American - Actress | 1956 -
I think women are used to stepping up and getting the job done when you need to.
Ann Dowd
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Sit with silence a lot - real silence, where nothing is happening - because you learn so much in those moments of quiet.
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It's a funny thing about being raised Catholic and then going to Catholic schools with nuns - the cliche about the mean nun was not what I had at all. They were very, very smart, devoted individuals.
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It's a question of dropping the armor and getting up and doing the work you want to do. And film at first is frightening because you are like, 'What's that camera doing?' But then it becomes family and therefore a really wonderful experience.
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I have to say my background was mostly theatre, which I love, and it took a long time to feel comfortable there. That's probably true of anyone's career.
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TV is terrific. It's really fast paced which I find difficult.
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Life gets more interesting as it goes on. It becomes fuller because there is perspective there.
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When I was pregnant with my first child, I was 35 years old, and I was working in a pet shop.
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Forgiveness, in some cases, is a flipping miracle in the sense that you're fighting, and suddenly something happens. It's a kind of grace. Whether you believe in God or not, something happens, and it's transformative.
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I have a family and children I adore and a husband who's wonderful.
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I had been a premed student, and the way you got through premed was to work extremely hard and then harder.
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The first 10 years of my education were spent at a Catholic school in Springfield, Mass.
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