American - Actress | April 12, 1979 -
I have to say that my dad's face is very malleable. He's barely got any cartilage in his face. I think I maybe inherited that Play-Doh-like physicality from him.
Claire Danes
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My first offer was when I was 12, and it was for a soap opera. And I turned it down because I knew that I was an unformed actor, and I didn't want to develop bad habits.
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Television lets audiences deeply connect with characters.
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I was a pretty nerdy kid. I was pretty nerdy. I'm still kind of nerdy. I have all of the worst qualities of being a nerd - all of the affect and none of the smarts. I'm a useless nerd! That's pretty bad.
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I started working when I was very young. I got an agent when I was 12, and fortunately was employed consistently from that point on. So I didn't really go to a conventional high school. I was tutored on sets and things.
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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 love sitting in the makeup trailer and getting my makeup done in 15 minutes as opposed to an hour and a half.
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I care about being formally physically attractive in my life, and I think that I am quite vain about my performance. I'm just not vain about how I look while I give the performance.
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I am a feminist.
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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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I think people are made uncomfortable by uncensored expressions of emotion.
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You have to come to work from a place of love.
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