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" When I was a kid, I was one of those really obnoxious 'oooh oooh' girls, with my hand up in the air constantly. I've learned over the years that that's not so attractive, so I've censored that. "

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" My parents never condescended to me. As a child, I always sat at the head of our dinner table. I was always given a lot of responsibility. "

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" Steve Martin is one of my favorite performers, writers, artists of all time. "

" I became very successful at a young age... I had lots of opportunities and lots of power and had no idea how to focus it. "

" I really have never been concerned about being beautiful on-screen. That's just not my jam. "

" It's funny with jeans now, because if they don't feel like a pair of sweatpants, I don't have patience for them anymore! I think I'm becoming increasingly lazy. "

" Autism does exist on a spectrum, and there are so many manifestations of it, so many kinds of expressions of it. And every case is particular. "

" Most people assume that autistic people are not capable of empathy. "

" When somebody asks me who I'm wearing, I always see myself with a BabyBjoern, carrying a little tiny Karl Lagerfeld, like, 'I'm wearing Chanel.' "

Claire Danes

Always

Myself

" I've always had a really active imagination. Lots of kids have imaginary friends. Mine just took on a rather demonic form. "

" Actors want to surprise themselves. When it's really good, you kind of transcend yourself, and that happens infrequently. Very, very rarely. "

" It's a very young mistake to assume that life is very serious. I get the joke now. "

" I was a pretty nerdy kid. I was pretty nerdy. I'm still kind of nerdy. I have all of the worst qualities of being a nerd - all of the affect and none of the smarts. I'm a useless nerd! That's pretty bad. "

" I hadn't been free from adult responsibilities since I was 12, and I needed to experience that. I really needed to just be a kid again. "

" I guess I stopped acting when I was 18 and didn't pick it up again until I was 21. That wasn't the plan, though. When I first started at Yale, the plan was to do a movie each summer. "

Claire Danes

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" You don't realize how useful a therapist is until you see yourself on e and discover you have more problems than you ever dreamed of. "

" I discovered Christopher Isherwood in college. His writing style is so direct, warm, and inclusive. "

" Oh, I'm full of fear. I care about things; therefore, I have fears. I like to think that I'm brave, which is different. Brave means you're able to admit that you care. If you care, you are vulnerable. "

" I care about being formally physically attractive in my life, and I think that I am quite vain about my performance. I'm just not vain about how I look while I give the performance. "

" We just can't shake monogamy. It definitely demands a kind of rigor and discipline and selflessness. But it's also fun. "

" I'm just always learning lines. I've learned to flag the really crucial scenes, and I start figuring them out and committing them to memory as soon as I get them. "

" I'm only realizing now that I was a child actress because I always took myself so seriously. "

" If you do something that you're not genuinely passionate about, it is a little soul-crushing. Just not worth it. "

" I love sitting in the makeup trailer and getting my makeup done in 15 minutes as opposed to an hour and a half. "

" Television lets audiences deeply connect with characters. "

" I have a huge, active imagination, and I think I'm really scared of being alone; because if I'm left to my own devices, I'll just turn into a madwoman. "

" So much of my job is about finding another job, and that's really boring. "

" Some of my happiest moments have been dancing. "

" I should be so lucky to be a misfit. I aspire to be a misfit. "

" Relationships are a constant negotiation and balance. "

" I fantasized about being a psychology major when I first started school, and I took a handful of Psych 101 classes. "