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Claire Danes Rails on Body Shaming in Hollywood, Encourages Everyone to Own It
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  • On meeting President Obama: "He said, ‘Claire, you’re a fine actress.’ And I said — just like a total idiot — ‘You’re a fine president.’ And he said, ‘You’re a finer actress than I am president."
  • On body shaming: "It’s just so ingrained in us, the idea that we should take up the right amount of space, literally and figuratively. I've wrestled with this my whole life, as just a person in the world and as somebody who make images. It's OK to want to look and feel your best. It's OK to work at being attractive, whatever that means to you. And it's also OK to not expect to be defined by that. It's OK to be powerful in every way: to be big, to take up space. To breathe and to thrive.”
  • On being described as fearless: "Oh, I'm full of fear. I care about things; therefore, I have fears. I like to think that I'm brave, which is different. Brave means you’re able to admit that you care. If you care, you are vulnerable."
  • On her infamous cry face: "I'm very vain about my performance. I want to give as honest a performance as I can. But I'm not so worried about being regarded as beautiful when I'm playing a character. I have plenty of vanity in my life. I want to look pretty in the world. But I can be this bottomless pit. I know some of the most beautiful women on the planet — unequivocally, objectively friggin' gorgeous — and they are rife with insecurity and self doubt, and you just think, 'Well, how can that be?' I'm attractive enough. I can do the work I want to do. I’ve found a wonderful man who wants to make out with me. I'm good.”
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