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Quotes
You never have sex the way people do in the
movies. You don't do it on the floor, you don't do it standing up, you
don't always have all your clothes off, you don't happen to have on all
the sexy lingerie. You know, if anybody ever ripped my clothes, I'd kill
them.
My mother always says, I'd rather see you naked than dead.
In grade school I was a complete geek. You
know, there's always the kid who's too short, the one who wears glasses,
the kid who's not athletic. Well, I was all three.
I love being scared in a movie. It's my favourite thing. That really happened for me watching 28 Days Later, I was so scared and that made me very happy. It's now my favourite movie of the past two years.
If you want to know the truth about actresses, it's that we're hungry all the time. We really don't eat. We live on Muesli bars and yoghurt.
I wish I could say I broke this kicking down
the door at Paramount, but I was running after my son." - said at
the GLAAD Media Awards in reference to her broken toe and to the
producers at Paramount who are allowing Dr. Laura Schlessinger to have a
TV show. Schlessinger angered the gay community with her views on
homosexuality.
''It makes me crazy when people ask why women don't go to the movies. No. 1, there are no movies for us and No. 2, we have jobs and families. I never get out of the house with two little kids. If I go, I want to know it really is something for me. I want it to be relevant to me.
I was a goody-goody. I was one of those kids
who played by the rules. I used to have to take people to the
principal's office. Isn't that awful?
Now that the FDA has legalized RU-486, it makes us feel that politically the winds are blowing our way. But if someone has a problem with reproductive freedom, I won't even consider voting for them. George W. Bush is anti-choice, and I really believe that should he be elected, we will end up in a really difficult
situation.
Only five people got nominated in that
category, and that's not very many people. So I did all right.
God, I hope people see something unique and
interesting in me. But I believe they are coming to see themselves.
I'm looking for the truth. The audience
doesn't come to see you, they come to see themselves.
Being a mother is magnificent. The awards
are great, but the biggest thrill is still to tuck your kids in at
night.
Now that the FDA has legalized RU-486, it
makes us feel that politically the winds are blowing our way. But if
someone has a problem with reproductive freedom, I won't even consider
voting for them. George W. Bush is anti-choice, and I really believe
that should he be elected, we will end up in a really difficult
situation.
I was a bookworm, and very skinny with big,
thick glasses. I never went on dates and guys were afraid of me because
I was smart. So I got contact lenses, started to dress a little better
and tried not to talk about Plato with boys. It worked!
It is the most wonderful experience of your
life. It deepens absolutely everything. You have a greater understanding
of things, so in a way it is a gift. For me it has made everything much
better. I'm so happy; I am extremely fortunate.
I have no expectation of winning - it is
such a pleasure to be nominated and to be included in the company of
these women.
I hesitate to call things companion pieces
or to draw comparison between films because I think you reduce the films
by doing that.
It's true, the classic, iconic American
ideal, that heroine, our idea of perfection is this blonde woman in a
blue dress and a blue car.
That's the beauty of what actors do, that
you only have yourself as a resource. And so the trick is to find
something in them that you connect to somewhere. And with every single
one of my characters, I have to find something that I really understand
and ultimately believe.
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