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" 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. "

Julianne Moore

American

Always

Young

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" My family life is incredibly important to me. I want to be with them as much as I can. I try to work in New York, or I work in the summer time when my family can come with me. "

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Just

Movie

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" Jennifer Lawrence is so talented and so lovely. She has a real ability to connect with people. "

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" 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. "

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Two

Shooting

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" People are very reluctant to invest unless they know it's going to be a sure thing, and let's face it: film is never a sure thing. "

" We allow for many more gradations of personality in life than we do in art. "

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Life

Many

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" When someone says, 'I'm not political,' I feel like what they're saying is, 'I only care about myself. In my bathtub. Me and my bathtub is what I care about.' "

" 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. "