"I never thought I would end up being an actress. I thought I really was going to do serious stuff like law or politics."
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"I love being a mum, but it's much more intensive work than being an actress - going to work feels like you've got a day off. Not that I want a day off from being a mum; it's just perhaps I had this impression before that mums don't work. But they work more than anyone."
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"If I had known how much I hate auditioning, I doubt I would have become an actress."
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"I'm looking forward to becoming a marvelous - excuse the word marvelous - character actress. like Marie Dressler, like Will Rogers."
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"I am only an actress when they say, 'action' and I stop being an actress when they say, 'cut'. I am a normal person outside of acting."
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"I felt, this is what I want to be in my life. I want to be an actress."
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"There are some actresses who cannot function on the set without having a close relationship with their directors. Their way of communicating with the director is through intimacy. It doesn't necessarily have to do with any physical act; it has more to do with achieving a closeness that they find very valuable."
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"The relationship between an actress and her director is often a very close one."
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"I'm the Magoo of actresses, very accident-prone."
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"No amount of skill on the part of the actress can make up for the loss of youth."
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"Being an actress, I find myself people-watching and I can be quite shy."
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"I knew I wanted to be an actress as soon as I popped out."
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"I'm an actress, not a celebrity."
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"I'm a singer, a writer and an actress - when I find something that I feel good enough about doing."
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"I sing as an actress. Whatever I'm singing about, I just become the story."
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"And I don’t want to turn actress. I want to do both. I wouldn’t have built the confidence to do acting if I didn’t model."
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"My favorite question is 'What do you do?' I'm like, 'I'm a walking cliche: I'm a model and an actress."
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"Scratch an actor and you'll find an actress."
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"That’s my next journey - to be a great actress."
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"I used to search and search for that actor or actress who's exactly what's in my head. But you have to realize you have to cast whoever's super talented and super funny, and then the character has to become at least partially theirs."
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