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" I've always had this unresolved desire to prove that I could get a Ph.D., or contribute something else to the world. "

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" I was, I think, extremely lucky, because the minute I saw my face plastered on 'Time' magazine in the subway with my mother, I just said, 'Wow.' And it made 'Time' magazine come down to life-size scale. "

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" I believe that the female perspective is a very healing and circumspect one, and we have a right to equal voice. "

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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.' "

" I was very blessed always to find work; even when people thought I wasn't working, I was. "

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" I can tell you that, you know, when I went to my first movie premiere, it was my own movie, and I wore the best jeans I had and my favorite top. You know, I made sure my hair had some wave in it because I braided it the night before myself. "

" Independent films have a very different cachet than success films. "

" Playing dead is difficult with a full bladder. "