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" I think I would make a lousy stay-at-home mom. It just wouldn't suit me. "

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" In New York City, everybody goes into therapy. "

" My go-to gifts are scarves from my friend Matin Maulawizada's nonprofit organization, Afghan Hands, which supports disenfranchised women in Afghanistan. In exchange for their beautiful embroidery, the women are given financial aid and classes in math and literacy. The scarves are all stunning and one of a kind. "

" I'm only realizing now that I was a child actress because I always took myself so seriously. "

" We just can't shake monogamy. It definitely demands a kind of rigor and discipline and selflessness. But it's also fun. "

" When somebody asks me who I'm wearing, I always see myself with a BabyBjoern, carrying a little tiny Karl Lagerfeld, like, 'I'm wearing Chanel.' "

" I eat in moderation and try not to worry about it. "

" I have to say that my dad's face is very malleable. He's barely got any cartilage in his face. I think I maybe inherited that Play-Doh-like physicality from him. "

" My parents never condescended to me. As a child, I always sat at the head of our dinner table. I was always given a lot of responsibility. "

" The twenties are a deceptively challenging-slash-painful time. I'm just glad to be out of that phase. "

" Growing up, I wanted desperately to please, to be a good girl. "

" I can get a dance party started pretty much anywhere and anytime. "

" I could truly have gone through life thinking that women were these venomous creatures. Turns out, they're not. "

" I would be a terrible CIA officer in real life. "

" I discovered Orson Welles in college; my freshman English professor screened 'Citizen Kane' for us, and I wound up writing a 20-page term paper on it. "

" Acting is the greatest answer to my loneliness that I have found. "

" I was very driven to act from a very young age, and my parents were not only tolerant of that drive but also encouraging. "

" I get a little jealous of these actor boys. They walk into a club, and in two seconds flat there are swarms of girls who are wanting so badly to touch them or just say hello. That's not the case with me, or any other girl I know. "

" You have to pick your battles on set. "

" There's certainly something very uncomfortable about the voyeurism involved in being in the press, being an actor, where people have a seemingly insatiable curiosity about, you. "

" If I took my characters home with me, half of my life would be a misery, I think. No, I tend to compartmentalize work from my life. I'm not terribly method. "

" On a film you can really get away with learning the scene the night before and that's often just not possible with TV, so you have to be a little bit more prepared a little bit more in advance. "

" I exercise more for mental relaxation than anything else. "

" Any story is better with a little love in it, right? "

" I got an agent when I was 12, and I started working in more amateur productions well before that. But even as a kid, I never felt like a kid actor, you know? I always took myself kind of absurdly seriously. "

" I finally realized that yeah I did want to be an actor and it wasn't out of habit, but I needed to grow up for myself and then kind of re-enter the industry with a sound understanding of what my sensibilities and my values are as a relatively formed human being. "

" Acting is a humiliating job, from start to finish. "

" Narciso Rodriguez was my first fashion big brother. He made my wedding dress, which was wonderful. "

" People in the CIA, they marry each other. They're like actors! We have to travel without much warning to far-flung places, and it's very hard to communicate what our experiences are like to those in the outside world. "

" I was a serious kid to an absurd degree. I was overwhelmed with responsibility. You know, trying to play grown up. I overdid it. "