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" I like a man who can come out and say he's nervous on the first date. I think that would be really cute. "
Sarah Shahi
Man
Cute
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" I'm a tomboy myself and have always been incredibly athletic. "
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" It is therapeutic for me to act, to be able to slip into somebody else's skin, and know it's not you, but know that you bring a lot of yourself to it. At times in my life it's provided me with a lot of confusion. It's also provided me with a lot of discovery. "
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" I'm a wife and a mother. I don't want to be immature; I have to be ready at all times. "
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" As a parent, you experience the most of everything. The most love, the most fear, the most hurt and the most tired, the most of every emotion. "
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" When I was in my early 20s, I looked towards exterior things to make me feel sexy - guys, clothes, shoes, etc. Now it's all about how I feel internally. "
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" I did a lot of theater growing up, and in college I was in the musical 'Chicago.' "
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" I did karate for about three years. When I was going into Miss Texas, my mom said, 'Let's not do karate this year. Let's not have any knocked-out teeth on the stage.' "
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" My role is to just tell the highest degree of truth with every character and every story. From there, I have no clue whatsoever how things are going to turn out. "
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" I never really paid attention to sports, which, coming from the mecca of football in Texas, is kind of odd. I played sports, but I was nerdy. Having a single mother, the pressure was on me to get good grades and a scholarship and go to college. "
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" To sit next to Walter Hill, and to be able to exchange ideas back and forth, and for him to be able to tell you that he likes what you're doing - I don't know. I kind of pinch myself. "
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" My parents divorced when I was 10, but when my father was there, he was trying to create almost like a little prison for me. "
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" I have an incredibly dark, mysterious, witchy side and another side that's very bubbly and cheerleader-esque. "
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" My mother raised three kids on her own, so I was taught that to be a working mom was a good thing. "
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" My great-great-grandfather was a shah back in the 1800s. Unfortunately, I don't have any gold coins or jewels to show for it. "
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" I feel that as the world becomes more and more multicultural, it's a good tool to be able to speak another language. "
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" My favorite workouts are the ones that don't feel like I'm working out! So, dance is a big one. Another is any kind of isolated moves, like ballet moves. Anything that works the glutes and legs - sign me up! And I like to blast the music. I have to get lost in the music. That helps. "
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" Growing up, I loved Morticia Addams and Lily Munster on one hand, and Jeannie from 'I Dream of Jeannie' on the other. Two completely different ends of the spectrum, kind of like me. "
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" I just like to go where the material is, whether that's TV, or movies, or the stage. As long as it's great writing, it's pretty much something I can't resist. "
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" My father left when I was really young, but he's still living. There are things I wish I'd said that I didn't and I don't think I'll ever get the opportunity to say. He's battled addiction problems his entire life. I wish things were different. I wish there were a way my son could know him, know the good parts of him. "
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" I was captain of the volleyball team and the basketball team, and I ran track. "
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" The most important mark I will leave on this world is my son. "
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" I hate girls who complain, 'Oh, guys are looking at me!' But I love it when guys check me out. It just feels great. "
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" Once you're sort of pigeonholed into something, it's quite difficult to get out of it. I have no aversion to playing a gay character again, but it would definitely have to be the right role. "
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" You really have to take your time; you have to know your character and your scene. The line you are about to say comes from the moment right before. It's not what's said, it's what is in between the spaces, it's what's in between the lines; that is the most important to play. "
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" I actually got more attention from one episode of 'The Sopranos' than I did from two years of 'The L Word.' "
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" I'm used to a lot of love scenes. I'm used to something that requires me to kick up my heels and wink-wink, flirt-flirt with a twirl of my skirt. "
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