I just ultimately wanted to be a mother. I love children.

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I never would rule out a great character or a great story. I don't care what the forum is. If I get to tell a story that I'm excited about, I'm in.

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I just like to shake things up, and your hair is one way to do it.

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My mother is a realist, and she's had biological and adoptive children, and she said it's no different: No matter what, they're putting a stranger into your arms. You don't know them yet.

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The more you want it [romantic relationship], the more you are looking for it, the more you repel it for whatever reason. I don't know why. If you kind of create this vacuum, let life take its course, then you tend to free yourself up for the unexpected.

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I think a lot of women innately know how to play their hand. I'm not a big one for the rules.

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There are still men who come up to me today and say, 'You were really hot in that film!' I was 14, for God's sake!

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The world is still very bigoted.

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I love playing a smart, ambitious, talented woman. Who doesn't? That's really fun for me.

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Guys are kind of retarded until they're about 30.

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