"As a teenager I went all Goth, but I wasn't mopey enough. I would pretend to be, but I'd end up making people laugh."
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"I felt really bad for someone who is swimming in so much hate. I just thought, that's someone who's in a really bad spot, and I am in such a happy spot. I laugh my head off every day with my husband and my kids who are mooning me and singing me songs."
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"I think if anyone tells you the odds are slim, just keep walking. Just do whatever the hell you want to do, because they don't know what they're talking about. When you love something, and you work really really hard at it, you can do it."
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"I've never felt like I needed to change. I've always thought, 'If you want somebody different, pick somebody else.'"
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"There’s a greatness in not caring what people think"
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"I watch HGTV like a maniac, and when it's bad, it's like some crazy college guy watching a football game."
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"Hollywood wants to make women so perfect. Perfect hair. Perfect job. Perfect manners... I know some of the most beautiful women, and they are so weird. That's what makes them funny and captivating."
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"I'm a bit obsessed with women that are so incredibly solid in their shoes that they don't care what other people think of them. I just think there's something so interesting about that kind of confidence."
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"I don't associate with people who blame the world for their problems. You are your problem. You are also your solution."
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"You just have to say, 'It’s pretty damn good. I am right here at the moment and I’m OK with it. I've got other things to think about.'"
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"It's like I'm managing to achieve all this success in spite of my affliction ... Would you ever put that in the headline for a male star?"
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"Even when someone gets to looking like she should be so proud of herself, instead she's like, 'I could be another three pounds less; I could be a little taller and have bigger lips.'"
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"I think the reason I'm an actress is because I love playing kind of a more extreme people."
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"I'm always tinkering with something - suddenly I'll think I can work with wood, but then I'll realize I can't, so I go back to sewing."
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"When someone really believes in what they're saying, but it's crazy, it's like my favorite thing on earth."
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"I could eat healthier, I could drink less. I should be learning another language and working out more, but I'm just always saying, 'Ah, I could get hit by a bus tomorrow.'"
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"Comedy to me is all about the bumps and bruises and weird tics."
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"It's funny; as I get older I'm reverting to my roots - I want to plant stuff."
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"I want to be healthy."
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"Pretty much everyone I know, no matter what size, is trying some system. Even when someone gets to looking like she should be so proud of herself, instead she's like, 'I could be another three pounds less; I could be a little taller and have bigger lips.' Where does it end? You just have to say, 'It's pretty damn good. I am right here at the moment and I'm OK with it. I've got other things to think about.'"
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