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" When you're playing someone who has a strong ego about themselves, you can't play them when you have the opposite opinion of the one they have of themselves. "

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" I knew I wanted to become an actor when I was 7 years old. My dad was working with Alfred Hitchcock, my mom was working with Martin Scorsese - and it was the great summer of my childhood. "

" Going to the Academy Awards is something I remember since I was six, when I went with my mom for the first time, 14 with my dad, you know, and there I am, at 22, 23, whatever I was, sitting next to my mom. You know, and then again, there with my dad. Like, there's a beauty to it, and I care deeply about film history. "

" God bless nannies. "

" It's a strange world, as David Lynch would say. "

" When you're first reading the script and thinking about playing the part, it's slightly daunting. It's easy to question, 'Is an audience going to like me? And is that my job?' "

" I'm a natural blonde. I was a towhead as a kid, and then it got ashier when I was 18. "

" I don't think you have to be in these serious, heavy, independent little movies to be an actor. Some of the most interesting acting I've seen is on cable television. "

" Being an actress my whole life, it feels so good to have a clean face when I'm off, so I'm not a big makeup wearer. "

" I'm interested in flawed protagonists. I was raised on them. "

" Unfortunately, overall, movies are a conglomerate. People buy and sell people in this business, which can get really ugly. "

" When man decides he can control nature, he's in deep trouble. "

" At 12, turned 13, made a movie with Sex Pistols and The Clash. Learned about a lot of things I never knew and hope will never know again. Don't know how my parents let me do that. "

" If you have a movie coming out, and people are talking about you, the amount of scripts will build. "

" What I consider a good part for a woman and what some other Hollywood people think are good women's parts are very different. I don't want to play the supportive girlfriend who has nine scenes and just loves that man, maybe cheats on him in one scene but will always be there, and I mean - give me a break. "

" I always fall in love with qualities of people I work with. "

" You don't always get to work as much as you like, because I'm waiting to find things that I care about. Sometimes that's frustrating. "

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