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" When I first did theatre, I was always doing comedies; it was always my first love. But it wasn't what I was picked for at first, for films and TV. "

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" Early on, I knew I had ideas, but I wasn't sure when it was appropriate to bring them to the table, and I was so intimidated by these titans that I was working for. But it started around the time of 'Tron,' when I was really excited by the creative process and the prep that went into that. I spoke up often at those writing sessions. "

" It's really kind of a luxury for an actor to have the opportunity to show such different types of characters. I actually left 'Cowboys & Aliens' and went straight into 'The Change-Up.' It was kind of a funny change of pace. "

" I got an internship with the casting director of The Girl Next Door. I would hold the clipboard and help them in their casting sessions and get them lunch. "

" I do not tweeze my eyebrows. I've been letting them grow out for years. I try to fill them in wherever nature has abandoned me. "

" Mick Jagger has been an idol of mine since I was 10 years old. Through his music, he has taught me so much about rock n' roll, but also about the blues and about the experience of live music, going to several Rolling Stones shows, growing up. "

" People have nervous tics they don't know about, and I would advise asking around. Ask the casting director, 'Is there something I'm doing?' I would see people unconsciously rocking back and forth. I roll my lips. I bite my lips and roll them. "

" As you get older, you start to really ask questions like, 'Is this the road I should be walking down?,' because every decision seems more final, as you get older. "

" I'm opening up my heart to the idea of dating. It's funny - my friends would always come to me for romantic advice. I know nothing, and things have changed since I was dating in high school! I'm really trying hard to spend this time working on myself. "

" When I have really blonde hair, I usually go for a more natural look, wearing way less makeup. "

" Now I'm doing a film festival for kids and writing a script about a kidnapped journalist in Afghanistan. "

" It was helpful to have the confidence of youth that came from a lack of desperation. I thought, 'If I don't succeed, I'll go back to school and study.' "

" If I could play drums like Patrick Carney or Taylor Hawkins, I'd be a really happy person. "

" Once I took a bus from my home in Maryland to Philadelphia to live on the streets with some musicians for a few weeks, and then my parents sent me to boarding school at Andover to shape me up. "

" It's interesting having a son. Someone told me that it's good when you have a son first because when you have a daughter first and then a son, you think your son's slow. A lot of parents freak out because they've seen a daughter progress so quickly, and they think their male child is, like, damaged. But boys are just naturally slow. "

" Many casting directors won't hire aspiring actors because you might be burning some chick's headshot under the table so she doesn't get the part. "

" People assume actresses are afraid to get older; the truth is the roles get a whole lot more compelling once you're too old to play dumb. "

" A good litmus test is that you should be comfortable with your significant other being present when you hang out with your friend. "

" Inspiration is the key to everything. "

" If I'm left high and dry at the end of this wild journey, just taking it is a great feeling. "

" People think that young people don't care about things, but I think they do care; they just aren't super interested in conforming to what older people think are the right way to do things. "

" My parents said marrying was an optimistic thing to do in pessimistic times. "

" If a woman feels anchored to a man's plans, she may start to resent him for the fun she's worried she's missing. "

" Not everything has to be a couples' event. "

" My parents were journalists and friends with writers, artists, and just a really interesting assortment of people, so I was exposed to all lifestyles from a young age. "

" You're going to change as you grow older, and that messes up a lot of relationships. "

" There are so many young women in film school right now, and it's just about foreign sales companies, domestic sales companies agreeing to finance films directed by and starring women. "

" When you choose to be an actor, you are going against the odds. "

" I use the PhotoReady Foundation almost every day, and their lip glosses are fantastic. "

" Power tends to get confused with repression. "

" Once, in Australia, I ate 33 pancakes in 20 minutes, and I only did it because they said a girl could never enter the competition. "