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" My musician friends could always practice what they loved doing, but I can't go on a street corner and start reciting a monologue. Acting is very collaborative, and you always need other people with you - mainly an audience. "

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" I studied Shakespeare in college, but not theatrically, more in terms of literature, and then I kind of took a break from it. Now there's resurgence in my appreciation for him. It's amazing: there are so many book titles and song titles that come just from lines that he wrote. "

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" I think Latin guys are really sexy. They generally fit into that whole tall, dark, and handsome thing. "

" I turn on the radio. I'm a really big fan of old-fashioned dial radio. I love WNYC and NPR and also 88.3 in New York, which is the jazz station, and it's usually good for background music. If I'm not in New York City or by a traditional radio, I'll stream it on my phone, although I usually try not to look at my phone first thing in the morning. "

" I so find Harold Pinter and David Mamet's writing to be exciting, and obviously there aren't that many female - at least with Mamet, there aren't that many good female roles. But I always thought it would be interesting to play one of the guy roles. "

" It actually makes perfect sense why women in Hollywood get so skinny: because it's a way of controlling how people see you. "

" Julia Roberts taught me how to knit on the set of 'Mona Lisa Smile.' "

" Sometimes I have these abstract ideas and then lose track of myself. "

" I think that ultimately I just have to be myself. You know, I don't do anything that outlandish anyway. "

" I'm slowly working up the courage to sing in front of other people, but I can carry a tune. I do some mean karaoke. "

" My mother always taught me to think about things from other people's perspectives and think about where they're coming from. "

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" There are a handful of actors who sustain interest because it's exciting to watch them get better at what they do. I want to be one of those actors. "

" I was gonna throw the first pitch at a Mets game, but there was a rain delay. So I'm waiting for it to stop, and the team's manager, Willie Randolph, comes by. Now he's already intimidating to begin with. But he comes over to me and says, 'If you screw this up, they will boo you.' And I said 'Thanks.' "

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" I am a big fan of horror movies but I had never thought that I had wanted to act in one because I don't think that actors get to do much in them. They're usually just reacting. "

" I am ambidextrous. I write with my right hand but played basketball in high school with my left. "

" Whatever its origin, I'd like to see a cure for the Incredibly Shrinking Actress phenomena. "

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" I become so sentimental on planes: I could be watching 'Bridesmaids' and start crying. "

" The platform doesn't really matter to me, whether it's stage or theatre or even a web series. I just am more interested in, like, if it's a story that I would want to watch and if it's a character that I feel like I can contribute something to, then that's really what gets me. "

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" I'm going to Columbia University but I'm trying to keep that low-profile because I don't want weird people following me there. I want the experience of normal college life. "

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" One minute, I really am in awe of filmmakers, and I want to be working in film, and then the next minute, I get the itch to get back on stage. "

" Compared to film or television, theater is more interactive, collaborative. "

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" I love the sun and salt water, which is not good for your skin and therefore not good for your image. I'm terrible about protecting my skin as well. "

" I think women get caught up too much in having a plan - 'I'm going to get married at this age; I'm going to have a kid at this age' - and then they just try to find a guy who will fit into that picture. I don't want my life to be based on that. "

" I like a director who is very observant and is watching what I'm doing and noticing what I'm doing but is giving me time to figure it out. They don't jump right in and give you a note before you've had time to really search on your own with how to do a scene. I like a director that encourages me to be playful. "

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" I'm voting for Hillary Clinton, proudly. I think it's her time. I think she's very experienced, I think she'd make a good president. I also think it would be monumental to have the first female president in the United States. "

" One of the wonderful things about 'Jason Bourne' and that franchise is getting to work the same people sporadically and over the course of many years. I'm not so keen on having to get to know a whole group of people. "

" Of course my family and friends are incredibly valuable to me. They keep me sane, they teach me things and I love spending time with them. I think that ranking what you value is a sort of western and linear way of looking at things. "

" My grandmother took me to a lot of theater. I was exposed to performance quite a bit - everything from Broadway to off-Broadway and dance and music as well. I was very lucky that way. It was a very rich childhood. "

" I would give anything to sit down with my maternal grandmother and have a cup of tea and play Scrabble. She died 10 years ago. "

" Even after such milestones as Kathryn Bigelow winning an Oscar, there still seem to be few women in leadership roles. "

" I just thought 'Blue' was a great premise and a great set-up for conflict. I love the idea of exploring a character who's living a secret life and is going to drown in the lies she's telling. "