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" Seeing the energy of 'SNL' made me want to be a part of it. If that was a job, I thought, that was the job I wanted. That was my plan. Comedy. "

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" In 2012, I see the potential for people to come together, huge moments of political and social engagement where elections are part of the strategy for change, but not the end goal and not the only thing that matters. "

" If I have to draw attention away from some hormone-induced acne on my chin, I put on a lot of mascara. "

" Obviously, local elections are where you can make the most difference, but it's great when everyone starts talking about what they believe in. "

" It's so important to have that independence. You know it yourself: Everyone needs evenings of their own. "

" I've always been a fan of science fiction. My family, we all used to watch 'Star Trek' together, which is kind of a nerdy family activity. "

" At one point I thought changing my name might help with privacy, but that was before the Internet. "

" Once, in Australia, I ate 33 pancakes in 20 minutes, and I only did it because they said a girl could never enter the competition. "

" I used to play hooky from school so I could watch cooking shows. "

" I actually happened to be in Haiti right before the earthquake in 2010. I was there already with the organization I work with now, Artists for Peace and Justice, visiting the primary school that I had adopted, the Academy for Peace and Justice in Port-au-Prince. I came back, and within days, the earthquake happened. "

" I fell in love with theater there, and after graduation I moved to Los Angeles to pursue acting. "

" Mick Jagger has produced some great films and brought us stories about the music industry that have changed the way we think about how music is made. I never thought I would actually call him my boss, let alone meet Mick Jagger or have any reason to say my name in the same sentence as his. "

" Inspiration is the key to everything. "

" My dad is Irish. I spent my childhood going back and forth between Ireland and America. "

" Documentaries are a powerful and effective way of bridging the gap between worlds, breaking through to new audiences that wouldn't otherwise be engaged - in essence, not preaching to the choir. "

" Power tends to get confused with repression. "

" My parents were journalists and friends with writers, artists, and just a really interesting assortment of people, so I was exposed to all lifestyles from a young age. "

" In human years I am 29. In actress years I'm the ripe, promising age of 18 to 35. That's how it works here in Hollyweird. "

" It's really kind of a luxury for an actor to have the opportunity to show such different types of characters. I actually left 'Cowboys & Aliens' and went straight into 'The Change-Up.' It was kind of a funny change of pace. "

" At the end of your twenties, you realize you are inherently flawed, and that's great, and that's what makes you dynamic. "

" I got an internship with the casting director of The Girl Next Door. I would hold the clipboard and help them in their casting sessions and get them lunch. "

" People think that young people don't care about things, but I think they do care; they just aren't super interested in conforming to what older people think are the right way to do things. "

" I am a big music nerd. "

" I went through a phase when I was 13 where I would only fall in love with people over the age of 19 or 20. I never had a real relationship with any of these people, but it was definitely the guy I wanted to hang out with and wanted to go on trips with. I would be like, 'But, Daddy, he's a musician!'. "

" You realize when you're pregnant how lucky you are to have access to medical care. "

" I think my confidence has developed over the years in terms of the speed at which I will reveal how collaborative I want to be. "

" It was helpful to have the confidence of youth that came from a lack of desperation. I thought, 'If I don't succeed, I'll go back to school and study.' "

" From a very early age, I made my decisions based on careers that I admire. The one thing that all the actresses I love have in common is that they have diversity in their careers. "

" I'm now convinced that I'm a doctor. I mean, if someone says they have a pain, I'm like, 'Well, that's your spleen.' "

" Mick Jagger has been an idol of mine since I was 10 years old. Through his music, he has taught me so much about rock n' roll, but also about the blues and about the experience of live music, going to several Rolling Stones shows, growing up. "

" I read so many things because a colleague or a friend will post something, and I'll be able to learn a tremendous amount only because they drew attention to it. So I try to do that for others, and that's the great thing about social media. It's not always a narcissistic cesspool or waste of time. "