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"After I got to Hollywood, I resented that I didn't get a crack at more dramatic roles because I photographed so beautifully."
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"In the middle of my third Hollywood picture The Magician, the earthquake hit Hollywood. Not the real earthquake. Just the talkies."
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"I find Hollywood really toxic."
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"In Hollywood if you are not working, you are a leper. True, you are probably living in the most expensive leper colony in the world."
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"The criteria, for me, is movie star. It's Hollywood. Not Somalia."
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"Hollywood hasn't aggressively pursued me. Neither have I aggressively pursued Hollywood."
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"You don't want to become one of those Hollywood idiots who is just blathering about anything."
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"I'm Anna May Wong. I come from old Hong Kong. But now I'm a Hollywood star."
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"The world changed. Hollywood changed. I think we've lost something, and we don't know how to get it back."
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"If Washington is a two-party town, why can't Hollywood be one too?"
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"Writers never get a very good deal in Hollywood."
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"Above all else, deep in my soul, I'm a tough Irishwoman."
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"I don't remember having a crush on a boy when I was a girl. I don't even remember my first kiss."
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"When How Green Was My Valley finally wrapped, I thought John Ford was a walking god."
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"My heritage has been my grounding, and it has brought me peace."
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"When you try to battle with John Ford, you have to give in."
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"I spent a great deal of time with Che Guevara while I was in Havana. I believe he was far less a mercenary than he was a freedom fighter."
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"After I got to Hollywood, I resented that I didn't get a crack at more dramatic roles because I photographed so beautifully."
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"I had always been a tomboy - I still am, at heart."
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"Charles Laughton signed me to my first movie contract at 17. He later asked my parents if he could adopt me."
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"The studio thought I was crazy to perform all of my own fencing stunts, but I loved it."
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