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" When I was growing up in New York City, my father was a taxi driver for a time. "

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" Are we asking terribly much of people to be curious and interested in the female experience from the female perspective? "

" You are the age of your spine. You are as flexible as your spine. That transfers to other areas of your life. "

" I don't know what it is, exactly, but there's a negative drag on film sets after the second week or so, a mutinous vibe because the infinite capacities of the directors and everybody else become quite finite and everybody's under the gun and it becomes work. "

" Some days I want to get the boob job, some days I want to get the eye lift. Then other days, I'm like, 'Absolutely not! Have some integrity!'... But it's all about what makes you happy. "

" I think it's lovely that women are afforded attention on the stage in terms of their inner journeys, their emotional lives. That's the great harvest, the great writing available to women. Whether that makes it to the screen, that's a whole other conversation. "

" I believe that the female perspective is a very healing and circumspect one, and we have a right to equal voice. "

" I'm not a bad parent and partner, even if I make a thousand mistakes. "

" I'm not really attracted to that long-term commitment to one character over many years. "

" I love my work, but there is no price you can put on what you miss when you are away from your kids. "

" I have just enough attention to feel glamorous and important. "

" I loved acting, I started as a child and it is interesting because I didn't compare myself to others that were doing the same thing. I just felt that I needed to stay focused and stay out of trouble. "

" I think fun is an important part of the entertainment industry, and it should be. Anybody who's not incorporating some of that into their work needs to take a break, go away, and have an attitude adjustment. "

" It's always refreshing to step into another time. "

" I grew up watching Wonder Woman; I grew up watching Batman. I grew up watching George Reeves as Superman. "

" When you're a young child, you pick a totem animal, and you just identify with it to the point of wishing you were that animal. "

" I'm a girl, but that doesn't mean I don't appreciate greatness and the struggle of sports. My situation - and I've always said this, even in politics - is may the best man win. I'm not team-bound. "

" Anyone who's had a finger pointed at them and been told they're pretty or attractive, there's a power that comes with that. But beauty for a woman becomes cumbersome because it's always being equated with youth. "

" Americans have an interesting conundrum, a black and white line: You're on one side or the other of Puritanism or licentiousness. But that gray area where people abide, between their ears or on the Internet, needs to be fleshed out more in terms of permission granted. "

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" I was raised by free-spirited people, though my father gave me a very strong work ethic. "

" Independent films have a very different cachet than success films. "

" Because that's what intimacy is: It's a willingness to be vulnerable, a willingness to bite my tongue and a willingness to set an example of what I believe in. "

" What women represent to the male is, historically, a big burden. It's a lovely dream, but it's the stuff of literature, art, and everything. Living up to what the male psyche projects onto the female is the stuff of books. You'd need a lot more than an interview to go into it! "

" I've got a lot of mileage, and I love my mileage. I wouldn't trade a mile of that for a minute of being younger. "

" All I know is it was incredible watching Robert Downey Jr. bring Chaplin to life. Talk about weight-lifting! "

" When I really young yet feeling very old, I offered up a lot of myself to the press; I knew it was good copy. "

" The potential hot tomato of today can turn into the cold pop tart of tomorrow, and I know that. "

" The weird thing about film, which I don't really care for, is that I'm always surprised when I see the film. One way or another, I'm always surprised. "

" When I was about seven, I started touring the globe as part of New York's La MaMa theater company - without my parents! "

" I think the secret to happiness is having a Teflon soul. Whatever comes your way, you either let it slide or you cook with it. "