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" I've always had a really active imagination. Lots of kids have imaginary friends. Mine just took on a rather demonic form. "

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" I'm only realizing now that I was a child actress because I always took myself so seriously. "

" The big question is always, 'Eyes or lips?' I tend to go with the eyes because I've got a lot more material to work with now - and it saves me from reapplying lipstick! I'm a pretty low-maintenance person and it's too excessive to exaggerate both the eyes and lips. "

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

" Germany's fascinating. It's a really rich landscape to film and dramatise. "

" I care about being formally physically attractive in my life, and I think that I am quite vain about my performance. I'm just not vain about how I look while I give the performance. "

" I am a feminist. "

" Working gives you this new perspective. You don't take everything too seriously, and you realise that if you don't do too well on a history test, it's not the end of the world. "

" I should be so lucky to be a misfit. I aspire to be a misfit. "

" Some of my happiest moments have been dancing. "

" I like marriage. I feel very secure. It helps when you are in love with the person you are married to. "

" I am not a genius. But I am nerdy. "

" I can get a dance party started pretty much anywhere and anytime. "

" Oh, I'm full of fear. I care about things; therefore, I have fears. I like to think that I'm brave, which is different. Brave means you're able to admit that you care. If you care, you are vulnerable. "

" 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. "

" I started working when I was very young. I got an agent when I was 12, and fortunately was employed consistently from that point on. So I didn't really go to a conventional high school. I was tutored on sets and things. "

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

" I was very driven to act from a very young age, and my parents were not only tolerant of that drive but also encouraging. "

" You have to come to work from a place of love. "

" My first offer was when I was 12, and it was for a soap opera. And I turned it down because I knew that I was an unformed actor, and I didn't want to develop bad habits. "

" You have to stay hydrated when you have crying scenes. "

" I would be a terrible CIA officer in real life. "

" It's OK to want to look and feel your best. It's OK to work at being attractive, whatever that means to you. And it's also OK to not expect to be defined by that. It's OK to be powerful in every way: to be big, to take up space. To breathe and thrive. "

" I really have never been concerned about being beautiful on-screen. That's just not my jam. "

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" I think 'Breaking Bad' is incredible. "

" I was a pretty nerdy kid. I was pretty nerdy. I'm still kind of nerdy. I have all of the worst qualities of being a nerd - all of the affect and none of the smarts. I'm a useless nerd! That's pretty bad. "

" People confuse fame with validation or love. But fame is not the reward. The reward is getting fulfillment out of doing the thing you love. "

" I took three years off. I differentiated myself from the industry. Found my identity - sort of... I haven't graduated yet. I'm not legitimately educated yet, but maybe one day. "

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

" Actors want to surprise themselves. When it's really good, you kind of transcend yourself, and that happens infrequently. Very, very rarely. "

" If I hadn't been an actress, I was thinking seriously about going into psychology. It's just really what I'm interested in: the human psyche and how we process information. "