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Gillian Anderson

Gillian Leigh Anderson, OBE (born August 9, 1968) is an American-British film, television and theatre actress, activist and writer. Her credits include the roles of FBI Special Agent Dana Scully in the long-running and widely popular series The X-Files, ill-fated socialite Lily Bart in Terence Davies' film The House of Mirth (2000), and DSI Stella Gibson on the BBC crime drama television series The Fall. Among other honours, Anderson has won a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. She has lived in London since 2002, after earlier years divided between the United Kingdom and the United States.

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Self-esteem should have nothing to do with what you look like – if you exude genuine confidence, people will be swept into it. You have to be able to hold yourself.

Self Esteem, Should Have, People, Hold, Confidence, Look

After I did nine years of a television series, I didn't want to do anything really that involved going to a set and being in front of a camera for quite a while. And when I did start to want to do things, I wanted to focus more on film.

Camera, Cameras, Focus, Front, Things, Years

Thinking man's crumpet? Well, it's more flattering than being a lobotomised man's crumpet, I suppose.

Crumpets, Flattering, Lobotomised, Men, Suppose, Thinking

It's taken a while for me to convince people that I can do something other than Scully. And it still takes effort.

Convince, Effort, People, Taken, Takes

I'm a massive fan of Sunshine. Oh my God, I love that film.

Fan, Fans, Film, Massive, Sunshine

Be of service. Whether you make yourself available to a friend or co-worker, or you make time every month to do volunteer work, there is nothing that harvests more of a feeling of empowerment than being of service to someone in need.

Feeling, Feelings, Helping Others, Nothing, Volunteer

People always ask if I was really voted Most Bizarre Girl in high school. But that one's actually true. I was living in Michigan in a very conservative town and had a nose-ring and a shaved head and did kind of strange things.

Girl, Kind, People, School, Strange

It is not a matter of being fearless. The fear is sometimes constant, but it's about moving forward regardless of the fear. Courage means feeling the fear and doing it anyway.

Anyway, Fear, Matter, Mean, Moving

When I think of normality I think of mediocrity

Mediocrity, Normality, Think, Think Of Me, Thinking

In retrospect, I think that I've been given quite a few scripts over the years that had dark elements to them but most of them took place in the countryside with a haunted house. I think I've probably had that script about six to 10 times over the past few years. Or it was something to do with the supernatural.

Dark, Given, House, Past, Thinking

I believe people are in our lives for a reason. We're here to learn from each other.

Believe, Inspirational, Life, Lives, People, Positive

I think she definitely has. I think, um, her and Mulder's relationship has become more equal. And, I think she has become stronger and more independent over the seasons.

Independent, Seasons, Stronger, Think, Thinking

In time, she learned to develop her own opinion of the people that she worked for, and she got stronger. Think she's now much stronger. In the beginning she wanted to believe she was strong but sometimes she faltered.

Believe, People, Strong, Thinking, Time, Worked

It's funny because sometimes one doesn't actually consider these things for one's self until one's in a situation like this press conferece where one has to kind of think about it.

Conferece, Kind, Self, Think, Thinking

We have to raise the status of girls and women in every country.

Country, Girl, Girls, Raises, Status

I became an actor because it was the only thing I could do. I didn't have any friends, I didn't fit in. But when I started acting everything in my life shifted and I felt happy.

Acting, Actors, Became, Fit, Friends, Thing

Only once have I taken on a role where I felt that I didn't quite understand her, but I said yes anyway. I don't think I'll ever do that again.

Felt, Roles, Said, Taken, Thinking, Understand

Layers are not difficult for me. You have the luxury of takes, so if you feel like, say, you did not take in the fact that your aunt is across the way in one take, you do it again and try to add that piece.

Aunt, Luxury, Say, Take, Trying, Way

In my case, I was born to parents who were very young, and I don't think they were entirely ready to have a child. My dad was going to college and working two or three jobs at the same time, and my mum was working and going to school.

Born, Children, Dad, Entirely, Jobs, Same

Let's stop being so damn judgemental & crucifying everyone who doesn't fit into our boxed-in perceptions of what is right.

Fit, Judgemental, Perception, Perceptions, Right

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