American - Actress | April 12, 1979 -
My parents never condescended to me. As a child, I always sat at the head of our dinner table. I was always given a lot of responsibility.
Claire Danes
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I was a very confident child. I knew I wanted to be an actress from the age of 5.
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I'm just always learning lines. I've learned to flag the really crucial scenes, and I start figuring them out and committing them to memory as soon as I get them.
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By the time I went to Yale, I'd been acting for a long time and I was really tired of it. I was restless - and a little bored - and I was really eager to investigate different parts of myself.
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I guess I stopped acting when I was 18 and didn't pick it up again until I was 21. That wasn't the plan, though. When I first started at Yale, the plan was to do a movie each summer.
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I don't know any celebrated people that register in a big way who aren't unique.
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I was a serious kid to an absurd degree. I was overwhelmed with responsibility. You know, trying to play grown up. I overdid it.
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I'm just a big old nerd.
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I like reading novels because it provides insight into human behavior. I am really interested in feelings and think they are what define us as a species. When you really get it right in acting, it's an act of empathy. You feel less distant from others, and that is really exciting.
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I would not say that secret-keeping is one of my finer skills, actually.
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Growing up in New York City, I was always encouraged to question authority, and I think I confused patriotism with jingoism.
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So much of my job is about finding another job, and that's really boring.
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