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Martha Plimpton

Martha Campbell Plimpton (born November 16, 1970) is an American actress, singer, and former model. Her feature film debut was in The River Rat (1984) before rising to prominence in the Richard Donner film The Goonies (1985). She has also appeared in The Mosquito Coast (1986), Running on Empty (1988), Parenthood (1989), Samantha (1992), Raising Hope (2010) and Small Town Murder Songs (2011).

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Women know the financial, social and physical costs of not having access to basic health care.

Care, Cost, Costs, Financial, Having, Physical

I feel comfortable in the presence of oddity. Probably because I'm a little bit odd.

Feels, Littles, Odd, Oddities, Oddity, Probably

I am a United States citizen and I vote.

Citizen, Citizens, States, United, United States, Vote

I'd just like to see a role for women where someone who isn't traditionally attractive is not portraying the best friend. You know, the character that only speaks in questions. "Gee, are you gonna go out with him? Do you think I look fat?"

Best Friend, Character, Gee, Speaks, Thinking

There are so many brilliant women on television right now.

Brilliant, Right, Right Now, Television

It's long been accepted as fact that the availability of family planning services saves lives. Where women have access to these services, children and families are healthier, and society at large benefits.

Availability, Benefits, Children, Long, Planning

Woke up this morning to the incredible news that I was nominated for an Emmy, and a shower full of dog poop. Apparently my dog is so excited, she has explosive diarrhea. I truly could not be more thankful to the Emmy voters for including me in this brilliant company of extraordinary women. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to go clean up an enormous amount of dog poop out of my shower. Yay!

Brilliant, Dog, Extraordinary, Morning, Voters

I watch things that are fun, or funny, or interesting.

Fun, Funny, Interesting, Watch

I almost never have a plan for myself. . . I'm not ambitious in that way.

Ambitious, Plan, Plans, Way

At this point, I don't get hired a lot because people don't think I could finance a movie.

Finance, Hired, People, Point, Think, Thinking

I like things that are civilized.

Civilized, Like, Things

It's not common for a woman on television, especially if she's the mom of the family, to be funny. She's usually a straight man or foil.

Family, Funny, Men, Mom, Straight

I don't know if I've learned anything about people, but I've learned about Twitter.

I'Ve Learned, Know, Knows, People, Twitter

As an actress for most of my life, I am profoundly familiar with poverty.

Actress, Actresses, Familiar, Life, Poverty, Profoundly

Being nominated is the win. For me, being nominated is winning. It's just unbelievable.

Nominated, Unbelievable, Win, Winning

The '80s to me, more than anything else, represents a time of real criminal activity in the office of the president: an incredibly disparate economy in terms of the class distinctions and whatnot, and a tremendous shallowness - a lot of sort of bank robbery by executives.

Activity, Bank, Class, Office, Real

I am not bored at all. I am not bored in the least.

Bored

Independent film is not only an oxymoron; it doesn't exist anymore.

Independent, Film, Independent Film, Oxymoron, Exist, Anymore

I prefer to think of the audience as a single living organism with which I am sharing a singular, never-to-be-repeated experience.

Audience, Living Organisms, Organism, Singular, Thinking

During my teen years, for Halloween, I went as a registered voter.

Halloween, Registered, Teen, Voter, Voters, Years

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