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I look my best after an entire hair and makeup team has spent hours perfecting me. When do I feel my best? When I haven`t looked in a mirror for days, and I`m doing things that make me happy.

I`m very aware of my own background. I`m Irish, French and then a little bit of everything else thrown in, ranging from German to native American. We`re talking about tiny drops of blood.

I cry terribly easily. Just a minute ago, I was reading an article about Kate Winslet in Vogue, and I love her so much, I started crying, realizing how great she is and how far I have to go.

College is such a unique time because you`re learning a little bit how to be an adult. You`re learning how to take care of yourself without parental influence, and you`re exposed to so many great minds. I feel like I didn`t even know how to think until I got to college. - On the importance of a college education.

She is just divine. As a human being, she has basically accomplished everything that I want to do ... It`s not that she just gets inside the character, she`s just absolutely at the center of all of her choices, of the truth of the character - On working with Meryl Streep in The Devil Wears Prada (2006).

I`m more proud of that film than anything I have created. - on Brokeback Mountain (2005).

In Hollywood you have to be careful if you go above a six, then you`re considered fat. I`m considered to be, I hope, an actress, and you can get away with a couple of extra pounds if you are trading on your talent instead of your sex appeal.I don`t have time to be tortured about me weight.

Kindness is really important to me in finding my own prince - so are patience and a sense of humor. Without those qualities he`s no Prince Charming!

Films are letting me get older, which is really nice, because there was always this fear of what happens when I stop being a teenager. But for everyone else, it was kind of a sharp left.

I`ll be honest with you, it really, really, really annoys me, the image that`s put out there for women. These tiny, tiny bodies, with absolutely no fat at all on them. It`s unhealthy, plain and simple, and there are only a handful of women in the world who are naturally like that. It makes me sick.

I got into this business to be an actress, to scare myself, and force myself into a place outside of my comfort zone. I have nothing against The Princess Diaries - but it has been a brick wall at times for my career.

Obsessing about weight is a big old waste of time.

... it`s not something that I have ever aspired to be or courted because I think the second that you say, "Oh, I am a role model and that`s why I make the decisions that I make," you`ve kind of shot yourself in the foot. A role model is somebody that does things because of what they believe in regardless of what other people think. (Her views on role models)

I`m very choosy! It drives my agent nuts.

I disagree with a couple of the stances of the Catholic Church. My older brother is gay and it`s important for me to be able to love him completely and freely and it`s important for me to spread beliefs in the world that are not going to limit people in their love.I can`t support a religion that doesn`t support my brother.

She can act sweet, but she`s fundamentally a predator - On her character "Lureen" in Brokeback Mountain (2005).

`I`ve had directors say to me, `You`re the best actress for the role, but you`ve put on weight recently.` If people can`t understand you`ve put on five pounds, I don`t want to deal with them.

Over the last few years I`ve learned that the Next Big Thing is something a lot of people wish and want for you - but what you wish for yourself is really important too.

I love working and I feel satisfied when I know I have literally given all the energy that I have. That being said, work is not my No. 1 priority. I don`t think it can come at the expense of your family, your friends and your `significant other` if you have one.

I`ve worked with people and I`ve known people that were really competitive but I`ve always said that I take an Elizabeth Bennett philosophy of life - I laugh. I love my job but if it means hurting someone I won`t do it.

I`ll be honest with you, it really, really, really annoys me, the image that`s put out there for women. These tiny, tiny bodies, with absolutely no fat at all on them. It`s unhealthy, plain and simple, and there are only a handful of women in the world who are naturally like that. It makes me sick

I think that fashion can be a lot of fun. I love clothes, but I recognize that it should only be a hobby. Some clothes that are more design-based look better on women with figures like wire hangers, because that`s the nature of the design. I won`t wear those clothes.

I got into this business to be an actress, to scare myself, and force myself into a place outside of my comfort zone. I have nothing against The Princess Diaries - but it has been a brick wall at times for my career

College is such a unique time because you`re learning a little bit how to be an adult. You`re learning how to take care of yourself without parental influence, and you`re exposed to so many great minds. I feel like I didn`t even know how to think until I got to college." - On the importance of a college education

I really don`t drink, I don`t do drugs. I feel like right now I`ve been given so many opportunities I don`t want to mess it up with those things ... I think I was raised in a solidly upper-middle class family who had really strong values and excess was not one of the things that my family put up with. - On avoiding the hard partying young-star life style

I look my best after an entire hair and makeup team has spent hours perfecting me. When do I feel my best? When I haven`t looked in a mirror for days, and I`m doing things that make me happy

I`ve intimidated men my entire life and it has nothing to do with fame

I was 17 years old when I was cast in The Princess Diaries . That film landed, and it landed big. And so I became identified with a role that wasn`t really me. I`ve never had any problem with going to the lengths of what a film demands. You can tell that by my eyebrows in The Princess Diaries

I believe I`ve always been a big believer in equality. No one has ever been able to tell me I couldn`t do something because I was a girl