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I don't understand women who try to be glamour queens.
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Don't be someone else's slogan because you are poetry.
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Usually comedy is only available to us ladies in the romantic comedy. That's why I hate romantic comedies.
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You grow up and share life experiences. That's one of the best parts of this business. You share how you're mellowing out and your new sense of self.
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People order clothes out of a catalogue, put it on an actor and everything is generic.
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I have these big piano-playing hands. I feel like I should be picking potatoes.
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You don't. It doesn't work. One day, you wake up, and you've learned how to store it, and you go to another part of the heart.
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I always said if it gets to a point where I really want a child, I would adopt; kids are amazing, so I'm getting the selfish stuff out of my system so when I have them I can say, 'Go, run. I have plenty of money, go play.'
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I've always been very skeptical about marriage, because I only want to do it once; I want to do it the right way.
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I know nothing about love and romance, so I prefer to stick to just comedy.
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Composing means you have a beginning, middle and end and a fluidity to what you're doing.
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I was afraid of being a failure, of not having the best time or of being chicken. But every year I get older I think, What was I fearing last year?' You forget. And then you move on.
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I still love being creative. I still love the aspects of working together with great, talented people. But it's a weird dichotomy; I'm being blessed with more opportunities, but I'm going to be taking less of them.
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Poop humor is fun. If you do the toilet scenes well and commit to them, they can be really, really powerful.
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Ironing is comfort. It's control. I'm a nutty person who likes to make sure everything is in its place.
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I always had boyfriends, but I never imagined a proposal or a wedding. To me, that was like having a ball and chain round your neck.
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We don't have to pretend to be something that we're not.
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I used to be an optimist, but now I know that nothing is going to turn out as I expect.
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I hated my whole childhood, hated it, hated it, hated it. There was no place for me.
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Getting into television was a total fluke.
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As for doing more dramatic work over comedy, I do whatever turns me on at the moment.
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Uniqueness was something my mother pounded into me.
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I watched a documentary about Freedom Riders. One young woman told her parents, 'I'm going to leave college to ride and represent the future.' I thought, 'Who would do that now?' Who would do that for my son?"
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There's no magic numbers in birthdays in my life, there are no milestones, there's no event. Every birthday has to be celebrated to its fullest, even if it's with one person or with 20.