I Don't Know Necessarily That I Would Produce Under My Own Company Right Now. Producing Is Not Something That I'm Thinking About. Directing Is Something That I Will Be Doing Very Shortly, Trying To Figure Out What To Get My Hands On. And I Can't Imagine Writing A Script And Wanting To Direct It And Not Having A Producing Credit, Because I Would Want To Have A Big Chunk Of Power On That End, If I Wrote Something.

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Eye

Different

Spotlight

You Read Statistics All The Time Like, "13 Million People Are At Risk Because Of The Severe Drought In East Africa," But I Think Those Kinds Of Numbers Fall On Deaf Ears - There's So Much Devastation In The World, That It's A Bit Overwhelming For People.

Fall

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I Just Don't Like The Feeling Of Knowing Something That Somebody Else Doesn't.

Knowing

Feelings

Knowing Something

I Love Musicals, I Started Acting Because I Wanted To Be In A Musical.

Musical

Acting

I Love Music

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Strong

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For Day-to-day Beauty, I'm A Q-tip And Vaseline Kind Of Girl. I Never Leave Home Without Q-tips - They're A Great Fix For Any Makeup Emergencies.

Girl

Home

Makeup

I'd Rather Go To The White House Correspondents' Dinner Than Any Awards Show.

Awards

White

House

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Media

Balance

Negative

A Smile From An Attractive Woman At A Bar Very Rarely Ends Up In Any Sort Of Sexual Encounter. But A Man Is A Fool Not To Push The Suggestion As Far As It Will Go, And He's That Man.

Men

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Suggestions

It Is Important To Remind Young People That Peace Is The Only Victory.

Peace

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Victory

There Are People In America Who Are Absolutely Desperate Right Now, Who Have No Means To Support Their Families, Who Have No Opportunities To Better Themselves Or Their Education - And They're Not That Different From The Farmers And Working-class People That I Visited When I Went To Kenya With Oxfam.

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I Don't Think [being Monogamous] Is A Natural Instinct For Human Beings, But It Doesn't Mean I Don't Believe In Monogamy Or True Love. I Believe In Finding A Soul Mate. Monogamy Can Be Hard Work For Some People. I Don't Think It Applies To Everybody, And I Don't Think A Lot Of People Can Do It.

Believe

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It's So Archaic. It's Just, Like, Bizarre To Me. I Feel Like In 10 Or 15 Years' Time Our Children Are Going To Look Back And Say, 'what? You Were Around When Gay People Weren't Allowed To Get Married?'

Children

Gay

Years

I've Always Been Very Focused On My Career. But, It's Good To Have People [say], "okay, You Need A Vacation." "i Do? Oh Yeah, You're Right. I Think I Do."

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Mother

Father

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Different Things Work For Different People. One Thing I've Realized, Though, Is That The Work That I've Done On Myself Outside Of My Work As An Actress Has Really Allowed Me To Open Up My Mind. I Think I Understand My Emotional State And My Complexities Now In A Much Clearer Way, And I Can Put Them To Rest In A Way That There's Almost A Catharsis That Happens Through The Work, Where I Can Do It And Then Find Myself Again.

Emotional

Thinking

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I Love To Sing. I Don't Think It's Strange For Singers To Act, Or Painters To Sculpt. I Don't Want To Ever Feel Like I'm Cornered Into One Expression Of Creativity Because I'm Successful At Making Films Or Being An Actor. I Guess It's Best To Not Paint Yourself Into That Corner.

Creativity

Successful

Thinking

I Always Like To Start With A Matte Base Then Add Shimmer.

Add

Shimmer

I'd Rather Be Really Good At Something Or Not Do It At All.

I Don't Go To Mcdonald's Anymore. After I Saw Super Size Me... No Way!

Mcdonalds

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Saws

I'm An Actor For Hire. It's Important Not To Forget That You're Disposable....when You Have That Mentality, You Fight For The Jobs You Want.

Jobs

Fighting

Important

Having Visited Oxfam-funded School Programs In Rural Communities Has Made Me Realise How Vital Education Is To Developing Countries In Bringing People Out Of Poverty And Giving Them A Sense Of Dignity, Self-worth And Confidence.

Confidence

Country

Educational

Sodastream Is A Company That Is Not Only Committed To The Environment, But To Building A Bridge To Peace Between Israel And Palestine, Supporting Neighbors Working Alongside Each Other, Receiving Equal Pay, Equal Benefits And Equal Rights. That Is What Is Happening In Their Ma'ale Adumim Factory Every Working Day.

Bridges

Rights

Israel

My Parents Never Put A Lot Of Pressure On Us To Be Any Kind Of Way.... I Have My Funny Moments Where I Look At Myself And Think, Oh, This Is A Disaster. But You Have To Give Yourself A Reality Check And Go, All Right, If I Feel This Way, I'm Going To Do Something About It That's Healthy. I Can't Look At Somebody Who Is 6 Feet Tall And 120 Pounds And Say, I'm Going To Get That Body. That's Just Never Going To Happen. You Have To Work With What You've Got.

Reality

Thinking

Giving

I Just Want To Work On Things That Are Really Hard, And When I'm Not Working On Things That Are Really Hard, I Want To Hang Out With People I Like To Be With, And That's It.

People

Want

Hanging Out

I Hope They Make A Video Game Of Me. At Least I Wouldn't Have Any Cellulite Then.

Games

Video

Cellulite

I Don't Know If I've Got Swept Up. It's So Shocking When You Hear That Calvin Klein Wants You For Their New Campaign. You're Like "who Me?". I Guess You Have To Decide Where You Draw The Line Between You Saying, This Is Fun, Pretty And Fabulous, And Being Over-exposed.

Fun

Campaigns

Lines

I Like Taking Parts Where I'm Like: "i Don't Know How I'm Going To Do This Exactly But I Know I Can Do It." As Opposed To Doing Something Where You Go: "there's Nothing That I Can Contribute To This."

Know How

I Can Do It

Knows

I'm Very Comfortable With My Sexuality, My Body, My Face - Well, Sometimes I'm Not Comfortable With My Face, But It's Stuck There And There's Nothing I Can Do About It.

Body

Faces

Sometimes

One Of The Best Things For A Woman To Hear Is That She Is Sexy.

Sexy

Best Things

Every Film Is Exciting Because I Get New Tools And Cool New Things To Do.

Tools

Film

Exciting

I Wouldn't Say I'm A Serial Monogamist ... I Mean, I Went Through Periods Of Time When I Was, Ah, Single. But When I'm In A Relationship, I'm In A Relationship.

Mean

Periods

Serials

If Occupy Wall Street Was Actually A March, And People From All Around The Country Could Collect And March Toward Washington, D.c., As Part Of This Massive Movement Of People . . . I Think That Kind Of Pressure Is Much More Powerful Than A Sit-in That Seems To Be A Little Unorganized.

Country

Wall

Powerful

I've Always Loved Louisiana And Particularly New Orleans, And I Think A Lot Of People When They Travel There, Think They're Home There - There Are Just So Many Spirits, It's So Rich In Culture. It's Steeped In A True Spirit Of Individuality That Makes This Country. It's The Oldest Part Of Our Story, In A Way. And Being In That Climate, It Was Really Conducive To Letting Our Imaginations Soar. I Found It To Be The True Inspiration.

Country

Inspiration

Home

I Once Heard That Women Dress For Women -- Not For Men -- And I Think That Has Some Truth To It. Men, What Do They Know? They Don't Know If You Gain Or Lose Five Pounds. They're Oblivious To Those Kinds Of Things. A Lot Of Men Will Say "i Like You Just As You Are." And You're Like "but I'm Bloated!" If They're Attracted To You, They're Attracted To You.

I Like You

Men

Thinking

I Think It's Important For People To Be Aware Of The Impact That Climate Change Is Having On This Huge Community Of People.

Thinking

Impact

People

Growing Up I Never Got Into Comic Books At All. I Didn't Have Any Inspiration For It.

Growing Up

Book

Inspiration

Well, You Put A Little Piece Of Yourself Into Every Character That You Do. Even If You're Playing Some Psychotic Person, Which Of Course I'm Not, Some Part Of You Is In That Character And It's Hopefully Believable. I Always Come Back To The Fact That My Own Instinct Is Better Than Something I Build In My Mind.

Character

Mind

Pieces

I've Always Wanted To Work With Cameron Crowe. I've Auditioned For Him Several Times For Various Projects Over The Last Ten Years, And I've Always Admired The Way He Worked With Me.

Years

Way

Lasts

If You Have Breakouts, It Can Be Really Healing, It's A Little Bit Stinky, But If You're Not Sleeping Over At Your Boyfriend's, It's Really Effective

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Sleep

Your Boyfriend

I Don't Feel The Need To Brand Myself In That Way [social Media]. But As A Means To Share Information And Raise Awareness Of Things, I Think These Social-networking Platforms Are Unprecedented.

Mean

Thinking

Media

I Have An Obsessive Character. I Manicure My Nails At Three In The Morning Because Nobody Else Can Do It The Right Way. Maybe That's The Secret To My Success.

Morning

Character

Secret

I'm Always Surprised That Certain Actors Have Twitter Accounts. I Guess They Use It In A Way That Works For Them. But I'd Rather That People Had Less Access To My Personal Life. If I Could Keep It That Way, I'd Be A Happy Lady.

People

Use

Actors

My Family Grew Up Relying On Public Assistance To Help Provide Meals For Our Family. Child Hunger In America Is A Real And Often Overlooked Problem, But One That Together, We Can Fix.

Children

Real

Together We Can

I'm So Tired Of Hearing Casting Directors Ask If I Have A Sore Throat. The People Who Have Told Me That My Voice Is Distinctive, It's Unusual...those People Have Always Been Close To My Heart.

Tired

Heart

Voice

Whether People Are In America Or In Africa, People Want To Work. They Want To Have Purpose. They Want To Provide For Themselves And Their Families. They Don't Want Handouts. They Don't Want To Be Completely Dependent On Their Governments - Even Though There's Usually No Opportunity For That Anyway.

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Government

America

You Think That Your Life Is Going To Be One Way, And Then, For Various Reasons Or Whatever, It Doesn't Work Out.

Thinking

Work Out

Way

I Think People Today Are Very Cynical. They Need To Bring Other People Down. Reality Television And Tabloid Magazinesnever Before Did We Need To See Movie Stars Taking Out Their Garbage. But All Of A Sudden, It's Front-page Newstrying To Figure Out Who's Dating Whom, All That Stuff. Who Cares?

Stars

Thinking

Reality

I Don't Feel The Obligation To Be A Specific Weight. I Don't Feel Like I Have To Fit Into A Body That's Not My Body. I Have The Body I Have And I Try To Maintain It.

Trying

Weight

Body

Everything You Do Is Different, And You Find Different Chords In Every Character That You Play That Strike True With You.

Character

Play

Different

We Are Supposed To Be Liberated In America But If Our President [george W. Bush] Had His Way, We Wouldn't Be Educated About Sex At All. Every Woman Would Have Six Children And We Wouldn't Be Able To Have Abortions.

Sex

Children

America

I Believe In Finding A Soulmate.

Soulmate

Believe

Findings

There Are More Similarities Than Differences When It Comes To Preparation Of A Performance. You're Using Some Lyrics, You Have A Relationship With Them, They Apply To Different Parts Of Your Life And Different Circumstances, Different Memories, Different Stories You Have In Your Head. You Form Personal Relationships With The Song. I Think That's Very Similar, In A Way, To Prepping A Character. You Pour Your Own Personality, In A Sense, Into The Character, You Sympathize With A Character In A Way That's Similar To The Way You Might Sympathize With A Song.

Song

Memories

Character

I Campaigned For [barack] Obama For More Than A Year. I Was In Iowa, Minnesota, California, Arizona - Just Traveling Around To Help Get The Word Out. It Was Such A Huge, Spirited Campaign, And So Positive. But You Travel Around To Cities In The U.s. Now And There's Just This Hopelessness That Has Set In. It Makes It Hard To Understand Why It Seems So Impossible To Make Any Kind Of Progressive Change With An Administration That Is Seemingly Progressive, Or Why We Keep Encountering Such Political Roadblocks To Change.

Years

Iowa

Cities

I Don't Think There's Any Kind Of Preparation For Sudden Celebrity. I Think You Almost Have This Slight Nervous Breakdown When That Kind Of Media Attention Happens. I Mean, You're Doing The Same Kind Of Thing That You Do All The Time, Only You Have To Make These Weird Adjustments. Like, You're Buying A Slice Of Pizza And Somebody's Outside Photographing You Which Is Weird - That's Not Normal! It's Very Uncomfortable.

Mean

Thinking

Media

I've Been Fortunate Enough To Travel With Oxfam Several Times, And They're Always So Well Organized, So It Was A Good Way To Show The Kind Of Work They're Doing.

Oxfam

Way

Kind

There Is Nothing Strange, Creepy, Or Inappropriate About John Travolta .

Creepy

Strange

Inappropriate

I Hope It Never Becomes Normal To Feel Scrutinized.

Normal

Feels

I Don't Think I Need Too Much Help. I Think My Head's On Pretty Straight, And I'm Pretty Realistic About Things. I'm Very Focused, So That Certainly Prevents Me From Going All Over The Place.

Thinking

Needs

Too Much

I Get Tested For Hiv Twice A Year.... One Has To Be Socially Aware. It's Part Of Being A Decent Human To Be Tested For Stds. It's Just Disgusting Behaviour When People Don't. It's So Irresponsible.

Years

People

Hiv

When We Live Our Lives Everyday, We're Met By Opportunities, And Most Of Us Don't Even Recognize Them.

Opportunity

Everyday

Mets

My Grandmother Was Also An Active Member Of The Tenants Association And A Staunch Supporter Of The Democratic Party, And Both Of My Parents Were Extremely Liberal, So I Think I Grew Up In A Household That Was Very Politically Conscious - We All Watched The Elections On Tv, And We Watched The Debates. So It Was An Awareness That We Were Raised With, And As We Grew Into Young Adults, We Just Naturally Became Politically Active. It Was Just Understood That It Was Important, That It Was Our Responsibility.

Party

Responsibility

Grandmother

I Would Love To Work On Broadway, But I Don't Know That It Would Manifest Itself In Musical Theater.... I Have Terrible Stage Fright That I'd Have To Get Over.

Musical

Terrible

Manifest

Do I Think Men Are Complicated? People Are Complicated! I Don't Know That There Is One Particular Aspect Of Men In General That I Don't Understand - Other Than Why Do They Have Nipples? I Thought We Decided That Men Are Just Big, Hairy Apes.

Men

Thinking

People

Actresses Get Stupid Questions Asked Of Them All The Time, Like, ‘how Do You Stay Sexy?’ Or ‘what’s Your Sexiest Quality?’ All These Ridiculous Things You Would Never Ask A Man.

Sexy

Stupid

Men

La's A Very Hard Place To Be Unless You Have People There That Love You. It Can Be Very, Very Lonely, And It Can Eat You Up If You Don't Take Care Of Yourself. In La, Nobody Wants To Talk To Each Other, Everybody's Giving Each Other Catty Looks.

Lonely

Love You

People

As An Actor, Anything That You Have To Help Get You Into Character Is Helpful.

Character

Actors

Helping

I Went Through This Realization That Acting, At Its Heart, Is The Ability To Manipulate Your Own Emotions.

Heart

Acting

Realization

It's So Difficult To Feel Comfortable In The Body You Have. You Always Want To Look A Different Way, Taller Or Thinner, Whatever It May Be. I Still Struggle With It. I Think Everybody Does.

Struggle

Thinking

Doe

For Me, Collaborating Is A Marriage Of The Minds. It's Two Or More People Coming Together And Making An Idea Come Alive. Using Their Own Creative Knowledge Or Creative Spirit To Make The Best Version Of An Idea. To Inspire An Idea And To Challenge It To Be Better Than Just One Person's Vision For It.

Ideas

Two

People

I Don't Have A Facebook Or A Twitter Account, And I Don't Know How I Feel About This Idea Of, "now, I'm Eating Dinner, And I Want Everyone To Know That I'm Having Dinner At This Time." Or "i Just Mailed A Letter And Dropped Off My Kids." That, To Me, Is A Very Strange Phenomenon.

Kids

Ideas

Letters

I Never Struggled With Trying To Figure Out What It Was I Wanted To Do Or What Made The Sparks Go For Me.

Trying

Sparks

Figures

What About My Brain? What About My Heart? What About My Kidneys And My Gallbladder?

Heart

Brain

Kidneys

I'm Good With Dialect. Some Actors Do It Immediately; Other Actors Never Quite Get It. It's Something I've Always Really Enjoyed And Something I've Always Been Pretty Fast With.

Actors

Dialect

Never Quit

I Never Really Thought About Getting Married - It Just Kind Of Happened. It Seemed Natural, The Right Thing To Do. It Was Kind Of A Celebration Of The Time.

Married

Celebration

Kind

It's Important For People To Figure Out Their Own Lives Before Involving Someone Else - To Gauge Where You Are And Work On Your Own Issues.

Issues

People

Important

I Would Have Loved To Have Gone Into Diagnostic Medicine.

Medicine

Gone

I Think That I Sort Of See Other Actresses Are Kind Of Proud Of The Way They Look And Show It Off. That's Never Really Been My Style. I Really Don't Think That It's Disgusting Or Wrong, If You're 18 You're 18, It's Your Body, It's Your Right To Show Yourself, However, I Don't Really Take A Part In That. I Like To Look Nice, But I Think That There's Ways Of Doing It That Are More Tasteful Than Just Wearing A Bikini Wherever You Go.

Nice

Thinking

Style

When I'm Single, I Don't Focus. I Focus On A Guy If He's A Boyfriend, But I Don't Focus On Finding A Boyfriend. They're Never Around When You Want Them.

Focus

Guy

Want

I Don't Want To Be The Ingenue Anymore. It's Nice To Be Glamorous, But I Don't Want To Always Be An Object Of Desire. Because It Doesn't Last.

Nice

Desire

Want

Obviously Filming And Working Has Consistently Been A Part Of My Life. I've Never Had A Huge Break Of Time When I Wasn't Working On Something Or Promoting Something.

Break

Promoting

Huge

You're Married, And Suddenly You Have Your Own Family. There's A Nice Comfort In That. That Part Of Your Life Is Certain ... You've Got Your Home In That Other Person.

Marriage

Nice

Home

I Have Always... Expected A Lot From Myself.

Expected

I'm Just In Work Mode, And That Prevents Me From Going Into The Hollywood Starlet Mode, I Suppose.

Hollywood

Starlets

Whenever I'm Taking Time Off, All I'm Thinking About Is Working.

Thinking

Take Time

Time Off

My Favorite Actors Are Actors Who Are Enigmatic And Mysterious And Never Make The Obvious Choice In Terms Of The Projects They Do Or Who They Work With Or Their Craft. But I Think That The Less I Know About An Actor, The More Chance I Have Of Allowing Their Own Persona To Kind Of Slip Away So I Can Get Completely Lost In The Character They're Playing, And The More That People Think They Know About Your Personal Life, The More Difficult It Becomes To Preserve That.

Character

Thinking

People

Being A Movie Star Is A Quality That Somebody Sort Of Embodies, And Being A Celebrity Is Something That People Give To You. It Has To Do With Being Recognizable, As Opposed To Something That People Recognize In You. I Just Hope To Make Good Movies. I Know That Sounds Simple, But It's True.

Stars

Simple

People

I Always Check In The Mirror To Make Sure Nothing Is See-through.

Mirrors

Checks

I Did An Interview Where They Were Harping On And On About Sensuality And Sexuality... Really, I Have Nothing To Say About Any Of That Stuff Because It's So Boring And I Never Think About It.

Thinking

Stuff

Interviews

I Love Road Trips, I Love Driving, I Love Finding Little Towns. I Just Think It's The Best Way To Travel.

Thinking

Littles

Way

The Truth Isn't All Things To All People All Of The Time.

Truth

Reality

People

I'm Happiest When I Have Something To Focus My Energy On.

Focus

Energy

I’ve Never Considered Myself A Femme Fatale As I’ve Never Seduced Anyone And Ruined Their Lives. At Least As Far As I Know.

Femme

Femme Fatale

Ruined

If You Open Up A Magazine And There's A Photograph Of You With A Giant Red Circle Around Your Thigh, Like, Look At This Cellulite, Any Person - I Don't Care What You Do - Would Be Mortified. It's No Wonder People Get Crazy About It.

Crazy

Circles

People

It's A Required Part Of Your Film History To Know Who Woody Is. His Movies Are So Wonderful, And Not Just Funny But So Insightful About Human Behavior.

Movie

Film History

Insightful

My Mom Was Always Active. She Was Always An Active Voter, Whether It Was Local, State, Or Federal Elections. My Mom Would Take Us To Polling Locations When We Were Kids.

Mom

Kids

Voters

I Definitely Believe In Plastic Surgery. I Don't Want To Be An Old Hag. There's No Fun In That.

Fun

Believe

Want

I Still Eat A Burger At A Counter With Ketchup Dripping Down My Face.

Burgers

Faces

Dripping

I Don't Do Damsel In Distress Very Well. It's Hard For Me To Play A Victim.

Play

Victim

Damsel In Distress

I Think You Have To Protect Your Private Life As Much As You Possibly Can, And, At The Same Time, Find Ways To Redirect That Focus And Turn The Glare Into A Positive Thing. I Don't Know How You Do It. I Don't Know How Anybody's Ever Done It.

Thinking

Focus

Done

It's Important Not To Lose Who You Are In A Relationship Just Because It's Nice To Cuddle With Somebody.

Nice

Important

Loses

I'm Not Anxious To Starve Myself. For Me, It's Not At All Sexy To Be Ultra-thin.

Sexy

Ultras

Anxious

I Value My Privacy And My Personal Life - And I Certainly Don't Exploit My Personal Life.

Privacy

Exploits

Personal Life

I Can't Think Of Anything I'd Rather Do Less Than Have To Continuously Share Details Of My Everyday Life.

Thinking

Everyday

Details

You Have Cameron Crowe Write An Incredible Monologue For You Just Based On The Things That You're Talking About. It Just Became This Opportunity That Was Too Exciting A Process To Pass Up.

Writing

Opportunity

Talking

These Tabloid Magazines - I Think They're Hideous And The Downfall Of Society.

Thinking

Magazines

Tabloids

I'm Terrified To Ride A Bike In A City - And I Grew Up Riding Bikes In The City. I've Just Heard Enough Stories - I Have Enough Friends Who've Been Hit By Taxicabs And Things.

Cities

Riding

Stories

I Don't Profess To Know Anything About Marriage That Anybody Else Doesn't Know, Or How To Make It Right. I Don't Want To Read About Somebody Who's Giving Me Relationship Advice. So I Try To Keep Some Things For Myself, To Have A Private Life.

Giving

Advice

Trying

I Want To Look Good, Obviously. I Don't Want To Look At The Screen And Go, Oh, My Skin Looks Terrible, Or, I Look Exhausted. That's Why I Take Care Of Myself When I Work.

Skins

Looks

Care

When I'm Not Working Or Promoting Something, I Try To Be As Under-the-radar As I Can .

Trying

Promoting

Radar

I Am Very Independent. I Can Look After Myself But I Still Need A Lot Of Love And Care.

Independent

Needs

Looks

I Find Beauty In Unusual Things, Like Hanging Your Head Out The Window Or Sitting On A Fire Escape.

Beauty

Beautiful

Fire

Every Actor Has A Production Company Already. It's Just A Matter Of Producing Your Own Films Under The Label Of Your Own Production Company.

Labels

Actors

Matter

I'm Just A Big Believer In 'you Must Love Yourself Before You Can Love Anybody Else,' And I Think For Me That Breeds The Most Inspired Relationships.

Love You

Thinking

Great Love

There's No Such Thing As An Aura Of Mystery Anymore. It Doesn't Exist. That's A Thing Of The Past.

Past

Auras

Mystery

It's Nice To Have A Crush On Someone. It Feels Like You're Alive, You Know?

Crush

Nice

Alive

They're [social Media] Amazing Tools To Communicate Information - Especially About Different Causes Or Crises Or Movements.

Media

Different

Tools

I Always Feel Like I Have To Prove Myself As An Actor, Otherwise You Get Lazy If You're Not Slightly Terrified That You're Going To Fail All The Time.

Lazy

Actors

Failing

If You Feel Glamorous, You Definitely Look Glamorous.

Looks

Glamorous

Feels

You Work Hard Making Independent Films For Fourteen Years And You Get Voted Best Breasts.

Hard Work

Independent

Years

I’m Not Telling People Where To Give Money, But If There Is To Be A Spotlight Shed On Me, Then I’d Like To Direct That Spotlight Onto Causes I Think Are Worthy Or Onto Interesting, Progressive Figures.

Thinking

People

Giving

I Didn't Want To Be Driving To Work Everyday And Sending Out My Starbucks Order. I Didn't Want To Be In New York Or L.a. I Wanted To Have Space And I Wanted To Be In A Remote Place Where All Of Us Could Just Be Ourselves And Not Worry About Anyone Trying To Listen In Or Get In On That. I Wanted To Just Be Comfortable. I Feel Like Being In A Big City - As Much As I Find New York, In Particular, Very Inspiring In A Lot Of Ways - Can Also Be Claustrophobic.

New York

Order

Cities

I'm Not A Statistician, But It Doesn't Take A Genious To Work Out That 100 Million Children Being Denied An Education Is Ridiculous. There Is Nothing Lost In Translation Here, It's Obvious That's Wrong.

Education

Children

Work Out

[in London] There Was Definitely Less Need To Wear My Big Sunglasses.

Sunglasses

Needs

London

People Are Fed Up - And I Think Quite Rightfully So. But What Are They Proposing As An Alternative To Just Being Upset Or Feeling Disillusioned Or Abandoned? That Kind Of Protest Movement Really Needs To Happen On A Much Bigger Scale, But There Needs To Be A Clearer Message.

Thinking

People

Upset

I'm All About Fashion, Cheeseburgers And Bright-red Lipstick.

Fashion

Red Lipstick

Cheeseburger

Are People Who Want This Kind Of Progressive Change Not Turning Up At Polling Stations? Are They Not Voting For Progressive Representatives? It's Hard To Put Your Finger On Why We Are Where We Are.

People

Voting

Want

Every Director Is Themselves; [they're] Not Playing A Part.

Directors

I Try To Stay Fit And Eat Healthily, But I Am Not Anxious To Starve Myself And Become Unnaturally Thin. I Don't Find That Look Attractive On Women And I Don't Want To Become Part Of That Trend. It's Unhealthy And It Puts Too Much Pressure On Women In General Who Are Being Fed This Image Of The Ideal, Which It Is Not.

Trying

Looks

Trends

You Have To Believe That You Can Act And That You're The Right Person For The Job But I Think It's Good To Not Always Know How You're Going To Do It. The Fun Part Is Trying To Figure It Out.

Jobs

Fun

Believe

You Really Hope That People Who Want To Be Politically Active Aren't So Disillusioned At This Point. I Do Feel Positive About What's Happening. I Think That With All Of These Movements, And This Growing Collective Voice That's Emerging, People Are Starting To Come Out Of The Kind Of Dazed State That They Were In For So Many Years. But It's Tough To Know The Best Way To Effect Change Now. Campaigning Alone No Longer Seems To Be The Answer.

Thinking

Years

Voice

I Would Never Knowingly Go Into A Film That I Wouldn't Pay To See, Or Something That Didn't Challenge Me.

Challenges

Pay

Film

I Don't Think About Being Sexy, Being Seductive. What You Don't Want To See Is Somebody Trying To Be Sexy. That's The Most Unsexy Thing.

Sexy

Thinking

Seductive

I Do Think On Some Basic Level We Are Animals, And By Instinct We Kind Of Breed Accordingly. But As Much As I Believe That, I Work Really Hard When I'm In A Relationship To Make It Work In A Monogamous Way.

Believe

Animal

Thinking

I Don't Plan On Selling Out. I Mean, It's Nice To Get A Dinner Reservation Ahead Of Other People, But When It Comes Down To It, The Most Important Thing To Me Is The Actual Work.

Nice

Mean

People

Claims Have Been Made That I've Been On A Strict Workout Routine Regulated By Co-stars, Whipped Into Shape By Trainers I've Never Met, Eating Sprouted Grains I Can't Pronounce And Ultimately Losing 14 Pounds Off My 5'3" Frame. Losing 14 Pounds Out Of Necessity In Order To Live A Healthier Life Is A Huge Victory. I'm A Petite Person To Begin With, So The Idea Of My Losing This Amount Of Weight Is Utter Lunacy. If I Were To Lose 14 Pounds, I'd Have To Part With Both Arms. And A Foot.

I Believe That Luck Is Opportunity Meeting Preparation.

Believe

Opportunity

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Understanding Quotes: Their Essence and Application

Quotes, or quotations, are powerful tools in communication, encapsulating ideas, emotions, and wisdom in concise expressions. They serve various purposes across different contexts, from academic writing to everyday conversation.

1. Defining Quotes

A quote is a repetition of someone else's statement or thoughts. It can be a direct replication of words spoken or written by another individual, often used to support arguments, provide evidence, or convey profound insights.

2. The Importance of Quotes

2.1. Enhancing Credibility

Incorporating quotes from authoritative sources can bolster the credibility of your work. By referencing experts or primary sources, you demonstrate thorough research and a solid foundation for your arguments.

2.2. Providing Evidence

Quotes serve as concrete evidence to support claims. In academic and professional writing, they validate points made, offering readers a basis to trust the information presented.

2.3. Conveying Emotions and Perspectives

Quotes can encapsulate emotions and perspectives succinctly. They allow writers to express complex feelings or viewpoints through the words of others, often more eloquently than paraphrasing.

3. Types of Quotes

3.1. Direct Quotes

Direct quotes involve copying the exact words from a source, enclosed in quotation marks. They are used when the original wording is significant or particularly well-expressed.

3.2. Indirect Quotes (Paraphrasing)

Indirect quotes restate the original message in your own words. While not enclosed in quotation marks, they still require proper attribution to the original source.

3.3. Block Quotes

Block quotes are lengthy direct quotations, formatted as a separate block of text. They are typically used for quotes exceeding a certain length, varying by citation style. For instance, in APA style, quotes longer than 40 words are formatted as block quotes.

4. Proper Usage of Quotes

4.1. Contextual Relevance

Ensure that the quote you choose is relevant to the topic and adds value to your content. Avoid inserting quotes solely for decorative purposes.

4.2. Integration into Your Writing

Seamlessly integrate quotes into your writing. Introduce them appropriately and follow up with analysis or commentary to connect them to your main points.

4.3. Attribution and Citation

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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