"As I get older, I'm more relaxed and less concerned with what people think of me"
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"Part of my reason for being vegetarian was because it practices respect and love for life all through the day, so three times a day, you make a decision to eat things that have not been killed."
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"I was really excited to get to shave my head - it's something I'd wanted to do for a while and now I had a good excuse. It was nice to shed that level of vanity."
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"When I was 7 years old, I put on shows for everyone at my grandpa's funeral. I was always the little entertainer."
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"Lying is the most fun a woman can have without taking her clothes off."
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"Ninety per cent of how you learn is watching great people. When you are surrounded by good actors it lifts your performance."
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"Awards are so unnecessary because I think we get so much out of our work just by doing it. The work is a reward in itself."
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"Cute is when your personality shines through your looks. Like, when you see someone's personality in the way they walk and you just feel like hugging them every time you see them."
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"I'm not a perfectionist, but I like discipline. I'm obedient, but I'm not a perfectionist. I think it's important to work your hardest and be as kind as possible to everyone you work with. The goal, every day, is keeping focused on that."
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"I speak fluent Hebrew and even dream in Hebrew when we visit there, once or twice a year."
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"Everything you think of that keeps you occupied is a friend."
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"As I look back on it, I'm glad that I had this false image. I was who everyone else - my parents, my friends, society - wanted me to be. I was a pleaser, someone who wanted to make everyone happy, to not let anyone down. Now, I'm not like that."
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"I usually dress very casual. Whenever I go out with my friends, I'm always like, 'Can't I just wear sweatpants?'"
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"Jasmine is just the most delicate and beautiful scent."
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"I'm tough on myself in terms of the standards I want to live up to, but that's also part of my pleasure: Knowing you are being your fullest self. Being your fullest self is a lot of work."
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"I've been really, lucky and sometimes you think, 'Why? How did this happen to me - what did I do to deserve this?' And you realize how much it's just luck. And then you see that there's a lot of people who are not as lucky as you are, and I want to like share that luck, you know?"
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"I've stood up to producers before, and even a director. I saw them being abusive. A lot of people on the set are scared to say stuff when they're not being treated right."
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"I'm an only child. Which is kind of bad, because having a brother or sister is like another form of friendship. That's something I've missed out on, except I know that I couldn't be doing what I am doing now if I had brothers and sisters."
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"I don't believe in the afterlife. I believe this is it, and I believe it's the best way to live."
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"Sometimes people's reactions tell more about themselves."
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