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NAME: Eliza Dushku
AKA: Evil slayer Faith from 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer'
OTHERWISE KNOWN AS: Childhood De Niro co-star turned adult De Niro co-star
ON DE NIRO 1: I was 11 when I did 'This Boy's Life.' I ran around and kicked him in the shins a lot
ON DE NIRO 2: I've just done another movie ('City by the Sea') with him, and he's really sweet. We had this fatherly vibe going on, like (adopts uncanny Noo Yawk De Niro rasp) "What kinda boys you datin' these days?"
ON BREAKING INTO ACTING: I was dragged along to my brother's audition. I fell on the steps outside, got a bloody nose, started screaming and the casting director said "Who's she?"
ON THIS BOY'S LIFE CO-STAR LEONARDO DICAPRIO: I was like, "Damn, this kid's easy on the eyes and he's got his shit down!"
ON CHILDHOOD STARDOM: My mother never let me get away with anything
ON HER MOTHER: When I was 14, my mother handed me and my brother two round-trip tickets to Beijing and told us not to come back until we had seen eight Chinese cities
ON BUFFY: I was set for college, I had my dorm and everything, when the producers phoned
ON MAD BUFFY FANS: They come up to me on the street, absolutely livid, and go, 'Why are you trying to fuck with Buffy? Beatin' up her friends?" I just have to run
ON FIGHTING: I recently had a catfight outside this bar. I almost broke this chick's nose
ON PLAYING A JUNKIE IN CITY BY THE SEA: I was shooting this high school comedy ('The New Guy'), where I played a cheerleader, simultaneously. So I'd arrive on set and the director would scream, "Get some fucking dirt in your fingernails! Get a pimple! You're supposed to be a junkie!"
ON DOWNTIME: My mom and I recently did a political, social and economic study of women in post-apartheid South Africa. We learned a lot
ON TONIGHT: I've got some babysitting to do, and my honey to kiss
ON 'MY HONEY': Not a chance! I'm not answering anything about my honey! No way!