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I Hope That Other Women Can Benefit From My Experience. Cancer Is Still A Word That Strikes Fear Into People’s Hearts, Producing A Deep Sense Of Powerlessness. But Today It Is Possible To Find Out Through A Blood Test Whether You Are Highly Susceptible To Breast And Ovarian Cancer, And Then Take Action... It Is My Hope That They, Too, Will Be Able To Get Gene Tested, And That If They Have A High Risk They, Too, Will Know That They Have Strong Options. Life Comes With Many Challenges. The Ones That Should Not Scare Us Are The Ones We Can Take On And Take Control Of.

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I Hope That Other Women Can Benefit From My Experience. Cancer Is Still A Word That Strikes Fear Into People’s Hearts, Producing A Deep Sense Of Powerlessness. But Today It Is Possible To Find Out Through A Blood Test Whether You Are Highly Susceptible To Breast And Ovarian Cancer, And Then Take Action... It Is My Hope That They, Too, Will Be Able To Get Gene Tested, And That If They Have A High Risk They, Too, Will Know That They Have Strong Options. Life Comes With Many Challenges. The Ones That Should Not Scare Us Are The Ones We Can Take On And Take Control Of.

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Self Indulgence

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What Nourishes Me Also Destroys Me.

We're All Just Big Kids. That's All We Are. We Are Artistes. We Grew Up Wanting To Be Part Of The Fantasy Of The Fairy Tales And The Stories.

... The One That Has The Worst Effect For Me Was Pot. I Felt Silly And Giggly - I Hate Feeling Like That.

Im Extremely Honest, And I Pride Myself On It. I Dont Try To Be Shocking. Im Playful, And I Know When Something Im Saying Is Maybe Shocking, But Its Just The Truth, I Never Wanted To Be Scary To People Or Upsetting To People. I Simply Want To Live The Way I Need To Live.

I Grew Up With My Career Being Thrust Upon Me. It Took Me A Long Time To Believe That I Could Do More Than That One Aspect Of Our Business.

Our Family May Seem Extraordinary In Some Magazines Or Something, But At Home It's Not. We're Really Just A Very Loving Family. We're Very Close, And We Don't Read Magazines. We Just Kind Of Go To Work And Come Home. We Try To Keep A Sense Of Reality Into Their Lives. What's Truly Real, Not Hollywood Real.

The Coen Brothers Said Something That Helped Me, "when You Put The Book Down, You Have A Certain Feeling, A Certain Understanding. That's What They Need To Feel When They Walk Out Of The Theater. That's Your Job, To Literally Put This Book On Film, You Won't Make A Good Movie, You'll Do No Service To Anyone.

When You Have Kids It's Nice To Have A Place Where They Can Always Return To And Some Place Where They Will Grow Up In, But I Never Had That. I'm Not Attached To Things And Places. I Like That We [the Family] Keep Moving. It's A Nomadic Life, And I Think That's A Great Life. I'm Excited When We Take Our Kids To A New Country And They Don't Just Immediately Look For The Comforts Of Home. They Blend Into That Country. Send Them To Any Place In The World And They Won't Be Scared. They'll Just Feel Like They Can Make Friends There.

The Mind Wants To Forget Because It Weighs So Much On The Heart And Soul. I Am Tired Of Crying And Feeling So Helpless. I Want To Breathe Again -just For A Little While.

I Entered This Business Before I Had Focus And Purpose In My Life. I Was Very Unhappy, Very Unhealthy, And When I Sat Down For An Interview, I Didn't Know Why. I Felt Like I Didn't Have Anything To Share. It Was A Very Empty Time.

The Sun Doesn't Lose Its Beauty When Covered By The Clouds. The Same Way Your Beauty Doesn't Fade When Being Covered By Hijab

I Try Not To Think About My Public Life. I Focus On My Private Life, And That's Just The Best Way To Live.

Where Ever I Am I Always Find Myself Looking Out The Window Wishing I Was Somewhere Else.

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All Of Us Would Like To Believe That If We Were In A Bad Situation Someone Would Help Us.

I'm A Very Private Person. I Don't Go Out Much. I'm Home With Kids. I Go To Work. I Don't Really Like Being The Focus Of Attention, Which Is Why I Like Being Behind The Camera More.

I Am A Strong Believer That Without Justice, There Is No Peace. No Lasting Peace, Anyway.

Make Bold Choices And Make Mistakes. It's All Those Things That Add Up To The Person You Become.

Save One-third, Live On One-third, And Give Away One-third

The Loss Of A Child Is My Greatest Nightmare.

Loss Of A Child

I’m Still Having Trouble Convincing Pax That Underwear And Pants Go Together – Underwear Is Not Pants!

I Find Flaws Attractive. I Find Scars Attractive.

I'm With A Man Who's Evolved Enough To Look At My Body And See It As More Beautiful Because Of The Journey It Has Taken.

We Cannot Look At Syria, And The Evil That Has Arisen From The Ashes Of Indecision, And Think This Is Not The Lowest Point In The World's Inability To Protect And Defend The Innocent.

I Love Directing, It Means So Much To Me To Direct Stories About Subject Matter That I Care Deeply About. I Can Act In Many Things, And You Can Try To Experience Different Characters, But To Direct Is Years Of Your Life And You Have To Really Love It And Believe In It.

I Like Everything. Boyish Girls, Girlish Boys, The Heavy And The Skinny. Which Is A Problem When I'm Walking Down The Street.

What's Going To Be Funny Is When They Think Mom And Dad Are A Little Bit Cool, Because Right Now, We're Not Cool Mom And Dad.

I’m Trying To Learn More About International Law To Understand Why We Don’t Have Better Solutions For Conflict - For Dictators Or Aggressors That Are Hurting Or Raping Children Or Using Them As Child Soldiers. Why Can’t We Have An International Community Handle These Things In A Swift, Efficient Manner?

I Can Tell My Children That They Don't Need To Fear They Will Lose Me To Breast Cancer.

I Am The Kind Of Person Who Doesn't Recognize Borders. I Don't Understand Why We Think It Is Okay To Keep Someone Within One Border When They Are Unable To Feed Their Family When They Could Be Getting Help Somewhere Else. I Don't See People As Different So I Don't Understand The Idea Of Borders In This World.

Don't Fit In, Don't Sit Still, Don't Ever Try To Be Less Than What You Are...

As A Director, I Hoped That I Was Able To Help The Actors By Giving Them The Space And The Respect They Need And The Trust. I Gave Them What I Always Felt I Needed When I Was Working.

Never Send A Boy To Do A Woman's Job.

The Older Ones Recently Saw Mr And Mrs Smith And I Think They Thought That Was The Funniest Thing They'd Ever Seen Because, Of Course, Watching Your Parents Fight As Spies Is Some Strange Sort Of Childhood Fantasy.

The Cost Of Testing For Brca1 And Brca2, At More Than $3,000 In The United States, Remains An Obstacle For Many Women.

I'm Looking Very Much Forward To Growing Older. I Want To Be An Exhausted Older Woman But With A Very Full Life Behind Me And One Still Going.

Nothing Would Mean Anything If I Didn't Live A Life Of Use To Others.

I Felt I Should Have Been Taught About The Landmine Problem. It Made Me Suddenly Realize Certain Things About The World And How Much I Had To Learn, Like The History Of The People.

When Those Who Have The Opportunity To Speak To Those Politicians They Must Do So And If One Doesn't Have That Opportunity To Speak Directly, They Can Still Speak Indirectly And It Can Be Heard.

I'm Much Happier And More Fulfilled Than I Thought I Would Ever Be, Especially When I Was Going Through A Lot Of Grief When I Was Younger. I Hope It Lasts.

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