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    As I became very defined in my personal politics, I turned down some films that I slightly regret now; I'm not going to say what they were.

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    Children can only take so much, and they deal with it however they can.

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    Early on, I found the attention completely embarrassing. I'd cringe if I saw my picture on the cover of a magazine.

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    Happiness is the absence of suffering. I think it's an interesting way of looking at it. I think the absence of suffering exists very rarely in the world we live in.

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    I basically put myself into directors' hands and let them tell me what to do, and the more they told me what to do, the more I liked it.

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    I did things like Shampoo and Heaven Can Wait. I don't know what those films were about. The women I played in them were not very empowered.

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    I don't think I would have been a good mother. Being a parent brings immense responsibility. It's a Herculean task. It would be almost too much for me.

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    I don't think men see any lusty sexiness in me. The appealing thing is an air of abandonment. Men don't want any responsibility, and neither do I.

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    I'm not in the advertising business, but I think it would be very nice if people went to see the film Hamlet, because it was made with love and integrity

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    I never dreamed I'd like any city as well as London. San Francisco is exciting, moody, exhilarating. I even love the muted fogs.

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    I never will have peace of mind. I'm not constructed that way. Some things in life can be horrible.

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    I regret that I wasn't the kind of person who could enjoy celebrity. It embarrassed me too much.

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    I remember becoming aware of women's issues and inequality. It became glaringly clear to me when I was living in America that women are regarded as less intelligent than men.

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    I see stardom very clearly as a construct that's been created in order to sell things.

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    I started noticing how stained the pavements are in London. The pavements in Beverly Hills aren't used; in London, they're used for everything. It doesn't matter how much they're cleaned, they still reflect light

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    I think I've got something when I'm onscreen, but that's nothing to do with acting or talent

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    I think there has always been an obsession with youth and beauty. What's missing is the equal obsession with respect for…older people…and their wisdom and knowledge and courage.

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    It's quite hard for me being an actress because I actually don't like attention

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    It takes me time to realize things; I'm a speedy person but a slow thinker.

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    I've never quite understood why people marry; marriage is just an invented structure

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    I was born with a need to be the center of attention, and, of course, you're the center of the world when you're acting

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    I was utilized because I have a certain face that works well in cinema, and I'm used to making myself look as good as possible

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    Most of the time I spent in America, I was having a love affair with some American or other. I was just passing through but stayed because of these chaps.

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    My family said that I wanted to act even when I was a child living on a tea plantation in the jungle in India.

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    Some people enjoy celebrity. I admire those who do, because if you're going to go through it, you might as well enjoy it.

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    The little things that made up the fabric of the first six years of my life were suddenly ripped away, and I didn't have anyone around me who loved me. Not one single person.

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    There were some films I refused because the feminist aspect was a bit wonky.

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    The status quo and the media is doing everything it can to fry children's brains and make them grow up maladjusted.