"Really, really obscene hip-hop. I love it so much. It makes me laugh and then it makes me want to dance."
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"I've wanted to be an astronaut, a doctor, a vet - these are things I've said in interviews. Before that, I wanted to be a mermaid and a fairy."
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"You can tell when someone likes you just because you're in a movie, because all they talk about is the movie, and all they talk about is the movie business."
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"Your director is your everything and you devote yourself to them and you want to help create their vision."
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"I think you always need to be able to relate to your characters, but that doesn't necessarily mean...you have to understand why they do what they do, but you don't actually have to be like that yourself."
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"Sometimes just watching a person doing the things they would only do at home lets you know who they really are."
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"The best part about being friends with your parents is that no matter what you do, they have to keep loving you."
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"It really wasn't my thing. It still isn't my thing, the whole science-fiction action thing. I prefer simpler, character-based movies."
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"My mom devotes so much of her time toward me. She's an artist, and my father is a doctor. I've been brought up in what you might call a pretty conventional family."
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"Hillary Clinton is such a formidable candidate."
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"I just stay away from the news and try and find people around me who are doing positive things and look to them."
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"I think all girls in the world wish they were a Parisian girl - that sort of effortless chic confidence and comfort in their own skin."
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"The only place I am recognized all the time is in L.A. and otherwise, it's only about once a day. I feel pretty anonymous."
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"I do think there is a sort of natural balance in nature between men and women, and that it's being thrown off-balance by the social and economic inequities between men and women."
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"There are movies where we are interested in seeing people's lives without agreeing with what they're doing."
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"I had danced when I was younger, until I was about 12, and I always idealized it, as most young girls do, as the most beautiful art. It's an expression without words."
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"Young actors often don't think of the consequences of doing nudity or sex scenes. They want the role so badly that they agree to be exploited, and then end up embarrassing family, friends, and even strangers."
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"It is interesting just generationally that you see that people are much more comfortable, and that's part of life now for this next generation of actors and just people in the world. But for those of us who were living when it didn't exist, being in social media feels like the last thing you want to do ."
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"I'd say I got three or four offers for films that had female directors, so in my career I haven't had that opportunity before. That's exciting."
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"I honestly don't even really want to think about it; I'd rather focus on how wonderful she is. Hillary Clinton is such a formidable candidate. I think we're lucky to have someone as smart and capable and strong as she is wanting to be our president."
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