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" Television has filled the space for actors that really want to make good work and not just make a lot of money and be famous for making a lot of money and being famous. "

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" I don't know how people do this waxing thing. Now I just have all these bumpy ingrown hairs. "

" I think mental illness is a slippery slope to talk about these days because people are overly diagnosed, overly prescribed, overly everything. "

" When people are struggling, that's a painful place to be in, to not know who you are and where you belong and what you desire. "

" Everybody I grew up with has incredible self-confidence and self-assurance. We were all loud, outspoken, wild kids and were celebrated for it. "

" I was anxious before I decided to go back to acting about what I wanted to do with my life. Once I realized I was sort of interested in acting, I've been pretty lucky and had all these great parts. And I feel pretty much like, 'What will happen will happen.' "

" People are obsessed with actresses being hairless, fatless Barbie dolls. "

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" Nicole Richie invited me to her birthday party, and it was at Michael Jackson's Neverland! "

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" I thought I was a sexy symbol! "

" I don't revisit anything unless there's a really good occasion, like BAM screened 'This Is My Life', with Lena Dunham and Nora Ephron before she died. It also screened 'Uncle Buck', so I took my niece. I don't have a TV, so I don't happen upon old movies like you would if you had cable. "

" My mom grew up in a strict Catholic family and moved to New York and became part of the Warhol factory. "

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" Our parents all experimented with raising us in a fairly loose, unorthodox way. A huge emphasis was placed on creativity, and our artistic efforts were never dismissed as childish. There was a sense that we - kids and grown-ups - all had the potential to make something of value. Our drawings were not simply destined for the refrigerator. "

" I think that every young person is a little mentally ill, you know? If we're not totally shutting down, we're all a little bit mentally ill in our twenties and maybe into our early thirties. "

" I had a very long home birth. She was almost 10 pounds and did not want to come out. "

" I was never that famous, but I do think going to college and really getting away from the business and taking a true break is incredibly, incredibly important if you start acting at a young age. "

" You can do your job and be yourself and be comfortable all at the same time! "

" There's something extremely bizarre about the way people consume media now. "

" I really enjoy taking care of people, and I was really ready to have a kid, so I didn't have to sacrifice anything that I didn't want to give up. "

" I just wanted to rollerblade at Union Square. "

" I think being on a set where people aren't being treated as equals, and with just a common level of decency and respect, is really uncomfortable. "