Gaby Hoffmann Quotes
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Going into my 20s, I was uncertain, trying to figure out what my relationship to acting is.
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I went to school to study literature and writing, even though I didn't end up really doing that in the end.
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You can do your job and be yourself and be comfortable all at the same time!
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I often use the word 'magical' to talk about what it feels like on set.
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It's very odd that we have such an easy relationship to violence in this country, and we're still shocked by the female figure.
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Anything that needs to be accessed is within me. Even if it's in a circumstance that seems outrageous, I can still just go back to the basic human experience and it's all there.
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Nudity has never been a big deal to me. I sort of grew up with a lot of it in my family.
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I was watching 'Pulp Fiction' when we were making 'Now and Then'. I didn't care about 'Now and Then,' you know?
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I don't revisit anything unless there's a really good occasion, like BAM screened 'This Is My Life', with Lena Dunham and Nora Ephron before she died. It also screened 'Uncle Buck', so I took my niece. I don't have a TV, so I don't happen upon old movies like you would if you had cable.
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I thought I was a sexy symbol!
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If you're working opposite an actor who can act, then all you have to do is listen and respond.
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I think sexuality is fluid, and we have such a strange relationship to it in this country. It's been so fixed and so controlled for so long.
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I didn't even realize that I was interested in film until I was in college, and since then, I've had a very uncertain and sort of lost decade.
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There's plenty of great independent films to do, but you can't support yourself making independent film as an actress.
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I have a teacher friend who gets nervous when there's $200 in her account. But at least she knows that in a week, she'll get another paycheck. I have no idea.
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I just wrapped a new show for Amazon called 'Transparent.'
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I had a very long home birth. She was almost 10 pounds and did not want to come out.
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It's true that most people in the trans community don't have the incredible wealth and privilege that Caitlyn does. I don't think that, in any way, diminishes her struggle in her own transitioning.
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The early part of my career was the 1990s, and I was living in New York working as an actor. It was the world I was in. A lot of companies had a great deal of money.
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I think that every young person is a little mentally ill, you know? If we're not totally shutting down, we're all a little bit mentally ill in our twenties and maybe into our early thirties.
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All my cousins steal things. They're just a bunch of thieves. My whole family is like that. You put something down for a second, and they steal it. You never see it again.
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I was raised in a way where there was no distinction between kids and adults.
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It was sort of a solution to financial problems when I was a little kid. I just kept doing it because it's fun to be on movie sets.
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I'm not on social media; I don't watch TV. I'm really out of it.