Claire Danes
Claire Danes

But I don't know if people are meant to be together. You have to have a lot in common, choose well and be really fortunate. It's not like you're sprinkled with fairy dust. You have to believe that love will be there when you need it.

Claire Danes
Claire Danes

Relationships are a constant negotiation and balance.

Claire Danes
Claire Danes

Once you get over that peak of puberty, you hit a nice stride.

Claire Danes
Claire Danes

Some of my happiest moments have been dancing.

Claire Danes
Claire Danes

I like reading novels because it provides insight into human behavior.

Claire Danes
Claire Danes

Psychology and acting are very closely linked. It's just about studying people and how they work. It can be an incredible discipline and exercise.

Claire Danes
Claire Danes

Growing up in New York with artist parents - a very liberal environment, where we were always encouraged to challenge the status quo - I think for a long time I confused jingoism with patriotism. And that is a mistake.

Claire Danes
Claire Danes

I took three years off. I differentiated myself from the industry. Found my identity - sort of... I haven't graduated yet. I'm not legitimately educated yet, but maybe one day.

Claire Danes
Claire Danes

You don't realize how useful a therapist is until you see yourself on e and discover you have more problems than you ever dreamed of.

Claire Danes
Claire Danes

People with bipolar disorder have difficulty with boundaries.

Claire Danes
Claire Danes

I discovered Orson Welles in college; my freshman English professor screened 'Citizen Kane' for us, and I wound up writing a 20-page term paper on it.

Claire Danes
Claire Danes

When you really get it right in acting, it's an act of empathy. You feel less distant from others, and that is really exciting.

Claire Danes
Claire Danes

People in the CIA, they marry each other. They're like actors! We have to travel without much warning to far-flung places, and it's very hard to communicate what our experiences are like to those in the outside world.

Claire Danes
Claire Danes

When somebody asks me who I'm wearing, I always see myself with a BabyBjoern, carrying a little tiny Karl Lagerfeld, like, 'I'm wearing Chanel.'

Claire Danes
Claire Danes

Acting is the greatest answer to my loneliness that I have found.

Claire Danes
Claire Danes

My first offer was when I was 12, and it was for a soap opera. And I turned it down because I knew that I was an unformed actor, and I didn't want to develop bad habits.

Claire Danes
Claire Danes

I have a huge, active imagination, and I think I'm really scared of being alone; because if I'm left to my own devices, I'll just turn into a madwoman.

Claire Danes
Claire Danes

I have this book club, and we don't read one book; we offer up a few suggestions and create a library over time.

Claire Danes
Claire Danes

Every time I make a movie, I'm prepared for it to become influential and career-defining - but I have no control over these things.

Claire Danes
Claire Danes

So much of my job is about finding another job, and that's really boring.