Winning is everything in Hollywood.

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My husband is a fall-away Catholic, but with a vengeance. He's actually more of a feminist than I am.

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I think we're socialized out of being women, and then we have to find our way back to it. That's hard to do.

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Thankfully, it became clear to me that when I compete, I lose my connection to the passion I have for my work.

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I think it's because most of us talk one way and live another. There are a few people who truly, truly walk the talk.

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I sometimes truly despair at ever being meaningfully altered and affected by the things I claim are so important to me.

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When I was a kid, I'd kneel down at the side of my bed every night before I went to sleep, and my mother and I would say a Greek prayer to the Virgin Mary.

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God is not something I think about but something I experience as an energy, a Presence. I do find it easier to pray to a female Presence or an androgynous Presence.

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You don't stay married for thirty-nine years because of sex or even because of love, but because your partner is a real friend to you, because they respect and regard you.

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I think we have to be careful about what we label as a prerequisite for spirituality. I don't think you have to know a lot to have a spiritual life, but knowing gives life richness.

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