Claire Danes

“I have to say that my dad's face is very malleable. He's barely got any cartilage in his face. I think I maybe inherited that Play-Doh-like physicality from him.”

“I like reading novels because it provides insight into human behavior.”

“I used to have nightmares when I was a little kid that I woke up prematurely and opened all the Christmas presents. And then I would be so relieved when I woke up and I realized that I hadn't done it.”

“I have to expose myself and then accept the judgment that audiences and critics will have. And that's okay. I appreciate the elliptical nature of it. Sometimes people are more in the mood to be nice to me than others, and that's great.”

“I have this home in New York, I have a long-term relationship with my boyfriend, who's from Australia, and I had this business that I had maintain. Even though I wasn't actively shooting, there's a lot of peripheral work.”

“On a film you can really get away with learning the scene the night before and that's often just not possible with TV, so you have to be a little bit more prepared a little bit more in advance.”

“I can get a dance party started pretty much anywhere and anytime.”

“Every three seconds in the developing world, a child dies needlessly due to lack of basic health care and other things we all take for granted.”

“I'm just a big old nerd.”

“I love Berlin.”

“I eat in moderation and try not to worry about it.”

“I really liked Yale, although it was extremely intimidating. When I visited the campus, I was hiding behind trees, I felt so unworthy.”

“Oliver Stone's strategy is to unnerve the actors so as to make them alert and alive.”

“I would rather not work than be a neurotic mess.”

“Some of my happiest moments have been dancing.”

“Television lets audiences deeply connect with characters.”

“I discovered Orson Welles in college; my freshman English professor screened 'Citizen Kane' for us, and I wound up writing a 20-page term paper on it.”

“Voice over can be tricky. It can be dangerous because it's over-used or inappropriately used.”

“People talk about 'date night,' and it is true: Sometimes you have to apply yourself, or at least apply lipstick to yourself. You kind of have to dress up, just because. You know, wear heels to your own dinner table.”

“Counterterrorism isn't really about the nunchakus, the guns and gadgets. It's about psychology.”