"Molly Shannon such an interesting actress that portrays vulnerability and danger at the same time, because she seems brittle in that role."
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"I mean, most actresses can't host and most hostesses can't act, and that's the general rule in the industry."
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"I wanted to work with Cate Blanchett. She is one of the five greatest movie actresses of her generation."
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"I listened to a lot of tapes of British theatre actresses and tried to learn from them. As Americans, we don't have such a gift with language."
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"At an early school, when I was about 5, they asked what we wanted to be when we grew up. Everyone said silly things, and I said I wanted to be an actress. So that was what I wanted to be, but what I was, of course, was a writer."
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"My mom was an actress in the local Seattle theater doing experimental plays."
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"I never had any desire to become a well-known actress."
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"I hope to be known as a chameleon actress, as someone who can play any part out there, and someone who can transform herself into any kind of character there is."
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"A lot of actresses will just go, "I'm 35." And I thought, " I'm not doing that." I like being 40."
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"I know I am known for flesh-flashing, but I am an actress, too."
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"Actresses are kind of a little crazy."
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"There are lots of moments that are great for an actress."
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"I'm really aware of the conversations that surround young actresses in Hollywood. I always get myself into a hole with these conversations, and I get weirdly quoted, and I sound militant and like I'm not thankful at all, and I'm so thankful of everything that's happening. But I'm an active observer of the machinations of this world."
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"Actresses are required to perform the epitome of a certain type of femininity."
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"In human years I am 29. In actress years I'm the ripe, promising age of 18 to 35. That's how it works here in Hollyweird."
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"I'm from a generation of fantastic actresses. It's a big pool of really wonderful actresses, and so many of them we never even get to see on the screen anymore."
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"I did indulge myself in a lot of history reading, to inform myself as to who the real woman was. As far as other actresses’ portrayals, though, I tried to stay clear. It muddles your process, I find."
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"Charlize Theron and Cate Blanchett are very good actresses."
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"I always wanted to be a movie actress. I thought it was very romantic. And it was."
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"I wanted to be a professional singer/actress, though I knew it would be hard."
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