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"You're 30: You know stuff now. Your 20s were for 'ducking up,' as my auto-correct would say, and learning from those mistakes. (For instance, never again will I convince myself that sleep is for sissies and go straight from a party to the airport. You will not 'sleep on the plane'; you'll vomit in the security line. Go to bed.)"
"I fell in love with theater there, and after graduation I moved to Los Angeles to pursue acting."
"If I could play drums like Patrick Carney or Taylor Hawkins, I'd be a really happy person."
"It seems like a dangerous concept to have someone who's just your drinking buddy. Someone you have nothing in common with, if you're sober, is probably not a good, healthy friendship."
"If a woman feels anchored to a man's plans, she may start to resent him for the fun she's worried she's missing."
"I loved being pregnant. I felt unapologetically curvy, sexy, and intensely feminine. After giving birth I joined the ranks of millions of new mothers when I moaned, 'Why do I still look pregnant?'"
"I remember walking into drugstores when I was younger and seeing all the hair color boxes on the shelves and just being so in awe. Having the control to dye your hair and change your look is such a part of self-expression."
"I'm now convinced that I'm a doctor. I mean, if someone says they have a pain, I'm like, 'Well, that's your spleen.'"
"I think what ruins relationships and causes most fights is insecurity."
"So are all the kids on the East Coast repeating school next year? Get ready to see a lot of hairy eighth graders. Storm brain drain."
"I was a tomboy and I didn't have a bunch of brothers but I always wanted them and so I sort of adopted a few of my great friends to be my brother."
"Many casting directors won't hire aspiring actors because you might be burning some chick's headshot under the table so she doesn't get the part."
"Now I'm doing a film festival for kids and writing a script about a kidnapped journalist in Afghanistan."
"As you get older, you start to really ask questions like, 'Is this the road I should be walking down?,' because every decision seems more final, as you get older."
"I think there was no other profession for me. I was either going into an insane asylum or to be an actor."
"People have nervous tics they don't know about, and I would advise asking around. Ask the casting director, 'Is there something I'm doing?' I would see people unconsciously rocking back and forth. I roll my lips. I bite my lips and roll them."
"People assume actresses are afraid to get older; the truth is the roles get a whole lot more compelling once you're too old to play dumb."
"I trust work, directors - I don't live in fear. All good experiences have come from trusting the universe. There is no other way to live or love. Otherwise, you create your own prison."
"Do some yoga. I never feel more beautiful than after I've really spent some time breathing."
"I think that women are more sensitive to emotional infidelity than men. I think men are more scared of physical infidelity."