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I wasn't very good about juggling family and my career. I was interested in who was coming to the children's birthday party, what my son was writing. I was thinking about Legos.
Jill Clayburgh

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I like to run, to go down the stairs, I'm one of those kind of people.
Jill Clayburgh

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I came from dinner, went downtown with my friends, the elevator was down, I ran down the hall toward my room at 10 at night, having had two glasses of wine.
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A woman came up to me after one of the screenings with tears pouring down her face and sobbed, You've defined my entire life for me on the screen.
Jill Clayburgh

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Clothes are part of the character. They can't but help inform who you are.
Jill Clayburgh

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I just read that Time magazine cover story with all this information about how you have to have your kids by the time you're 12 or it's all over. Please.
Jill Clayburgh

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There's no environment. Use your imagination. There's no fourth wall, whether it's the first time you've told this story about her life, or the sixth time.
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I notice now, whatever character in whatever movie you're watching, they have these toned arms and muscles.
Jill Clayburgh

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Well, this would be nice if it worked out, but I'm not selling the farm.
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What bugs me is that movies don't reflect how interesting and vibrant women are. We don't treasure women as they get older.
Jill Clayburgh

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I just didn't work that much while the kids were growing up.
Jill Clayburgh

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I don't like sitting around in my dressing room very much. It feels a lot like theater.
Jill Clayburgh

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I don't theorize too much. I sort of let the experience sink in, and I have to discover what the character is by doing it, and having those thoughts that she's thinking.
Jill Clayburgh

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There's something about soft, unstructured arms that's very beautiful.
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People always seem to see echoes of their own lives in my films.
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