Claire Danes
Claire Danes
Claire Catherine Danes is an American actress who first came to prominence with her role as Angela Chase in the 1994 series My So-Called Life. The role won her the first of four Golden Globe Awards. She made her film debut the same year in Little Women. Her other films include Romeo + Juliet, The Rainmaker, Les Misérables, Brokedown Palace, Igby Goes Down, The Hours, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, Shopgirland Stardust...
ProfessionTV Actress
Date of Birth12 April 1979
CityNew York City, NY
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You don't realize how useful a therapist is until you see yourself one and discover you have more problems than you ever dreamed of.
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I think Jeremy wants things, and I think that's a great moment when (Mirabelle) says, 'You should just do it,' ... I think she just harnesses it or funnels it into some sort of point, and all of a sudden he has a goal. But I think at the beginning it's just a frustration and a desire to do things, but he doesn't really know how to do them, and that's what sets him off on believing you can make the things that you don't see happen. I think he has ambition; I don't think he's familiar with how that feels.
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Martin knew the story very well. He internalized it years ago when he wrote the novella,
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With acting there are a lot more choices, ... With this, I either stick it or I don't. There's something really unforgiving about that.
college self development
College was just so essential for my sense of self and my development.
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Actors want to surprise themselves. When it's really good, you kind of transcend yourself, and that happens infrequently. Very, very rarely.
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Money is only irrelevant if you have it,
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She makes her own rules, ... She's consistent, and she follows those rules about life and work. And she's quite cheeky.
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I was really tired of that, so this opportunity landed on my lap. I was cast literally the day before I started working,
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It was uncomfortable, I have to say, but I did think that it was relevant and useful, ... Also, it's erotic. There's no reason to pussyfoot around that. I thought it was vital, so I stripped.
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This is Steve's personal story -- it's based on his actual relationship. We both have kind of slight frames, and I have dark hair in the movie like hers.
actual based both dark hair personal slight
This is Steve's personal story -- it's based on his actual relationship, ... We both have kind of slight frames, and I have dark hair in the movie like hers.
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I really appreciate her focus and discipline, ... This industry is very powerful and overwhelming and intimidating. She knows it and has created her own culture within it. And that integrity. She's got it.
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I'm totally going through a rebel period right now. It's sort of waning, but ... ach, I'm allowed, right? It's OK, right?