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" It's never been important to be a huge star or to have some breakout role. If you're the lead, you get a lot more screen time and you get a lot more chances to develop that character more thoroughly than you would if you do it in a little supporting part. "

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" Once you achieve a certain level of success or fame, it becomes really difficult to go against type. "

" Everybody gets typecast in movies, but you have to make wise choices. I'd say around 90 percent of movie casting is about the way you look, so you have to fight that. If producers had their way, I'd only be in action films, but I'm interested in a more varied career than that. "

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" We've always been ready for female superheroes. Because women want to be them and men want to do them. "

" Disneyland is supposed to be the happiest place on Earth and I have to say when I'm riding around in that crazy Space Mountain ride I'm happy. "

" I am attracted to the dark side of life! "

" I have a friend in New York who's a stylist and I went over to her place because she's got a lot of clothes. I basically ended up wearing most of it. So it's all stuff that I brought over. "

" Just because you're of the same sex, what difference does it make? Get married to whomever you want. "

" Triple tonguing? It was sort of invented. It wasn't in the script. It was something that I came up with. "

" I enrolled in an acting workshop and my first acting role was on the TV soap opera 'Melrose Place.' "

" Robert De Niro... It seemed like a pretty cool thing to do to put his name on my resume next. "

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" I'm trying to fight typecasting as hard as I can, while I have time. "

" During my first visit, I was really struck by how deeply religious many Oklahomans are. It is a very conservative state and as somebody who grew up in a very liberal country, it was jarring to me at first. "

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" I like to go from mainstream movies to more artsy films. I don't sign on for the money. Maybe I should, but I don't. There's always a good reason for doing something. "

" I love scary movies. The Shining and Don't Look Now are two of the best. "

" I live in New York. I don't really particularly want to move to LA. "

" I don't know how to cook and there's so much work involved you have to buy the groceries and prepare them. I like it when people cook for me, or I'll just order some take-out. "

" If you do well as an actor, a good director will pick up on it, and keep it in the film. "

" I know Dark Phoenix is a huge part of the X-Men saga, so I'm assuming they're at least going to want to touch on it, but I don't know and I don't know whether I would want to be involved. That depends on many different things. "