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Elle Macpherson

"Acting and modeling have nothing to do with each other."

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Donna Grant

"Man is a make-believe animal: he is never so truly himself as when he is acting a part."

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Donna Grant

"When actors are being defensive and defending their position, that is when you get less than good acting."

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Donna Grant

"For minority actors, developing our own projects has to be the eventual path. We have a lot of stories to tell and a really unique voice. But none of that is going to be heard as long as we're just the hired hands, acting."

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Donna Grant

"I'm acting for the pleasure of it."

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Donna Grant

"Acting classes, I guess, are good and I would like to maybe sometime take one. But I would feel like I was learning someone else's technique. I like mine."

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Donna Grant

"It's interesting to play a role where you don't really have to preoccupy yourself with any need to convince yourself that you're not acting."

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Donna Grant

"I'm not one to dwell on rehearsal or preparation."

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Donna Grant

"And after you've done the acting, there's a lot of places you can put your input - in the editing, in the production of it, in the rewriting of it and so on."

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Donna Grant

"I never took acting classes, but I knew I could do it based on the skill with which I lied to my parents on a regular basis!"

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Donna Grant

"My parents felt that acting was far too insecure. Don't ask me what made them think that painting would be more secure."

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Elle Macpherson
"I went to America on holiday when I was 17 and, before I knew it, I'd been signed up by an agency and had these obligations I didn't understand, but which I couldn't say no to. This industry chose me. But I did choose to make it fulfilling."

America

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Elle Macpherson
"Having children is my greatest achievement. It was my saviour. It switched my focus from the outside to the inside. My children are gifts, they remind me of what's important."

Achievement

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Elle Macpherson
"People in the fashion industry have used the press a lot more than people in the film industry, because you have nothing to sell except for the image: The image is everything."

People

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Elle Macpherson
"A celebrity name is never enough for an intelligent mass market... truly successful businesses are born of passion and heartfelt interest."

Success

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Elle Macpherson
"I feel beautiful when I'm at peace with myself. When I'm serene, when I'm a good person, when I've been considerate of others."

Peace

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Elle Macpherson
"For me, just being on the cover of a magazine wasn't enough. I began to think, what value is there in doing something in which you have no creative input?"

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Elle Macpherson
"Being a public person doesn't necessarily mean you're a piece of meat for everybody."

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Elle Macpherson
"I don't like everybody knowing what I'm doing, unless it's related to a movie. I don't like speaking to the press. I never did."

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Elle Macpherson
"Acting and modeling have nothing to do with each other."

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Elle Macpherson
"I wanted so badly to study ballet, but it was really all about wearing the tutu."

Ballet

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