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Virginia Madsen

Virginia G. Madsen (born September 11, 1961) is an American actress and producer. She made her film debut in Class (1983), which was filmed in her native Chicago. She soon moved to Los Angeles. In 1984, David Lynch cast her in the science fiction film Dune as Princess Irulan. Madsen was cast in a series of successful teen movies, including Electric Dreams (1984), Modern Girls (1986), and Fire with Fire (1986).

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I have to read comic books all first, because now when you get into graphic novels, they are definitely in deep graphic.

Book, Comic, Definitely, Firsts, Novels, Read

Do something good for yourself today. You matter.

Good, Matter, Today

Everything that I play as an actress is a different aspect of me.

Actress, Actresses, Aspect, Different, Play

I've made more movies than anybody now.

Made, Movies

I tend to look for a great script.

Look, Looks, Script, Scripts, Tend

I've spent the last few years just really actively pursuing comedy and that's something I always wanted to know how to do.

Comedy, Lasts, Pursuing, Years

I like how wine continues to evolve, like if I opened a bottle of wine today it would taste different than if I'd opened it on any other day, because a bottle of wine is actually alive. And it's constantly evolving and gaining complexity.

Bottles, Continues, Different, Gaining, Wine

Voiceover work reminds me of old-time radio. When I was little I used to sneak and stay up at night and listen to Mystery Radio Theater - I loved all those old radio plays.

Mystery, Night, Play, Radio, Reminds, Theater

I always tell actors, "Don't think of it as unemployment when you don't have a job. You have to think of it as being in preparation for your next job. " You have to be always preparing for success.

Actors, Job, Jobs, Preparation, Success, Thinking

I'm a fan. I would have been a fan of Candyman even if I hadn't been in that movie. I'm a huge fan of Star Trek, which is why I was in Star Trek: Voyager - because I begged them to be a part of that lore.

Begged, Fans, Has Beens, Part, Star, Stars

To me it meant, just looking at it from a Maya point of view, it meant that Paul Miles is always moving laterally in his life. And she just wants him to take a couple of steps forward, you know?

Couple, Maya, Moving, Point, Steps, Views

When I was growing up, the really, really cool super heroes were all male - so I wanted to be them.

Growing, Growing Up, Hero, Male, Males, Super

They were made up names in Dune that I didn't know how to pronounce, but I knew how I should sound because I was a sci-fi fan myself. I hadn't read the book, but I knew that I was the princess of the universe. I went in and sort of made her up, and David Lynch thought it matched and cast me.

Book, Cast, Dune, Know, Names, Princess

In animation, there's silly things I get to do with my voice. I get to have a wider range, so my voice gets to dance more than it does on camera.

Camera, Cameras, Silly, Things, Voice

A radio play actually ended up being the first acting job I ever had. A lot of times when I'm on camera, I'm playing characters that are more like myself, and I don't get to do a lot of real character work. But when you're doing animation, you are the very epitome of colorful characters. I think I'm just really into make believe.

Animation, Believe, Character, Epitome, Jobs, Real

Our audience is all the girls who made Britney a huge star. Those are the girls who bought the book. I didn't read the book at first. I read the script just to see what I would think of the script and I really liked it.

Book, Bought, Girl, Stars, Think

Dune was really my first Hollywood job. It was such a small part, but I opened the movie. I was about 19 years old and I had to make this speech, and I didn't understand most of the words because they were, you know, words from Dune.

Hollywood, Jobs, Understand, Years

I spend a lot of time at my son’s school and I really wanted to do a movie that the kids could see. The good thing about being my age and not having to be the ingenue anymore is that I get to be a mom. I get to have kids in my movies.

Kids, Mom, School, Sons, Thing

Men, we don't need you in shining armor. We just need you a little bit brave, just a little bit brave.

Armor, Brave, Men, Shining

I was always an actress, even as a little kid, and fantasy, horror, sci-fi stories are really all about playing make believe. I just never grew out of that.

Believe, Grew, Kid, Kids, Playing, Stories

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