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Quotes
For me, doing Wonderland wasn't about strategy. The story was
compelling, it was written really well, I thought I understood the
characters, and I just wanted to be in it. I've never gone wrong
whenever I've done that, and I haven't done that a lot of times.
Before I became an
actress, I used to think, 'When I get famous, there's so much love for
you. And I think that's what everyone's after with trying to achieve
celebrity.
I
always felt like I could be funny, but there was a part of me that
always judged actors so harshly... I thought all actors were dumb-that
they must have serious emotional problems. Even if they don't, that's
the perception I had of them. I didn't want anyone to see me that way.
I've learned you can make a mistake and the whole
world doesn't end. I had to learn to allow myself to make a mistake
without becoming defensive and unforgiving.
In college I castrated 21 rats, and I got pretty good
at it.
Since I had the baby I can't tolerate anything
violent or sad, I saw the Matrix and I had my eyes closed through a lot
of it, though I didn't need to. I would peek, and then think, oh OK, I
can see that.
I always felt like I could be funny, but there was a part of me that
always judged actors so harshly...I thought all actors were dumb--that
they must have serious emotional problems. Even if they don't, that's
the perception I had of them. I didn't want anyone to see me that
way.
Said "People talk slower to me, as if I were a ten year old.",
when on the topic of her on-screen character, Phoebe.
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