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" When someone says, 'I'm not political,' I feel like what they're saying is, 'I only care about myself. In my bathtub. Me and my bathtub is what I care about.' "

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" I think to be courageous, you have to be afraid. For me, it feels very courageous when I go skiing because I'm very, very afraid to ski. It's dangerous! I feel very scared. But when I'm acting, I don't feel very scared. "

Julianne Moore

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" When I was growing up, the place I felt least alone was when I was reading. "

" 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. "

" Behavior is mutable. It changes from place to place. It's like accents, dialect - it varies from one area to another. But there are universal truths about what it means to be a human being. All the other stuff is like applique. Learning that was interesting to me and probably useful for becoming an actor. "

" It's very important for me to be absolutely present in order to be emotional. "

" Actually I did, because I saw the film like everyone else, ten years ago and I remembered some of it. I just wanted to see it, to kind of remember the tone a little bit. "

" My mother brought us to the library every week, and I read a lot. That's what kept me company. I went from school to school, but there was always reading. "

" At the Golden Globes, they put all the bigger stars in the front; the movie stars in the front, TV actors in the back. But even as a movie star, you can be outseated by a bigger star in any given year. It's kind of hilarious. You have to take it in stride. "

" 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. "

" The thing about having a very young mother who had you at 20 is that you expect that you're going to be old ladies together. "

" I do remember when I was starting acting, going from one set to the next, with not much else going on in my life. And at the end of the day, you get back to your hotel room and just feel this awful loneliness, because the cameras have stopped rolling. "

" My mother was from Scotland and had very fair skin... she wouldn't allow us to go in the sun. "

Julianne Moore

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Skin

" If I had to choose between clothes and furniture, I'd choose furniture. "

" When you have children, you don't have downtime, but I have a family life that is rich and fulfiling. "

" 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. "

" If you're reading IMDB, half of it's made up. You can't trust it or Wikipedia, which is just lies, lies! "

" I do love my work. As an actor, you live from job to job, though, and you have to be prepared for that. "

" We like drama. Even in our comedy, we like drama. "

" I'm not scared of many things in front of the camera. Everywhere else, yes, I'm terrified. But acting is just pretending, and you are exploring feelings in a safe environment. "

" I've always been somebody who's acutely aware of my mortality. "

" I have women friends who are significantly younger and older than me. "

Julianne Moore

Older

Who

" In all of the movies and films you see, people are always in crisis because that's what we watch. We watch them deal with crisis and resolve it. "

" 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. "

" We allow for many more gradations of personality in life than we do in art. "

Julianne Moore

Life

Many

" Frankly, acting doesn't scare me because I really enjoy it. "

Julianne Moore

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Enjoy

" All I wanted was to be a regional-theater actor, to be in a company. I thought it would be a great life. I don't think I understood how difficult it would be. "

" 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. "

" I do like to work. I have my kids' books that I do, I have movies that I do, and I model. "

Julianne Moore

Work

Books

" When I go to a movie and can't figure it out, I'm just thrilled. "

Julianne Moore

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Movie

" Being middle-aged is about realising that you've lived most of your life. You don't have as much time in front of you as you have behind you. "