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It’s very difficult to judge yourself. Extreme self-doubt is only attractive when it’s fictionalized. Which is why people love the movies. They are so reassuring.
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I used to have nightmares when I was a little kid that I woke up prematurely and opened all the Christmas presents. And then I would be so relieved when I woke up and I realized that I hadn’t done it.
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I don’t want to be an actress. I want to be doing good work that is well written and has good people in it.
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My go-to gifts are scarves from my friend Matin Maulawizada’s nonprofit organization, Afghan Hands, which supports disenfranchised women in Afghanistan. In exchange for their beautiful embroidery, the women are given financial aid and classes in math and literacy. The scarves are all stunning and one of a kind.
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I started working when I was very young. I got an agent when I was 12, and fortunately was employed consistently from that point on. So I didn’t really go to a conventional high school. I was tutored on sets and things.
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People confuse fame with validation or love. But fame is not the reward. The reward is getting fulfillment out of doing the thing you love.
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There’s certainly something very uncomfortable about the voyeurism involved in being in the press, being an actor, where people have a seemingly insatiable curiosity about, you.
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If you do something that you’re not genuinely passionate about, it is a little soul-crushing. Just not worth it.
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I care about being formally physically attractive in my life, and I think that I am quite vain about my performance. I’m just not vain about how I look while I give the performance.
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I have a huge, active imagination, and I think I’m really scared of being alone; because if I’m left to my own devices, I’ll just turn into a madwoman.
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If I took my characters home with me, half of my life would be a misery, I think. No, I tend to compartmentalize work from my life. I’m not terribly method.
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I finally realized that yeah I did want to be an actor and it wasn’t out of habit, but I needed to grow up for myself and then kind of re-enter the industry with a sound understanding of what my sensibilities and my values are as a relatively formed human being.
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Every three seconds in the developing world, a child dies needlessly due to lack of basic health care and other things we all take for granted.
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Psychology and acting are very closely linked. It’s just about studying people and how they work. It can be an incredible discipline and exercise.
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Growing up in New York with artist parents – a very liberal environment, where we were always encouraged to challenge the status quo – I think for a long time I confused jingoism with patriotism. And that is a mistake.
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When I was 18 I went to college for two years and didn’t work for a year which was essential for me, because my identity had been so influenced by my being an actor and I think I just needed to discover what it was to be myself, divorced from all that responsibility.
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Growing up in New York City, I was always encouraged to question authority, and I think I confused patriotism with jingoism.
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I’m just a big old nerd.
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I was very driven to act from a very young age, and my parents were not only tolerant of that drive but also encouraging.
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You have to come to work from a place of love.
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I fantasized about being a psychology major when I first started school, and I took a handful of Psych 101 classes.
