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" It's very difficult to judge yourself. Extreme self-doubt is only attractive when it's fictionalized. Which is why people love the movies. They are so reassuring. "

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" By the time I went to Yale, I'd been acting for a long time and I was really tired of it. I was restless - and a little bored - and I was really eager to investigate different parts of myself. "

Claire Danes

Acting

Tired

Time

" I've never been interested or particularly good at censoring my experience. "

" Psychology and acting are very closely linked. It's just about studying people and how they work. It can be an incredible discipline and exercise. "

" Steve Martin is one of my favorite performers, writers, artists of all time. "

" Acting is a humiliating job, from start to finish. "

" Maybe philosophy - I love talking about ideas. Or maybe art history. I was thinking about psychology, then I got really afraid because everybody says it's terribly boring. "

" Growing up, I wanted desperately to please, to be a good girl. "

" I have this book club, and we don't read one book; we offer up a few suggestions and create a library over time. "

" I have to expose myself and then accept the judgment that audiences and critics will have. And that's okay. I appreciate the elliptical nature of it. Sometimes people are more in the mood to be nice to me than others, and that's great. "

" But I don't know if people are meant to be together. You have to have a lot in common, choose well and be really fortunate. It's not like you're sprinkled with fairy dust. You have to believe that love will be there when you need it. "

" It's been a great privilege to see how interwoven nations are and how incredibly complex these relationships are. It's so elaborate. "

" Every three seconds in the developing world, a child dies needlessly due to lack of basic health care and other things we all take for granted. "

" My character was kidnapped by the Terminator and I was kidnapped by the Terminator production. "

" Acting is the greatest answer to my loneliness that I have found. "

" I became very successful at a young age... I had lots of opportunities and lots of power and had no idea how to focus it. "

" I would not say that secret-keeping is one of my finer skills, actually. "

" Narciso Rodriguez was my first fashion big brother. He made my wedding dress, which was wonderful. "

" You know, let a few years go by until I hit my midlife crisis. Then that can be documented on film. "

Claire Danes

Know

Film

" I get a little jealous of these actor boys. They walk into a club, and in two seconds flat there are swarms of girls who are wanting so badly to touch them or just say hello. That's not the case with me, or any other girl I know. "

" As a young performer, I didn't know that you can have a great time playing someone in terrible crisis. The more you know it's not real, the deeper you can go into it. And the easier it is to let it go when it's done. "

" I don't know any celebrated people that register in a big way who aren't unique. "

Claire Danes

Way

Know

" My go-to gifts are scarves from my friend Matin Maulawizada's nonprofit organization, Afghan Hands, which supports disenfranchised women in Afghanistan. In exchange for their beautiful embroidery, the women are given financial aid and classes in math and literacy. The scarves are all stunning and one of a kind. "

" I exercise more for mental relaxation than anything else. "

" I eat in moderation and try not to worry about it. "

" I have a huge, active imagination, and I think I'm really scared of being alone; because if I'm left to my own devices, I'll just turn into a madwoman. "

" On a film you can really get away with learning the scene the night before and that's often just not possible with TV, so you have to be a little bit more prepared a little bit more in advance. "

" Once you get over that peak of puberty, you hit a nice stride. "

" I'm happier in my thirties. I feel clearer about who I am and less apologetic about it, and more accepting of my limitations and also more aware of the ways in which I'm capable. "

" Most people assume that autistic people are not capable of empathy. "

" In New York City, everybody goes into therapy. "