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" I'm not a crazy, party-going sort of person. "

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" It's funny - if you impersonate somebody, they have no idea it's them. "

" There are different types of love, and my love for my child is like me and my mum. We've gone through a lot of rocky patches, but we never stop loving. "

" I'm as famous as I want to be. "

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" I'm usually put off by performers when they get political. "

" I never worked with a dialogue coach before, but I'd hate it if an American did a British accent and didn't do it well. It would be insulting. "

" I just want to do good work. "

" As I get older, I just prefer to knit. "

" I've always gotten a positive reaction to doing African-American characters. "

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" Great pressure is put on kids who don't have dads to get out and make money, and make life easier for everybody. It was always, 'Hurry up, grow up, make money, there's no man to do it for us.' "

" I think serial monogamy says it all. "

" Why does everyone think the future is space helmets, silver foil, and talking like computers, like a bad episode of Star Trek? "

" I'm still that little girl who lisped and sat in the back of the car and threw vegetables at the back of her head when we drove home from the market. That never goes. "

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" It makes you more open, it gives you perspective, having a child. "

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" It's like a woman's birthright to knit. It's primal. It's timeless. You don't need electricity to knit. You can do it with a candle, girls! "

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" I just love to impersonate people, and I impersonate people because I find them fascinating. "