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I do know how to fire a machine gun, so be warned! I'm trained!

Claire Danes

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Claire Danes
Age: 45
Born: 1979
Born: April 12
Actor
Actress
Film Actor
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Manhattan borough
New York City
Claire Catherine Danes
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I really have never been concerned about being beautiful on-screen. That's just not my jam.
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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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What I needed was a connection to life that was real and lasting.
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My character was kidnapped by the Terminator and I was kidnapped by the Terminator production.
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I think people of my generation are really worrying about thier zits and getting that date for Friday night. I think that's their reality. I don't' know if they're worrying too hard about their future.
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I should be so lucky to be a misfit. I aspire to be a misfit.
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When somebody's ego is in service of really brilliant, innovative work, it's hard to, cause I'm such an asshole, it's hard to criticize their failures as a human sometimes.
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I would sign on for projects that were meant to shoot in July, and then they would postponed and they would bleed into the following semester, and then I'd take a semester off, and then the movie would collapse.
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I used to have nightmares when I was a little kid that I woke up prematurely and opened all the Christmas presents. And then I would be so relieved when I woke up and I realized that I hadn't done it.
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Acting is a humiliating job, from start to finish.
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I finally realized that yeah I did want to be an actor and it wasn't out of habit, but I needed to grow up for myself and then kind of re-enter the industry with a sound understanding of what my sensibilities and my values are as a relatively formed human being.
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I know, it's true. I've played these tortured teenagers. I can't wait to shed that image.
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However, I'm at a very comfortable place in my career and celebrity, in that I don't have to audition as extensively as I used to for roles but yet I'm not immediately recognizable.
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I think it distinguishes television from every other medium. It's what makes it kind of radical, and risky, and fun.
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I've always very earnestly tried to do my best, so I just have to trust that and forgive myself for being fallible.
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I was told that my going to college wouldn't be good for my career. I think that's nonsense. It's good to empower yourself by cutting yourself off from this business every once in a while.
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I was very driven to act from a very young age, and my parents were not only tolerant of that drive but also encouraging.
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I'm human. I think people see me as sweeter and softer than I do.
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