancing. There's been a couple of films where I was able to do some dance numbers, like 'Romy and Michelle' and 'Summer of Sam,' and I'm so happy when I get to do that. "

" The name game is frustrating. Agents will say, They love you, but they're going to offer it to Julia Roberts first. "

" I had started off, before I ever got an acting job, working at Robert De Niro's Tribeca Productions as a reader. I was always interested in that side of the camera. "

" I try to become more humble and more myself with every year. There was a while when I got famous where I was so confused and my head was spinning. "

" I'm doing things that are more artistic again, more close to the material that I love. I don't disparage those things that I did. They're just not as much reflective of who I am. "

" Acting is doing, because everything you say or do is some kind of an action, some kind of a verb. You're always connected to the other person through some kind of action. "

" I have great respect for Harvey as an artist, and owe him and his brother a debt of gratitude for the early success in my career, including the Oscar. "

" I wanted to do something far from my intellectual and physical home, so I went to live in Beijing for eight months and took Mandarin Chinese. "

" I've definitely taken more family-friendly roles. Honestly, sometimes the edgier acting roles are not age-appropriate for kids but I have taken more projects that I feel have a great message or my kids can watch because of their age and that were just plain fun. "

" I have a pretty big range of interests. I love art; I love going to the museums. I dabble in painting, and although I'm not very good at it, I enjoy it. "

" We all struggle with our failure to communicate and our failure to reach beyond fear to love people. "

" My major in college was Chinese Studies. It was very intentional. "

" As the plot of 'Condor' unfolds, you'll understand that nothing is sacred in the pharmacy world or in the behind-the-scenes workings of the CIA and FBI. "

" There are all kinds of other things I could do, things I would probably like, but only acting would give me emotional fulfillment. "

" Once you've found something you know how to do, it makes you feel you don't have to be intimidated by someone. "