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" Some of my happiest moments have been dancing. "
Claire Danes
Some
Moments
Happiest
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" College was just so essential for my sense of self and my development. "
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" I think it's important to never play 'crazy' - you have to know what kind of crazy you're playing. "
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" But I don't know if people are meant to be together. You have to have a lot in common, choose well and be really fortunate. It's not like you're sprinkled with fairy dust. You have to believe that love will be there when you need it. "
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" I'm so impressed by Jennifer Lawrence and Carey Mulligan. They have this exquisite taste. They are very gifted in their ability to make great choices. "
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" People in the CIA, they marry each other. They're like actors! We have to travel without much warning to far-flung places, and it's very hard to communicate what our experiences are like to those in the outside world. "
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" Acting is the greatest answer to my loneliness that I have found. "
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" Actors want to surprise themselves. When it's really good, you kind of transcend yourself, and that happens infrequently. Very, very rarely. "
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" I have this home in New York, I have a long-term relationship with my boyfriend, who's from Australia, and I had this business that I had maintain. Even though I wasn't actively shooting, there's a lot of peripheral work. "
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" I like marriage. I feel very secure. It helps when you are in love with the person you are married to. "
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" Narciso Rodriguez was my first fashion big brother. He made my wedding dress, which was wonderful. "
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" I'm exceptionally open with my own parents, and they're exceptionally open with me. "
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Own
" Maybe philosophy - I love talking about ideas. Or maybe art history. I was thinking about psychology, then I got really afraid because everybody says it's terribly boring. "
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Love
Ideas
" 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. "
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Friends
Book
" I have to expose myself and then accept the judgment that audiences and critics will have. And that's okay. I appreciate the elliptical nature of it. Sometimes people are more in the mood to be nice to me than others, and that's great. "
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Nice
Nature
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" I love Berlin. "
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" I got an agent when I was 12, and I started working in more amateur productions well before that. But even as a kid, I never felt like a kid actor, you know? I always took myself kind of absurdly seriously. "
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" You don't realize how useful a therapist is until you see yourself on e and discover you have more problems than you ever dreamed of. "
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" We just can't shake monogamy. It definitely demands a kind of rigor and discipline and selflessness. But it's also fun. "
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Also
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" When I was a kid, I was one of those really obnoxious 'oooh oooh' girls, with my hand up in the air constantly. I've learned over the years that that's not so attractive, so I've censored that. "
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" The twenties are a deceptively challenging-slash-painful time. I'm just glad to be out of that phase. "
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" 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. "
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