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Natasha Lyonne

American Actress

Born: Apr 4, 1979

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I would have done well as a gypsy child, I think. A circus baby. I coulda played a great street urchin or ragamuffin. Or just been one. I certainly liked entertaining people and making jokes, but I don't know necessarily if that's what your child is prone to that you should necessarily put them in a real working industry at six years old. Natasha Lyonne

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I feel like I just have such the blood and bones of a New Yorker that I can almost imagine better, like, giving up the fight and not being able to afford the city and going out West, keeping a small place here, and then when I'm like 80, coming back here, living on the park and going to the theater. Natasha Lyonne

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It's such a weird thing: to sit and look at yourself is so distracting to the psyche. It would be like me standing in front of a mirror and looking at myself all day, trying to find a flaw. Natasha Lyonne

I always see the absurdity in most situations. It's my experience of how life works. Natasha Lyonne

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I have a lot of friends who are trying to clean up their act, or that are still making trouble for themselves, so I'm definitely well-versed on what goes on in the mind and the heart of a person who self-destructs as their coping mechanism, and also what they're like when you take their preferred substance away. Natasha Lyonne

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You've got to do something with all the books you've read, so you might as well imagine you've optioned them. Natasha Lyonne

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I have to say, I'm still surprised anyone's nice to me, that anyone talks to me. But I think people understand that other people go through things. We're all a bit gonzo, and you're allowed to take a little time to get your head on straight. Natasha Lyonne

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Let's face it. I'm an open book. Natasha Lyonne

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I'm not someone who went to acting school - I was just out of the gate, doing it. Natasha Lyonne

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I started wearing all black around the time I got into Nirvana. I first heard 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' when I was about 12, and I remember jumping on my bed, so excited about it. Natasha Lyonne

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I have a theory that self-made, first-generation actresses don't feel entitled to success. Natasha Lyonne

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Beauty was never really my trip. Maybe those roles are attracted to me? Natasha Lyonne

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I will take the subway and look at certain women and think 'God, that woman's story will never be told. How come that lady doesn't get a movie about her?' Natasha Lyonne

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As a woman, I've learned that having a uniform of your staples or setting your look and saying what distinguishes you - like red lips or hair or whatever - leaves so much time for the rest of the day. Natasha Lyonne

From the first instant I met her, I wanted to be Nora Ephron. I just really wanted to please her. Natasha Lyonne

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That's usually how I get to know strangers - get inappropriately touchy. Once they've experienced the awkwardness of you being way too close for comfort, after that, it all gets easy. Natasha Lyonne

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I'm not to be confused with Natasha Henstridge in 'Species,' where I just emerge out of the weird alien womb looking amazing. I really rely heavily on my black outfits and my gold chains to give me sort of a thing. Natasha Lyonne

If I was a bajillionaire, I would spend a lot of time at Barneys just buying all kinds of great things all the time. I would have so many black cashmeres it would be out of control. I like the way nice things feel very much. Natasha Lyonne

There are beauty icons that I can never be like, sorta like a Gena Rowlands - I'll never have that look. I love Giulietta Masina, the great Fellini actress. But I'm probably more Seymour Cassel. Or somewhere between Lou Reed and Nora Ephron? Natasha Lyonne

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