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For a writer, they say write what you know. As a performer, you find it in yourself, in your heart. You relate to the character. You try to live it, try to have it be real for you.

Uma Thurman

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Uma Thurman
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: April 29
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I would love to do something like Austin Powers to show off my comic timing.
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I guess somehow I got a reputation of being able to dance.
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It's an interesting thing to be in your forties and evaluate success and take ownership of some disasters and some pain and try to forgive a little bit - yourself and others.
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I do think that what's wonderful in life is that we gain perspective as we take on different roles that are mind and heart opening.
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And also I think particularly as a female, you're taught to be defensive your whole life. You're taught not to be aggressive.
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My washing machine overwhelms me with its options and its sophistication.
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I don't think it takes a brain surgeon to understand how to read a story.
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There are so many ebbs and flows in life, but when you're raising small children, your family means everything.
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Motherhood definitely took the focus off of my work. And I didn't mind. I had a few panics when I thought that if I wanted to work I couldn't get a job anymore and then I would get one once in a while and it would make me feel better.
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The argument about marriage equality will one day seem as arcane and shocking to us as the fact that Rosa Parks had to get up and go to the back of the bus.
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When I was first going through my separation, someone said to me, 'It will take you half as long as you were in the relationship before you'll feel better.' And I wanted to knock them out cold across the table. Because, of course, I was in agony. And the last thing I wanted to think was that I was going to stay that way for a long time.
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I was an escapee of childhood. I always wanted to grow up.
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One feels so despairing on some levels about what's going on in our culture, in regards to things like gender inequality. But there is progress. There is enhanced empathy and respect for others, we are fighting the tide, even though it seems like a tug of war sometimes.
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If you're not ready to be in a relationship, going out with someone much younger than you is probably a great idea, because you both can have a decent experience and hopefully nobody will end up feeling cheated when it ends.
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But I had a very traditional background as well. My parents are neat people.
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I was not particularly bright, I wasn't very athletic, I was a little too tall, odd, funny looking, I was just really weird as a kid.
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I love comedy. I don't approach it any different. I'm not a comedian. I'm not a stand-up. I just do it like a part and personally, I love to watch comedies. If you don't get to do what you like to watch you get frustrated.
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We never left a set until we'd trashed it.
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