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" I was 14 when I moved into my own apartment. I was so scared. I didn't know anything. "

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" I'm just learning who I am and how relationships work and how to make them function. No different from anyone else. "

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" A fish may love a bird, but where would they live? "

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" In a world and a life that moves so fast, photography just makes the sound go out and it makes you stop and take a pause. Photography calms me. "

" Life is very interesting... in the end, some of your greatest pains, become your greatest strengths. "

" I never regret anything. Because every little detail of your life is what made you into who you are in the end. "

" I guess I do have a childlike sense of fun, and although I still have my dark days, I'm generally an optimistic person. The way things have gone in my life, sure, I could have been a bitter person. But I just find bitter people really un-fun, you know? And who wants to be that person? "

" Love is the hardest habit to break, and the most difficult to satisfy. "

" I personally battled with my own body image for years. I used to tell myself, You can't wear anything sleeveless or strapless. And all of a sudden I was like, What if I just didn't send such negative messages to my brain and said, wear it and enjoy it? And now I'm more comfortable in clothes than ever. "

" I'm glad I lived such a full life before I settled down into a family because I got to enjoy it and get it out of my system. "

" The stories that I want to tell, especially as a director, don't necessarily have a perfect ending because, the older you get, the more you appreciate a good day versus a happy ending. You understand that life continues on the next day; the reality of things is what happens tomorrow. "

" It's the worst when you're kissing someone who's not a good kisser, and you're trying to make it look good, but you feel like you're just working on your own. "

" I don't really get into architecture in the hotel room. But maybe a little Feng Shui here and there. "

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" I'd definitely be the kind of parent who enabled my child's dreams. I'd just watch and nurture and guide them. I have the blueprints of what not to do... I think I'd be a good parent, actually. "

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" Going back to Georgiana Drew and John Drew, and my great-grandfather Maurice Barrymore, and it was such a sort of circus of odd, interesting people that loved acting. "

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