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" We didn't have a lot of money growing up, so my mom didn't buy a lot of extras, like sweet things. "
Julianne Moore
Growing
Sweet
Money
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" I read a lot growing up. It was kind of my comfort, you know; I loved it. I love story. I love narrative. I was academic. I wasn't particularly athletic. I didn't make the drill team. I didn't go out for sports. "
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Team
Story
" Really, you want to have variety as an actor. If you spend your career doing one thing solidly, people get burned out. "
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You
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Career
" 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. "
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Start
Bullying
Childhood
" You have to be in yourself, but engage with the world and see what's going on. "
Julianne Moore
Yourself
You
Engage
" If you're 50, you're never going to be 50 ever again, so enjoy being 50. If you sit through the year wishing you were younger, before you know it, it's going to be over, and you're going to be 51. "
Julianne Moore
Enjoy
You
Year
" I have a husband and two kids, and they're usually around when I'm shooting, then I go home. We have dinner, and that's what I'm dealing with when I go home. "
Julianne Moore
Two
Shooting
Go
" I'm looking for the truth. The audience doesn't come to see you, they come to see themselves. "
Julianne Moore
Audience
Come
See
" If I had to choose between clothes and furniture, I'd choose furniture. "
Julianne Moore
Had
Furniture
Clothes
" Frankly, acting doesn't scare me because I really enjoy it. "
Julianne Moore
Because
Me
Enjoy
" As an actor, all you have is what you know and what you see in other people. The more you know, and the more you've experienced, the more you're able to communicate to other people. "
Julianne Moore
More
See
You
" When I go to a movie and can't figure it out, I'm just thrilled. "
Julianne Moore
Just
Go
Movie
" My mom worked as a psychiatric social worker. She was interested in people, and I guess I am, too. So we would talk about the people that we knew, and why they behaved the way they did. "
Julianne Moore
I Am
Way
Talk
" My mom came to the U.S. very young, and then she married very young. But she was never American. She was always Scottish and would make sure that I knew that I was, too. "
Julianne Moore
American
Always
Young
" With actors, all our ages are out there for all to see - you can't hide anything, really. And it's kind of a relief. This is my age, this is what I look like without makeup on - who cares? That youth culture - that lying about your age - it's all denial of death anyway. "
Julianne Moore
Youth
Age
Culture
" I do love my work. As an actor, you live from job to job, though, and you have to be prepared for that. "
Julianne Moore
Job
Work
You
" I have women friends who are significantly younger and older than me. "
Julianne Moore
Me
Older
Who
" I moved frequently because my dad was in the army, so I was always new in school. I think if you've ever done that, you know what it means to not matter in a room. I think it's a good experience for everyone to have, to feel like they're not noticed, because it teaches you to be empathetic. "
Julianne Moore
Think
Experience
Know
" In grade school, I was a complete geek. You know, there's always the kid who's too short, the kid who wears glasses, the kid who's not athletic. Well, I was all three. "
Julianne Moore
You
Know
Glasses
" I went with Tom Ford to a bunch of events one year, and he's so wonderful and handsome and so much fun to be with; he made me look, like, 100 percent better in every single picture. "
Julianne Moore
Picture
Fun
Look
" 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. "
Julianne Moore
You
Out
Money
" The worst thing you could do is scare a kid or trick them. Never, ever, ever do that. "
Julianne Moore
Worst
Trick
Never
" When the computer and tablets are all about playing games, that's not interesting to me. "
Julianne Moore
Me
Playing Games
Games
" My kids have always been allowed to have dessert. My husband thinks I'm too free and easy about that kind of stuff, but my kids will throw out a half-eaten ice cream cone if they've had enough, which I've never in my life been able to do. "
Julianne Moore
Ice Cream
Life
My Life
" I think that one of the things that you do learn is that falling in love and being in love with someone is a rarity. That you don't fall in love as many times as you think you're going to. And then when you do, it's really special; it's really important. "
Julianne Moore
Falling In Love
You
Fall
" I've always been somebody who's acutely aware of my mortality. "
Julianne Moore
Been
Somebody
Always
" Once I've ascertained that I'm safe and I'm with a director who is taking care of me, then I'm able to go and do what I need to do and know it's not me, it's the story. "
Julianne Moore
Safe
Care
Know
" 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. "
Julianne Moore
Work
Time
New York
" It's hard to keep the romance going sometimes. Because you have a job. And you have children. And you have a house and a dog. And something leaks in the basement, and somebody has to take the dog to the vet... you're exhausted. "
Julianne Moore
Job
House
Hard
" You know, comedy's hard. With drama, you have a responsibility to the emotional truth, but with comedy, you have emotional truth and you have technique on top of it. "
Julianne Moore
Responsibility
Comedy
Know
" I think everybody has had emotional distress, but yes, I think I'm pretty stable. "
Julianne Moore
Yes
Distress
Pretty