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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.
Gillian Anderson
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Gillian Anderson
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: August 9
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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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Success has nothing to do with happiness.
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It's funny because sometimes one doesn't actually consider these things for one's self until one's in a situation like this press conferece where one has to kind of think about it.
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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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People always ask if I was really voted Most Bizarre Girl in high school. But that one's actually true. I was living in Michigan in a very conservative town and had a nose-ring and a shaved head and did kind of strange things.
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I didn't pay as much attention in school as I would have liked to.
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Thinking man's crumpet? Well, it's more flattering than being a lobotomised man's crumpet, I suppose.
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Be of service. Whether you make yourself available to a friend or co-worker, or you make time every month to do volunteer work, there is nothing that harvests more of a feeling of empowerment than being of service to someone in need.
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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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It is not a matter of being fearless. The fear is sometimes constant, but it's about moving forward regardless of the fear. Courage means feeling the fear and doing it anyway.
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Directing was a transformative experience for me, one that I really enjoyed.
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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.
Gillian Anderson
Human trafficking is a globally assisted pandemic that generates billions of dollars of income a year.
Gillian Anderson
The first time, where Fox Mulder and Scully met, she stands up for herself. She stands right there and gives it to him and that was extremely attractive.
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