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I'd just like to see a role f...

I'd just like to see a role for women where someone who isn't traditionally attractive is not portraying the best friend. You know, the character that only speaks in questions. 'Gee, are you gonna go out with him? Do you think I look fat?'

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I am a fierce patriot, and I ...

I am a fierce patriot, and I try to be outspoken about my beliefs.

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It's long been accepted as fa...

It's long been accepted as fact that the availability of family planning services saves lives. Where women have access to these services, children and families are healthier, and society at large benefits.

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I want to be true to the char...

I want to be true to the character and maintain some consistency and give the audience what they love while at the same time keeping things fresh and grow the character.

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I watch things that are fun, ...

I watch things that are fun, or funny, or interesting.

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It's not common for a woman o...

It's not common for a woman on television, especially if she's the mom of the family, to be funny. She's usually a straight man or foil.

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Cigarettes are an instant sig...

Cigarettes are an instant signifier in culture. It punctuates a joke, or puts that extra zing on a punch line. I like them as a prop. I think it can be really useful for character and texture and contrast and all of that.

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I don't like to get bored and...

I don't like to get bored and don't like to repeat myself.

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Things tend to come when they...

Things tend to come when they are meant to come. I know that sounds kind of like spiritual and cheesy, but I think things come when they're meant to come.

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People seem to think that you...

People seem to think that you should be willing to speak to them whether they're jerks or not.

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At this point, I don't get hi...

At this point, I don't get hired a lot because people don't think I could finance a movie.

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If I'm enjoying myself, I fin...

If I'm enjoying myself, I find my opportunities for more fun become greater.

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Independent film is not only ...

Independent film is not only an oxymoron; it doesn't exist anymore.

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I don't pay attention to the ...

I don't pay attention to the ratings.

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My mom just didn't put a very...

My mom just didn't put a very high premium on me being like really famous or really wealthy or anything.

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I live like a crazy old pack ...

I live like a crazy old pack rat.

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See, I don't watch reality te...

See, I don't watch reality television anymore. I watched a little bit of it for awhile, but I found it turned my soul into a black sludge, and I just did not find it healthy or good for me at all, because I would watch it and be disgusted, disgusted.

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Very often a job will come al...

Very often a job will come along that speaks to the place you're in as a person at that very moment. And usually once I've done it I feel like that part is over.

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I'm so sick of hearing how th...

I'm so sick of hearing how there's no strong roles for women. I don't care about strong roles. I just want to see women who are characters! A nun, a serial killer, a housewife, as long as there's some depth there.

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My mother had been an actress...

My mother had been an actress and we came from that world in New York, the theater world and the downtown sort of theater scene, and so I guess we didn't really have what you'd call like a Hollywood kind of life at all.

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Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

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Советских актёров часто ставят в пример как образец духовной силы, национальной гордости и внутренней красоты. Они стали символами эпохи, носителями культуры и нравственности. Но, как известно, за кул...

Десять кинозвезд, которые отлично поют

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Актеры — люди творческие, но кто бы мог подумать, что некоторые из них скрывают прекрасный голос. В эпоху раннего Голливуда актеров с музыкальными способностями было немало — это считалось скорее норм...

Мэрилин Монро, Ким Кардашьян и другие

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Неузнаваемая Ким Кардашьян в объективе фотографа Маркуса Клинко, 2009 год. Памела Андерсон в самой первой съёмке для журнала «Playboy», 1990. На фото голливудская актриса Dorothy Lamour и шимпанзе Джи...

Что стало с детьми-звездами: Рэдклифф и компания спустя годы

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Расскажем, как сложилась судьба актеров, которые начинали сниматься еще в детстве.
Остаться на вершине в Голливуде удаётся не каждому, особенно если путь начался в детстве. Одни актёры теряются из-за...

Жизнь за границей: как изменились судьбы 7 уехавших телеведущих

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Два года назад отечественное телевидение столкнулось с беспрецедентной кадровой тектоникой — целая группа ярких и узнаваемых ведущих стремительно исчезла с экранов федеральных каналов. Эти лица долгие...

Кира Найтли, Деми Мур и другие

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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....