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" So much of my job is about finding another job, and that's really boring. "

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" There's certainly something very uncomfortable about the voyeurism involved in being in the press, being an actor, where people have a seemingly insatiable curiosity about, you. "

" I became very successful at a young age... I had lots of opportunities and lots of power and had no idea how to focus it. "

" I could truly have gone through life thinking that women were these venomous creatures. Turns out, they're not. "

" Voice over can be tricky. It can be dangerous because it's over-used or inappropriately used. "

" Growing up in New York City, I was always encouraged to question authority, and I think I confused patriotism with jingoism. "

" I exercise more for mental relaxation than anything else. "

" I care about being formally physically attractive in my life, and I think that I am quite vain about my performance. I'm just not vain about how I look while I give the performance. "

" I'm happier in my thirties. I feel clearer about who I am and less apologetic about it, and more accepting of my limitations and also more aware of the ways in which I'm capable. "

" I discovered Orson Welles in college; my freshman English professor screened 'Citizen Kane' for us, and I wound up writing a 20-page term paper on it. "

" I think 'Breaking Bad' is incredible. "

" I think it's important to never play 'crazy' - you have to know what kind of crazy you're playing. "

" Acting is a humiliating job, from start to finish. "

" The twenties are a deceptively challenging-slash-painful time. I'm just glad to be out of that phase. "

" Germany's fascinating. It's a really rich landscape to film and dramatise. "

" I still have a book club with my friends from when I was 5. That's the privilege of growing up in a place where people want to remain. It's a huge gift. "

" Actors want to surprise themselves. When it's really good, you kind of transcend yourself, and that happens infrequently. Very, very rarely. "

" The big question is always, 'Eyes or lips?' I tend to go with the eyes because I've got a lot more material to work with now - and it saves me from reapplying lipstick! I'm a pretty low-maintenance person and it's too excessive to exaggerate both the eyes and lips. "

" Psychology and acting are very closely linked. It's just about studying people and how they work. It can be an incredible discipline and exercise. "

" If I hadn't been an actress, I was thinking seriously about going into psychology. It's just really what I'm interested in: the human psyche and how we process information. "

" Television lets audiences deeply connect with characters. "

" People confuse fame with validation or love. But fame is not the reward. The reward is getting fulfillment out of doing the thing you love. "

" Narciso Rodriguez was my first fashion big brother. He made my wedding dress, which was wonderful. "

" However, I'm at a very comfortable place in my career and celebrity, in that I don't have to audition as extensively as I used to for roles but yet I'm not immediately recognizable. "

" It's a very young mistake to assume that life is very serious. I get the joke now. "

" I was a pretty nerdy kid. I was pretty nerdy. I'm still kind of nerdy. I have all of the worst qualities of being a nerd - all of the affect and none of the smarts. I'm a useless nerd! That's pretty bad. "

" I'm very vain about my performance. I want to give as honest a performance as I can. But I'm not so worried about being regarded as beautiful when I'm playing a character. "

" I'm just always learning lines. I've learned to flag the really crucial scenes, and I start figuring them out and committing them to memory as soon as I get them. "

" It's funny with jeans now, because if they don't feel like a pair of sweatpants, I don't have patience for them anymore! I think I'm becoming increasingly lazy. "

" In New York City, everybody goes into therapy. "