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" The human condition is the human condition, and what we try to do is illuminate the human condition. "

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" I think my mother's family came on the Mayflower from England - D.A.R., you know. "

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" I had no fear 'cause it seemed everyone in the audience always applauded whatever I did. Course, maybe it was because I always seemed to know everyone in the audience. "

" My father's family is German and Czech. "

" I wanted to put all my family stories down for my girls, and I remember everything so vividly. I just wanted to put everything down while I still can remember it all. "

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" You get angry and frustrated wondering, 'Are there enough parts for women?' "

" I only learn from the people I work with. "

" I go where the good work is being done. "

" Music is my thing. In fact, that's what I wanted to do. I thought of myself as a musician. I had never thought about acting. "

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" I studied homeopathy for years and years. Herbs and all kinds of acupuncture, acupressure, alternative medicine. I think it's just better to treat the whole person. "

" I've not had a mean life. "

" It's really nice when the studio is behind what you're doing, because that's often not the case. "

" The name Sissy came because my brothers called me that. "

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" There's kind of a time you get warned about where the rug gets pulled out from under you: beyond ingenue, before you get into character stuff. "

" I'm drawn to ordinary people who find themselves in extraordinary circumstances, which is a big part of the human condition. "

" My daughter is far more talented than me in the songwriting department - far more. "

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" Nothing in life prepared me for the way I felt about being a mother. Until then, I sort of felt like a blank sheet of paper. I was always trying to second-guess myself, to be what others wanted me to be. "

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