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“I think people who make movies and have invested a lot of money in them get frightened that if they challenge an audience they are going to repel them. And I think the opposite; it's really true.”
“Acting is the greatest answer to my loneliness that I have found.”
“College was just so essential for my sense of self and my development.”
“There was a solid year and a half, perhaps two years, after making 'Temple Grandin,' when I didn't do anything. I just didn't have much patience for roles that were silly, or light, or inconsequential.”
“When somebody asks me who I'm wearing, I always see myself with a BabyBjoern, carrying a little tiny Karl Lagerfeld, like, 'I'm wearing Chanel.'”
“I became very successful at a young age... I had lots of opportunities and lots of power and had no idea how to focus it.”
“I try to eat sensibly. I cheat, but for the most part, I eat in a clean way.”
“My first offer was when I was 12, and it was for a soap opera. And I turned it down because I knew that I was an unformed actor, and I didn't want to develop bad habits.”
“The Brexit and Trump phenomena are informed by similar forces and social and economic movements. I think it's been really stressful; it's been really scary.”
“I started working when I was very young. I got an agent when I was 12, and fortunately was employed consistently from that point on. So I didn't really go to a conventional high school. I was tutored on sets and things.”
“If I hadn't been an actress, I was thinking seriously about going into psychology. It's just really what I'm interested in: the human psyche and how we process information.”
“What I needed was a connection to life that was real and lasting.”
“If I took my characters home with me, half of my life would be a misery, I think. No, I tend to compartmentalize work from my life. I'm not terribly method.”
“I don't want to be an actress. I want to be doing good work that is well written and has good people in it.”
“Fame doesn't end loneliness.”
“You have to come to work from a place of love.”
“Once you get over that peak of puberty, you hit a nice stride.”
“I like marriage. I feel very secure. It helps when you are in love with the person you are married to.”
“I was an actor who happened to be a kid.”
“I care about being formally physically attractive in my life, and I think that I am quite vain about my performance. I'm just not vain about how I look while I give the performance.”