Claire Quotes

By the time I went to Yale, I'd been acting for a long time and I was really tired of it. I was restless - and a little bored - and I was really eager to investigate different parts of myself.

I like reading novels because it provides insight into human behavior.

I actually haven't been approached a whole lot for television, believe it or not.

I am not a genius. But I am nerdy.

I can get a dance party started pretty much anywhere and anytime.

College was just so essential for my sense of self and my development.

I'm just always learning lines. I've learned to flag the really crucial scenes, and I start figuring them out and committing them to memory as soon as I get them.

Actors want to surprise themselves. When it's really good, you kind of transcend yourself, and that happens infrequently. Very, very rarely.

I discovered Christopher Isherwood in college. His writing style is so direct, warm, and inclusive.

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.

I used to talk about my personal life all the time. It's the most fun thing to talk about, the people in my life are hurt.

I know, it's true. I've played these tortured teenagers. I can't wait to shed that image.

I fantasized about being a psychology major when I first started school, and I took a handful of Psych 101 classes.

I don't know any celebrated people that register in a big way who aren't unique.

The first time I realised I was patriotic was after September 11th.

I think it distinguishes television from every other medium. It's what makes it kind of radical, and risky, and fun.

I love love and falling in love, but it can get pretty flat real fast.

My husband and I have watched a lot of Hitchcock movies in bulk, and there's a lot to be gained from that, from focusing strictly on an artists canon.

It's my job to find the cornel of truth and then exaggerate, exaggerate, exaggerate until it's of an appropriate scale.

The patchwork nature of the forms are a reflection of sexuality itself.

The book Love and Trouble is asserting that sexuality lives inside us, and in the culture, and in the people who do things to us - and the forms reflect that.

Your sexuality belongs to you, and think about your own desire.

Start with scout locations first.

The surest thing about me is that I will change my mind.

I'd come out to Los Angeles for a vacation to see a friend and just fell in love with it.

I'm an illegal alien and have been for many years. If you rub my skin, I go green.

The last three films I've done are about self-immolation.

When you work with Sir Anthony there are days when he will do a lot of takes if he's really enjoying a scene.

I've just got a new house in Pacific Palisades. It's really cute.

There are ugly aspects to every single person's character. In being truthful, actors do have to show the ugly side of someone's character. We all behave like dicks sometimes.

I'm a very emotional person, and I love feeling things, so I tend to approach things kind of openly.

I hate having to pose for photos. It's just so embarrassing. Everyone is expecting you to know what to do because you're an actor, but I haven't a clue.

Value people because of who they were deep down, not because of their names or their parents’ clout.

I was isolated but not ostracized, ignored but not abused.

Basically, the world is a giant shithole. But some of us are capable of imagining something better.

Juliana's a year older than me, but she sometimes seems younger - mostly because she's the opposite of cynical and I'm the opposite of the opposite of cynical.

He can’t ground her if he’s already killed her,” I pointed out when Juliana quoted this to me. “Well, he can, but it wouldn’t have the same impact.

I cursed myself not only for forgetting to turn my phone off but for ever thinking that having a rock music ringtone was cool.

Man, I hated not being able to figure someone out. And from the slightly uncertain look he gave me as we all went to class, I suspected he felt the same way.

Mitch McConnell is a professional arm twister. He's done this for many years. He has a lot of power in his caucus.

For Donald Trump to dismiss out of hand the intelligence community's fact gathering is, frankly - doesn't bode well for him protecting our country.

The price of a college education should never include a 1 in 5 chance of being sexually assaulted.

I think that I was just on the cusp of the generation that was beginning to really challenge some of the assumptions about the role of women and the role of men on campus.

Even though we know sexual assault is still dramatically underreported, I think women are much more empowered today than they used to be.

I've been very independent from the day I arrived in Washington.

The political system loves the extremes, it doesnt so much show a lot love for the moderates.

I'm asking regular folks to be my super PAC.

Do I want Social Security to be there for my kids and my grandkids? Absolutely. Will I fight like a tiger to make sure that we protect Social Security? I absolutely will.

I'm the only United States Senator in the country that I'm aware of that's had the far left up on TV and the far right up on TV against me at the same time.

Obviously, I have been a pro-choice candidate for my entire political career, and obviously there is controversy always surrounding this issue.