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" I'm a tomboy myself and have always been incredibly athletic. "
Sarah Shahi
Always
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" I'm not one to be messed with. I can be bad when it needs to happen. "
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" I can take a newspaper and make it a lethal weapon. "
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" My views on equality are pretty obvious. I mean, I did play a highly complex lesbian techno DJ on TV, but I know it's not always easy to come out and tell the world where you stand. "
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" My great-great-grandfather was a shah back in the 1800s. Unfortunately, I don't have any gold coins or jewels to show for it. "
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" I'm a girl in boy's clothing. I like to get a little rough. I prefer mud to makeup. That's me in a nutshell. "
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" I feel that as the world becomes more and more multicultural, it's a good tool to be able to speak another language. "
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" I never thought I would be one of those wacky chicks who say, 'I loved my labor,' but I loved every part of it. It was the best day of my life. "
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" To be beautiful in Texas, you had to be blonde and blue-eyed and have a name like Ann. "
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" I don't really like 'acting' - I like things to feel as natural as possible. "
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" Once, I started cheering for the wrong team. I was hot, and I heard 'Touchdown!' and I started doing high kicks, and I looked around and nobody else was cheering. "
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" My father left when I was really young, but he's still living. There are things I wish I'd said that I didn't and I don't think I'll ever get the opportunity to say. He's battled addiction problems his entire life. I wish things were different. I wish there were a way my son could know him, know the good parts of him. "
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" Once you're sort of pigeonholed into something, it's quite difficult to get out of it. I have no aversion to playing a gay character again, but it would definitely have to be the right role. "
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" To sit next to Walter Hill, and to be able to exchange ideas back and forth, and for him to be able to tell you that he likes what you're doing - I don't know. I kind of pinch myself. "
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" You can get a man's attention if you got a pair of boobs and a butt. I hate to simplify them down so much, but I think it's true. "
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" I just like to go where the material is, whether that's TV, or movies, or the stage. As long as it's great writing, it's pretty much something I can't resist. "
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" The goal as an actor is to constantly surround yourself with amazing artists who challenge you and make you grow. "
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" I always had that adolescent notion that I had to get out of Texas. But I'm really glad I grew up there. It's where I learned to look people in the eye, to be straightforward and polite. "
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" I came from a single parent household. And I had a bad example of what a husband and father could be and how irresponsible a father could be. So because of that, I didn't want to get married or have kids. "
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" You know, I never really paid attention to sports, which, coming from the mecca of football in Texas, is kind of odd. I played sports, but I was nerdy. Having a single mother, the pressure was on me to get good grades and a scholarship and go to college. "
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" It is therapeutic for me to act, to be able to slip into somebody else's skin, and know it's not you, but know that you bring a lot of yourself to it. At times in my life it's provided me with a lot of confusion. It's also provided me with a lot of discovery. "
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" I'm used to a lot of love scenes. I'm used to something that requires me to kick up my heels and wink-wink, flirt-flirt with a twirl of my skirt. "
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" The most important mark I will leave on this world is my son. "
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" My mother raised three kids on her own, so I was taught that to be a working mom was a good thing. "
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" Growing up, I loved Morticia Addams and Lily Munster on one hand, and Jeannie from 'I Dream of Jeannie' on the other. Two completely different ends of the spectrum, kind of like me. "
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" I really got into 'The Walking Dead.' That was genius. And I have to say, my husband is on 'Shameless,' and I think it's a brilliant show. "
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" I like a man who can come out and say he's nervous on the first date. I think that would be really cute. "
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" I think it's important to love what you do and have a good time with it. I go to work every day and have a blast. "
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" Let me tell you, I've never heard a man whine more than Jason Mamoa getting knocked around by little ol' me. "
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