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"A boy is not free to find a partner of his own as long as he must be the partner to his mother."

"Few misfortunes can befall a boy which bring worse consequence than to have a really affectionate mother."

"A child born to a Black mother in a state like Mississippi... has exactly the same rights as a white baby born to the wealthiest person in the United States. It's not true, but I challenge anyone to say it is not a goal worth working for."

"When my mother signed at MGM, that was the only kind of contract you could sign. There was no such thing as an independent agent."

"What a mother sings to the cradle goes all the way down to the coffin."

"My mother-in-law was with me during all four of my births and when she was sitting next to me holding my hand during the cesareans, well, I craved that."
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"The girl-next-door image is a sort of joke; for years, I couldn't get any roles other than as somebody dark."

"As we have more women in power, so the plays and the TV dramas are reflecting what's happening."

"I'm sure people in the business have said: She's too old for that part. I don't hear about it because your agent protects you from those negative things."

"When I was little I always thought I was marked out, special, on the verge of something momentous. I used to tingle with anticipation."

"So many roles for women demand that you make the audience fall in love with you or sympathise with you."

"When I was much younger, I sometimes felt rejected by feminists because of an image that I sold because it paid the bills. Any fool could tell my hair is dyed."

"I do still get the odd fan letter about The Good Life, clearly written by somebody aged 18, who says: Will you send a photograph? And I think: Maybe it's kinder not to. I'm deeply into my 50s now."
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