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born 1968 England
Gillian Leigh Anderson (born 9 August 1968) is an American-British film, television and theatre actress, activist and writer. Her credits include the roles of FBI Special Agent Dana Scully in The X-Files, Lily Bart in Terence Davies' film The House of Mirth, Lady Dedlock in the successful BBC production of Charles Dickens' Bleak House, and DSI Stella Gibson in the BBC crime drama television series The Fall.
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The geology, the cosmos, they waken something. Even in scientists.
The Sound of Seas (2016)
I don't necessarily consider myself to be an icon, but I do consider myself to be a feminist.
I will not tolerate not being heard as a result of excess testosterone.
Every fictional character is based on someone. My English teacher told us that.
A Vision of Fire (2014)
I sometimes don't enjoy it at all, and sometimes it feels like... breath.
I always felt I wasn't completely American and I wasn't completely British: there was a feeling of having my feet in both places.
Mikel knew better than to question her. Not because she was always right, but because there was no changing her mind once it was set.
The Sound of Seas (2016)
I've always been a believer. I've been a believer in many different realms of alternate reality, the human capacity to move out of different planes of reality. It's something that has been with me since I was a child.
My whole belief system is that our paths are drawn for us. I believe in reincarnation. I believe we're here to learn and grow. We choose how we come into this life based on what it is we have to learn. Some people have harder lessons than others.
There is this view that if you are not tormented you cannot be vital and creative. I would like to think that is not true.
I was a confident fuck-up. I did drugs, and I went to concerts, and I snuck out of the house and I did all that stuff that rebellious teenagers do.
I'm damaged in many ways. And yet a lot of what my fight is about is pushing through that to live a meaningful, sane existence and make a difference and play to my strengths.
You look just like that Mulder on X Factor.
I would masturbate in a red speedo.
Directing was a transformative experience for me, one that I really enjoyed.
I would never point a finger at anyone and say, 'They lived their life badly.' I take it as it comes and deal with each situation as it arrives.
You know, the last time I was on [the show], we were talking about colonics and this is a little step up.
We were in a small Republican town. There were only six punks there. We were weird. It's not like London.
I became an actor because it was the only thing I could do. I didn't have any friends, I didn't fit in. But when I started acting everything in my life shifted and I felt happy.
Get out of the house. Find other human beings to communicate with. Read a book. Do yoga. Meditate. Be of service. That is one of the biggest single most things to get one out of oneself, is being of service to people who are less fortunate than ourselves.
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