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" I'm a flower gardener. "

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" If somebody wants to think of me as a movie star, that's fine, that's great. It sort of makes me giggle. "

" I didn't worry about leaving the fast lane - I was just so consumed with my baby that it seemed like the right thing to do. I never felt like I left New York, though. If you've lived in a place and loved it, you never feel like you left it. "

" It's really about the work - if you are doing it for the right reasons - really to illuminate the human condition. "

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" Texas is so big, and the place where I grew up was so little, and I was such a little thing growing up in the middle of it. I had two choices: I could either spend my life feeling insignificant, or I could look on the life I lived as a microcosm of the universe. "

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" There's something about Southern characters. "

" I've been into exercise my whole life, been a runner and been into health and fitness always. "

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" There are stories you can tell on TV that can't be told in movies anymore. "

" The human condition is the human condition, and what we try to do is illuminate the human condition. "

" It's difficult to just let go of a character. Especially after you've been preparing and researching for weeks. "

" I think people in the north and the south and the east and the west, anywhere they come from, are just as interesting, and they're humans. They have the same realm of emotions that we all have. But I'm just more drawn to the Southern character and the different types, and Southern literature is so lyrical and so wonderful. "

" I think that no human gets away unscathed in this old life. We've all experienced loss and grief and pain and tragedy. "

" You need to live life to be able to have something to draw from. "

" You know, I don't know what the future will bring, but I'm ready for whatever comes! "

" My father's family is German and Czech. "

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" I follow the roles. "

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" I'm not very big. But I've got a big bark and a lot of heart. "

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