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" 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. "

Mira Sorvino

Job

Working

Always

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Stand

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" I could have seen myself going into academia, but I don't love it; I just like it. "

Mira Sorvino

Just

Going

" The cognitive dissonance, the denial and cowardice that spare us painful truths and prevent us from acting in defense of innocent victims while allowing 'beloved' individuals to continue their heinous behavior must be jettisoned from the bottom of our souls. "

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Innocent

Acting

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

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

" Acting is what happens on the way. "

" 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. "

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

" My father taught me how to substitute realities. "

Mira Sorvino

Substitute

Father

" 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. "

" When I was 5, my mother threw a party, and a friend and I wrote and performed a play called The Dutch Doll. "

" I hope that doing truthful portrayals of people in a variety of circumstances gives people a kind of subterranean link to those characters. "

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" I'll talk to myself out loud a lot. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

Mira Sorvino

Things

Acting

" 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. "

" 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. "

" The revelation is that when you lift the curtain, history is decided by a very small group of people, and their own interests guide their actions, not necessarily the laws or principles we think our country rides on. "

" I have learned to pare down what I do and still be effective and strong in a role. "

" I did a Christmas movie where I played Mrs. Claus because my children's favorite movie of all time was a Christmas movie that my father did in which he played Santa, and I was like, 'How often do they make a movie about Mrs. Claus?' and, 'My kids will love this.' "

" 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. "

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