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If you get too attached to how you want it to come out the other side, you freeze. I try to trust that it will work out in the end.

- Jennifer Connelly

Trust, Other, Side, Attached

It was, when I read it, I thought, such a beautiful script. I loved the story. I thought it was well handled. I thought it was even more moving because it was a true story and that made it even more poignant.

- Jennifer Connelly

Thought, More, Read, True Story

The thing that really matters to me is well-being and happiness. Maybe it comes from knowing people who have tortured themselves trying to meet these strangely narrow and rigorous definitions of what our culture thinks is beautiful.

- Jennifer Connelly

Maybe, Tortured, Our, Narrow

At the end of the day, what difference does it make if you made 10 films or 18 films? You made 10 films, but you had a great relationship with your kids, or at least you did your best not to screw them up irrevocably, or you made 18, and they don't return your phone calls.

- Jennifer Connelly

End Of The Day, Had, Least, Great Relationship

I wasn't brought up with any religion at all. At school and in my early 20s, I read every religious text I could get my hands on - Buddhist scriptures, Hindu texts, the Qur'an, and the Bible. I wanted to feel like something made sense to me, that there was something sacred I could feel aligned with.

- Jennifer Connelly

Hands, Religious, Brought, Scriptures

I had a good time working with Russell Crowe, Ron Howard and Ed Harris. It was a great cast and Russell worked really hard, doing tons of research and questioning everything.

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Doing, Questioning, Harris, Tons

Once I'm comfortable with someone, I'm not reserved. I'm a compulsive confessor.

- Jennifer Connelly

Someone, Once, Reserved, Compulsive

People who are incapable of having any kind of intimate relationship have to turn to feeling this incredible hunger and void, have to turn to some quantifiable external product to make them feel whole.

- Jennifer Connelly

Product, Some, Having, External

Growing up, being watched from the outside... it's kind of very taxing and maybe I should just do some kind of manual labor-it might be more relaxing. But I can't, it's not in my nature.

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Some, Maybe, Very, Taxing

I almost moved into a place over a funeral parlor. My father said, 'That's just too macabre,' but I thought I'd be embracing my mortality. I told him it would keep me grounded - like when people get skull tattoos.

- Jennifer Connelly

Thought, Almost, Moved, Embracing

I still get recognized for 'Labyrinth' by little girls in the weirdest places. I can't believe they still recognize me from that movie. It's on TV all the time, and I guess I pretty much look the same.

- Jennifer Connelly

Movie, Recognized, TV, Labyrinth

I can't comment on any outside perception. I'm happy to come out and talk about movies that I've worked on in a setting like this. Otherwise, I have my own life that I live which is very different and private.

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Happy, Private, Very, Comment

I would not want to be on a cruise ship. Some ferry crossings I'm not too thrilled about.

- Jennifer Connelly

Some, Would, Too, Thrilled

I met David Bowie when I was 14, and he became a hero to me - because he was an artist, and because he was a genius who had the time to be kind. I'd never met such an extraordinary artist before, and I haven't since - the world will be a greyer place without him.

- Jennifer Connelly

Artist, Before, Became, Bowie

I don't know if I was a star. I was certainly working a lot and that was strange because there were good things about it and things that were difficult.

- Jennifer Connelly

Star, About, Certainly, Good Things

I do a little bit of minimal brow wrangling myself. I get the strays out of the way.

- Jennifer Connelly

Myself, Get, Minimal, Brow

Strong brows is what I have, and I embrace them.

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Strong, Embrace, Them, Brow

As I get older, I have a clearer sense of what's important to me.

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Me, Important, Get, Clearer

That's a great feeling to know that I'm going into a project that I have no idea what will become of that movie, but I really trust Ang Lee. And I really trusted Ron. It's just really nice to work with people that you feel that way about.

- Jennifer Connelly

Trust, Movie, Great Feeling, Ang

Dark Water was one of my favourite films to shoot because of Walter. I had seen the previous films he had directed, Central Station and Motorcycle Diaries, and I thought they were great. I really trusted him.

- Jennifer Connelly

Thought, Had, Diaries, Shoot

I'm really blessed. I love my job. Love going to work. I just love it. I love getting it, I love preparing for it. I love the whole process. I love the whole ritual. I'm really very lucky. Lucky girl.

- Jennifer Connelly

Love, Lucky, Very, Preparing

The things I've really loved doing over the years most consistently are running and yoga.

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Running, Over, Most, Consistently

I'm so happy in the projects that I'm able to make, to be involved in projects like this. This isn't always where it was at for me, I started working when I was a kid. I'm just a different person now, I'm 30. I started working when I was 11 and it's a different ballgame.

- Jennifer Connelly

Happy, Kid, Projects, Different Person

I pick different projects for different reasons. Usually, it's a combination of things. I admire the director, and I am interested in working with the director. Or, it's the cast. I can be moved by the story. The ideal situation is you love the director and you love the cast.

- Jennifer Connelly

Love, Projects, Reasons, Combination

Everything changes as a mother. Yes, work has changed. The projects that I choose are even more important to me now. The world he's growing up in and the kind of stimulus that is out there; they are so precious and I'd do anything to protect him.

- Jennifer Connelly

Changes, Choose, Projects, Stimulus

I look very serious. I look stern even when I'm not stern. If I'm not feeling cross, I look a little bit cross. I can't help it. It's just my face.

- Jennifer Connelly

Feeling, Cross, Very, Stern

I didn't expect to win the Oscar. You grow up watching the Oscars on TV and you think it happens to fancy people. It was really surreal.

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Think, Oscar, Surreal, Oscars

The biggest thing for me is wanting my kids to grow up safely and have happy lives. To me, that's enough.

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Grow, Wanting, Lives, Safely

Becoming a mother has made all the difference in terms of learning to take more responsibility for myself and my life. Parenthood changed the way I do everything.

- Jennifer Connelly

My Life, Made, Becoming, All The Difference

We live in downtown Manhattan and we have pretty big windows that looked right at the World Trade Center. I was home along with Kai and we watched it all happen. I was holding him in my arms and we were looking out the window when the second plane hit.

- Jennifer Connelly

Him, Big, Plane, Windows

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