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" I've always been somebody who's acutely aware of my mortality. "

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" I've got more freckles than just about anybody. My children didn't get them, thankfully. They have tiny little freckles. "

" Every different social group that I encountered had its different set of rules, so you learn very quickly how to pick up the nuances and change yourself accordingly. When you are not from anywhere, you have to try to find what's universal. You are always trying to fit in. "

" Once I've ascertained that I'm safe and I'm with a director who is taking care of me, then I'm able to go and do what I need to do and know it's not me, it's the story. "

" I think everybody has had emotional distress, but yes, I think I'm pretty stable. "

" Even ordinary people aren't ordinary, not really. They're filled up with thoughts and feelings that you might never know are there until they suddenly materialise. "

" I can't wait to get home and wash all those socks. "

" She's in a situation she tried to, that's what's complicated. She followed orders; she called off the raid. This is a dangerous situation. Somebody in DC police went ahead and started. "

" I'm looking for the truth. The audience doesn't come to see you, they come to see themselves. "

" My mom came to the U.S. very young, and then she married very young. But she was never American. She was always Scottish and would make sure that I knew that I was, too. "

" Behavior is mutable. It changes from place to place. It's like accents, dialect - it varies from one area to another. But there are universal truths about what it means to be a human being. All the other stuff is like applique. Learning that was interesting to me and probably useful for becoming an actor. "

" We shouldn't require our politicians to be movie stars. Then again, we're all influenced by charisma. It's hard not to be. We all collectively fall for it. "

" In all of the movies and films you see, people are always in crisis because that's what we watch. We watch them deal with crisis and resolve it. "

" I love my kids with all my heart and the last thing I want to worry about is the air they breathe. "

" When my son first started to take the subway, my husband and I used to follow him to make sure he was all right, and then we had to stop following him and let him do it by himself. "

" I went with Tom Ford to a bunch of events one year, and he's so wonderful and handsome and so much fun to be with; he made me look, like, 100 percent better in every single picture. "

" There wasn't much for me to do after school except the drama club, so when I kind of started doing drama club, it seemed to be something I could do. "

" I actually think acting is a form of self-hypnosis. You have to be hyper, hyper aware of what's going on around you. You have to know where the lens is, what the shot is, and where you're moving. And then you have to trick yourself into an emotional state where you believe this stuff is actually happening. "

" Well, you know, I mean, she was so wonderful, and she really played the role to perfection. "

" I have a husband and two kids, and they're usually around when I'm shooting, then I go home. We have dinner, and that's what I'm dealing with when I go home. "

" Too much makeup on an older woman can really make you look like a freak. "

" As an actor, there are places you can live, and when I graduated from school, it was either New York or L.A., and I liked the East Coast. That's why I ended up in New York. "

" My mother was from Scotland and had very fair skin... she wouldn't allow us to go in the sun. "

" I'm a very basic dresser. I'm not interested in calling too much attention to myself. I like to look cool without being too noticeable. "

" You'd have to spend a lot of time with me before I'd be comfortable enough to show my dark side. "

" All I wanted was to be a regional-theater actor, to be in a company. I thought it would be a great life. I don't think I understood how difficult it would be. "

" I think every part's a challenge, and you also never know if you're going to pull it off. "

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" When I go to a movie and can't figure it out, I'm just thrilled. "