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" You want to make entertainment sometimes, and sometimes you want to make art, because I think the way we understand ourselves as human beings is through art, and the way we process emotions - I know I do - is through recognizing experiences on screen or in novels or in paintings. "

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" I just hope and pray that I never get threatened by younger actresses coming up behind me. I hope I won't, but you never know what's going to hit you. "

" As a woman, you feel that you shouldn't want to better yourself against others. Ambition has become such an ugly word, hasn't it? "

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" It was in New York, and I've always wanted to film in New York. And the writer was a teenage friend of mine. We did youth theatre together when we were 16 and always had a dream of making a film together. And ten years later, we've done it. So it's great. "

" There are lots and lots of good actors out there, and often it's just luck if what you bring to the table syncs with the director's vision. "

" I'd really love to live in New York for awhile. That's what I'm hoping to do. "

" The response to Pride has been so overwhelming. I mean, people have really loved it. And it's so rewarding because we had such a fun time making that film, and it was made with so much heart, that it's lovely that people seem to be responding in kind to that. "

" I find I clash sometimes with people who like to plan things and book you in for lunch. I'd rather someone call me up, say: 'Are you free tonight and d'you wanna go to the roller-disco? Or play pool?' "

" I think I needed rather than wanted to be an actor. There is not another way to put it. "

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" You get those couples who are very fearful of bringing children into the mix because they feel like somehow that link between them as a couple is going to somehow dissolve or become less powerful or whatever. And that somehow the child is going to disrupt their happy stage. "

" I think I was lucky in that I wasn't one of those girls who are told they are pretty the whole time. I never got that. Nor did I ever obsess about my looks as a teenager. "

" I've been on stage plenty of times, and one of the things about being a stage actress is you have a 3-month run to revisit the story nightly and play it again. "

" I have worked with three female first assistant directors - on 'Hostiles,' 'Gone Girl,' and a short film, 'The Human Voice,' and they have all been exceptional. "

" You can certainly keep a low public profile if you want to. "

" I think when you are an only child, parents are more protective and fearful because they've only got one of you. I was not allowed to do a lot of things that, if I'd been, say, number three, I would have. "

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" You just never know who's going to have chemistry. You can put two of the sexiest people in the world together, and they could be completely flat. "

" I work in the entertainment industry, and I like to be entertained. "

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" I would love to play the lead in a big romantic comedy. That's definitely a dream of mine. "