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" Sometimes when you're given hurdles, it makes you more creative in the end. "

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" I feel like everything does happen for a reason, and I can totally look back on my career and the decisions I've made and how it sort of worked itself out. "

" You've heard the phrase 'There are no small roles, just small actors?' Well, I kind of disagree. There are small roles, but when you get a lot of them in a row, you can become a pretty successful actress, and that's what I've done. "

" My parents, stupidly, always let me go downtown. This was pre-pager, even. It made me adventurous. I think it makes you tough. "

" I think when you're just counting on your voice, you actually need double the energy. I find myself acting out the scenes and being very physical while I'm recording because I think you can tell when someone is just sitting on a stool. "

" I was lucky, and once I moved to L.A., I didn't have to get another job besides acting. But I wouldn't trade my previous jobs for anything. "

" I'd been dating my husband for about a year, and I'd already kissed George Clooney, Ashton Kutcher and Gerard Butler. Awesome year, right? "

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" I am very reluctantly healthy. "

" The truth is that the actresses who I look up to are either my age or a few years older or a lot older. "

" I feel like I have a healthy self-esteem. "

" It's my job as a supporting actor - which I usually am - to support the film: to make 1, 2, or 3 on the call sheet look good. "

" I remember my choir teacher in high school told me, 'When in doubt, sing loud.' I'm a terrible singer, but I always auditioned for the musicals, and would get cast in them because I really would just put it all out there. That was really good advice, and I think it works for everything, not just acting. "

" I would have played any character in an Alexander Payne movie. "

" I really believe waiting tables, and service industry jobs in general, make you a better person. "

" The one thing I haven't done that would be so cool would be, like, an action movie. Like a real action, Jason Bourne movie or something. "

" I just try not to look at any role as a comedic role or a dramatic role. I just try to stay in the movie I'm in. "

" I found the structure of writing a screenplay harder than the structure of writing an essay. But it was definitely challenging to force myself to sit and write. I'm not used to having to force myself to work. "

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" Sometimes I think to get to the emotional level of a scene, you don't necessarily have to have experienced the exact thing that person has experienced, but whatever you have in your life that has gotten you to that place is usually enough. "

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" It's bad enough when people are comparing your movie to just other random movies, but when you have another 'Carrie' to compare it to, it's rough. "