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" Steve Martin is one of my favorite performers, writers, artists of all time. "

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" 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 fantasized about being a psychology major when I first started school, and I took a handful of Psych 101 classes. "

" When I was 18 I went to college for two years and didn't work for a year which was essential for me, because my identity had been so influenced by my being an actor and I think I just needed to discover what it was to be myself, divorced from all that responsibility. "

" Autism does exist on a spectrum, and there are so many manifestations of it, so many kinds of expressions of it. And every case is particular. "

" You have to stay hydrated when you have crying scenes. "

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

" You have to pick your battles on set. "

" My go-to gifts are scarves from my friend Matin Maulawizada's nonprofit organization, Afghan Hands, which supports disenfranchised women in Afghanistan. In exchange for their beautiful embroidery, the women are given financial aid and classes in math and literacy. The scarves are all stunning and one of a kind. "

" I think people who make movies and have invested a lot of money in them get frightened that if they challenge an audience they are going to repel them. And I think the opposite; it's really true. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I actually think in some ways that it might be more challenging to be bipolar because it's so mercurial - it's so ever-changing. You can't get any traction. You can't build on a system. Whereas, somebody who has Asperger's, which is certainly a much more forgiving expression of autism, can create models for coping and build on them over time. "

" My parents never condescended to me. As a child, I always sat at the head of our dinner table. I was always given a lot of responsibility. "

" The Brexit and Trump phenomena are informed by similar forces and social and economic movements. I think it's been really stressful; it's been really scary. "

" I know, it's true. I've played these tortured teenagers. I can't wait to shed that image. "

" It's very difficult to judge yourself. Extreme self-doubt is only attractive when it's fictionalized. Which is why people love the movies. They are so reassuring. "

" I think because I am as earnest as I am, people were accepting of my evolving into a certified, legitimate, and grown up and I did take three years off. "

" I think people are made uncomfortable by uncensored expressions of emotion. "

" I try to eat sensibly. I cheat, but for the most part, I eat in a clean way. "

" 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. "

" My character was kidnapped by the Terminator and I was kidnapped by the Terminator production. "

" 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. "

" Growing up in New York with artist parents - a very liberal environment, where we were always encouraged to challenge the status quo - I think for a long time I confused jingoism with patriotism. And that is a mistake. "

" I like reading novels because it provides insight into human behavior. I am really interested in feelings and think they are what define us as a species. When you really get it right in acting, it's an act of empathy. You feel less distant from others, and that is really exciting. "

" I would be a terrible CIA officer in real life. "

" I think you can become dependent on fame and be as known as you want to be, you know? "

" I've always very earnestly tried to do my best, so I just have to trust that and forgive myself for being fallible. "

" I'm exceptionally open with my own parents, and they're exceptionally open with me. "

" I have this book club, and we don't read one book; we offer up a few suggestions and create a library over time. "

" Any story is better with a little love in it, right? "