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" I would have played any character in an Alexander Payne movie. "

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" I love television, I've always wanted to be on television. "

" I think it's natural if you're doing a lot of comedy to do a lot of drama, because you have to figure out the real version of the joke. "

" I am an actress - I am paid to verbalize other people's words, not create my own. "

" I enjoy the old-fashioned idea of, like, 'His Girl Friday' and 'Bringing Up Baby', those old movies. "

" Sometimes when you're given hurdles, it makes you more creative in the end. "

" I really believe waiting tables, and service industry jobs in general, make you a better person. "

" It's so cheap to just release a movie. You can do it by yourself if you have to. Put in on the Internet if you have to. "

" For a long time, I think my family thought I was living in a $3 million mansion in the Hollywood Hills. "

" I had Madonna parties; I dressed like Madonna, and I had all of her records because we had records back then. I knew all of her lyrics; I was obsessed with her movies and the whole thing. "

" I took ballet dancing forever, and there was a natural transition into acting. "

" It's bad enough when people are comparing your movie to just other random movies, but when you have another 'Carrie' to compare it to, it's rough. "

" Any time you learn something new about your character, that's really exciting. "

" I think when you're just counting on your voice, you actually need double the energy. I find myself acting out the scenes and being very physical while I'm recording because I think you can tell when someone is just sitting on a stool. "

" Men are awesome, but they're pretty easy to figure out; women are way more complicated, and way more interesting. "

" I'm not opposed to auditioning. I love auditioning. It's one of my favorite things. "

Favorite Things

" There are a lot of perks when you're an actor. Free food at work was my second favorite in the beginning, but my first was the weird stuff. Like seeing celebrities in no makeup and finding out what they ate. "

" I just try not to look at any role as a comedic role or a dramatic role. I just try to stay in the movie I'm in. "

" I firmly believe that everyone should have to work in the food service industry at least once in their lives. "

" I love Cate Blanchett; I think she's brilliant. "

" I really love this character I played called Becky Freeley in a T.V. show called 'Miss Guided'. We only shot seven episodes, and nobody watched it, and it was on for, like, a second, but I really liked that character. "

" I was not awesome at dancing. For a ballerina, I probably started too late. Plus I enjoyed entertaining people too much. "

" I feel like everything does happen for a reason, and I can totally look back on my career and the decisions I've made and how it sort of worked itself out. "

" I feel like I have a healthy self-esteem. "

" Sometimes I think to get to the emotional level of a scene, you don't necessarily have to have experienced the exact thing that person has experienced, but whatever you have in your life that has gotten you to that place is usually enough. "

" 'Citizen Ruth' I saw when I was in college, and I really flipped out over it. I just knew I wanted to work with the person who made that movie. "

" My parents, stupidly, always let me go downtown. This was pre-pager, even. It made me adventurous. I think it makes you tough. "

" I am very reluctantly healthy. "

" I've been really fortunate to do so many comedies and then so many dramatic roles and then television and movies and stuff like that. "

" The one thing I haven't done that would be so cool would be, like, an action movie. Like a real action, Jason Bourne movie or something. "