267 Quotes by Claire Danes

"Counterterrorism isn't really about the nunchakus, the guns and gadgets. It's about psychology."

"Martin knew the story very well. He internalized it years ago when he wrote the novella,"

"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."

"I think Jeremy wants things, and I think that's a great moment when (Mirabelle) says, 'You should just do it,' ... I think she just harnesses it or funnels it into some sort of point, and all of a sudden he has a goal. But I think at the beginning it's just a frustration and a desire to do things, but he doesn't really know how to do them, and that's what sets him off on believing you can make the things that you don't see happen. I think he has ambition; I don't think he's familiar with how that feels."

"I've always very earnestly tried to do my best, so I just have to trust that and forgive myself for being fallible."

"I think they're both inward-looking. That's the most obvious parallel between the two,"

"College was just so essential for my sense of self and my development."

"I have this home in New York, I have a long-term relationship with my boyfriend, who's from Australia, and I had this business that I had maintain. Even though I wasn't actively shooting, there's a lot of peripheral work."

"Most people assume that autistic people are not capable of empathy."

"Actors want to surprise themselves. When it's really good, you kind of transcend yourself, and that happens infrequently. Very, very rarely."