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" I'd been raised by my parents who taught me not to think you're better than you are. "

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" You're not ethnic enough. You're not fat enough. You're not thin enough. You're not blond enough. You're not dark enough. You're not young enough. You're not old enough. "

" Every time I sign a contract, I donate something to charity and buy a piece of jewelry. Whether the movie gets made or not, it's a celebration. "

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" There's a feeling sometimes in motherhood that you're alone in what you're going through, and none of us are alone. We're all going through the same thing. "

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" I write through improvisation. I never card out a movie. You know how people will outline or card? I don't do that. I tend to start with an idea and go. "

" Women have to write for each other; we have to hire each other. "

" My mum came to the set of my second movie 'Connie and Carla,' and she had made food for the whole cast, including mini bun cakes with little flowers sticking out of each one. "

" America was founded on immigrants. The immigrant experience is common to all of us. "

" I started in Shakespeare. I'm classically trained, which, how hilarious is that? Then one night, I saw Second City and thought, 'Wow, that's what I want to do.' But I never thought it would morph into screenplay writing. "

" Socially, the issue of men's weight is simply not a big deal. "

" I believe that if I come home from a stressful day on the set, I just have to leave it there. "

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" Let's face it: Russell Crowe is fat and no one ever talks about it. "

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