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When I'm inside the character, I feel like I'm a different person, and then when you see that character on screen and I see that it's me, I find that disappointing.

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Gillian Anderson
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: August 9
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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 hope everyone that is reading this is having a really good day. And if you are not, just know that in every new minute that passes you have an opportunity to change that.
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Vibration is always good. Sitting on top of the washing machine thats going.
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We are all dying. Every single day that we are alive.
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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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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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When I think of normality I think of mediocrity
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I always felt I wasn't completely American and I wasn't completely British: there was a feeling of having my feet in both places.
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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 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 mean the whole thing about meditation and yoga is about connecting to the higher part of yourself, and then seeing that every living thing is connected in some way.
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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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I didn't pay as much attention in school as I would have liked to.
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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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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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