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Claire Danes

Claire Danes

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Birthday April 12, 1979

Birthplace Manhattan, New York, United States

Educated At Lee Strasberg Theatre And Film Institute, Lycée Français De Los Angeles, Yale University

Nationality United States Of America

Occupations Television Actor, Film Actor, Stage Actor

Spouse Hugh Dancy

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Saul: You're throwing your life away.

Carrie: Or maybe I'm just not giving it away to this place. Maybe...Maybe I want other things.

— Carrie Mathison (Claire Danes), Homeland, Season 2: The Choice

throwing away your life Place other things

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It's the lies that undo us. It's the lies we think we need to survive. When was the last time you told the truth?

— Carrie Mathison (Claire Danes), Homeland, Season 2: Q&A

Truth Lies Survival

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Saul: It was ten years ago. Everyone missed something that day.

Carrie: Yeah, everyone's not me.

— Carrie Mathison (Claire Danes), Homeland, Season 1: Pilot

Everyone missed something Intelligence Individual

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Brody: I liked you, Carrie.

Carrie: I loved you.

— Carrie Mathison (Claire Danes), Homeland, Season 2: New Car Smell

Liked you Love Feelings

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I'm serious. I-I missed something once before, I won't... I can't let that happen again.

— Carrie Mathison (Claire Danes), Homeland, Season 1: Pilot

serious missed something happen again

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Carrie: Why are you being nice to me?

Estes: Do I need a reason?

Carrie: Not unless you want me to believe a word you're saying.

— Carrie Mathison (Claire Danes), Homeland, Season 1: Semper I

Nice Word Belief Reason

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You're a disgrace to your nation, Sargent Nicholas Brody. You're a traitor and a terrorist, and now it's time you pay for that.

— Carrie Mathison (Claire Danes), Homeland, Season 2: New Car Smell

Terrorist Traitor punishment

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Carrie: Guy hasn't broken the speed limit once.

Galvez: Does that make him more, or less suspicious?

Carrie: It makes him boring as shit.

— Carrie Mathison (Claire Danes), Homeland, Season 1: Semper I

speed limit suspicious Boring

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You broke my heart, you know. Was that easy for you? Was that fun? Because of you, I questioned my own sanity, I had myself admitted to a mental institution. I lost my job, too. I lost my place in the world. I lost everything.

— Carrie Mathison (Claire Danes), Homeland, Season 2: Q&A

broke my heart Easy Sanity mental institution lost

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Somewhere down there, there's a tiny sliver of green just taking its time. This is how everything works. You wait. You lay low. And then you come to life.

— Carrie Mathison (Claire Danes), Homeland, Season 1: The Vest

tiny sliver Green Wait Lay Low Life

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Brody: Will you visit me in prison?

Carrie: I'll probably be in the cell next to you.

— Carrie Mathison (Claire Danes), Homeland, Season 2: I'll Fly Away

visit me Prision Jail Cell Arrested

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[voiceover] My dad and I used to be pretty tight. The sad truth is, my breasts have come between us.

— Angela Chase (Claire Danes), My So-Called Life, Season 1: Pilot

Father Daughter breasts

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Carrie: Believe me, I wouldn't be going if I had a choice.

Maggie: You do have a choice. You always have a choice.

— Carrie Mathison (Claire Danes), Homeland, Season 2: The Smile

Choices wouldn't be going Always

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I'm not the one who got it wrong. I'm the only one who got it right.

— Carrie Mathison (Claire Danes), Homeland, Season 2: The Choice

Pride Wrong Right bragging

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It's hard wanting something, or someone, that you just can't have.

— Carrie Mathison (Claire Danes), Homeland, Season 2: I'll Fly Away

Desire Unrequited Love

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You're pretty mouthy for an analyst.

— Carrie Mathison (Claire Danes), Homeland, Season 2: New Car Smell

Mouthy analyst Sassy

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If you're asking 'did he outsmart me?' Yes he did.

— Carrie Mathison (Claire Danes), Homeland, Season 3: Tin Man is Down

Outsmart Questions Intelligence

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It reeks, you know, your bullshit. Do I want to be friends with a demented ex-soldier who hates America, who decided that strapping on a bomb was what the answer to what ailed him, despite his daughter, his son, people who loved him in real life and not in the mind-fuck world of Abu Nazir? Who in the end didn't have the stones to go through with it but had no problem sending me to the nuthouse? Yeah... no thanks. I don't think I need a friend like that.

— Carrie Mathison (Claire Danes), Homeland, Season 2: New Car Smell

Nuthouse Friends

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