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I truly believe that we can overcome any hurdle that lies before us and create the life we want to live. I have seen it happen time and time again.

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Gillian Anderson
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: August 9
Actor
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Human Rights Activist
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Chicago
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Gillian Leigh Anderson
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In retrospect, I think that I've been given quite a few scripts over the years that had dark elements to them but most of them took place in the countryside with a haunted house. I think I've probably had that script about six to 10 times over the past few years. Or it was something to do with the supernatural.
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Human trafficking is a globally assisted pandemic that generates billions of dollars of income a year.
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I will only take something or agree to do something that I feel like I understand, and inherent in understanding is empathy.
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So much of this world is based on illusion, temporaries, and disposability that I think it's essential that our closest relationships reflect what is real.
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What happens in our lives is not really anybody's fault but our own... When I was in high school, I was in an atheist crowd, and it was the consensus that religion was a crutch.
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Mads is such a talented actor - it's almost like he wears his emotions on his sleeve, but not all the time - when he decides that he needs to, he has such access to his emotional life and it is just really incredible. He can do everything with just his eyes.
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Success has nothing to do with happiness.
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I think we're tremendously different than the series, if they were to tune in to the series after seeing the movie they might be disappointed. That there was, you know, that they might have some kind of adverse reaction.
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I didn't pay as much attention in school as I would have liked to.
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I have a real problem with stillness. With just stopping and being quiet.
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By moving to London I removed myself from the madness of the entertainment industry. I love the city and the culture, and it was an opportunity to bring my children up in a more sane environment.
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I became an actor because it was the only thing I could do. I didn't have any friends, I didn't fit in. But when I started acting everything in my life shifted and I felt happy.
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Vibration is always good. Sitting on top of the washing machine thats going.
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I used to take myself very seriously, now it's all just funny. You gotta laugh at yourself. You know, most of the time when something's a big deal for us, it's only become a big deal in the space between our ears.
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Directing was a transformative experience for me, one that I really enjoyed.
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In time, she learned to develop her own opinion of the people that she worked for, and she got stronger. Think she's now much stronger. In the beginning she wanted to believe she was strong but sometimes she faltered.
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People come in and out of our lives to teach us. And we teach other people. It's part of the process. They come in and they go out. Some stay for longer than others.
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There is this view that if you are not tormented you cannot be vital and creative. I would like to think that is not true.
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It's taken a while for me to convince people that I can do something other than Scully. And it still takes effort.
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My whole belief system is that our paths are drawn for us. I believe in reincarnation. I believe we're here to learn and grow. We choose how we come into this life based on what it is we have to learn. Some people have harder lessons than others.
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