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" It's very odd that we have such an easy relationship to violence in this country, and we're still shocked by the female figure. "
Gaby Hoffmann
Country
Easy
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" When people are struggling, that's a painful place to be in, to not know who you are and where you belong and what you desire. "
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" It's true that most people in the trans community don't have the incredible wealth and privilege that Caitlyn does. I don't think that, in any way, diminishes her struggle in her own transitioning. "
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" I'd started acting as a child. But I wanted to see if it was something my true personality was interested in. I stepped away from offers when I took five years off to go to college. I've only really just decided to whole-heartedly embrace acting. "
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" I had a world of people who were raising me; it was like a little village. "
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" I really enjoy taking care of people, and I was really ready to have a kid, so I didn't have to sacrifice anything that I didn't want to give up. "
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" I made a lot of movies that people loved when I was a kid, but I didn't have any real relationship to them. "
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Relationship
People
" I don't know if I'd say I feel green, but I'm getting to know myself as an actor now in a way that I never did as a kid. "
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" I don't watch a lot of T.V. I only watch things via Netflix, so I only watch the things that I'm choosing to watch. "
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Only
Choosing
Watch
" There are really very few roles for women in films in which you can also make a living. "
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Few
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" I am paid to dive deeper into my own humanity and do that with other people in collaboration... so that, in and of itself, I just feel like is the greatest privilege in the world. "
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Collaboration
World
People
" People are obsessed with actresses being hairless, fatless Barbie dolls. "
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Being
Dolls
Obsessed
" I just try to show up and be relaxed and present and honest. And that's my only trick. And sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn't. Honestly, sometimes it really doesn't work. "
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Present
Honest
Sometimes
" I'm not on social media; I don't watch TV. I'm really out of it. "
Gaby Hoffmann
Watch
Out
Media
" I'm interested in people. I'm curious about people, and of course we're curious about people whose work we respond to. So I'm not saying that I don't understand fascination with other people. But as it's dealt with in this American, modern-day culture, I find it not just boring but actually sort of destructive, really. "
Gaby Hoffmann
Work
Culture
American
" Here in America, just as we see such incredible progress happening in one state, we see another state passing absolutely disgusting and oppressive laws against the rights of all sorts of people - transgender people, gay people, women. "
Gaby Hoffmann
Progress
People
Women
" My mom could be pretty strict. "
Gaby Hoffmann
Strict
Mom
Could
" When I was a kid, I wasn't making my choices based on anything other than 'Did I want to work that day?' or 'Did being in school sound more fun?' And I don't remember ever reading a script and thinking, 'Is this going to be a fun part to play?' "
Gaby Hoffmann
Work
Reading
Day
" It's funny because I grew up with the T.V. on 24 hours a day. And the more money I made, the more T.V.s we had. "
Gaby Hoffmann
More
Because
Day
" I always knew when I graduated from high school, I'd go to college. I never thought about what I was walking away from... I just wanted to study literature and writing. "
Gaby Hoffmann
College
School
Study
" I'm normally the least busy person I know. "
Gaby Hoffmann
Busy
Busy Person
Person
" My mom was a single mother, raising my sister and me. My mom has an incredible talent for living in the world without traditional structure, and her friend, who was in advertising, put me in a commercial when I was five. It was just to make money. "
Gaby Hoffmann
Money
Mother
Sister
" I've always looked the same, and every 10 years, I'm a little bit in fashion. "
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Same
Little
Fashion
" I was watching 'Pulp Fiction' when we were making 'Now and Then'. I didn't care about 'Now and Then,' you know? "
Gaby Hoffmann
You
Care
Fiction
" I really, really loved making 'This Is My Life' and 'Now and Then.' "
Gaby Hoffmann
Now And Then
Now
My Life
" I was born naked. I'm a natural. I'm a natural nude. So I've been on camera naked a lot. "
Gaby Hoffmann
I Was Born
Natural
Born
" Acting was something that I grew up just doing. I certainly never thought about it. "
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Just
Never
Thought
" The early part of my career was the 1990s, and I was living in New York working as an actor. It was the world I was in. A lot of companies had a great deal of money. "
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New York
Great
World
" I think it's great anytime somebody can be in control of their own distribution. "
Gaby Hoffmann
Great
Think
Somebody
" I started missing acting when I was in school, and I realized after being in the business after however many years that I was really interested in film. "
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Film
Acting
School