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" I never imagined being able to make money from acting - and now I can. "

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" The hardest thing in my industry is longevity, getting your next job. It's hard to get the first job, but it's so much harder to get the sixth or seventh as a woman. "

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" I'm not a very good lover. I'm so nervous about my sexuality. "

" 'Overboard' was the movie that I put on when I wasn't feeling great, and it always made me feel better. I could watch it a gazillion times. So when they approached me to be a part of this remake, I was terrified because I felt like there's no way anything could live up to the original. But it was thrilling. "

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" I was never the class clown or anything like that. When I was growing up and doing theatre in Seattle I was always doing very dramatic work. Now I can't get a dramatic role to save my life! "

" There's definitely a loneliness and, like, an internal element to being a performer. "

" I never really thought I wanted to become a movie star. "

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" I don't really like to go out to clubs or anything. It's just not my style. I'd much rather go to a dive bar or a local place. "

" Blythe Danner is somebody whose career I admire. She's a great actress and does good work, but also has a life of her own. I love my job but, at the end of the day, I want to come home and watch a movie and drink a bottle of wine with my husband. "

" There was a time when I was willing to marry any cute boy that looked at me. "

" I've been acting since I was 9, but in college I entered the drama program, and I didn't excel at it at all, kind of for the first time. "

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" Life is too short to be in relationships where you feel this isn't fully right. "

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" One of the things that comedy has given me over the years is a really good ability to laugh at myself and to not take things that don't matter too much too seriously. I feel that very little offends me anymore and I'm really grateful for that because I think I was a pretty uptight little kid. "

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