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Elisabeth Shue Biography

Elisabeth Judson Shue (born October 6, 1963) is an American actress, known for her roles in the films The Karate Kid (1984), Adventures in Babysitting (1987), Cocktail (1988), Back to the Future Part II (1989), Back to the Future Part III (1990), Soapdish (1991), Leaving Las Vegas (1995), The Saint (1997), Hollow Man (2000), and more recently Death Wish (2018). She has won several acting awards and has been nominated for an Academy Award, a Golden Globe and a BAFTA. She starred as Julie Finlay in the CBS police drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation from 2012 to 2015.

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I did 'The Karate Kid,' then I just went back to college. I didn't know how much money it made and I didn't have a publicist. I didn't have any sense of the business part of it.

College, Karate, Kid, Kids, Know, Sense

I feel like my first conversation with someone, I really get a good feeling about who that person is and mainly about how open they are.

Feeling, Feelings, Firsts, Good Feeling, Mainly, Open

I understand now that the vulnerability I've always felt is the greatest strength a person can have. You can't experience life without feeling life. What I've learned is that being vulnerable to somebody you love is not a weakness, it's a strength.

Feelings, Love, Person, Strength, Vulnerability, Weakness

People love to talk about how the '70s are the only time they made movies about characters, and adult movies, and complicated people. But in the '80s, they got away with some of those too.

80S, Adults, Character, Complicated, People, Time

I spent my whole life trying to play the games males play.

Games, Life, Play, Spent, Trying

The darker, more complex and emotional the part is, the easier it is for me. But I don't take any of that stuff home with me at the end of the day.

Complex, Emotional, Home, Stuff, The End Of The Day

Sometimes when I read about my rebellion in print it sounds a little overrated.

Littles, Overrated, Print, Rebellion, Sometimes, Sound

Growing up with three boys in a heavily male-dominated world, I especially needed to express myself as a woman.

Boys, Express, Growing Up, Males, Three, World

After three major movies, I was like, 'Oh, I guess you're supposed to get a publicist?' Girls that are in the business now that are successful are more savvy.

Business, Girl, Movies, Successful, Supposed, Three

Almost six years ago, before I was given the incredible opportunity to be in 'Leaving Las Vegas,' I was going through a long period of artistic confusion. I'd spent years doing work that hadn't pushed me enough, and I was beginning to wonder if I had any talent.

Confusion, Enough, Leaving, Opportunity, Vegas, Years

As the only girl growing up among three brothers, I was always afraid of being excluded. If there was a game to be played, a sport to be learned, a competition to join, I was on my feet and ready. I didn't spend much time alone for fear that I'd miss out.

Brother, Competition, Fear, Girl, Ready, Sports

After Leaving Las Vegas I did assume that things would get a lot easier than they've been. But it's just been a mirror of the way my career's been from the beginning, so for it to have changed would have been strange. My career has never been perfect.

Assume, Careers, Mirrors, Perfect, Vegas, Way

It would be really wonderful if people connected to the loneliness of what it means to be a human being in the world today.

Human, Loneliness, Mean, People, Wonderful

For many years, I decided not to do television because I have three children, but now my youngest is finally old enough to be in kindergarten. So I'm not feeling that kind of tug of not being with her as much.

Children, Enough, Feelings, Television, Three, Years

I really love 'Soapdish. ' I wish 'Soapdish' had more of a moment because I felt that that is a really strong, funny movie. Kevin Kline is hilarious in that movie.

Kevin, Kline, Soapdish, Strong, Wish

I want to be involved with young people in some way. Teenagers. Because that's the most vulnerable time. I have a fantasy of becoming a teacher one day.

Day, People, Teacher, Teenager, Vulnerable, Way

Robert Kennedy was such an inspiring figure. His interest in politics seemed to come not from a desire for power, but from a need to help our society live up to its ideals.

Come, Desire, Figure, Needs, Our Society, Robert

My mom had started to go to work when I was nine or ten, so I was aware of women trying to find their own identities by working. But I was still influenced by men to such an extreme. I wanted to play their games and wanted to compete in their world and be like them.

Games, Men, Mom, Women, World

I have worked with another first-time director who was not that open, and it was probably one of the worst experiences I ever had, so my antennas are really out.

Antenna, Directors, Firsts, Open, Probably, Worked

I think because I was a mother, it helped me feel comfortable that really my primary goal there was to save my kids.

Comfortable, Kids, Mother, Primary, Think, Thinking

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