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I don't know the politics of Hollywood. Am I hungry for great material? Every actor is. How I can get to it, that's another story.
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Since women ask me about male motives all the time, I can offer a bit of advice. If you feel like you're going to get hurt then you shouldn't be there in the first place. That's the way I look at relationships.
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By my third year of Law and Order, I was climbing the walls. But you don't leave a hit show, especially when you have a five-year contract.
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I jumped into acting because it was fun. It was tougher when I had to take my fun seriously.
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People are so phobic and crazed about this word 'commitment.' It's weird. Everyone has taken this word to a new height of morality.
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New York used to be so much more than just a place to shop. It was life on the street for the eccentrics; it was an eccentric city. It had many different tastes. Now it's just one - a really rich one - with big tall glass buildings.
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As soon as I feel people are talking too much about my character, it's time to leave.
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As an actor you appreciate the security of a job. But I don't ever want to get too comfortable.
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No one ever takes my side.
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I have enough attention already. More, I don't really need.
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Look, I'm a huge supporter of Obama's - he's the first president I ever donated money to. But I think in terms of climate change and the environment, he's been, at best, disappointing.
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Sex and the City changed New York-New York's become a big shoe store now, unfortunately.
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'Law and Order' is completely story-driven and completely characterless, really. If you do that format for five years and you're an actor, you're bound to get bored. It wears on you. And it was really wearing on me.
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I never wanted to be the lead on a TV drama. It just robs you of your life, really.
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We need healthy forests if we want to protect our climate. As the climate changes, forests become more vulnerable to insect outbreaks, droughts and wildfires. Simultaneously, when our forests are destroyed, their carbon is released back into the atmosphere, further impacting climate change. It's a horrifying one-two punch.
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If you're an actor in your heart, no matter how much money they shove at you, it doesn't matter if the work doesn't provide that creative spark. You want out.
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I like big casts. The experience of working together, that human contact - those are my roots, professionally.
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In society, we have these unspoken rules of conduct, these 'shoulds.' Even though we pride ourselves on being a democracy, there are all these ways we say you 'should' behave. But what if you're living your life by the 'shoulds' and you're not really living your life?
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I always get involved with the environment because once you go past the tipping point with the environment, you don't get it back.
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We talk about, you know, diet and that we shouldn't give our kids big things and obesity and fast food. Well, you know there are people who don't have that problem because they're not getting any food! We have so many deep problems and issues facing humanity.
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I never talk about my private life. When you're in this business it becomes so precious. I don't understand when people open up about themselves to the press.
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Success can be obviously a two way street.
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I don't mind demanding women.
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Everyone feels like family and I am back in the city that I love.