“I’ve had long hair, I’ve had short hair, and I’ve had in between hair… and its all good.”
― Morena Baccarin
“The quality and sparkle of Hearts On Fire diamonds is truly unmatched, and I am really excited to represent the brand.”
― Morena Baccarin
“I was your typical pregnant lady – pickles and watermelon.”
― Morena Baccarin
“My mom never cared if I came home dirty from playing outside with my brother. If I got my dress muddy, or my jeans were ripped, or I got blood on something. But I think a lot of girls have a different experience.”
― Morena Baccarin
“When I’m not working, I’m definitely a no-makeup girl. The most I ever do is a little tinted moisturizer and a little mascara and blush.”
― Morena Baccarin
“Some people have strong opinions about women with short hair. They find it very masculine and severe. Others think it’s soft and feminine and makes your features stand out. It can be an Audrey Hepburn kind of thing.”
― Morena Baccarin
“They have a joy for life in Brazil unlike any country I’ve ever seen.”
― Morena Baccarin
“I think, in general, this country makes a huge deal about nudity and not a big enough deal about violence. We’re allowed to cut people’s heads off on shows – but not allowed to show breasts or somebody breastfeeding or whatever. I think it’s a big deal in America especially. But I think to each is own.”
― Morena Baccarin
“With a toddler, chilling out is hard to do.”
― Morena Baccarin
“The sky above us is something we have very little control of, and the space beyond is something we don’t completely understand.”
― Morena Baccarin
“It was humbling to see how many fans there are of ‘Serenity.’ It’s like an underground fan base.”
― Morena Baccarin
“You go on a million auditions anyway as an actor, and one out of a hundred, you get. It’s a hard life, but you can’t really think about it that way.”
― Morena Baccarin
“We’re all interested in life outside of Earth. We all have a fascination with what’s out there because we don’t really know.”
― Morena Baccarin
“I love ‘Modern Family;’ I don’t exactly watch it when it’s on, but I try to catch up on it when I can; it’s one of my favorite shows.”
― Morena Baccarin
“My mom was incredibly supportive when she found out that I wanted to be an actress, and that certainly made things easier and more fun.”
― Morena Baccarin
“Brazil has a lot of issues that are similar to a lot of countries in Latin America, but the dominant issue Brazil is dealing with is poverty and political corruption.”
― Morena Baccarin
“Humans have a sense of spontaneity and emotion. We have a dichotomy between grief and happiness.”
― Morena Baccarin
“I love a good road trip. And I have been known to sing cheesy ’80s songs at the top of my lungs on a windy road when no one can hear.”
― Morena Baccarin
“I love it when you have a lull in the day and you turn on the TV and a random movie is on that you either have never seen or haven’t seen in years. Like ‘Coming to America’ or ‘Misery’ or ‘Moonstruck.’”
― Morena Baccarin
“I feel that I have grown so much as an actor being on ‘Homeland.’”
― Morena Baccarin
“I get nervous for any competition. I also get really competitive.”
― Morena Baccarin
“My mother put me on birth control as soon as I told her I wanted to go on it. I was 16. I was very young.”
― Morena Baccarin
“Women work as much as men now, if not more. There’s a resurgence of dads in the home and moms working.”
― Morena Baccarin
“I’m not always up to date on everything that’s going on, but I am somewhat informed. I listen to NPR. And I actually watch Fox News, because I believe, if you just listen to the things that agree with you, you’re not really seeing anything else.”
― Morena Baccarin
“My mom is an actress, but she never really pushed me into it, and it was never something I thought I would be doing. She was very happy I decided to, but she certainly doesn’t offer me criticism because she knows I’d tell her to shut up! Nobody wants to hear that from their mum!”
― Morena Baccarin
“I’ve love to do more movies. Just because I’m interested in the medium very much. I’ve done a lot of theatre at this point, and I’ve done a lot of TV. I’ve done a few independent films, but a lot of them have not seen the light of day. It’d be really nice to be in a film that gets out there.”
― Morena Baccarin
“I would love to be a Bond girl. That is on my bucket list, definitely.”
― Morena Baccarin
“If you watch the news, you see politicians use human vulnerabilities to get in and earn people’s trust.”
― Morena Baccarin
“I’m an avid cook. Brazilian, some Italian, a little French. And I often throw dinner parties.”
― Morena Baccarin
“I can’t complain. I’m making a living out of what I do, which is really rare for a lot of actors. The hard part is staying confident and staying with it.”
― Morena Baccarin
“I do think it is possible to be in love with two people at the same time.”
― Morena Baccarin
“My whole family is very artistic – my uncles are all actors and theatre directors.”
― Morena Baccarin
“There are many people who live with terrorism every day.”
― Morena Baccarin
“My son’s baby paraphernalia always ends up in my bag.”
― Morena Baccarin
“I always keep a little bit of Lindt or Ghirardelli milk chocolate for when I’m stuck in traffic. And I’m a big fan of Mentos during long plane rides.”
― Morena Baccarin
“I’m one of those people who has a toothbrush and toothpaste with me at all times. After lunch, I’ll brush my teeth in a restaurant bathroom!”
― Morena Baccarin
“My hair is normally really unkempt – I’ll just use my sunglasses like a headband or throw on a felt cloche by Behida Dolic in windy weather.”
― Morena Baccarin
“I tend to wear flats and jeans and no makeup and walk around, go to the grocery store, and do whatever I have to do.”
― Morena Baccarin
“You see those magazines, ‘Oh, look at so-and-so without makeup, Halle Berry without makeup.’ It’s so crazy to wake up in the morning and have that thought – ‘Do I need to put makeup on? Do I need to do something because I know people are going to know who I am?’”
― Morena Baccarin
“I use Lina Hanson Global Face Serum every night. It’s a blend of 100 per cent natural essential oils from all over the world, many of which are produced by women’s cooperatives.”
― Morena Baccarin
“For a long time, I had this constant feeling that I just wanted to look behind me. The hairs on my neck were standing up all the time, I didn’t know where was safe.”
― Morena Baccarin
“In Brazil, you are very close to your family; we saw our cousins every weekend, and my grandmother lived with us.”
― Morena Baccarin
“I got a little bit used to people stopping me in the street with ‘V,’ at least in America. Not that I think you ever really get used to it. It will always be a shock to be recognised for anything.”
― Morena Baccarin
“I’m kind of a workaholic.”
― Morena Baccarin
“Coming from ‘V’ into ‘Homeland’ was a really big change and the best gift as an actor you can get – which is to transform so drastically from one genre to the next, from lizard to human being!”
― Morena Baccarin
“I like the idea of raising a kid in my trailer. My mother was an actress. I grew up in theater with her in Brazil. I would play with set dolls. And I loved it.”
― Morena Baccarin
“I have this internal cultural struggle where there’s a side of me that is very Brazilian that misses the food and culture, and a side of me that’s very American that really loves the structure and predictability here.”
― Morena Baccarin
“I feel that my drive and ambition is more American, while the passionate, laid-back side of me is all Brazilian.”
― Morena Baccarin
“You learn to not take things personally and to just let it roll off of you.”
― Morena Baccarin
“My career has been very good to me, but really, the odds are really slim. It’s a tough life, and you deal with a lot of rejection and unemployment, and if you’re lucky to have a career, it’s not easy. So you just want to protect your kids from the pain of rejection.”
― Morena Baccarin
“Inspiration is key for me in choosing characters.”
― Morena Baccarin
“Having no emotions is the most difficult, to tone it down.”
― Morena Baccarin
“What I say is the only thing I can control.”
― Morena Baccarin
“I understand people are curious, but it doesn’t matter. My personal life is my personal life.”
― Morena Baccarin
“All I think about is my son, my family, and my future family.”
― Morena Baccarin
“You’ve got to bring your A-game when you’re in the same household as a military guy.”
― Morena Baccarin
“I’ve had some strange fan encounters, that’s for sure.”
― Morena Baccarin
“The dream as an actor is being able to bounce back and forth between different things.”
― Morena Baccarin
“There are some roles that are more still and internal and emotional, and others that are more physical, which get you out of your mind for a while.”
― Morena Baccarin
“I grew up in the States, but I go back to Brazil quite often, and a big part of me is very Brazilian, so there’s a constant struggle between the two cultures within me. They’re very different approaches to life.”
― Morena Baccarin
“I certainly am not doing nudity because I think lightly of it – I don’t think it’s something that one should just jump into without thinking about it.”
― Morena Baccarin
“It’s incredibly fun as an actor to get to play different styles and different genres for completely different audiences.”
― Morena Baccarin
“I swim laps, which is nice because I’m weightless in the water.”
― Morena Baccarin
“My dad was a news editor for a Brazilian news station, and they had offices in New York and London.”
― Morena Baccarin
“That’s the charm of Deadpool. He’s charmingly annoying, and he’ll be the first to admit that.”
― Morena Baccarin
“It’s rare that this woman gets to be in a superhero movie and not be the victim.”
― Morena Baccarin
“’Gotham’ was something that just popped up for me.”
― Morena Baccarin
“I’d like to think that every job and every step I’ve taken progressed more and more toward the career that I’ve wanted to have.”
― Morena Baccarin
“You don’t know what love is until you meet your child.”
― Morena Baccarin
“You like to think that you’re bigger than your traditions and customs, but they form who you are.”
― Morena Baccarin
“At a certain point, I think, you harden yourself to the realities of the business.”
― Morena Baccarin
“The lamest excuse that I get incessantly is, ‘Oh, we’re not going ethnic with that role,’ so I can’t go in for it, or I can’t get the part, which is really stupid, because, in today’s world, people look different.”
― Morena Baccarin
“Sci-fi fans are a different breed. They are so loyal, it’s unbelievable. They’ve seen every sci-fi thing I’ve done, and then they started watching ‘Homeland’ because I was in it.”
― Morena Baccarin
“I feel like I go in on a lot of things that I want to be going in for.”
― Morena Baccarin
“’V’ had just been cancelled; I was looking for a job, and the ‘Homeland’ script came across my desk. I loved it immediately, although I thought it would end up being discovered gradually – a slow-burner, like ‘The Wire.’”
― Morena Baccarin
“I’d love to do a comedic film. I’d love to do a very epic Shakespearian film.”
― Morena Baccarin
“I think I’m more the method acting school.”
― Morena Baccarin
“I’ve done some sitcoms here and there, but nothing long term.”
― Morena Baccarin
“I’m not saying that people should believe in a specific thing or a specific way, but if everyone has the knowledge they need to have, then they can make their own decisions. That’s the key thing: to have the information.”
― Morena Baccarin
“I am not that savvy, to be honest. I know what I believe in, and I try to follow people who do the same.”
― Morena Baccarin
“I had a very liberal family.”
― Morena Baccarin
“My first role was in a Nativity play. My mom was playing Mary, and I was crying backstage, so she brought me out as Baby Jesus.”
― Morena Baccarin
“I grew up in the West Village and went to the New York City Lab School for junior high.”
― Morena Baccarin
“When I was 7, we moved to New York because my dad’s job was transferred.”
― Morena Baccarin
“When I first cut my hair short, I was trying for a mix of Mia Farrow and Jean Seberg. The photo I took to my hairdresser was Jean Seberg in Breathless. I said, ‘Make me look like this.’”
― Morena Baccarin
“There’s really no way to plan how to play an alien.”
― Morena Baccarin
“I had the opportunity to wear Hearts On Fire jewelry on the red carpet and just loved the way their diamonds made me look and feel.”
― Morena Baccarin
“Going from one kid to two kids is insane.”
― Morena Baccarin
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