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" I remember hitting Sarah Michelle Gellar with a right hook during my first week on the job. It was awful. They usually pair actors with stunt doubles to avoid things like that. "
Eliza Dushku
Right
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First
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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. "
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" 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. "
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" I have nieces and nephews that I love hanging out with, and they think I'm the biggest goof on the planet. "
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" 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. "
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" It's easy to play a bad girl: You just do everything you've been told not to do, and you don't have to deal with the consequences, because it's only acting. "
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" 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. "
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" Go big or go home. Because it's true. What do you have to lose? "
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Home
True
" 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. "
Eliza Dushku
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Doing
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" I literally remember when I made my audition tape for 'Buffy'. I went to the Arsenal Mall. I got my outfit at Contempo Casuals in the Arsenal Mall and put some safety pins in my jeans. I remember telling whoever the clerk was that I was making a tape for 'Buffy', and they were so excited. "
Eliza Dushku
Safety
Outfit
Remember
" There is definitely something sexy about a girl with an attitude and a pair of leather pants. "
Eliza Dushku
Sexy
Attitude
Girl
" My mom is this liberal, feminist, Mormon powerhouse. I just love her to death. "
Eliza Dushku
Death
Just
Liberal
" 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. "
Eliza Dushku
Admire
Fans
Way
" I'm a more mature actress now. "
Eliza Dushku
More
Mature
Actress
" I wake up and play a different person every day. Playing all these different characters and trying to figure out who your true authentic self is at the core of that as you're playing all these different roles, and man, that self-awareness starts to come into effect. And you start to see who you really are. "
Eliza Dushku
Start
Wake Up
You
" I was raised in Boston by three older brothers and a very strong and empowering single mom. "
Eliza Dushku
Mom
Strong
Three
" Each year, I say I'm going to go to school next year. It's inevitable that I'll end up getting my education. "
Eliza Dushku
End
Education
School
" Growing up I was as big a tomboy as you can get. "
Eliza Dushku
You
Growing Up
Growing
" 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. "
Eliza Dushku
Age
Cool
Feel
" 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. "
Eliza Dushku
Friends
Living
Mom
" I don't let guys do hickeys. That's like a dog marking his territory or something. "
Eliza Dushku
Like
Dog
Guys
" My mother would take groups of students to different countries and always brought us along, so by the time I was 10, I had been to Russia, China, Nicaragua and several other countries. "
Eliza Dushku
Always
Time
Students
" 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. "
Eliza Dushku
Thought
High School
Job
" 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
School
Famous
Me
" Well, when I moved to L.A. at 17, I had just come out of high school. I grew up and went to public school in Boston. "
Eliza Dushku
Boston
School
Well
" I like to have one night on the weekend where I can just cuddle up at my house. "
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I Can
Night
House
" 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. "
Eliza Dushku
She
Politics
Mom
" My mom grew up in Idaho, went to Brigham Young University: they're very Molly Mormon. And my father is, like, first generation Albanian, and his parents lived in Southey and grew up in downtown Boston. My parents are complete opposites. "
Eliza Dushku
Mom
Generation
Father
" I'm self-confident and not afraid to speak my mind. "
Eliza Dushku
Afraid
Mind
Self-Confident
" 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. "
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Girl
Me
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" You know, I really am probably one of the sweetest, most sensitive people you'll ever meet. "
Eliza Dushku
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