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I think because I am as earnest as I am, people were accepting of my evolving into a certified, legitimate, and grown up and I did take three years off.

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People in the CIA, they marry each other. They're like actors! We have to travel without much warning to far-flung places, and it's very hard to communicate what our experiences are like to those in the outside world.

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On a film you can really get away with learning the scene the night before and that's often just not possible with TV, so you have to be a little bit more prepared a little bit more in advance.

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However, I'm at a very comfortable place in my career and celebrity, in that I don't have to audition as extensively as I used to for roles but yet I'm not immediately recognizable.

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I really liked Yale, although it was extremely intimidating. When I visited the campus, I was hiding behind trees, I felt so unworthy.

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Narciso Rodriguez was my first fashion big brother. He made my wedding dress, which was wonderful.

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If I hadn't been an actress, I was thinking seriously about going into psychology. It's just really what I'm interested in: the human psyche and how we process information.

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I hadn't been free from adult responsibilities since I was 12, and I needed to experience that. I really needed to just be a kid again.

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You know, let a few years go by until I hit my midlife crisis. Then that can be documented on film.

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Yeah, there was the Flora Plum thing, where I trained for about a month and I had taken a semester off for that, and two weeks prior to filming, the financing collapsed.

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Acting is the greatest answer to my loneliness that I have found.

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Maybe philosophy - I love talking about ideas. Or maybe art history. I was thinking about psychology, then I got really afraid because everybody says it's terribly boring.

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I am not a genius. But I am nerdy.

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I became very successful at a young age... I had lots of opportunities and lots of power and had no idea how to focus it.

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You don't realize how useful a therapist is until you see yourself on e and discover you have more problems than you ever dreamed of.

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The twenties are a deceptively challenging-slash-painful time. I'm just glad to be out of that phase.

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What I needed was a connection to life that was real and lasting.

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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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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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I took three years off. I differentiated myself from the industry. Found my identity - sort of... I haven't graduated yet. I'm not legitimately educated yet, but maybe one day.

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I should be so lucky to be a misfit. I aspire to be a misfit.

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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 wouldn't say that I'm a naturally political beast.

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I would be a terrible CIA officer in real life.

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I think 'Breaking Bad' is incredible.

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In New York City, everybody goes into therapy.

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Any story is better with a little love in it, right?

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I have plenty of vanity in my life. I want to look pretty in the world. But it can be this bottomless pit.

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Some of my happiest moments have been dancing.

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I don't know any celebrated people that register in a big way who aren't unique.

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Every time I make a movie, I'm prepared for it to become influential and career-defining - but I have no control over these things.

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I really have never been concerned about being beautiful on-screen. That's just not my jam.

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The big question is always, 'Eyes or lips?' I tend to go with the eyes because I've got a lot more material to work with now - and it saves me from reapplying lipstick! I'm a pretty low-maintenance person and it's too excessive to exaggerate both the eyes and lips.

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I'm very vain about my performance. I want to give as honest a performance as I can. But I'm not so worried about being regarded as beautiful when I'm playing a character.

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I think it's important to never play 'crazy' - you have to know what kind of crazy you're playing.

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I am a feminist.

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