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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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Gillian Anderson
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: August 9
Actor
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Film Director
Human Rights Activist
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Stage Actor
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Television Producer
Chicago
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Gillian Leigh Anderson
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In my case, I was born to parents who were very young, and I don't think they were entirely ready to have a child. My dad was going to college and working two or three jobs at the same time, and my mum was working and going to school.
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Self-esteem should have nothing to do with what you look like – if you exude genuine confidence, people will be swept into it. You have to be able to hold yourself.
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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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I'm actually very scared of sharks. I wanted to be a marine biologist when I was young, which may not have been compatible with that fear.
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I’m trying to accept where I’m at, not run from it.
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Success has nothing to do with happiness.
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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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If I chose to have a nanny, I'd be able to pay to have a nanny - a lot of women don't have that opportunity. I don't feel like I'm a working single mom, because I have that option that a lot of people don't have.
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When the show's not around any more, it's going to be hard not to have her in my life.
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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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When I think of normality I think of mediocrity
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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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I hope everyone that is reading this is having a really good day
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Vibration is always good. Sitting on top of the washing machine thats going.
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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've seen productions where it feels like the actors are just tired and want to go home. That is one of the challenges doing theater - especially a long production - how to keep it alive for yourself and the audience.
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I simply cannot fathom the horrors of being enslaved, and the thought that children are ripped apart from their families and used year in and out for sex and hard labor under the threat of violence and death breaks my heart.
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We can only make ourselves the victim.
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I was a daydreamer, and there is a lot of history and geography and science I missed out on because I was in my head. And I regret that.
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