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Claire Danes

(1979) Film Actor United States

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Claire Danes is a film actor from the United States, best known for Brokedown palace.

Quick Facts About Claire Danes

Born: April 12, 1979
Nationality: United States
Profession: Film Actor
Notable works: Brokedown palace
Spouse: Hugh Dancy

About Claire Danes

She has been active in film and television since her teens and was named one of Time’s 100 most influential people in 2012 and 2026.

Awards & Honors

Young Artist Awards Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama London Film Critics Circle Award for Actress of the Year Satellite Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series

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Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Drama Actress Satellite Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film MTV Movie Award for Best Female Performance Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year TCA Award for Individual Achievement in Drama star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Quotes by Claire Danes · Page 2

You have to stay hydrated when you have crying scenes.

Cry

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Any story is better with a little love in it, right?

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Tel Aviv is the most party time place in the world.

Israel

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There is real honor in being a total goofball

Goofball

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I would rather not work than be a neurotic mess.

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I do feel like I've gotten younger as I've aged.

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I know, it's true. I've played these tortured teenagers. I can't wait to shed that image.

Character

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I actually haven't been approached a whole lot for television, believe it or not.

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I'm exceptionally open with my own parents, and they're exceptionally open with me.

Exceptionally

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I exercise more for mental relaxation than anything else.

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I didn't want my acting style to be tainted. You know, I had some integrity when I was 12.

Acting

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It's a very young mistake to assume that life is very serious. I get the joke now.

Failure

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I've never been interested or particularly good at censoring my experience.

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Hatred can become like food, it gives you this energy that you can, like, live off ...

Energy

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I've never dated (casually). Ever. It's kind of weird. I did have a boyfriend in junior high who was a kleptomaniac. We'd…

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My first offer was when I was 12, and it was for a soap opera. And I turned it down because I…

Actors

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

Book

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It's been a huge joy, this experience of being a mom ... I don't know how to articulate it yet, because it…

Being a mom

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

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Working gives you this new perspective. You don't take everything too seriously, and you realise that if you don't do too well…

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In a way, that's really reassuring. I'm not just a very limited person to not have figured it out at this point.…

Good times

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Every three seconds in the developing world, a child dies needlessly due to lack of basic health care and other things we…

Care

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I get a little jealous of these actor boys. They walk into a club, and in two seconds flat there are swarms…

Girl

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It's OK to want to look and feel your best. It's OK to work at being attractive, whatever that means to you.…

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It's always pretty dark. It's not a farce, this is Homeland. Throughout six seasons, we've been trying to understand what it's like…

Dark

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I actually think in some ways that it might be more challenging to be bipolar because it's so mercurial - it's so…

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It was a challenge for me to play somebody who was so quiet and receding and depressed because she's also on screen…

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My goal is always to do something that feels just beyond my reach, and 'Homeland' continues to do that. Every season, they…

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It just seems like the most successful, iconic love stories are not so easy or escapist. I think the ones that stay…

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Well, it's true that you often kind of forget to see the person you're most intimate with, but occasionally I'll come to…

Embarrassed

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

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I love love and falling in love, but it can get pretty flat real fast.

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I love sitting in the makeup trailer and getting my makeup done in 15 minutes as opposed to an hour and a half.

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The twenties are a deceptively challenging-slash-painful time. I'm just glad to be out of that phase.

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I love dancing and I think my dancing served me and my singing because I have a sense of rhythm and timing.

Dance

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I really have never been concerned about being beautiful on-screen. That's just not my jam.

Beautiful

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

Acting

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

Behavior

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What I needed was a connection to life that was real and lasting.

Being real

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Narciso Rodriguez was my first fashion big brother. He made my wedding dress, which was wonderful.

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