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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" My major in college was Chinese Studies. It was very intentional. "

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

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" I always feel I can play a role - just give me the time to do the preparation and I'll be it. "

" There was something about being in front of audiences when I was in elementary school plays that gave me a thrill. It was like the rush you get from a roller coaster drop. "

" My father taught me how to substitute realities. "

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

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

" We are all capable of so much more than the narrow confines of our regular behavior and our personality. So it's interesting to play different notes on your keyboard. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" We want to take our activism and our power into action and change things for every woman, everywhere, working in any workplace. "

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" It's the relationships between people that are more important than the sort of far away fantasies of what the good life is, the world of supermodels and Bud ads. "

" I had started off, before I ever got an acting job, working at Robert De Niro's Tribeca Productions as a reader. I was always interested in that side of the camera. "

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" I assume that if people get to know me, they'll like me. If they don't, it's not my problem. "

" 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. "

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

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" I'm doing things that are more artistic again, more close to the material that I love. I don't disparage those things that I did. They're just not as much reflective of who I am. "