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Amber Benson, born on January 8, 1977, is an American actress known for her role as Tara Maclay in the television series 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer'.

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“It was interesting to have humanoid villains that were rooted in our three-dimensional reality... or four dimensional reality, I'm not sure which!”

Reality Three Interesting Four Not Sure Villain Rooted

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“Willow: Hey, clothes. Tara: Better not get used to 'em.”

Used Clothes Hey Ems

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“Life is short, and I'd rather be sitting in the poor house doing what I love doing than making a lot of money and being miserable. Life is very short.”

Life Is House Poor Sitting Miserable Lots Of Money Life Is Short Miserable Life

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“I am in an extended self-directed course of study. That is, I am in control of my own life.”

Self Courses My Own Study My Own Life

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“It's all about what you feel on the inside - and I'm feeling like a chocolate chip cookie because I had about ten of them last night!”

Feels Feelings Lasts Night Ten Chocolate Chips Last Night Cookies Chocolate Chips Chocolate Chip Cookies

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“I'm not going to throw up or over-exercise myself into oblivion to look like a model. People tell me, 'You'd work all the time if you just lost twenty pounds.' What am I going to do, cut off my head?!”

People Ifs Looks Lost Cutting Exercise Models Twenties Pounds Oblivion

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“For me, I'm constantly writing stuff that is what I'm dealing with on a personal, psychological level. And I think that I bring that to whatever I'm doing, whether it's being an actor or a writer or whatever it is I'm doing. I think you can't help but do that.”

Thinking Writing Helping Actors Stuff Levels Psychological

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“I'm not a big hijinker. I'm a big sit-in-my-chair-and-read-a-book-er.”

Book Bigs Chairs

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“There's no right way to be female or female-identifying. You can love clothes or you cannot love clothes. You can be a stay-at-home mom or you can have a career. You can do both. You can choose to have kids you can choose to not have kids.”

Kids Mom Female

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“I think specifically because of the character that I played, people are very connected to her. I used to get letters from young gay and lesbian and trans-gendered kids saying, 'I didn't kill myself because of Buffy'.”

People Thinking Character Kids Young Used Gay Letters Connected Trans

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“There is so much more to this world then outward appearances. Our society basks in the illusion of normalcy every day, and hides from the truth every night.”

World Night This World Illusion Appearance Our Society Every Night Normalcy Outward Appearance

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“If I wasn't an actress I'd want to be a writer or else find a job where I got to read books and watch movies all day, everyday, for the rest of my life.”

Ifs Want Book Jobs Watches Everyday Actresses Watch Movie

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“Yeah, I'm a geek. I read sci-fi and I watch sci-fi films. I love my computer and I love to fix it. I'm a total nerd. I literally am a 12-year-old geeky boy trapped in a 32-year-old woman's body.”

Years Body Film Boys Watches Computer Yeah Sci Fi Trapped Nerd Geek Old Woman Women's Bodies Sci Fi Film

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“You were doing a TV show - you don't realise that you're also making social commentary at the same time.”

Shows Social Tvs Realising Tv Shows Commentary

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“It doesn't matter who you sleep with, it's how you treat other people in this world.”

People World Matter Sleep This World Treats

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“I wouldn't want to forget anything, even the weird stuff and the bad stuff. It makes you who you are.”

Want Stuff Forget Who You Are Bad Stuff Weird Stuff

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“I'm kissing Alyson Hannigan and I almost stuck my tongue in her mouth because we just got so into it at one point.”

Kissing Mouths Tongue Stuck

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“I don't think anything lives up to what you envisioned.”

Thinking

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“I just feel lucky to have grown up where I did because I think it gave me a nice base. Hollywood can really mess with your sense of self and I feel like coming from the South keeps me pretty grounded.”

Thinking Feels Self Nice Lucky Hollywood South Mess Grounded Sense Of Self

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“Even now, so many years after the end of the show, there are still new fans finding their way into Sunnydale. Buffy doesn't care that they're late to the game. She's been waiting for them - and she accepts all of them exactly as they are. Besides, no matter how many times you may have seen an episode, there's no such thing as an expert. I can guarantee there are always new and intriguing things to discover in Buffy; things that you missed somehow on previous viewings.”

Way Years May Stills I Can Ends Matter Shows Care Games Waiting Accepting Fans Findings Late Experts Guarantees Episodes Intriguing

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“Mindi Scott has a real talent for getting inside her protagonist's head. She sketches out Coley's story in grand swathes, and then paints in all the little details, so that you feel as though you are enmeshed in Coley's brain: thinking her thoughts, feeling her confusion, anger, and, in the end, pain. I just don't think it's possible to read this book and not identify with Coley in some way.”

Thinking Way Feels Littles Book Real Ends Stories Feelings Pain Brain Talent Paint Details Confusion Protagonists Real Talent

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“I always said that, when I grow up, I want to be like Joss Whedon: I want to have my own world.”

World Want Said Grows My Own Growing Up My Own World

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“Life is very short, try everything you've dreamed about (within the perimeters of sanity and the law) and regret nothing. Oh, and don't forget the sunscreen.”

Trying Law Life Is Forget Regret Sanity Sunscreen Perimeter Regret Nothing

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“Acting is fantastic, but to be able to create a whole world on celluloid is amazing. It's like taking your dreams straight from your head and projecting them onto a screen.”

World Whole Dream Able Acting Screens Whole World Fantastic Your Dreams Celluloid

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“I think any good literature, whether it's for children or for adults, will appeal to everybody. As far as children's literature goes, adults should be able to read it and enjoy it as much as a child would.”

Thinking Should Children Able Literature Enjoy Adults Appeals Children's Literature Good Literature

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“I think people are starting to think of me less as an actor and more as a writer.”

People Thinking Actors Starting Think Of Me

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“The acting is something that will always be a part of my life, but the writing gives me a lot more creative freedom. You're a pawn in somebody else's chess game, whereas as a writer and as a director, you get to call the shots. And that's very thrilling.”

Giving Writing Games Acting Creative Directors Shots Give Me Chess Thrilling Pawns Chess Game Creative Freedom

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“I wanted to create a heroine that was flawed. I wanted her to be a real person. She's selfish, she's childish, she's immature and because I'm doing a three-book arc I really played that up in the first book. I wanted the reader to be annoyed with her at times.”

Firsts Persons Book Real Wanted Three Reader Selfish Flawed Annoyed Arcs Immature Heroines Real Person

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“Actually, I love mythology. When I was a kid I was obsessed with myth and I wanted to be a mythologist when I grew up. Then I realized I really just like stories.”

Stories Kids Wanted Grew Grew Up Myth I Realized Mythology Obsessed

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“I'm such a geek, I know all about mythology and I don't know Marc Jacobs.”

Knows Mythology Geek Jacob

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“I think that I have this core group of fans that fell in love with the character I played on Buffy and now they're following me to everything I do. They're very dedicated and loyal. I'm very lucky.”

Thinking Character Groups Fans Lucky Following Core Dedicated Loyal

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“I admit it: I'm a freak who sits obsessively in front of my computer typing my name into Yahoo Search over and over again. I'm a closet Amberholic. Please help me!”

Helping Names Fronts Please Computer Help Me Freak Closets Typing

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“I love sci-fi and fantasy.”

Fantasy Sci Fi

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“I've always been a big fan of books.”

Book Bigs Fans

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About the Author

Born: January 8, 1977
Known for: Actress
Quotes: 34

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