“I just wasn't examined in the same way that a 'pretty girl' would be.”

—  Sarah Jessica Parker

Interview for Allure magazine, February 2008
Context: For so long, I didn't play the object of attention or affection. It wasn't until L. A. Story that anyone cast me in a role that had my sexuality as a point of interest or focus or operation. I just wasn't examined in the same way that a 'pretty girl' would be.

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