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" I'd like to think I could do something great - a performance like Meryl Streep's in 'Sophie's Choice' - at some point in my life. At the same time, though, I don't want to put too much pressure on myself to be great. "

Heather Graham

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" I do have the roller skates from 'Boogie Nights.' "

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" To be honest, I feel like I think too much. So I like working out because it makes me kind of relax. "

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" As a kid, I read 'Peter Pan,' and I really wanted to be him. "

" I am intrigued by different religions and respect them all, but to be honest, I feel the most spiritual when I am doing yoga or looking at an ocean. Being spiritual is feeling a connection with a higher power and knowing that life is about more than just achieving goals. It is about feeling good in the moment. "

" I watched movies and thought, 'I want to be in movies,' and wanted to be an actor. "

" I think Korean barbecue is very accessible to Americans because it's sort of similar to something we know, but with different flavours. "

" I was taught to be demure, so it was harder for me to learn how to stand up for myself and go, 'What do I want? What are my desires?' "

" I've been evaluating how much I value happiness in my life. To be too driven takes away your happiness. "

" When you're playing a character, I think it's always better not to judge that character. "

" I'd rather be happily single than unhappily married. "

" I work out a lot and I do yoga and I do Pilates and I'm kind of athletic. I've taken dance classes, but at the same point I'm just a total klutz. "

" I sleep as much as I want. I'll sleep, like, 11 hours, unless I'm working. Sometimes I do feel like, 'This is weird; I should just get up so I can fit into the world.' Then I'm like, 'Why?' I don't have a nine-to-five job. "

" I think it might be nice to date someone not in the business. "

" I used to dress up in my mom's old clothes and play with these kids from the neighbourhood and make up stories: I would pretend that we were all vampires. "

" Whenever I meet people who seem really sweet and unassuming, I kind of wonder about them. "

" I am a bit of a Valley girl, so I say 'you know' and 'like' too much. "

" I guess you just feel like there's a whole story that's not being told in movies. You're only seeing the macho guy version of a story that from the woman's side, may be completely different. "

" Yeah, 'Feed the Dog' is just a really fun, teenage movie with Nat Wolff and Selena Gomez and all these other great people. It's just so silly-funny, and my character's super-fun. "

" I practice transcendental meditation and there is a phase where you're meant to lift off the ground. "

" I think you have to be honest and not try to be somebody that you really aren't. "

" I'm not actually a mom in real life, so it's fun to pretend to be one. I like to approach things the same in art as in life. You can choose to look on the positive side and enjoy whatever roles you're given. You can find the silver lining in anything. "

" There's not a lot of stories for women told by women in a very real, true voice. "

" I try to get 11 or 12 hours of sleep a night. It sounds excessive but that's really what I need. "

" I remember when we were shooting 'Boogie Nights,' all of my stand-ins were wiping out all the time. I'd practice before I got to the set, but they'd just show up and put on the roller-skates, and they'd be skating over these wires and cables, so they would all fall over. It was totally dangerous. "

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