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" I think I needed rather than wanted to be an actor. There is not another way to put it. "

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" Any actress - goodness, we're lucky to be working. We all know that. There are few parts, a few good ones. "

" Success is freedom - scripts coming your way and getting to choose the stories you want to tell. "

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" I think it's one of the great enrichments of life, romance. "

" There are lots and lots of good actors out there, and often it's just luck if what you bring to the table syncs with the director's vision. "

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" I do know that the key to anything good is feeling relaxed and free. That's the main thing that you can offer yourself as an actor. "

" I think I was lucky in that I wasn't one of those girls who are told they are pretty the whole time. I never got that. Nor did I ever obsess about my looks as a teenager. "

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" It was in New York, and I've always wanted to film in New York. And the writer was a teenage friend of mine. We did youth theatre together when we were 16 and always had a dream of making a film together. And ten years later, we've done it. So it's great. "

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