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Jennifer Beals Biography

Jennifer Beals (born December 19, 1963) is an American actress and a former teen model. She is best known for her role as Alexandra "Alex" Owens in the 1983 romantic drama film Flashdance, and starred as Bette Porter on the Showtime drama series The L Word. Beals earned an NAACP Image Award and a Golden Globe Award nomination for the latter. She has appeared in more than 50 films.

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[Her message to women and girls of the world] You are more powerful than you can possibly imagine. You are more powerful than you can possibly imagine. And it is incumbent upon you to use that power--not only for yourself, but for everyone else around you.

Girl, Imagine, Powerful, Use, Women

[On how she goes about trying to live authentically] Well really listening to my point of view and if I am on a set, say, that doesn't really value a woman's point of view, regardless of how they feel, continuing to give my point of view and try to find a way to be heard and not diminishing myself because other people are diminishing me. Because that, I think, is the worst temptation that, you know, you judge yourself by how others are judging you, and to fall into that trap is to walk into the realm of self-annihilation.

Authentically, Diminishing, Fall, Self, Set, Thinking

I said, wouldn't it be nice, instead of having these women fight with each other over men, which seems to be more of a cliche, wouldn't it be wonderful if they were the true comrades and it took these men much more time to infiltrate their friendships.

Fighting, Men, Nice, Said, Time, Took

I think science and spirituality are one and the same, I don't think they're really different. . . quantum physics is validating all kinds of spiritual teachings.

Same, Spiritual, Teaching, Think, Thinking, Validating

I'm just talking specifically of women's friendships. If two women go to a bar and they are fighting over men, it makes it much easier for the men. If two women are very close and they act as it makes it very difficult for the men to pull one over on anybody.

Fighting, Men, Pull, Specifically, Talking

At any given moment in your life, you have the choice between love and fear. And that's a choice you make. You make the choice of how you react to events.

Choices, Events, Fear, Life, Moments

What is their potential for evil; what is their potential for wickedness? That's the only time that those characters become interesting to watch.

Become, Character, Evil, Interesting, Watch

It's been perfect. I can still ride a subway and work with great people. I can't imagine being Julia Roberts. I don't have the fortitude to withstand that kind of attention.

Attention, Julia, Kind, People, Perfect, Withstand

Giving feels good. It is a form of healing. Not just for you as an individual, but for everyone.

Everyone, Feel Good, Feels, Giving, Healing, Individual

Compassion takes imagination.

Compassion, Imagination, Takes

Politics is a lot like sex - if you want something, you have to ask for it, if they're not doing it right you've got to speak up and show them and if you still don't get what you want, then there is nothing wrong with doing it yourself.

Like, Politics, Sex, Show, Speak, Want Something

Women are so often segregated to their sexuality, and how they appear. In fact, there's a lot of talk, even now, I think in most jobs this is true. . . people will say, when a woman rises to power, they ask, 'who did she sleep with?' You know, it couldn't possibly be about her acumen, it couldn't possibly be about her intelligence. It's got to be about her body, because that's how women get ahead.

Fact, Jobs, Power, Sleep, Thinking, Woman

Love is the most dangerous thing in the world.

Danger, Dangerous, Love, Love Is, Thing, World

Even when I think about the fact that energy can become matter and matter can become energy, I have a very strong feeling that there's something afterward.

Feeling, Feelings, Matter, Strong, Think, Thinking

I think that the two of them have been doing this for a really long time and it is more like sport. Yes, they would love to find a lasting relationship, but it's not likely to happen the way they are going about it.

Happen, Love, Sports, Thinking, Two, Way

I think for me, when I'm looking at a script I really try to consider what experience am I embarking upon, because for me it's really about the experience.

Embarking, Experience, Scripts, Think, Thinking, Trying

[On yoga] Once you've completed a wonderful class, you get a sense of the deepest, purest part of yourself. You feel like you are connected to everybody else in the world.

Class, Completed, Deepest, Everybody, World, Yoga

There is this incredible, indelible community that has sprung up around the show, a community that gathers in homes and clubs, from Los Angeles to Topeka, Kansas and around the world. A community that, in some places, meets quietly in a lesbian bar that doesn't even exist depending on whom you ask.

Home, Homes, Incredible, Kansas, Quietly, Sprung Up

It has been said, "History is written by the victors. " I take this to mean we can make ourselves victorious by writing, and then rewriting our own stories. In a country and culture so dominated by media, by the manipulation of words and stories, telling the tales of people whose stories historically have not been told is a radical act and I believe an act that can change the world and help rewrite history.

Believe, Country, People, Tales, Writing

I am strong-willed, and I am driven, and I am passionate. . . but I don't have. . . a central cause. . . a motivating cause, I don't know what that would be. . . other than trying to tell the truth when I work.

Know, Motivating, Strong, Tell, Trying, Would Be

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