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" The funny thing about my films is that you can make little piles of them. You could make little piles of the movie that were family movies, you could make a little art movie pile, you could make a little action movie pile. "

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" I love clothes - I love shopping for clothes, I love wearing clothes, I love talking about clothes - but oddly, putting on the dress and walking around in front of people, that's the place where I'm most uncomfortable. "

Julianne Moore

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Dress

Walking

" Even ordinary people aren't ordinary, not really. They're filled up with thoughts and feelings that you might never know are there until they suddenly materialise. "

" I'm looking for the truth. The audience doesn't come to see you, they come to see themselves. "

" Comedy is ridiculously hard. And if the rhythm is not right, if the music or the line is not right, it's not funny. "

" My mother brought us to the library every week, and I read a lot. That's what kept me company. I went from school to school, but there was always reading. "

" Within childhood behaviors, there are known behaviors; there's teasing and there's name-calling, and different kinds of things happen as kids start to socialize. And then there's serious bullying, and then there's actual aggression and behavioral problems. But you can't put it all under the tent of bullying. "

" In my family, there was one parent you asked for money and the other for permission to do things. You could never get both out of one parent. "

" The thing about having a very young mother who had you at 20 is that you expect that you're going to be old ladies together. "

" My family life is incredibly important to me. I want to be with them as much as I can. I try to work in New York, or I work in the summer time when my family can come with me. "

" I think it's always hard to find great roles, no matter what age you are. So I always say to people, 'You have to remember that Hollywood is in the business of making movies that they can sell tickets to; they're not in the business of finding great roles for actors.' "

" When I was seven, these kids in the alley behind our house in Omaha called me Freckleface Strawberry. I hated my freckles, and I hated that name. I thought it was humiliating in the way that only a seven-year-old could hate it. "

" I love my kids with all my heart and the last thing I want to worry about is the air they breathe. "

" The only reason I got married in 2003 was for my children. I had a therapist who said marriage is really a container for a family, and that made sense to me. "

" Parenthood is a very, very intense experience. "

" Really, you want to have variety as an actor. If you spend your career doing one thing solidly, people get burned out. "

" The one thing that kids need is consistency. "

" We like drama. Even in our comedy, we like drama. "

" I'm a very basic dresser. I'm not interested in calling too much attention to myself. I like to look cool without being too noticeable. "

" Movie studios aren't making too many dramas anymore; they're in the superhero business. Material for television is much, much stronger for actors now. "

" I have a very, very normal life. I really do - with the exception of being very lucky and privileged. I have two children, a dog, and a husband. We live in New York, the kids go to school, and we're fortunate that we have flexible schedules. I like that. That's what I want. "

" People think that the directors direct actors. No. Really, what the director's doing is directing the audience's eye through the film. "

" In my opinion, you don't get to have privacy when you're only 16! "

" It's not difficult to take care of a child; it's difficult to do anything else while taking care of a child. Trying to clean up the kitchen after you've had a baby is a nightmare because you have to wait for the baby to be asleep, you're exhausted, and you really don't want to clean up the kitchen now. "

" Art is an expression of who we are, what we believe, and what we dream about. "

" People are very reluctant to invest unless they know it's going to be a sure thing, and let's face it: film is never a sure thing. "

" When my son first started to take the subway, my husband and I used to follow him to make sure he was all right, and then we had to stop following him and let him do it by himself. "

Julianne Moore

Husband

Son

" I can only be in the sun for 15 minutes before burning. I have sunscreen on my face every day. If I'm walking on the sunny side of the street, I'll walk to the shady side. I'm too uncomfortable in the sun. "

" Travelling childhoods are a common theme among actors. Army kids, embassy kids, travelling salesmen, clergy. Thing is, you learn about behaviour, that different places are separated by behaviours which are culturally driven. "

" The idea behind makeup is to enhance whatever color or contours you have in your face. I'm a big believer in that. And don't use to much powder; powder is really aging. I've made that mistake myself. "

" If I had to choose between clothes and furniture, I'd choose furniture. "