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When somebody asks me a question, I try to be as straightforward about it as possible. I try not to overthink what I'm going to say in an interview.

Shirley Manson

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Shirley Manson
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: August 26
Actor
Feminist
Film Actor
Guitarist
Model
Musician
Singer
Songwriter
Edinburgh
Scotland
Shirley Ann Manson
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Possibly because I grew up not feeling very confident about my own physical appearance, I developed internal devices so that I could integrate into society.
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People don't associate red hair, pale skin, and freckles with beauty.
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I want to hang out in Edinburgh with my friends and eat fish and chips wrapped in newspaper.
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I am naive. I make mistakes - But I don't give a rat's arse how I am perceived!
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I have women who offer to sleep with me all the time. But not men. They're all talk and nay action - as we'd say in Scotland.
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The truth is, I've always been wracked with self-loathing and terrible, paralysing depression.
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It's unhealthy for people to never express any kind of negativity or doubt. To have balance, you need to address that side of your thoughts as well as the positive. Otherwise, you tend toward crazy.
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At the end of the day, though, the band members have to be strong. It's down to the individuals in the unit. Listen to me, I'm talking like I'm in the army and this is my squadron.
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Everybody's trying to be the biggest, because if you're not the biggest, you don't survive.
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Until we command the exact same salary as every male counterpart, I feel a political desire to stand by other women. If we don't stand together, that equality will never be fully realized, and that bothers me.
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Mozart was a punk, which people seem to forget. He was a naughty, naughty boy.
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I say embrace the total geek in yourself and just enjoy it. Life is too short to be cool.
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I am a contradictory mess but I see it as my prerogative to change my mood like the weather.
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If Jennifer Lopez could write songs like Fiona Apple's, she wouldn't have to spend so many hours at the gym.
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The sensation of never feeling good enough or pretty enough will always be there. It's a constant dialogue, and you just learn to be more powerful than that other voice. When you hear it come up, you shut it down.
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I'm 41, I'm a woman, not a kid. I have no interest in making silly pop music.
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I was a redhead and a middle child both can make you feel excluded. It's like fighting to be included, in the swim of things. After a while you start to develop a bit of a victim mentality, which isn't great for a happy life.
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I feel the same way I did when I was in school. I'm having the same insecurities.
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I've got a lot of stamina and I enjoy people, so having lots of people around doesn't freak me out.
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I plan on doing as much in my life as I possibly can.
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