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" If I'm producing, I'm not acting, and it's such a long road to get anything off the ground. "

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" There's a positive side to film and television, the sense of feeding into the theater... Your fans will follow you, hopefully, and be open-minded to see you play other things and experience other stories you want to tell. "

" Have you seen some of the women - and the men - in Los Angeles? They pay surgeons to make them look completely different in the hope of finding their youth. But youth comes from within. If you have a young attitude, then that can show in your face, the way you walk and move. "

" That's what life is - you follow where your heart leads you - at least I do. "

" I don't really watch television, and I don't watch these shows that promote shows. "

" I don't express a lot of things that I feel; I kind of register things. "

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" My family was going back to England to visit my mother's grandmother, who was very ill. We went up to Liverpool and I met my great-aunt, who was just a force of nature. She was an elocution teacher and a huge enthusiast for theater and the classics. I took her amateur acting class, and she was really impressed with me. "

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" Your dressing area should be your private space. "

" Most of your life as an actor in Hollywood, either an actress or an actor, you have to look - you have to work out, you have to look - you rarely get to play someone who's just human, who's real, who is overweight, even not grossly overweight, but who has aspects of just everyday life. "

" The roles for women in theatre are much better than they are in film. "

" As I get older, I find that cardio is less important to me. What I want to do more of is intense stretching. "

" Having my priorities in order has really helped me look better, fresher, and more relaxed. "

" I was very close to my father. At the age of ten I wanted to do plays, and my father was very encouraging. When I applied to different acting schools, he was right there and very supportive. "

" I try not to listen to the shoulds or coulds, and try to get beyond expectations, peer pressure, or trying to please - and just listen. I believe all the answers are ultimately within us. "

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" When you're filming, you work 19-hour days, and you know more about what's going on with your crew and co-workers than you do with your husband. "

" If I only did theatre I would have had to waitress, and I didn't want to waitress. "

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