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People Generally Treat Me Like I'm Very Intelligent And Really, I'm Much Less Intelligent Than She Is. Scully Is Insanely Intelligent.

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When I Think Of Normality I Think Of Mediocrity

You Know, One Day You Look At The Person And You See Something More Than You Did The Night Before. Like A Switch Has Been Flicked Somewhere. And The Person Who Was Just A Friend Is... Suddenly The Only Person You Can Ever Imagine Yourself With.

I Simply Cannot Fathom The Horrors Of Being Enslaved, And The Thought That Children Are Ripped Apart From Their Families And Used Year In And Out For Sex And Hard Labor Under The Threat Of Violence And Death Breaks My Heart.

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It's A Proven Fact That When You Raise The Status Of Girls And Women In A Country, That Country Does Much Better Economically.

Success Has Nothing To Do With Happiness.

I Used To Take Myself Very Seriously, Now It's All Just Funny. You Gotta Laugh At Yourself. You Know, Most Of The Time When Something's A Big Deal For Us, It's Only Become A Big Deal In The Space Between Our Ears.

There Are So Many Shocking Things. Is It More Shocking That There Are Children Sold Into Slavery In Every City In The World And Right Under Our Noses Or That There Are Villages In Nepal Where There Are No Children Left Because They Have All Been Kidnapped For Sex Trafficking, Or That There Are Generations Of Slaves In Some Countries Where Indentured Slavery Passes From Generation To Generation And That Kids Grow Into Adults Not Knowing That Another World - Another Life - Exists?

By Moving To London I Removed Myself From The Madness Of The Entertainment Industry. I Love The City And The Culture, And It Was An Opportunity To Bring My Children Up In A More Sane Environment.

I Tend To Be Very Skeptical And Judgmental. I'm Not Really A Conspiracy Theorist, But I'm More Likely To Believe The People That Speak About A Conspiracy, Or Are Convinced Of Conspiracies In The Government, Than The People Who Have 100 Percent Faith In The People Who Are Running America.

Sometimes, I Genuinely Enjoy Having Conversations With Journalists; Enjoying The Few Moments Of Intimacy With A Stranger Is Fascinating To Me. But Once In A While That Backfires And You're Suddenly Reading Something That Has A Bent On It That You Didn't Feel Was In The Least Bit A Part Of The Conversation That You Thought You Were Having. Then You Get Overly Protective And Say Very Little And Then You Come Out Of The Hole Again.

There Are So Many Shocking Things. Is It More Shocking That There Are Children Sold Into Slavery In Every City In The World And Right Under Our Noses Or That There Are Villages In Nepal Where There Are No Children Left Because They Have All Been Kidnapped For Sex Trafficking, Or That There Are Generations Of Slaves In Some Countries Where Indentured Slavery Passes From Generation To Generation And That Kids Grow Into Adults Not Knowing That Another World - Another Life - Exists?

Right Now The Topic Of Female Empowerment Is At The Forefront Of Conversation And It's Important We Take Advantage Of The Trend While There Is Added Pressure To Adjust Long-standing Beliefs, Prejudices, And Cultural Discrimination.

Unfortunately, The Belief That Women Are A Minority Is Endemic In Most Cultures Around The World. Obviously Some Take It To The Extreme Where Violence Against Women Is Legal And Supported And In Other Cultures It Is More Subversive And Easy To Dismiss As "progress."

Let's Stop Being So Damn Judgemental & Crucifying Everyone Who Doesn't Fit Into Our Boxed-in Perceptions Of What Is Right.

I’m Trying To Accept Where I’m At, Not Run From It.

Sometimes I Struggle To Watch Stuff That I've Done And Sometimes I Don't, And I'm Sure That My Judgment Is Based On Whether I Feel Like I Accomplished What I Set Out To Accomplish.

I Truly Beleive That We Can Overcome Any Hurdle That Lies Before Us.

People Always Ask If I Was Really Voted Most Bizarre Girl In High School. But That One's Actually True. I Was Living In Michigan In A Very Conservative Town And Had A Nose-ring And A Shaved Head And Did Kind Of Strange Things.

I Mean The Whole Thing About Meditation And Yoga Is About Connecting To The Higher Part Of Yourself, And Then Seeing That Every Living Thing Is Connected In Some Way.

I Wouldn't Say I'm Normal. But I'm Relatively Stable. When I Think Of Normal, I Think Of Mediocrity, And Mediocrity Scares The F--- Out Of Me.

I Was A Daydreamer, And There Is A Lot Of History And Geography And Science I Missed Out On Because I Was In My Head. And I Regret That.

I Always Felt I Wasn't Completely American And I Wasn't Completely British: There Was A Feeling Of Having My Feet In Both Places.

After I Did Nine Years Of A Television Series, I Didn't Want To Do Anything Really That Involved Going To A Set And Being In Front Of A Camera For Quite A While. And When I Did Start To Want To Do Things, I Wanted To Focus More On Film.

I've Got Huge Tubs Full Of Stuff That I Can Sell On Ebay. If There Are People Out There That Are Interested, I Want Them To Come My Way And Buy My Jackets And Hats And Scripts That Are Signed By Everybody.

People Come In And Out Of Our Lives To Teach Us. And We Teach Other People. It's Part Of The Process. They Come In And They Go Out. Some Stay For Longer Than Others.

In My Case, I Was Born To Parents Who Were Very Young, And I Don't Think They Were Entirely Ready To Have A Child. My Dad Was Going To College And Working Two Or Three Jobs At The Same Time, And My Mum Was Working And Going To School.

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If I Chose To Have A Nanny, I'd Be Able To Pay To Have A Nanny - A Lot Of Women Don't Have That Opportunity. I Don't Feel Like I'm A Working Single Mom, Because I Have That Option That A Lot Of People Don't Have.

I Think She Definitely Has. I Think, Um, Her And Mulder's Relationship Has Become More Equal. And, I Think She Has Become Stronger And More Independent Over The Seasons.

I'm A Massive Fan Of Sunshine. Oh My God, I Love That Film.

Layers Are Not Difficult For Me. You Have The Luxury Of Takes, So If You Feel Like, Say, You Did Not Take In The Fact That Your Aunt Is Across The Way In One Take, You Do It Again And Try To Add That Piece.

In Time, She Learned To Develop Her Own Opinion Of The People That She Worked For, And She Got Stronger. Think She's Now Much Stronger. In The Beginning She Wanted To Believe She Was Strong But Sometimes She Faltered.

We Have To Raise The Status Of Girls And Women In Every Country.

I Think We're Tremendously Different Than The Series, If They Were To Tune In To The Series After Seeing The Movie They Might Be Disappointed. That There Was, You Know, That They Might Have Some Kind Of Adverse Reaction.

I Think She Definitely Has. I Think, Um, Her And Mulder's Relationship Has Become More Equal. And, I Think She Has Become Stronger And More Independent Over The Seasons.

I Became An Actor Because It Was The Only Thing I Could Do. I Didn't Have Any Friends, I Didn't Fit In. But When I Started Acting Everything In My Life Shifted And I Felt Happy.

You're Only Given As Much As You Can Handle At Any Given Time. Whether It's True Or Not, It Gives You The Strength.

I Always Felt I Wasn't Completely American And I Wasn't Completely British: There Was A Feeling Of Having My Feet In Both Places.

I Would Never Point A Finger At Anyone And Say, 'they Lived Their Life Badly.' I Take It As It Comes And Deal With Each Situation As It Arrives.

[on Her Role As Special Agent Dana Scully On The X-files (1993)] I Am More Spontaneous Than My Character.

I Truly Believe That We Can Overcome Any Hurdle That Lies Before Us And Create The Life We Want To Live. I Have Seen It Happen Time And Time Again.

When The Show's Not Around Any More, It's Going To Be Hard Not To Have Her In My Life.

I Believe People Are In Our Lives For A Reason. We're Here To Learn From Each Other.

I Mean The Whole Thing About Meditation And Yoga Is About Connecting To The Higher Part Of Yourself, And Then Seeing That Every Living Thing Is Connected In Some Way.

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We Are All Dying. Every Single Day That We Are Alive.

I Was A Good Liar As A Child.

In Retrospect, I Think That I've Been Given Quite A Few Scripts Over The Years That Had Dark Elements To Them But Most Of Them Took Place In The Countryside With A Haunted House. I Think I've Probably Had That Script About Six To 10 Times Over The Past Few Years. Or It Was Something To Do With The Supernatural.

I Love It When Women Come Up To Me And Tell Me I'm A Positive Influence On Their Lives And The Lives Of Their Young Daughters. That's A Great Feeling.

When The Show's Not Around Any More, It's Going To Be Hard Not To Have Her In My Life.

My Whole Belief System Is That Our Paths Are Drawn For Us. I Believe In Reincarnation. I Believe We're Here To Learn And Grow. We Choose How We Come Into This Life Based On What It Is We Have To Learn. Some People Have Harder Lessons Than Others.

Thinking Man's Crumpet? Well, It's More Flattering Than Being A Lobotomised Man's Crumpet, I Suppose.

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By Moving To London I Removed Myself From The Madness Of The Entertainment Industry. I Love The City And The Culture, And It Was An Opportunity To Bring My Children Up In A More Sane Environment.

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I've Been Very Careful. I've Gone Through Pretty Much Everything. I'm Very Careful Not To Let Go Of The Prized Possessions, Or Too Much Of It That I'll Regret In The Future.

I've Been Very Careful. I've Gone Through Pretty Much Everything. I'm Very Careful Not To Let Go Of The Prized Possessions, Or Too Much Of It That I'll Regret In The Future.

It Is Not A Matter Of Being Fearless. The Fear Is Sometimes Constant, But It's About Moving Forward Regardless Of The Fear. Courage Means Feeling The Fear And Doing It Anyway.

I've Seen Productions Where It Feels Like The Actors Are Just Tired And Want To Go Home. That Is One Of The Challenges Doing Theater - Especially A Long Production - How To Keep It Alive For Yourself And The Audience.

Right Now The Topic Of Female Empowerment Is At The Forefront Of Conversation And It's Important We Take Advantage Of The Trend While There Is Added Pressure To Adjust Long-standing Beliefs, Prejudices, And Cultural Discrimination.

Every Now And Then We'd Meet Up And Reminisce About The Characters. At The Beginning, Shortly After We Started Shooting, Someone Sent Me Some Clips Put Together On Youtube. It Was The First Time I'd Seen Something Like That. "the Intimate Moments Of Mulder And Scully."

Intimate Moments

You Know, It's A Big Version Of An Episode, Which I Think Is Necessary At This Point Because We're Drawing In People Who Not Only People Who Have Seen The Show Before And Are Devoted To It, But People Who Have Never Seen It Before.

Having Been Scully For Such A Long Time, I Have To Prove Myself In Other Roles.

Directing Was A Transformative Experience For Me, One That I Really Enjoyed.

Well, It Seems To Me That The Best Relationships-the Ones That Last-are Frequently The Ones That Are Rooted In Friendship.

I Truly Believe That We Can Overcome Any Hurdle That Lies Before Us And Create The Life We Want To Live. I Have Seen It Happen Time And Time Again.

Be Of Service. Whether You Make Yourself Available To A Friend Or Co-worker, Or You Make Time Every Month To Do Volunteer Work, There Is Nothing That Harvests More Of A Feeling Of Empowerment Than Being Of Service To Someone In Need.

There's A Big Part Of Me That Would Love To Be A Secret Agent. But If I Showed Up To Do An Investigation And Interrogate Someone Now, They Wouldn't Be Able To Take Me Seriously. I've Ruined That For Myself.

Vibration Is Always Good. Sitting On Top Of The Washing Machine Thats Going.

Mads Is Such A Talented Actor - It's Almost Like He Wears His Emotions On His Sleeve, But Not All The Time - When He Decides That He Needs To, He Has Such Access To His Emotional Life And It Is Just Really Incredible. He Can Do Everything With Just His Eyes.

I'm Actually Very Scared Of Sharks. I Wanted To Be A Marine Biologist When I Was Young, Which May Not Have Been Compatible With That Fear.

I Would Never Point A Finger At Anyone And Say, 'they Lived Their Life Badly.' I Take It As It Comes And Deal With Each Situation As It Arrives.

Success Has Nothing To Do With Happiness.

Thinking Man's Crumpet? Well, It's More Flattering Than Being A Lobotomised Man's Crumpet, I Suppose.

I Love It When Women Come Up To Me And Tell Me I'm A Positive Influence On Their Lives And The Lives Of Their Young Daughters. That's A Great Feeling.

I Hope Everyone That Is Reading This Is Having A Really Good Day. And If You Are Not, Just Know That In Every New Minute That Passes You Have An Opportunity To Change That.

Education Is Key. We Have To Keep Girls In School And Give Them The Same Opportunities That Boys Have. They Need Access To Vocational Training And Mentorship, As Well. It's An Issue Of Gender Equality, Which Is Fortunately A Hot Topic Right Now, But We Need To Keep At It And Not Rest On Our Laurels.

We Are All Dying. Every Single Day That We Are Alive.

The First Time, Where Fox Mulder And Scully Met, She Stands Up For Herself. She Stands Right There And Gives It To Him And That Was Extremely Attractive.

There Is This View That If You Are Not Tormented You Cannot Be Vital And Creative. I Would Like To Think That Is Not True.

Sometimes Having A Big Amount Of Time Is A Gift, Because By The Time You're At The End Of The Run You Feel Like You've Figured It Out Finally Or Discovered Everything You Can About The Character. Sometimes That's Not The Case.

I'm Actually Very Scared Of Sharks. I Wanted To Be A Marine Biologist When I Was Young, Which May Not Have Been Compatible With That Fear.

[on Her Role As Special Agent Dana Scully On The X-files (1993)] I Am More Spontaneous Than My Character.

You're Only Given As Much As You Can Handle At Any Given Time. Whether It's True Or Not, It Gives You The Strength.

Only Once Have I Taken On A Role Where I Felt That I Didn't Quite Understand Her, But I Said Yes Anyway. I Don't Think I'll Ever Do That Again.

My Default Is Self-destruction, And Anything On Top Of That Is A Bloody Lot Of Work.

Mads Is Such A Talented Actor - It's Almost Like He Wears His Emotions On His Sleeve, But Not All The Time - When He Decides That He Needs To, He Has Such Access To His Emotional Life And It Is Just Really Incredible. He Can Do Everything With Just His Eyes.

I Hope Everyone That Is Reading This Is Having A Really Good Day. And If You Are Not, Just Know That In Every New Minute That Passes You Have An Opportunity To Change That.

I'm A Massive Fan Of Sunshine. Oh My God, I Love That Film.

Sometimes, I Genuinely Enjoy Having Conversations With Journalists; Enjoying The Few Moments Of Intimacy With A Stranger Is Fascinating To Me. But Once In A While That Backfires And You're Suddenly Reading Something That Has A Bent On It That You Didn't Feel Was In The Least Bit A Part Of The Conversation That You Thought You Were Having. Then You Get Overly Protective And Say Very Little And Then You Come Out Of The Hole Again.

I Have A Real Problem With Stillness. With Just Stopping And Being Quiet.

People Always Ask If I Was Really Voted Most Bizarre Girl In High School. But That One's Actually True. I Was Living In Michigan In A Very Conservative Town And Had A Nose-ring And A Shaved Head And Did Kind Of Strange Things.

I’m Trying To Accept Where I’m At, Not Run From It.

Just Remember, You Can Do Anything You Set Your Mind To, But It Takes Action, Perseverance, And Facing Your Fears.

Sometimes I Struggle To Watch Stuff That I've Done And Sometimes I Don't, And I'm Sure That My Judgment Is Based On Whether I Feel Like I Accomplished What I Set Out To Accomplish.

Unfortunately, The Belief That Women Are A Minority Is Endemic In Most Cultures Around The World. Obviously Some Take It To The Extreme Where Violence Against Women Is Legal And Supported And In Other Cultures It Is More Subversive And Easy To Dismiss As "progress."

I Have A Tendency To Go Through My Life At Full Speed And As A One-man Band, And So I Don't Generally Stop And Take In Other People Enough To Develop Many Relationships. I'm Starting To Regret That A Bit. I Want To Change It.

When I'm Inside The Character, I Feel Like I'm A Different Person, And Then When You See That Character On Screen And I See That It's Me, I Find That Disappointing.

So Much Of This World Is Based On Illusion, Temporaries, And Disposability That I Think It's Essential That Our Closest Relationships Reflect What Is Real.

It's Funny Because Sometimes One Doesn't Actually Consider These Things For One's Self Until One's In A Situation Like This Press Conferece Where One Has To Kind Of Think About It.

Every Now And Then We'd Meet Up And Reminisce About The Characters. At The Beginning, Shortly After We Started Shooting, Someone Sent Me Some Clips Put Together On Youtube. It Was The First Time I'd Seen Something Like That. "the Intimate Moments Of Mulder And Scully."

Intimate Moments

I Became An Actor Because It Was The Only Thing I Could Do. I Didn't Have Any Friends, I Didn't Fit In. But When I Started Acting Everything In My Life Shifted And I Felt Happy.

What Happens In Our Lives Is Not Really Anybody's Fault But Our Own... When I Was In High School, I Was In An Atheist Crowd, And It Was The Consensus That Religion Was A Crutch.

In Time, She Learned To Develop Her Own Opinion Of The People That She Worked For, And She Got Stronger. Think She's Now Much Stronger. In The Beginning She Wanted To Believe She Was Strong But Sometimes She Faltered.

When I Think Of Normality I Think Of Mediocrity

I Know People Who Are Embarrassed To Be American. They Don't Like Showing Their Passports. It's Becoming A Scary Place. It Takes Someone Very Brave Not To Be Quiet, Someone Who Doesn't Mind Death Threats, Their Life Being Turned Upside Down, News Cameras Outside Their Door. There Is No Freedom Of Speech In America Anymore. They Are Not Living Up To The Constitution. There's So Much Fear In America And Control.

I Hope Everyone That Is Reading This Is Having A Really Good Day

Have A Great Day

There Is This View That If You Are Not Tormented You Cannot Be Vital And Creative. I Would Like To Think That Is Not True.

Self-esteem Should Have Nothing To Do With What You Look Like – If You Exude Genuine Confidence, People Will Be Swept Into It. You Have To Be Able To Hold Yourself.

Let's Stop Being So Damn Judgemental & Crucifying Everyone Who Doesn't Fit Into Our Boxed-in Perceptions Of What Is Right.

There Is A Difference Between Being Listened To And Being Heard.

Directing Was A Transformative Experience For Me, One That I Really Enjoyed.

You Know, It's A Big Version Of An Episode, Which I Think Is Necessary At This Point Because We're Drawing In People Who Not Only People Who Have Seen The Show Before And Are Devoted To It, But People Who Have Never Seen It Before.

My Default Is Self-destruction, And Anything On Top Of That Is A Bloody Lot Of Work.

We Can Only Make Ourselves The Victim.

Self-esteem Should Have Nothing To Do With What You Look Like – If You Exude Genuine Confidence, People Will Be Swept Into It. You Have To Be Able To Hold Yourself.

People Come In And Out Of Our Lives To Teach Us. And We Teach Other People. It's Part Of The Process. They Come In And They Go Out. Some Stay For Longer Than Others.

I Have A Tendency To Go Through My Life At Full Speed And As A One-man Band, And So I Don't Generally Stop And Take In Other People Enough To Develop Many Relationships. I'm Starting To Regret That A Bit. I Want To Change It.

People Generally Treat Me Like I'm Very Intelligent And Really, I'm Much Less Intelligent Than She Is. Scully Is Insanely Intelligent.

I Truly Beleive That We Can Overcome Any Hurdle That Lies Before Us.

Human Trafficking Is A Globally Assisted Pandemic That Generates Billions Of Dollars Of Income A Year.

The First Time, Where Fox Mulder And Scully Met, She Stands Up For Herself. She Stands Right There And Gives It To Him And That Was Extremely Attractive.

My Whole Belief System Is That Our Paths Are Drawn For Us. I Believe In Reincarnation. I Believe We're Here To Learn And Grow. We Choose How We Come Into This Life Based On What It Is We Have To Learn. Some People Have Harder Lessons Than Others.

We Can Only Make Ourselves The Victim.

Be Of Service. Whether You Make Yourself Available To A Friend Or Co-worker, Or You Make Time Every Month To Do Volunteer Work, There Is Nothing That Harvests More Of A Feeling Of Empowerment Than Being Of Service To Someone In Need.

People Have Been Willing To Accept That The Government Is Lying To Us, But They Are Now More Willing To Accept The Concept Of Aliens And Other Life Forms. There's Just A Slew Of Stuff Out There Right Now. It's Been People's Closet Belief System, And Now It's Coming Out Of The Closet.

I've Got Huge Tubs Full Of Stuff That I Can Sell On Ebay. If There Are People Out There That Are Interested, I Want Them To Come My Way And Buy My Jackets And Hats And Scripts That Are Signed By Everybody.

I Was A Good Liar As A Child.

I Have A Real Problem With Stillness. With Just Stopping And Being Quiet.

In My Case, I Was Born To Parents Who Were Very Young, And I Don't Think They Were Entirely Ready To Have A Child. My Dad Was Going To College And Working Two Or Three Jobs At The Same Time, And My Mum Was Working And Going To School.

I Didn't Pay As Much Attention In School As I Would Have Liked To.

When I Finished The Series, I Wasn't Going To Do Television Again. I Never Wanted To Do Television To Begin With, And I Was So Exhausted By The Process That I Was Wary Of Being In Front Of The Camera Again.

So Much Of This World Is Based On Illusion, Temporaries, And Disposability That I Think It's Essential That Our Closest Relationships Reflect What Is Real.

I Will Only Take Something Or Agree To Do Something That I Feel Like I Understand, And Inherent In Understanding Is Empathy.

Education Is Key. We Have To Keep Girls In School And Give Them The Same Opportunities That Boys Have. They Need Access To Vocational Training And Mentorship, As Well. It's An Issue Of Gender Equality, Which Is Fortunately A Hot Topic Right Now, But We Need To Keep At It And Not Rest On Our Laurels.

I Was A Daydreamer, And There Is A Lot Of History And Geography And Science I Missed Out On Because I Was In My Head. And I Regret That.

Vibration Is Always Good. Sitting On Top Of The Washing Machine Thats Going.

It's A Proven Fact That When You Raise The Status Of Girls And Women In A Country, That Country Does Much Better Economically.

Layers Are Not Difficult For Me. You Have The Luxury Of Takes, So If You Feel Like, Say, You Did Not Take In The Fact That Your Aunt Is Across The Way In One Take, You Do It Again And Try To Add That Piece.

Human Trafficking Is A Globally Assisted Pandemic That Generates Billions Of Dollars Of Income A Year.

When I Finished The Series, I Wasn't Going To Do Television Again. I Never Wanted To Do Television To Begin With, And I Was So Exhausted By The Process That I Was Wary Of Being In Front Of The Camera Again.

When I'm Inside The Character, I Feel Like I'm A Different Person, And Then When You See That Character On Screen And I See That It's Me, I Find That Disappointing.

In Retrospect, I Think That I've Been Given Quite A Few Scripts Over The Years That Had Dark Elements To Them But Most Of Them Took Place In The Countryside With A Haunted House. I Think I've Probably Had That Script About Six To 10 Times Over The Past Few Years. Or It Was Something To Do With The Supernatural.

It Is Not A Matter Of Being Fearless. The Fear Is Sometimes Constant, But It's About Moving Forward Regardless Of The Fear. Courage Means Feeling The Fear And Doing It Anyway.

I Think We're Tremendously Different Than The Series, If They Were To Tune In To The Series After Seeing The Movie They Might Be Disappointed. That There Was, You Know, That They Might Have Some Kind Of Adverse Reaction.

Just Remember, You Can Do Anything You Set Your Mind To, But It Takes Action, Perseverance, And Facing Your Fears.

I Tend To Be Very Skeptical And Judgmental. I'm Not Really A Conspiracy Theorist, But I'm More Likely To Believe The People That Speak About A Conspiracy, Or Are Convinced Of Conspiracies In The Government, Than The People Who Have 100 Percent Faith In The People Who Are Running America.

It's Funny Because Sometimes One Doesn't Actually Consider These Things For One's Self Until One's In A Situation Like This Press Conferece Where One Has To Kind Of Think About It.

What Happens In Our Lives Is Not Really Anybody's Fault But Our Own... When I Was In High School, I Was In An Atheist Crowd, And It Was The Consensus That Religion Was A Crutch.

Sometimes Having A Big Amount Of Time Is A Gift, Because By The Time You're At The End Of The Run You Feel Like You've Figured It Out Finally Or Discovered Everything You Can About The Character. Sometimes That's Not The Case.

I'm Sure With A Production That's Not Particularly Well Received Or Mediocrely Received, It Must Be Incredibly Challenging To Get Up And Keep Doing It.

I Wouldn't Say I'm Normal. But I'm Relatively Stable. When I Think Of Normal, I Think Of Mediocrity, And Mediocrity Scares The F--- Out Of Me.

I Believe People Are In Our Lives For A Reason. We're Here To Learn From Each Other.

It's Taken A While For Me To Convince People That I Can Do Something Other Than Scully. And It Still Takes Effort.

If I Chose To Have A Nanny, I'd Be Able To Pay To Have A Nanny - A Lot Of Women Don't Have That Opportunity. I Don't Feel Like I'm A Working Single Mom, Because I Have That Option That A Lot Of People Don't Have.

We Have To Raise The Status Of Girls And Women In Every Country.

I've Seen Productions Where It Feels Like The Actors Are Just Tired And Want To Go Home. That Is One Of The Challenges Doing Theater - Especially A Long Production - How To Keep It Alive For Yourself And The Audience.

It's Taken A While For Me To Convince People That I Can Do Something Other Than Scully. And It Still Takes Effort.

I'm Sure With A Production That's Not Particularly Well Received Or Mediocrely Received, It Must Be Incredibly Challenging To Get Up And Keep Doing It.

I Hope Everyone That Is Reading This Is Having A Really Good Day

Have A Great Day

Having Been Scully For Such A Long Time, I Have To Prove Myself In Other Roles.

I Used To Take Myself Very Seriously, Now It's All Just Funny. You Gotta Laugh At Yourself. You Know, Most Of The Time When Something's A Big Deal For Us, It's Only Become A Big Deal In The Space Between Our Ears.

You Know, One Day You Look At The Person And You See Something More Than You Did The Night Before. Like A Switch Has Been Flicked Somewhere. And The Person Who Was Just A Friend Is... Suddenly The Only Person You Can Ever Imagine Yourself With.

There's A Big Part Of Me That Would Love To Be A Secret Agent. But If I Showed Up To Do An Investigation And Interrogate Someone Now, They Wouldn't Be Able To Take Me Seriously. I've Ruined That For Myself.

Sometimes I Read A Script And It's Obvious From Early On That It's One Where The Suspension Of Disbelief Has To Develop Strongly From Page One. Some Are More Reality-based.

I Didn't Pay As Much Attention In School As I Would Have Liked To.

After I Did Nine Years Of A Television Series, I Didn't Want To Do Anything Really That Involved Going To A Set And Being In Front Of A Camera For Quite A While. And When I Did Start To Want To Do Things, I Wanted To Focus More On Film.

People Have Been Willing To Accept That The Government Is Lying To Us, But They Are Now More Willing To Accept The Concept Of Aliens And Other Life Forms. There's Just A Slew Of Stuff Out There Right Now. It's Been People's Closet Belief System, And Now It's Coming Out Of The Closet.

I Will Only Take Something Or Agree To Do Something That I Feel Like I Understand, And Inherent In Understanding Is Empathy.

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Always attribute quotes to their original authors and provide proper citations according to the required style guide (APA, MLA, Chicago, etc.).

5. Common Mistakes to Avoid

5.1. Overusing Quotes

Relying too heavily on quotes can overshadow your voice. Use them sparingly to support your arguments, not replace them.

5.2. Lack of Analysis

Presenting a quote without analysis or explanation can leave readers questioning its relevance. Always follow up with your interpretation or discussion.

5.3. Misquoting or Taking Out of Context

Ensure that quotes are accurate and not taken out of context, as this can mislead readers and undermine your credibility.

6. Quotes in Different Contexts

6.1. Academic Writing

In academic writing, quotes are used to support arguments, provide evidence, and engage with existing literature. Proper citation is crucial to avoid plagiarism.

6.2. Journalism

Journalists use quotes to provide firsthand accounts, add authenticity, and present multiple perspectives within a story.

6.3. Literature and Creative Writing

In literature, quotes can be used to convey character voices, themes, and stylistic elements. They enrich narratives and provide depth to storytelling.

7. Punctuation and Formatting

Understanding the correct punctuation and formatting of quotes is essential:

Quotation Marks: Always enclose direct quotes within quotation marks.

Punctuation Placement: In American English, periods and commas are placed inside quotation marks, while colons and semicolons are placed outside.

Block Quotes: For longer quotes, format them as block quotes without quotation marks, and indent the entire block.

8. Ethical Considerations

Ethical use of quotes involves accurate representation, proper attribution, and respect for intellectual property. Misuse can lead to plagiarism, which carries serious academic and professional consequences.

9. Tools for Managing Quotes

Utilize tools like citation generators and plagiarism checkers to manage quotes effectively. These tools help ensure proper formatting and originality in your writing.

Conclusion

Quotes are invaluable in enriching content, providing evidence, and conveying complex ideas succinctly. When used appropriately, they enhance the quality and credibility of your writing. Always ensure relevance, proper integration, and ethical usage to maximize their impact.

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