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" I receive really powerful personal letters. I think that always takes the cake. It blows me away... some of the comments. Someone will come and I sense their whole tone and energy when they're handing me this letter. "

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" I think I really thought I was a boy until I was ten years old because my parents divorced when I was born, and so my three brothers were almost like my fathers growing up. So they taught me how to ride a bike and all that stuff. I really was just kind of a guy's girl and just kind of an outspoken - some could say obnoxious - in-your-face kid. "

Eliza Dushku

Think

Girl

" My mom is like this hard-core, liberal feminist. She's a professor in Boston, and she's been teaching women's studies for 30 years and international politics. "

" I wanted to be a political science professor and go to school in Boston. I never wanted to be a big, famous movie star and TV star. It kind of found me. "

Eliza Dushku

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" Growing up I was as big a tomboy as you can get. "

" There are a lot of actresses out there who are the girl next door. I relate more to characters who have an edge. "

Eliza Dushku

Door

Girl

" I remember having a Mike Tyson T-shirt back in the day that I used to sleep in. And there some things that Tyson did along the way that I wasn't too psyched to associate myself with. But back in the day, just as a fighter, what a dream that was to watch and root for him. "

" Each year, I say I'm going to go to school next year. It's inevitable that I'll end up getting my education. "

" We didn't have a TV in the living room and all my friends thought we were kind of weird. When they'd come over, my mom wanted to talk to them about current events. "

" There is definitely something sexy about a girl with an attitude and a pair of leather pants. "

" I have been doing this since I was 10 years old. It wasn't like I was an overnight hit. I think when that happens to some actors - they just don't know what to do with themselves. You don't know how to cope with friends and all of a sudden not being able to go out. It's such a shock to your system. "

" For the longest time, I thought I was a boy. I really did. I wore boys' clothes, played tag football. "

" In my first movie, That Night, with Juliette Lewis, I had a scene with two other girls where we applied a cream to our chests to make our breasts grow. I was 10. "

" You know, I really am probably one of the sweetest, most sensitive people you'll ever meet. "

" I'm self-confident and not afraid to speak my mind. "

" When you get to your mid-20s, you start to feel responsibilities for the things that you do and the people around you. It's a cool age. "

" I really admire the way the fans have joined me in social justice endeavours and the charitable work that I've been involved in. We've raised over $100,000 on Twitter for our non-profit in Uganda. "

" My mom is this liberal, feminist, Mormon powerhouse. I just love her to death. "

" I purely attribute my 'hamming it up' quality to growing up with three older brothers and just being like a tomboy my whole life. Literally, my mother had to be like, 'Honey, there's a certain point where you have to start wearing a shirt.' You know, I would run around with the boys and play tag football and climb trees. "

" If I wasn't doing this, I'd be in school studying political science or socioeconomic something. I love visiting different cultures and finding out how they make up a society. "

" I cannot watch my own dailies, ever. I'm my worst critic. It distracts me. I can watch it when it's done, but I'm not the girl that wants to run back and look at the performance. "

Eliza Dushku

Girl

Run

" I like to have one night on the weekend where I can just cuddle up at my house. "

" I don't care who you are, everyone has been through it - that feeling where you'd like to be someone else. "

" When I worked with Jamie Lee Curtis in 'True Lies', she told me, You need a plan B, because when you have six months to a year off, you can go nuts. You need to have another focus. "

Eliza Dushku

True

She

" I was raised in Boston by three older brothers and a very strong and empowering single mom. "

" Usually, when you do video games, you don't interact with the other actors. You each record your audio on different days, and you never really meet the other characters. "

" I have nieces and nephews that I love hanging out with, and they think I'm the biggest goof on the planet. "

" TV can be a long commitment. "

Eliza Dushku

Long

Commitment

" I joined the Twitterverse in the second season of 'Dollhouse.' Friends that I admire were already in that space, like Kevin Smith. "

Eliza Dushku

Friends

Space

" I love the physical roles. I have the utmost respect for stunt people and stunt doubles, but I like to do as much as I possibly can with what's become some pretty significant training. "

" After I graduated high school and came out to do 'Buffy,' I was enrolled at my mom's university, and I was going to go get a real job. I never thought of acting and never really wanted to be an actor. "