Quotes About Identity

I come from two parts of the oriental community - Jerusalemite and North African Jews.

Never jeopardize who you are for a role. Now, I'm not saying you should never change for a role, because the fun of being different characters is adapting different nuances and different parts of the character, but never jeopardize your moral compass or anything like that to have a role.

I was going to shave it. It went in two parts. I got a bob first but it kept falling all over my face. Then it was off, short. The main reason it was long was because my mother cut it short when I was little and I was trying to make up for that.

I just gravitate to those more testosterone-filled sort of parts than me playing something a bit more fairy-like.

An agent said he didn't know what to do with me, I wouldn't be able to play any parts but lesbians and aliens.

There's parts of it that I connect to - being a father and everything - but 'Mamma Mia!' allows me to go out there and be me and have fun. I've never really had the chance to do that with so much freedom.

What you are is what you are, and I don't think you should ever fight it. But as an actor, I feel lucky to play different parts.

I'm trying to be me and embrace all the parts of me that have grown up, listened to more music and soaked up more influences.

What bothered me was playing one-dimensional parts in films which were really about, 'Boy Meets Girl,' 'Will Boy Get Girl?'

Being a parent has taught me a lot of things already, you know, though it's only been a year and half, and has made me address parts of myself that I would otherwise live in comfortable denial of, or you know and - you know, for instance, my self-loathing.

I don't talk about how old I am because sometimes it can affect parts that you get in Hollywood. I don't believe that it's a necessary element. I feel that I'm a character, and I'm an actor. People focusing on my age instead of the role I'm playing can be a hindrance.

I won't get into it any more than to say that there are parts of me in all the songs that I write.

Nothing is ever simple. What do you do when you discover you like parts of the role you're trying to escape?

All the parts I get offered are character and comedy parts, and I probably wouldn't get them if I had a different face. So I'm glad I have a comedy face.

There are parts of me that I feel are beautiful, but they don't have anything to do with my nose.

It's a compulsion. I'm always changing parts of me. Even when I was young, I wanted to change my hair color. I was so determined that I dyed my hair with Kool-Aid.

I'm not that conservative. I do feel - I guess I'm more of a Democrat at heart, although I've never affiliated myself with a particular party.

The party of Kennedy is also the party of Eastland. The party of Javits is also the party of Goldwater.

And I don't know what I'd do at a fraternity party. All that might be a little lost on me.

Party politics are quite upsetting. I've been a member of the Labour party, the Green party, the Women's Equality Party, the National Health Action Party and now I'm not a member of any.

I grew up with parents who liked the old line that they didn't leave the Democratic Party - the Democratic Party left them.

Congress is hiding the details of their party president Rahul Gandhi's citizenship. Rahul Gandhi's real name is Rahul Vincy. They are cheating people by hiding the real names of Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.

I don't fit into the yummy mummy box, I'm not a party girl anymore, I'm just me.

I'm always painted as a party girl, which was true for my 20s. It's taken a long time to shake off that gobby, in-your-face image. I'm actually quite chilled out.