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" When I watch a movie, someone's beauty isn't what engages me: it's what's going on internally. And I imagine it's what the audience thinks, too. "

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" Meditation is an essential aspect of my life. "

" My face moves, unlike some actors' do. I guess it's kind of a response to what's happening internally. "

" If I hadn't had acting, I would probably have imploded. "

" I don't feel I owe anyone anything. "

" There are actors who are really fantastically talented at being natural on screen and appearing to be themselves, but I like the challenge of becoming somebody else. "

" I love holidays. It's such a wonderful time for the whole family to be together and not have to worry about schedules and that kind of thing. "

" I'm a fan of music, some rock music. But I like many types of music. But I suppose a kind of longstanding love of specific bands would be Radiohead, Wilco, Neil Young, Tom Waits, REM. "

" I can't imagine a world without music. "

" I think it's important to relax in general. I don't try to save up my relaxing for one month period of the year; it's kind of a daily practice that I've tried to remain aware of. "

" The better you know yourself, the better your relationship with the rest of the world. "

" An accent in a way can be an entry into a character. "

" Whether it's a movie I'm in or not, if there's a good movie, and it's low budget, and you know everyone's done it just because they were passionate about it and they cared for it, if it has any kind of audience, it's just a wonderful outcome. "

" I don't try to live the life of my character but I think it's inevitable that there is some carry-over into your life. "

" I just never want to repeat myself. I also don't want to be bored in life. The great luxury of being an actor is you get to be different people, and I would hate to be repetitive. "

" The way a character looks reflects what's on the inside. I can make myself look really bad, and I can make myself look kind of gorgeous. It's not about me; it's about the character. "

" I think when I was younger, I used to sort of long to be a part of films that were really gritty and hardcore in a way. "

" I wish I had more patience. "

" Travelling's so much better when you know you've got a lovely home to go back to. "

" Also, I think having a musicality about me that helps in identifying different things in languages and getting them right. "

" I love kids, so working with them wasn't a problem. "

" I hate it when the mother is just the mother in movies. "

" I think being the conventional beauty is limiting, so I'm glad I'm not that. If I looked different, I wouldn't have the great opportunities I've had. "

" I grew up watching a lot of American television and so the American sound has been in my psyche somehow for a long time and is quite familiar and so that does make it easier. "

" I like being married, but it was never something I felt I had to do. "

" I wouldn't play glamour for glamour. "

" I find it strange that actors are on the covers of magazines. "

" To tell you the truth, my father says I came out of the womb literally singing and dancing, as though there was a spotlight on me. When I ask what I was like when I was little, they just say 'loud.' "

" My 20s were totally bonkers. I was living out of a suitcase and burning the candle at both ends. But I tell you - I am totally over it. "

" I think that the Japanese culture is one of the very few cultures left that is its own entity. They're just so traditional and so specific in their ways. It's kind of untouched, it's not Americanized. "

" The potential strength of female friendship and the bonds that can be formed, especially over a lifelong relationship, is very profound. "