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" Life is so much easier when I allow myself to be myself and go with the flow. Whatever that looks like on a given day. If I can get quiet enough to truly check-in with myself, I usually end up on the right track. "

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" Massages are my favorite. Sometimes just getting myself outside for a walk if I'm really busy can be an indulgence. I love taking naps. I love to stay up too late with close friends. I believe in everything in moderation. I take what I like and leave what I don't. "

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Walk

Love

" I have learned to take the part of me that is very fearful and work on that. There is space for that in my life. I have learned to give myself a bit more freedom between 'action' and 'cut.' I come by all that fear honestly, like most humans have. I can't bring it with me to work, so in that way, the work feels quite liberating. "

" I am very interested in Ayurvedic medicine and hope to explore it more someday. I only have a very superficial understanding of the whole thing right now. But learning what my body type is has shifted my whole self-care regime a bit, and I feel better because of it. "

" I don't like it when people don't hold the door. I don't know, that really bugs me... I guess I like manners. "

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Know

" I actually like pole dancing! It gives you so much confidence. I never thought I'd do it, but now I'm really into it. "

" In school, I was playing old men and women, babies, Russian people, and all sorts of weird parts - a lot of comedy - and that's sort of like home to me. "

" I had a teacher in college who drastically changed the course of my life by telling me that he believed in me as an actor. I never received that support before, and it inspired to me to such a degree that I never looked back. He taught me that it's okay to be crappy; it's okay to fight; it's okay to go to any length. "

" As an actor, what I'm finding is that I really like the extremes. I think that's really fun to play with. "

" I'd love to do theater. I've done so many plays in my life. I still think of that as my main thing. "

" My guilty pleasure is I like to watch a lot of HGTV. I really like watching design shows about houses, like extreme homes. Like buying a bridge and turning it into a house or something like that. I really am interested in home design or something like that... architecture. "

" Be yourself. You're okay. And it really doesn't matter what other people think. "

" I love Ben Affleck so much. He's an amazing director. "

" I wanted to wear a uniform when I was in high school, but I couldn't. I was like, 'It would be so much easier!' "

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Uniform

High

" I try to come at fitness and nutrition from a perspective of gentleness and what will make me feel good afterwards. I try to stay out of the mindset of needing to fix myself. I do whatever seems fun to me. "

" I'm the girl who will show up in jeans no matter what - but the jeans can get fancier and fancier. "

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Jeans

Will

" There's nothing that's in an actor's control. I've learned at this point you do things and you let them go. There's no way to control the outcome. The only thing I have any sort of reign over is my own experience. "

" Honestly, all the sweets and bad stuff on set don't really call to me because I'm working so much. I've trained myself to stay away from sugar. "

" I'm really into Greek yogurt, fruit and almonds. Those are my 'go-to' snacks. "

" For me as an actor, daring is to tell the truth - to be yourself, no matter how the world interacts with that. "

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Truth

Be Yourself

" I know what feels good to eat and what doesn't. I try to err on the side of choices I know will leave me feeling more energized and ready to go, because it's always better to feel healthy. "

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Choices

Good

" Whatever it is that I am working on is what I become obsessed with. "

" I don't do detoxes or cleanses - they don't really work for me. I have a really moderate, simple routine. I like to do yoga, Pilates, dance, and things like that. "

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Simple

Routine

" I don't have a connection to the fashion world at all. "

" If it's a good day, I get 'The New York Times' on my iPad, and if I have a little time in the morning, I like to look at that while I'm eating. "

" So often, we're expected to maintain some sort of standard - that won't get you where you need to go. One of the most daring things I've done is drop out of graduate school. I had no job, but something inside me was saying, 'Go! Be in the world!' I had to listen to myself, and it worked out. I still think, 'Who was that girl?' "

" I like to do yoga, Pilates, dance, and things like that. "

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Things

" I didn't spend a lot of time with prison guards, but my father was an assistant district attorney for a long time so I was always hearing stories about prisoners and prison guards. "

" I love children. I just don't know if I'm ready to have kids. I feel like I have more time. Kids are cute, you know? They need a lot of help - that's the thing. "

" I try not to eat too many raw vegetables. I only have one raw meal a day. At night I eat warm, cooked foods. I like to drink lots of tea, but no coffee. Not drinking coffee has changed my game for the better. "

" I'm not very cool. I have a really hard time meeting people and stuff. "