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" I was a very confident child. I knew I wanted to be an actress from the age of 5. "
Claire Danes
Age
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Child
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" I really liked Yale, although it was extremely intimidating. When I visited the campus, I was hiding behind trees, I felt so unworthy. "
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" I just want to be a sane person. I wanna be a person who has a life and who acts. "
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" It's funny with jeans now, because if they don't feel like a pair of sweatpants, I don't have patience for them anymore! I think I'm becoming increasingly lazy. "
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" You have to come to work from a place of love. "
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" I don't know any celebrated people that register in a big way who aren't unique. "
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" I do feel like I've gotten younger as I've aged. "
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" I fantasized about being a psychology major when I first started school, and I took a handful of Psych 101 classes. "
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" I have plenty of vanity in my life. I want to look pretty in the world. But it can be this bottomless pit. "
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" When you really get it right in acting, it's an act of empathy. You feel less distant from others, and that is really exciting. "
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" College was just so essential for my sense of self and my development. "
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" We just can't shake monogamy. It definitely demands a kind of rigor and discipline and selflessness. But it's also fun. "
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" As a young performer, I didn't know that you can have a great time playing someone in terrible crisis. The more you know it's not real, the deeper you can go into it. And the easier it is to let it go when it's done. "
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" I'm just a big old nerd. "
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" I became very successful at a young age... I had lots of opportunities and lots of power and had no idea how to focus it. "
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" Oh, I'm full of fear. I care about things; therefore, I have fears. I like to think that I'm brave, which is different. Brave means you're able to admit that you care. If you care, you are vulnerable. "
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" I'm so impressed by Jennifer Lawrence and Carey Mulligan. They have this exquisite taste. They are very gifted in their ability to make great choices. "
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" I am a feminist. "
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" I exercise more for mental relaxation than anything else. "
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" Television lets audiences deeply connect with characters. "
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" It just seems like the most successful, iconic love stories are not so easy or escapist. I think the ones that stay with us and resonate are full of conflict, discord and misunderstandings 'cause that's what makes drama happen or tension even if it's a comedy. "
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" 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. "
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College
Paper
" Germany's fascinating. It's a really rich landscape to film and dramatise. "
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" I was an actor who happened to be a kid. "
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Kid
Who
" I do know how to fire a machine gun, so be warned! I'm trained! "
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" The twenties are a deceptively challenging-slash-painful time. I'm just glad to be out of that phase. "
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" 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. "
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" By the time I went to Yale, I'd been acting for a long time and I was really tired of it. I was restless - and a little bored - and I was really eager to investigate different parts of myself. "
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