It is not a matter of being fearless. The fear is sometimes constant, but it's about moving forward regardless of the fear. Courage means feeling the fear and doing it anyway. Gillian Anderson More Quotes by Gillian Anderson More Quotes From Gillian Anderson There are so many shocking things. Is it more shocking that there are children sold into slavery in every city in the world and right under our noses or that there are villages in Nepal where there are no children left because they have all been kidnapped for sex trafficking, or that there are generations of slaves in some countries where indentured slavery passes from generation to generation and that kids grow into adults not knowing that another world - another life - exists? Gillian Anderson country children sex Every now and then we'd meet up and reminisce about the characters. At the beginning, shortly after we started shooting, someone sent me some clips put together on youtube. It was the first time I'd seen something like that. "The intimate moments of Mulder and Scully." Gillian Anderson intimate-moments together character So much of this world is based on illusion, temporaries, and disposability that I think it's essential that our closest relationships reflect what is real. Gillian Anderson real relationship thinking [on her role as Special Agent Dana Scully on The X-Files (1993)] I am more spontaneous than my character. Gillian Anderson spontaneous spontaneity character There is this view that if you are not tormented you cannot be vital and creative. I would like to think that is not true. Gillian Anderson creative views thinking You know, it's a big version of an episode, which I think is necessary at this point because we're drawing in people who not only people who have seen the show before and are devoted to it, but people who have never seen it before. Gillian Anderson drawing people thinking In my case, I was born to parents who were very young, and I don't think they were entirely ready to have a child. My dad was going to college and working two or three jobs at the same time, and my mum was working and going to school. Gillian Anderson dad jobs children Human trafficking is a globally assisted pandemic that generates billions of dollars of income a year. Gillian Anderson pandemics dollars years I tend to be very skeptical and judgmental. I'm not really a conspiracy theorist, but I'm more likely to believe the people that speak about a conspiracy, or are convinced of conspiracies in the government, than the people who have 100 percent faith in the people who are running America. Gillian Anderson running believe people I've been very careful. I've gone through pretty much everything. I'm very careful not to let go of the prized possessions, or too much of it that I'll regret in the future. Gillian Anderson possession regret letting-go What happens in our lives is not really anybody's fault but our own... When I was in high school, I was in an atheist crowd, and it was the consensus that religion was a crutch. Gillian Anderson crowds atheist school I'm a massive fan of Sunshine. Oh my God, I love that film. Gillian Anderson sunshine film fans It's funny because sometimes one doesn't actually consider these things for one's self until one's in a situation like this press conferece where one has to kind of think about it. Gillian Anderson kind self thinking I know people who are embarrassed to be American. They don't like showing their passports. It's becoming a scary place. It takes someone very brave not to be quiet, someone who doesn't mind death threats, their life being turned upside down, news cameras outside their door. There is no freedom of speech in America anymore. They are not living up to the constitution. There's so much fear in America and control. Gillian Anderson doors america people I've got huge tubs full of stuff that I can sell on eBay. If there are people out there that are interested, I want them to come my way and buy my jackets and hats and scripts that are signed by everybody. Gillian Anderson ebay want people Mads is such a talented actor - it's almost like he wears his emotions on his sleeve, but not all the time - when he decides that he needs to, he has such access to his emotional life and it is just really incredible. He can do everything with just his eyes. Gillian Anderson emotional eye needs I didn't pay as much attention in school as I would have liked to. Gillian Anderson pay attention school I have a tendency to go through my life at full speed and as a one-man band, and so I don't generally stop and take in other people enough to develop many relationships. I'm starting to regret that a bit. I want to change it. Gillian Anderson regret men people When the show's not around any more, it's going to be hard not to have her in my life. Gillian Anderson hard-life life-is-hard shows I have a real problem with stillness. With just stopping and being quiet. Gillian Anderson stopping real quiet
