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" My mom grew up in Idaho, went to Brigham Young University: they're very Molly Mormon. And my father is, like, first generation Albanian, and his parents lived in Southey and grew up in downtown Boston. My parents are complete opposites. "

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Outfit

Remember

" Well, when I moved to L.A. at 17, I had just come out of high school. I grew up and went to public school in Boston. "

" There are a lot of actresses out there who are the girl next door. I relate more to characters who have an edge. "

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" I remember having a Mike Tyson T-shirt back in the day that I used to sleep in. And there some things that Tyson did along the way that I wasn't too psyched to associate myself with. But back in the day, just as a fighter, what a dream that was to watch and root for him. "

" I'm a more mature actress now. "

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Actress

" The letters from jail are always disconcerting. "

" I was raised in Boston by three older brothers and a very strong and empowering single mom. "

" There is definitely something sexy about a girl with an attitude and a pair of leather pants. "

" If I wasn't doing this, I'd be in school studying political science or socioeconomic something. I love visiting different cultures and finding out how they make up a society. "

" I remember hitting Sarah Michelle Gellar with a right hook during my first week on the job. It was awful. They usually pair actors with stunt doubles to avoid things like that. "

" I receive really powerful personal letters. I think that always takes the cake. It blows me away... some of the comments. Someone will come and I sense their whole tone and energy when they're handing me this letter. "

" I'm self-confident and not afraid to speak my mind. "

" My mother would take groups of students to different countries and always brought us along, so by the time I was 10, I had been to Russia, China, Nicaragua and several other countries. "

" You know, I really am probably one of the sweetest, most sensitive people you'll ever meet. "

" I have been doing this since I was 10 years old. It wasn't like I was an overnight hit. I think when that happens to some actors - they just don't know what to do with themselves. You don't know how to cope with friends and all of a sudden not being able to go out. It's such a shock to your system. "

" We didn't have a TV in the living room and all my friends thought we were kind of weird. When they'd come over, my mom wanted to talk to them about current events. "

" Go big or go home. Because it's true. What do you have to lose? "

" TV can be a long commitment. "

Eliza Dushku

Long

Commitment

" I wake up and play a different person every day. Playing all these different characters and trying to figure out who your true authentic self is at the core of that as you're playing all these different roles, and man, that self-awareness starts to come into effect. And you start to see who you really are. "

" I wanted to be a political science professor and go to school in Boston. I never wanted to be a big, famous movie star and TV star. It kind of found me. "

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School

Famous

" My mom is like this hard-core, liberal feminist. She's a professor in Boston, and she's been teaching women's studies for 30 years and international politics. "

" When I worked with Jamie Lee Curtis in 'True Lies', she told me, You need a plan B, because when you have six months to a year off, you can go nuts. You need to have another focus. "

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True

She

" After I graduated high school and came out to do 'Buffy,' I was enrolled at my mom's university, and I was going to go get a real job. I never thought of acting and never really wanted to be an actor. "

" I really admire the way the fans have joined me in social justice endeavours and the charitable work that I've been involved in. We've raised over $100,000 on Twitter for our non-profit in Uganda. "

" I think people hear and feel the genuine nature of my passion for the causes. Specifically, with the non-profit in Uganda, my mother is the president, and she was an African politics professor for almost 50 years, so I think people know that I align myself with people who know what they're talking about. "

" I like to have one night on the weekend where I can just cuddle up at my house. "

" My mom is this liberal, feminist, Mormon powerhouse. I just love her to death. "

" My parents divorced when I was born, and my mother is a political science professor, like a feminist Mormon, which is sort of an oxymoron. "

" Each year, I say I'm going to go to school next year. It's inevitable that I'll end up getting my education. "

" Usually, when you do video games, you don't interact with the other actors. You each record your audio on different days, and you never really meet the other characters. "