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"Sometimes I get a little tired of it. But you know, what a privilege, to get tired of working with Ingmar Bergman."

"Sometimes I get a little tired of it. But you know, what a privilege, to get tired of working with Ingmar Bergman."

Liv Ullmann, Norwegian Actress

201

"The beauty of a woman must be seen from in her eyes, because that is the doorway to her heart, the place where love resides."

"The beauty of a woman must be seen from in her eyes, because that is the doorway to her heart, the place where love resides."

Audrey Hepburn, Belgian Actress

Beauty, Love, Heart, Eyes

184

"When I'm alone, I can sleep crossways in bed without an argument."

"When I'm alone, I can sleep crossways in bed without an argument."

Zsa Zsa Gabor, Hungarian Actress

Argument, Bed, Sleep

178

"Latinos must be proud. We have the same rights in the U.S. as anybody else. Instead of crying and getting upset about visa problems and having our families come join us, go fight for your rights. Make yourself a productive individual in the society."

"Latinos must be proud. We have the same rights in the U.S. as anybody else. Instead of crying and getting upset about visa problems and having our families come join us, go fight for your rights. Make yourself a productive individual in the society."

Patricia Velasquez, Venezuelan Actress

Society, Fight, Rights, Problems

171

"I was the first actress in the family, and I am still the only actress in the family. I shouldn't be saying it, but it slipped out!"

"I was the first actress in the family, and I am still the only actress in the family. I shouldn't be saying it, but it slipped out!"

Eva Gabor, Hungarian Actress

Family, First, Saying

170

"I just don't talk about who I'm going out with, that's it. It's an odd thing to sit around describing yourself to 10 different people every 5 minutes yet it's kind of therapeutic in a way."

"I just don't talk about who I'm going out with, that's it. It's an odd thing to sit around describing yourself to 10 different people every 5 minutes yet it's kind of therapeutic in a way."

Radha Mitchell, Australian Actress

169

"You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough."

"You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough."

Mae West, American Actress

Positive, Right

158

"I'm an introvert... I love being by myself, love being outdoors, love taking a long walk with my dogs and looking at the trees, flowers, the sky."

"I'm an introvert... I love being by myself, love being outdoors, love taking a long walk with my dogs and looking at the trees, flowers, the sky."

Audrey Hepburn, Belgian Actress

Love, Being, Dogs, Flowers

154

"I think it's very much a men's thing to be able to have that fantasy to kill the beast."

"I think it's very much a men's thing to be able to have that fantasy to kill the beast."

Izabella Scorupco, Polish Actress

152

"I used to go around looking as frumpy as possible because it was inconceivable you could be attractive as well as be smart. It wasn't until I started being myself, the way I like to turn out to meet people that I started to get any work."

"I used to go around looking as frumpy as possible because it was inconceivable you could be attractive as well as be smart. It wasn't until I started being myself, the way I like to turn out to meet people that I started to get any work."

Catherine Zeta-Jones, Welsh Actress

Work, People, Being

149

"The only thing I was trying to portray was serenity. Also, innocence, vulnerability and elegance."

"The only thing I was trying to portray was serenity. Also, innocence, vulnerability and elegance."

Sylvia Kristel, Dutch Actress

Elegance, Innocence, Serenity, Trying

148

"He taught me housekeeping; when I divorce I keep the house."

"He taught me housekeeping; when I divorce I keep the house."

Zsa Zsa Gabor, Hungarian Actress

Divorce, Housekeeping

148

"I probably hold the distinction of being one movie star who, by all laws of logic, should never have made it. At each stage of my career, I lacked the experience."

"I probably hold the distinction of being one movie star who, by all laws of logic, should never have made it. At each stage of my career, I lacked the experience."

Audrey Hepburn, Belgian Actress

Experience, Being, Career, Laws

148

"They can certainly expect to be very impressed with the technical aspects of the show, fooled and led up the garden path by the story and ultimately have a jolly good laugh!"

"They can certainly expect to be very impressed with the technical aspects of the show, fooled and led up the garden path by the story and ultimately have a jolly good laugh!"

Louise Jameson, British Actress

Gardening, Garden

147

"There are a lot of stereotypes to be broken which I think a lot of us are doing. What I do is, as soon as people try to pin me down to one kind of part, I'll play a very different kind of role, so it explodes that stereotype."

"There are a lot of stereotypes to be broken which I think a lot of us are doing. What I do is, as soon as people try to pin me down to one kind of part, I'll play a very different kind of role, so it explodes that stereotype."

Joan Chen, Chinese Actress

144

"I don't have any gnawing guilt over contributing to any unhappiness suffered by my husbands. They were as much to blame as I was."

"I don't have any gnawing guilt over contributing to any unhappiness suffered by my husbands. They were as much to blame as I was."

Hedy Lamarr, Austrian Actress

Blame, Guilt, Husbands, Unhappiness

144

"If my world were to cave in tomorrow, I would look back on all the pleasures, excitements and worthwhilenesses I have been lucky enough to have had. Not the sadness, not my miscarriages or my father leaving home, but the joy of everything else. It will have been enough."

"If my world were to cave in tomorrow, I would look back on all the pleasures, excitements and worthwhilenesses I have been lucky enough to have had. Not the sadness, not my miscarriages or my father leaving home, but the joy of everything else. It will have been enough."

Audrey Hepburn, Belgian Actress

Home, Father, Joy, Sadness

142

"Yippee! I can't believe I made it. It feels like a long haul to get here. I'm so fine with it. People want you to have some sort of breakdown, but I'm relieved to be 40 years old, and I've lived a life."

"Yippee! I can't believe I made it. It feels like a long haul to get here. I'm so fine with it. People want you to have some sort of breakdown, but I'm relieved to be 40 years old, and I've lived a life."

Nicole Kidman, Australian Actress

Life, People, Old, Want

141

"If I had my will I would live in a ship on the sea, and never come nearer to humanity than that!"

"If I had my will I would live in a ship on the sea, and never come nearer to humanity than that!"

Eleonora Duse, Italian Actress

Humanity, Sea, Will

139

"I like what I do, and I'm very fortunate now to be in a very nice place. Which is that I don't have to work anymore. So the work that I do now is purely because I really want to."

"I like what I do, and I'm very fortunate now to be in a very nice place. Which is that I don't have to work anymore. So the work that I do now is purely because I really want to."

Charlize Theron, South African Actress

Work, Now, Want

139

"I am woman, hear me roar."

"I am woman, hear me roar."

Helen Reddy, Australian Actress

139

"When I watch a movie for the first few times I'm usually thinking about where I was in a given scene, who was next to me, what we were doing etc. But after I've gotten through all of this, when I'm really watching the film itself, then I get moved."

"When I watch a movie for the first few times I'm usually thinking about where I was in a given scene, who was next to me, what we were doing etc. But after I've gotten through all of this, when I'm really watching the film itself, then I get moved."

Zhang Ziyi, Chinese Actress

Film, First, Thinking

138

"I enjoyed working as a model a lot as it let me travel and I got to do some really interesting projects."

"I enjoyed working as a model a lot as it let me travel and I got to do some really interesting projects."

Patricia Velasquez, Venezuelan Actress

Travel, Projects

138

"The fact is I am not having sex. But I feel absolutely ripe for the, what would you say? plucking?"

"The fact is I am not having sex. But I feel absolutely ripe for the, what would you say? plucking?"

Angelina Jolie, American Actress

135

"Up until doing this movie, I hadn't really paid a huge amount of attention to those genres, but after finishing this movie, it really gave me a different sense of appreciation of the way the movies play out."

"Up until doing this movie, I hadn't really paid a huge amount of attention to those genres, but after finishing this movie, it really gave me a different sense of appreciation of the way the movies play out."

Chiaki Kuriyama, Japanese Actress

Movies, Appreciation, Attention, Play

133

"Psychiatrists don't solve anything from one day to the next."

"Psychiatrists don't solve anything from one day to the next."

Victoria Abril, Spanish Actress

132

"After Zorro, people spoke Spanish to me for ages. I'm Welsh but that movie instantly gave me a new ethnicity."

"After Zorro, people spoke Spanish to me for ages. I'm Welsh but that movie instantly gave me a new ethnicity."

Catherine Zeta-Jones, Welsh Actress

129

"I learned early that you only have so much energy to give. You have to spend it correctly."

"I learned early that you only have so much energy to give. You have to spend it correctly."

Eva Gabor, Hungarian Actress

129

"You are not alone with a guy until you are a proper age. You don't go to certain levels with men until you are married or you have a certain relationship."

"You are not alone with a guy until you are a proper age. You don't go to certain levels with men until you are married or you have a certain relationship."

Daisy Fuentes, Cuban Actress

128

"I'm a workaholic. Before long I'm traveling on my nervous energy alone. This is incredibly exhausting."

"I'm a workaholic. Before long I'm traveling on my nervous energy alone. This is incredibly exhausting."

Eva Gabor, Hungarian Actress

Energy, Traveling

126

"I always choose my projects for the script or what the director want to tell with that story. And if I like the story."

"I always choose my projects for the script or what the director want to tell with that story. And if I like the story."

Elena Anaya, Spanish Actress

Project, Projects, Want

126

"For marriage to be a success, every woman and every man should have her and his own bathroom. The end."

"For marriage to be a success, every woman and every man should have her and his own bathroom. The end."

Catherine Zeta-Jones, Welsh Actress

Marriage, Success, End, Man

125

"I don't remember anybody's name. How do you think the "dahling" thing got started?"

"I don't remember anybody's name. How do you think the "dahling" thing got started?"

Zsa Zsa Gabor, Hungarian Actress

125

"All creative people want to do the unexpected."

"All creative people want to do the unexpected."

Hedy Lamarr, Austrian Actress

125

"Almost everything I tried out for I pretty much got. I landed Power Rangers, and the rest is history."

"Almost everything I tried out for I pretty much got. I landed Power Rangers, and the rest is history."

Thuy Trang, Vietnamese Actress

History, Power, Pretty, Rest

125

"After all the work I've done, why should I suddenly be treated as a bona fide actress?"

"After all the work I've done, why should I suddenly be treated as a bona fide actress?"

Eva Gabor, Hungarian Actress

124

"The reason there weren't any, I am surmising, is that a lot of Latin kids, Latino kids, in those days didn't have the money to take those kind of classes."

"The reason there weren't any, I am surmising, is that a lot of Latin kids, Latino kids, in those days didn't have the money to take those kind of classes."

Rita Moreno, Puerto Rican Actress

Money, Kids, Reason

122

"I must quit marrying men who feel inferior to me. Somewhere there must be a man who could be my husband and not feel inferior."

"I must quit marrying men who feel inferior to me. Somewhere there must be a man who could be my husband and not feel inferior."

Hedy Lamarr, Austrian Actress

Men, Husband, Man

122

"I know Dark Phoenix is a huge part of the X-Men saga, so I'm assuming they're at least going to want to touch on it, but I don't know and I don't know whether I would want to be involved. That depends on many different things."

"I know Dark Phoenix is a huge part of the X-Men saga, so I'm assuming they're at least going to want to touch on it, but I don't know and I don't know whether I would want to be involved. That depends on many different things."

Famke Janssen, Dutch Actress

121

"When a new generation watches the films, people might mention that it has improved their lovemaking. I guess it's because it isn't threatening. It was very sweet and delicate."

"When a new generation watches the films, people might mention that it has improved their lovemaking. I guess it's because it isn't threatening. It was very sweet and delicate."

Sylvia Kristel, Dutch Actress

121

"Richard Burton rang me up once and said, Do you know you're my only leading lady I've never slept with? I said, Well, please don't tell everybody, it's the worst image."

"Richard Burton rang me up once and said, Do you know you're my only leading lady I've never slept with? I said, Well, please don't tell everybody, it's the worst image."

Julie Andrews, English Actress

121

"I am the American Dream. I am the epitome of what the American Dream basically said. It said, you could come from anywhere and be anything you want in this country. That's exactly what I've done."

"I am the American Dream. I am the epitome of what the American Dream basically said. It said, you could come from anywhere and be anything you want in this country. That's exactly what I've done."

Whoopi Goldberg, American Actress

Dream, Country, Want

119

"It is a great advantage for a system of philosophy to be substantially true."

"It is a great advantage for a system of philosophy to be substantially true."

Sophia Loren, Italian Actress

118

"Always work hard, be honest, and be proud of who you are."

"Always work hard, be honest, and be proud of who you are."

Patricia Velasquez, Venezuelan Actress

118

"Beauty is not everything!"

"Beauty is not everything!"

Chita Rivera, Puerto Rican Actress

118

"Acting is actually private."

"Acting is actually private."

Joan Chen, Chinese Actress

118

"I want young people to see me and think you can be feminine and smart and successful, all at the same time."

"I want young people to see me and think you can be feminine and smart and successful, all at the same time."

Portia de Rossi, Australian Actress

Time, People, Successful, Want

117

"I can tell you where my Tonys are. They're in a beautiful place in my living room, in a glass cabinet."

"I can tell you where my Tonys are. They're in a beautiful place in my living room, in a glass cabinet."

Chita Rivera, Puerto Rican Actress

116

"You need a routine, to be able to spend some time with a person, and my lifestyle is constantly on the move."

"You need a routine, to be able to spend some time with a person, and my lifestyle is constantly on the move."

Patricia Velasquez, Venezuelan Actress

116

"As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others."

"As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others."

Audrey Hepburn, Belgian Actress

116

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