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I Think That If You're Serving Yourself Before You're Serving A Story Then That's Where You End Up Being Not Funny. It's Not About Being Funny, It's About Telling A Story And Then The Comedy Comes Out Of The Situation, I Think.

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I Think That If You're Serving Yourself Before You're Serving A Story Then That's Where You End Up Being Not Funny. It's Not About Being Funny, It's About Telling A Story And Then The Comedy Comes Out Of The Situation, I Think.

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I’m Just Being Myself. There Is Not An Ounce Of Me That Believes Any Of That Crap That They Say. We Can’t Be Feminine And Be Feminists And Be Successful? I Want To Be A F-king Feminist And Wear A F-king Peter Pan Collar. So F-king What?

Being An Actress Can Be A Little Like Being A Girl In The '50s: You're Stuck Waiting By The Phone, Hoping That The Boy You Like Will Call.

If You're In The Public Eye And You Have Young Girls Who Look Up To What You Do, They're Going To Look To You For Certain Cues, So You Have To Take That As A Responsibility, Whether You Think You Deserve It Or Not.

I'd Be More Likely To Go For Somebody Who Is Like Me. Well, I Like Creative People, So Whatever That Means... Yeah, Authentic And Creative.

For Some Reason, People Look At Me And Laugh. I Don't Know Why.

I've Had Experiences Where I Wasn't Allowed To Change Words Around At All Because You Have To Say Everything, Exactly As Written On The Page. That's Not Fun For Me. For Me, Part Of Being An Actor Is Being Able To Contribute To A Character's Rhythms. If There's Room To Explore, You Find A Happy Medium.

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