One feels so despairing on some levels about what's going on in our culture, in regards to things like gender inequality. But there is progress. There is enhanced empathy and respect for others, we are fighting the tide, even though it seems like a tug of war sometimes.

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I was an escapee of childhood. I always wanted to grow up.

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I think that life force is invaluable.

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I used to be more paranoid and stressed, constantly worrying about my Plan B. But the truth is I don't have one.

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Three tomatoes are walking down the street-a poppa tomato, a mamma tomato, and a little baby tomato. Baby tomato starts lagging behind. Poppa tomato gets angry, goes over to the baby tomato, and smooshes him and says, Catch up.

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I think actresses are imagined to be these subjects of great vanity. Life is change; physicality changes. It's transient, and that's a beautiful and a painful thing.

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Before I had my child, I thought I knew all the boundaries of myself, that I understood the limits of my heart. It's extraordinary to have all those limits thrown out, to realize your love is inexhaustible.

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I do think that what's wonderful in life is that we gain perspective as we take on different roles that are mind and heart opening.

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Even, today, when people tell me I'm beautiful, I do not believe a word of it.

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Most films these days are men's stories. Women are for add-on romance. That's very hard.

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