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" My mother put me on birth control as soon as I told her I wanted to go on it. I was 16. I was very young. "
Morena Baccarin
Control
Her
Young
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" There are some roles that are more still and internal and emotional, and others that are more physical, which get you out of your mind for a while. "
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" I certainly am not doing nudity because I think lightly of it - I don't think it's something that one should just jump into without thinking about it. "
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" I've had some strange fan encounters, that's for sure. "
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" You like to think that you're bigger than your traditions and customs, but they form who you are. "
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" 'V' had just been cancelled; I was looking for a job, and the 'Homeland' script came across my desk. I loved it immediately, although I thought it would end up being discovered gradually - a slow-burner, like 'The Wire.' "
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" Going from one kid to two kids is insane. "
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" The dream as an actor is being able to bounce back and forth between different things. "
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" I'm not always up to date on everything that's going on, but I am somewhat informed. I listen to NPR. And I actually watch Fox News, because I believe, if you just listen to the things that agree with you, you're not really seeing anything else. "
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" There's really no way to plan how to play an alien. "
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" I feel that I have grown so much as an actor being on 'Homeland.' "
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" I grew up in the States, but I go back to Brazil quite often, and a big part of me is very Brazilian, so there's a constant struggle between the two cultures within me. They're very different approaches to life. "
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" I was your typical pregnant lady - pickles and watermelon. "
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" My mom is an actress, but she never really pushed me into it, and it was never something I thought I would be doing. She was very happy I decided to, but she certainly doesn't offer me criticism because she knows I'd tell her to shut up! Nobody wants to hear that from their mum! "
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" You go on a million auditions anyway as an actor, and one out of a hundred, you get. It's a hard life, but you can't really think about it that way. "
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" I've done some sitcoms here and there, but nothing long term. "
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" Women work as much as men now, if not more. There's a resurgence of dads in the home and moms working. "
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" Brazil has a lot of issues that are similar to a lot of countries in Latin America, but the dominant issue Brazil is dealing with is poverty and political corruption. "
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" I grew up in the West Village and went to the New York City Lab School for junior high. "
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" I've had long hair, I've had short hair, and I've had in between hair... and its all good. "
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" My whole family is very artistic - my uncles are all actors and theatre directors. "
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" My mom never cared if I came home dirty from playing outside with my brother. If I got my dress muddy, or my jeans were ripped, or I got blood on something. But I think a lot of girls have a different experience. "
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" Sci-fi fans are a different breed. They are so loyal, it's unbelievable. They've seen every sci-fi thing I've done, and then they started watching 'Homeland' because I was in it. "
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" All I think about is my son, my family, and my future family. "
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" You see those magazines, 'Oh, look at so-and-so without makeup, Halle Berry without makeup.' It's so crazy to wake up in the morning and have that thought - 'Do I need to put makeup on? Do I need to do something because I know people are going to know who I am?' "
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" When I was 7, we moved to New York because my dad's job was transferred. "
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" When I first cut my hair short, I was trying for a mix of Mia Farrow and Jean Seberg. The photo I took to my hairdresser was Jean Seberg in Breathless. I said, 'Make me look like this.' "
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