Theater is all about the rehearsal process. In fact, I think a lot of times opening night there's a mixed sadness because you're finished with a lot of people's favorite part of the process, which is finding the character and discovering it, and then you get to live it.

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Most bad behavior comes from insecurity.

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It's such an amazing thing to be loved for who you are.

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When you connect with a cause, it's like falling in love.

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I guess what I have to say is, "Don't do it." I don't recommend it, because, having said that, the people that should do it will do it anyway, despite the fact that I've said not to do it. Only the ones who've said, "Oh, she said not to do it," aren't going to do it, and they shouldn't be doing it in the first place.

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I want to start a trend of women as we really look. Some good things, some not so good. I am tired of looking at frozen faces.

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Denying the lines on our faces makes a comment about age and wisdom I don't care to make.

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The minute we have a pain, we want a diagnosis. So I think the minute we feel love, it's very hard to just let it be. We want to identify it, we want to catalog it, we want to keep the thing and create the environment it happened in. That's where marriage comes from! Let's make an institution out of it!

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It's inconceivable to some people that that wouldn't be the sexiest thing to do in the whole world: to be a movie star, and make money, and be pampered, and whatever.

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If I could have one prayer answered, I would pray for patience. I move so fast sometimes. I try to slow down.

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I have a thing with the camera. The lens is unconditional. It doesn't judge you.

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There's a small club of women who are willing to age.

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I had a very insightful friend who warned me back when I stopped reading scripts, 'It's easier to change directions while you're still moving.' If you stop, it's harder to get started again. I still don't think I made the wrong decision, but he was right.

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I started out in stand-up when I was 18, which is really masochistic, and I did it really till I started going in movies. I did it for about three years out in LA.

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The older you get, the more you've done.

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I think when it comes to Botox and surgery, actresses should do it or not do it, but be honest about their choices.

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Never say never, but the thought of electively cutting oneself is beyond my grasp, and I also object to it politically. Denying the lines on our faces makes a comment about age and wisdom I don't care to make.

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I make decisions for my life, not the other way around. Besides, when you have a kid, you must weigh everything against time with your child.

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It's no secret that I didn't love 'An Officer And A Gentleman' then, and I certainly don't love it now, so at least no one could accuse me of being inconsistent.

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When I was younger I probably didn't understand something basic about tact, but I think it kept faint-hearted people at arm's distance and that's not such a bad thing, because life is short and I know the kind of people I want to work with.

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A good marriage is different to a happy marriage.

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