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Michelle Monaghan

Michelle Lynn Monaghan (born March 23, 1976) is an American actress known for her roles in Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005), Mission: Impossible III (2006), Gone Baby Gone (2007), Made of Honor (2008), Eagle Eye (2008), Source Code (2011), and True Detective's first season (2014).

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I'm not too modest of a person. I've got a pretty blue sense of humor.

Blue, Humor, Modest, Sense Of Humor

I want to be inside Nic Pizzolattos brain.

Brain, Nic, Pizzolattos, Want

When I was growing up, my parents took in foster children. From a young age, I learned that there are a lot of children in need.

Age, Children, Growing Up, Parent, Took

I will say that is a quality I love about great directors, which is the ability to give you one word that can inspire you. I appreciate a director with a very good vocabulary. There are so many directors that I have worked with that can give you one word.

Vocabulary, Appreciate, Giving, Say, Worked, Inspire

I think the first thing is to recognize that there is an ebb and flow to your career. There are going to be moments that are really high, and then you're going to have moments where you step away for a little bit, and maybe that's just by choice or maybe you have a family.

Thinking, Ebb And Flow, Careers, Away, Career, Recognize

For me, something that's been always really important to me, that's also really served me well in hindsight, is doing different things, trying to cross different genres, and dipping my toes into comedy and drama and action here and there. Fortunately, as I've been working, the industry has also changed where you're able to dip your toes into different mediums, where it's not just independent film and studio film, but now you've got TV, and you're able to do all these different things. For me, it's just a matter of continually pushing myself and challenging myself.

Drama, Independent, Challenges, Dip, Cross, Served

I knew that this was something that was going to be an intense experience, just from the way I typically approach my work. I did not take the fact that I was going to portray a soldier lightly. It was so very important to me that I came across as believable and honest and truthful. I wanted to be able to convey the psychology behind the choice of leaving home for an extended period of time, knowing that you may never come back while still being a devoted parent.

Home, Knowing, Parent, Intense, Come, Take

I think, typically, sci-fi can be a little bit grey and thought provoking. Sometimes it leaves you pondering certain questions and things.

Grey, Leaves, Littles, Pondering, Thinking, Thought Provoking

What's compelling about the story and what's very honest about the story is that it's very real and it's happening. There are 200,000 women in active duty, and over 40% of them are moms. This experience is shared by thousands of women, and no one is right or wrong.

200000, Honest, Mom, Real, Shared, Stories

It was very fortuitous that the show [True Detective] actually spans seventeen years - so as I was getting older on the show, I was gaining weight. When I'm playing fifty, I'm ten pounds heavier! I don't know if they thought maybe I was method? But it actually worked to my benefit.

Benefit, Getting Older, Pounds, Seventeen, Years

I live in L. A. , so layers are essential to my wardrobe. I like slim silhouettes, typically, and I love good tailoring.

Essentials, Layers, Slim, Silhouettes, Essential, Love

[True Detective] is an intense show, even in terms of the dialogue - there's a little rhythm to it, in particular in his monologues. I think on those days, he [Woody Harrelson] really had to stay in the zone. Because there's a certain cadence in which that character speaks and talks about life, you know? But then there are other days that he was able to be a little more loose.

Character, Detectives, Know, Show, Talks, Thinking

Everything looks more beautiful in retrospect.

Beautiful, Everything, Looks, Retrospect

So, it was really important that I go do the necessary research. In doing the research, I spent time with a lot of medics and women down at Fort Bliss. I went through an intensive medical course there, with other medics. And then, I really sat down with all of the women that had been deployed, or were getting ready to deploy again. The common thread for them was family, and what a struggle it was for them to come home and face their children and flip a switch.

Children, Deploy, Deployed, Down, Home, Struggle

I found out a few months after we started [True Detective] that I was pregnant.

Detective, Detectives, Found, Months, True

You dont grow up in a town of 700 thinking youre going to be an actress. I loved doing [school] plays, but it was just something to keep me busy.

Busy, Growing Up, Plays, School, Thinking, Town

I really love the festival circuit.

Festivals, Circuits, Festival, Love, Circuit

I smoked for almost 10 years. I really regret that. Thankfully, I came out on the other side. I hope my lungs are repairing themselves now.

Lungs, Regret, Side, Sides, Years

Woody [Harrelson] and I actually worked together years ago on North Country. So I felt completely at ease.

Country, Harrelson, Together, Years

It's really challenging to play comedy.

Challenges, Challenging, Comedy, Play

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