Meg Ryan Quotes
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It was not a healthy marriage for long time. It was never about another man, it was about what my and Dennis's relationship could not sustain.
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The best thing about modern living is anaesthesia.
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I'm a sucker for a funny script. And then, as soon as I don't wanna be, one comes along and grabs me.
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Fame is also a test of character at times... Sometimes I pass the test; sometimes I'm a pain in the ass. Sometimes I'm like, Oh, God! I just want to buy some tampons!
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Even in the first world, expectations are not as high for women as they are for men. We get that message subtly, but in the third world, it isn't subtle. Girls are isolated and encouraged not to talk to one another.
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I don't think we realise just how fast we go until you stop for a minute and realise just how loud and how hectic your life is, and how easily distracted you can get.
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Clearly romantic comedy is my franchise genre, I don't mind saying that, it's true. I love doing them and hopefully always will do them.
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I have a very good life, so I have nothing to complain about. Sometimes, I just have existential angst.
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Motherhood changed me because it is so fundamental what you're doing for another person. And you are able to do it even though it takes a lot.
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Women are socialized to be nice, to be docile. I call it 'shrink to fit': Shrink yourself to fit what others expect of you.
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There are assumptions made about the way you look. I'm always surprised when people don't think I'm smart.
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And who cares, five years down the road, what most movies made or didn't make? If it's good, it stands up.
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I don't feel particularly typecast because I think I do so many different kinds of things. Whether or not they're seen is another issue.
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I've played a heroin addict and a speed freak and dark characters throughout my career.
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All of [motherhood] surprised me. It surprised me from the very first second I saw Jack. I'd believed that my pregnancy was a condition. It never computed. And there he was. Everyone made fun of me because I stared at him for months and months, not being able to believe he was real.
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When you read a book as a child, it becomes a part of your identity in a way that no other reading in your whole life does.
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Acting is what I do. It's not what I solely define myself as.
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Through Clinton and Monica, Clinton and Hillary, the scandal, the impeachment, Iraq, Bruce and Demi, Ellen and Anne, I have remained consistently and nauseatingly adorable. I have, in fact, been known to cause diabetes.
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Any idiot can be brave, but courage is about knowing what's at stake, and moving forward anyway.
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My father says that almost the whole world is asleep, everybody you know, everybody you see, everybody you talk to. He says that only a few people are awake and they live in a state of constant total amazement.
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My family responsibilities don't conflict with my career. Not at all.
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I am convinced, completely convinced, that there was nothing random about [the adoption], she is the daughter I should have.
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People are always telling me that change is good. But all that means is that something you didn't want to happen has happened.
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[On Lisa Kudrow:] She's like the best kind of jazz there is. You don't know what note she's going to hit and it's always a surprise.
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It's triumphant for someone to wake up to life. I feel a tremendous sense of liberation. You want to be able to use both your intuitive side and your go-get-'em side with no blame.
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But I'd like the pie heated and I don't want the ice cream on top I want it on the side and I'd like strawberry instead of vanilla if you have it if not then no ice cream just whipped cream but only if it's real if it's out of a can then nothing.
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All this nothing has meant more to me than so many somethings
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Once women find a way to form community, everyone reaps the rewards.
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I wouldn't have thought of myself as a person who could guide anybody and then it turned out that I can.
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I love what you might call brutal elegance. Where form and function are really obvious. There is nothing easily broken in this house.
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