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" The Oscars have become such a big deal these days that it's just used as adjective. "

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" Being a good mother is really so hard and so important, and it's this thing that all people long for. Think of all the soldiers who cry out for their mothers on the battlefield as they die. It's a primal relationship. "

" I wanted to do something far from my intellectual and physical home, so I went to live in Beijing for eight months and took Mandarin Chinese. "

" I hope that doing truthful portrayals of people in a variety of circumstances gives people a kind of subterranean link to those characters. "

" When I was 5, my mother threw a party, and a friend and I wrote and performed a play called The Dutch Doll. "

" I had been looking for a New York apartment, but I said, Why not give LA a go? "

" We're going forward until we have an equitable and safe world for women. "

" I had a Christian upbringing - it was all about sin and guilt. I was very happy just kissing people. I was like the make-out queen - not even second base. "

" Acting is doing, because everything you say or do is some kind of an action, some kind of a verb. You're always connected to the other person through some kind of action. "

" I have great respect for Harvey as an artist, and owe him and his brother a debt of gratitude for the early success in my career, including the Oscar. "

" I try to become more humble and more myself with every year. There was a while when I got famous where I was so confused and my head was spinning. "

" I have learned to pare down what I do and still be effective and strong in a role. "

" As the plot of 'Condor' unfolds, you'll understand that nothing is sacred in the pharmacy world or in the behind-the-scenes workings of the CIA and FBI. "

" I have a hard time getting motivated to do something that seems like a career move. I've gotten into vague trouble with my agents for turning down work that I thought was exploitative. "

" I hate it when people use sex as a weapon against the people who are engaging in it. It's so hypocritical. "

" Once you've found something you know how to do, it makes you feel you don't have to be intimidated by someone. "

" There are all kinds of other things I could do, things I would probably like, but only acting would give me emotional fulfillment. "

" Sometimes I feel limited by people's perceptions of what I can and cannot do, or what I do or don't look like. "

" We all struggle with our failure to communicate and our failure to reach beyond fear to love people. "

" I have a pretty big range of interests. I love art; I love going to the museums. I dabble in painting, and although I'm not very good at it, I enjoy it. "

" I try not to judge my characters. If I'm looking at it from the outside, I'd say, 'No, she's not really a great mother.' But she wishes she were, and she wants to be, and she still has instincts toward protecting her son and wanting him to be a happy person. "

" Being is like pretending. "

" I could have seen myself going into academia, but I don't love it; I just like it. "

" The cognitive dissonance, the denial and cowardice that spare us painful truths and prevent us from acting in defense of innocent victims while allowing 'beloved' individuals to continue their heinous behavior must be jettisoned from the bottom of our souls. "

" Now that I've got some films under my belt, I have the courage of my convictions regarding acting. It gives me a leg to stand on. "

" I'll talk to myself out loud a lot. "

" I've definitely taken more family-friendly roles. Honestly, sometimes the edgier acting roles are not age-appropriate for kids but I have taken more projects that I feel have a great message or my kids can watch because of their age and that were just plain fun. "

" The name game is frustrating. Agents will say, They love you, but they're going to offer it to Julia Roberts first. "

" I always want my character to have dimension, no matter what phase of life or situation they find themselves in. "

" I take the responsibility of choosing seriously because it becomes an indelible part of your body of work. Something has to sing to me. "

" The revelation is that when you lift the curtain, history is decided by a very small group of people, and their own interests guide their actions, not necessarily the laws or principles we think our country rides on. "