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" It's rare that you get to have a lovely time of it and you're not just portraying endless trauma on film. "
Diane Lane
Time
Rare
Lovely
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" I've always been a daddy's girl, and that's served me well in life; most of my directors have been male. "
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" You have to realize, making movies is the weirdest thing you could ever do. It's a contrivance, but you're attempting to reach people's hearts in the dark, and there are so many factors that are out of your control. "
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" Oh, I'm just too chicken to experiment with my face and have it go wrong. I'm not saying I never will. But it's like, what scares you more? Getting old or looking weird? "
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" Sometimes I think opposable thumbs were invented so teenage girls could use text messaging. "
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" I was the only kid in Manhattan I knew whose parents had a car. "
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" I was raised by free-spirited people, though my father gave me a very strong work ethic. "
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" To me, there's no greater reward than being around people you care about and can be present with. "
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" I loved acting, I started as a child and it is interesting because I didn't compare myself to others that were doing the same thing. I just felt that I needed to stay focused and stay out of trouble. "
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" You are the age of your spine. You are as flexible as your spine. That transfers to other areas of your life. "
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" I never wished that I was a superstar. Hell, I never even wished that I was an actress. "
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" There's a voice inside children that knows right from wrong. I call it listening to your inner Jiminy Cricket. I tell my daughter, 'If you're thinking this is not the best idea, it probably isn't.' "
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" I think it's lovely that women are afforded attention on the stage in terms of their inner journeys, their emotional lives. That's the great harvest, the great writing available to women. Whether that makes it to the screen, that's a whole other conversation. "
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" You can't get work without working. "
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" I try not to be overly analytical. "
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Try
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" I've got a lot of mileage, and I love my mileage. I wouldn't trade a mile of that for a minute of being younger. "
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Being
" When you're a young child, you pick a totem animal, and you just identify with it to the point of wishing you were that animal. "
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Young
Just
" I want to sit down, and I want to laugh. Nothing works better for me than watching somebody slip on a banana peel. "
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Nothing
Down
" You really can't take a cat and turn it into a dog, or try and get lemons off an apple tree, or what have you. "
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Cat
You
" Playing dead is difficult with a full bladder. "
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" Some days I want to get the boob job, some days I want to get the eye lift. Then other days, I'm like, 'Absolutely not! Have some integrity!'... But it's all about what makes you happy. "
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You
Happy
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" I like someone who's suffered from both sides. "
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Like
Someone
Both
" Things hurt me just as much as anyone else. My insecurities, failures. I'm vulnerable to comparisons. "
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Me
Things
Hurt
" Some people fascinate me. They really worship at the altar of their careers, you know? And it's terrifying. It's sort of like setting a table and waiting for someone to come along and whoosh - push all the plates onto the floor. "
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Waiting
You
Know
" I'm not a bad parent and partner, even if I make a thousand mistakes. "
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Bad
" Because I tend to kind of hide under the sheets when it comes to reality television. I've seen probably one episode of maybe five different shows, and that's about it. "
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Kind
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" I'm fascinated by how Hollywood has changed since I started. Today it's about immediate delivery. There's less risk and less art. "
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" I have just enough attention to feel glamorous and important. "
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Enough
Attention
" Every film is its own experience, its own planet, its own family. It seems infinite when you're working on it, and then it's suddenly very finite, and it's done. "
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" I don't really know how to relate to a long-term day-in day-out kind of comfortable relationship. "
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Kind
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" I just enjoy going to the games, but if you're watching the Lakers play, it feels good to be rooting for the Lakers. You're on the winning end of things most of the time. "
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