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" I'm doing things that are more artistic again, more close to the material that I love. I don't disparage those things that I did. They're just not as much reflective of who I am. "

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" I try to become more humble and more myself with every year. There was a while when I got famous where I was so confused and my head was spinning. "

Mira Sorvino

Confused

Humble

Myself

" I've definitely taken more family-friendly roles. Honestly, sometimes the edgier acting roles are not age-appropriate for kids but I have taken more projects that I feel have a great message or my kids can watch because of their age and that were just plain fun. "

" Sometimes I feel limited by people's perceptions of what I can and cannot do, or what I do or don't look like. "

" I have learned to pare down what I do and still be effective and strong in a role. "

" There are all kinds of other things I could do, things I would probably like, but only acting would give me emotional fulfillment. "

Mira Sorvino

Things

Acting

" When I was 5, my mother threw a party, and a friend and I wrote and performed a play called The Dutch Doll. "

" I always do that for all of my characters. I built a music playlist for her... with songs she really likes. "

" I had started off, before I ever got an acting job, working at Robert De Niro's Tribeca Productions as a reader. I was always interested in that side of the camera. "

" Acting is doing, because everything you say or do is some kind of an action, some kind of a verb. You're always connected to the other person through some kind of action. "

" I take the responsibility of choosing seriously because it becomes an indelible part of your body of work. Something has to sing to me. "

Mira Sorvino

Body

Sing

" My father taught me how to substitute realities. "

Mira Sorvino

Substitute

Father

" I hope that doing truthful portrayals of people in a variety of circumstances gives people a kind of subterranean link to those characters. "

" The Oscars have become such a big deal these days that it's just used as adjective. "

" I always feel I can play a role - just give me the time to do the preparation and I'll be it. "

" The cognitive dissonance, the denial and cowardice that spare us painful truths and prevent us from acting in defense of innocent victims while allowing 'beloved' individuals to continue their heinous behavior must be jettisoned from the bottom of our souls. "

Mira Sorvino

Innocent

Acting

" I did a Christmas movie where I played Mrs. Claus because my children's favorite movie of all time was a Christmas movie that my father did in which he played Santa, and I was like, 'How often do they make a movie about Mrs. Claus?' and, 'My kids will love this.' "

" We are all capable of so much more than the narrow confines of our regular behavior and our personality. So it's interesting to play different notes on your keyboard. "

" I could have seen myself going into academia, but I don't love it; I just like it. "

Mira Sorvino

Just

Going

" We all struggle with our failure to communicate and our failure to reach beyond fear to love people. "

" There was something about being in front of audiences when I was in elementary school plays that gave me a thrill. It was like the rush you get from a roller coaster drop. "

Mira Sorvino

Roller Coaster

School

" The name game is frustrating. Agents will say, They love you, but they're going to offer it to Julia Roberts first. "

" I try not to judge my characters. If I'm looking at it from the outside, I'd say, 'No, she's not really a great mother.' But she wishes she were, and she wants to be, and she still has instincts toward protecting her son and wanting him to be a happy person. "

" I always want my character to have dimension, no matter what phase of life or situation they find themselves in. "

" I have great respect for Harvey as an artist, and owe him and his brother a debt of gratitude for the early success in my career, including the Oscar. "

" I assume that if people get to know me, they'll like me. If they don't, it's not my problem. "

Mira Sorvino

Assume

Know

" I hate it when people use sex as a weapon against the people who are engaging in it. It's so hypocritical. "

" We're going forward until we have an equitable and safe world for women. "

" I have a hard time getting motivated to do something that seems like a career move. I've gotten into vague trouble with my agents for turning down work that I thought was exploitative. "

" I had been looking for a New York apartment, but I said, Why not give LA a go? "

" Once you've found something you know how to do, it makes you feel you don't have to be intimidated by someone. "