I was really conflicted. I had always planned to help the world. Instead, I was going to become an actress? That seemed like such a selfish thing to do.
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I didn't set out wanting to be an actress. That's not what I did. I didn't go to class striving to become an actress. I just basically - honestly, I didn't have anything else going.
I wanted to be an actress. In college I was a serious feminist and very political. I was determined to get one thing out of my career and that was respect. I didn't want money. I didn't care about fame.
I didn't want to be an actress. I wasn't trying to be in film or an art gallery for me.
If you're an actor, and you're selfish and not strong, it's difficult to maintain a good personal life or a solid career, and I was selfish and had a lot of anger that went way back.
I don't have an exact moment when I decided I wanted to be an actress - it kind of was just really a part of my growing up.
The reason I wanted to be an actor is that I don't want to play me for the rest of my life and make money out of that.
In my early years, there were a number of experiences that made me decide I could not afford the luxury of just being an actress. There were a number of issues I wanted to address. And I wanted to use my career as a platform.
I'm sure one reason I became an actor is my basic unwillingness to live one life.
Anytime I mentioned I wanted to be an actress, my friends were not that supportive.
When I wanted to be an actress, I never wanted really to be the kind of actress I became.
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