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"I get whatever placidity I have from my father. But my mother taught me how to take it on the chin."

"I get whatever placidity I have from my father. But my mother taught me how to take it on the chin."

Norma Shearer, American Actress

40

"I used to go home at night and just shake, because I had no idea that's what acting was gonna be."

"I used to go home at night and just shake, because I had no idea that's what acting was gonna be."

Mary Mastrantonio, American Actress

Home, Idea, Acting, Night

40

"I want to feel good, I want to feel proud, I want to feel that I give someone enough and that I get enough."

"I want to feel good, I want to feel proud, I want to feel that I give someone enough and that I get enough."

Nastassja Kinski, German Actress

40

"God made a very obvious choice when he made me voluptuous; why would I go against what he decided for me? My limbs work, so I'm not going to complain about the way my body is shaped."

"God made a very obvious choice when he made me voluptuous; why would I go against what he decided for me? My limbs work, so I'm not going to complain about the way my body is shaped."

Drew Barrymore, American Actress

God, Work, Body, Choice

40

"Yeah, well my name is Bai Ling. That means white spirit, and I really feel like sometimes I'm not existing."

"Yeah, well my name is Bai Ling. That means white spirit, and I really feel like sometimes I'm not existing."

Bai Ling, Chinese Actress

40

"Writing a book is not as tough as it is to haul thirty-five people around the country and sweat like a horse five nights a week."

"Writing a book is not as tough as it is to haul thirty-five people around the country and sweat like a horse five nights a week."

Bette Midler, American Actress

People, Country, Writing

40

"I don't know where I'm going to be in three years. Because I have the feeling that the future is so full of possibilities, to stop being an actress, to do something else... for me, the future is just a huge bunch of discoveries."

"I don't know where I'm going to be in three years. Because I have the feeling that the future is so full of possibilities, to stop being an actress, to do something else... for me, the future is just a huge bunch of discoveries."

Audrey Tautou, French Actress

Being, Feeling, Future, Possibilities

40

"There are not many roles where women are really active."

"There are not many roles where women are really active."

Kathleen Quinlan, American Actress

40

"The actors nowadays, both young men and young ladies, don't always wear their period clothes as well as they might. They tend to stomp around a bit in them."

"The actors nowadays, both young men and young ladies, don't always wear their period clothes as well as they might. They tend to stomp around a bit in them."

Julie Harris, American Actress

Men, Actors, Clothes, Ladies

40

"The building of friendship, family, community and love is complicated. We are so isolated in this country, no longer supported by tribes and villages."

"The building of friendship, family, community and love is complicated. We are so isolated in this country, no longer supported by tribes and villages."

Jasmine Guy, American Actress

Love, Family, Friendship, Building

40

"When I play ball, I play hardball."

"When I play ball, I play hardball."

Kirstie Alley, American Actress

40

"Having children with someone is the real bond."

"Having children with someone is the real bond."

Francesca Annis, English Actress

40

"How do you know love is gone? If you said that you would be there at seven and you get there by nine, and he or she has not called the police yet - it's gone."

"How do you know love is gone? If you said that you would be there at seven and you get there by nine, and he or she has not called the police yet - it's gone."

Marlene Dietrich, American Actress

40

"I lived in LA for a few months. It seemed like no one there had parents. Or if they did have parents, they would deny it."

"I lived in LA for a few months. It seemed like no one there had parents. Or if they did have parents, they would deny it."

Catherine O'Hara, Canadian Actress

Months, Parents

40

"I remained Ryan's companion on the Hollywood party circuit, growing inured to sex and drugs before I was in my teens."

"I remained Ryan's companion on the Hollywood party circuit, growing inured to sex and drugs before I was in my teens."

Tatum O'Neal, American Actress

Sex, Drugs, Hollywood, Party

40

"For the first two weeks of filming, I remember bristling at some of the occurrences on the set, none of which directly involved me. Then I surrendered to the environment, to Michael's method, and became much happier, even though no one knew what to expect."

"For the first two weeks of filming, I remember bristling at some of the occurrences on the set, none of which directly involved me. Then I surrendered to the environment, to Michael's method, and became much happier, even though no one knew what to expect."

Madeleine Stowe, American Actress

Environment, First

40

"At night, when the sky is full of stars and the sea is still you get the wonderful sensation that you are floating in space."

"At night, when the sky is full of stars and the sea is still you get the wonderful sensation that you are floating in space."

Natalie Wood, American Actress

Night, Sea, Sky, Space

40

"Delighted," Jess said. "I think all houses should be stuffed with books. It makes them--""Homes?" the doctor finished. "You are quite the heretic, for someone in a Library uniform.""Guilty."

"Delighted," Jess said. "I think all houses should be stuffed with books. It makes them--""Homes?" the doctor finished. "You are quite the heretic, for someone in a Library uniform.""Guilty."

Rachel Caine, Canadian Actress

Knowledge, Books, Home, Libraries, Comfort

40

"I do some of my best thinking while pulling weeds."

"I do some of my best thinking while pulling weeds."

Martha Smith, American Actress

40

"I believe that as much as you take, you have to give back. It's important not to focus on yourself too much."

"I believe that as much as you take, you have to give back. It's important not to focus on yourself too much."

Nicole Kidman, Australian Actress

40

"We feel really blessed to have been asked to come here, and to have the opportunity for our family to be able to look into the eyes of these people, and in some way help."

"We feel really blessed to have been asked to come here, and to have the opportunity for our family to be able to look into the eyes of these people, and in some way help."

Connie Sellecca, American Actress

Family, People, Opportunity, Eyes

40

"I'm more attracted to a stronger man rather than a feminine man. Someone who would just throw me down and take control. I love feeling helpless. I definitely like a man who is aggressive and confident."

"I'm more attracted to a stronger man rather than a feminine man. Someone who would just throw me down and take control. I love feeling helpless. I definitely like a man who is aggressive and confident."

Carmen Electra, American Actress

Love, Control, Feeling, Man

40

"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."

"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."

Felicity Kendal, English Actress

Business, People, Negative, Old

40

"I knew from the time I could walk that I wanted to be an actor."

"I knew from the time I could walk that I wanted to be an actor."

Joely Fisher, American Actress

40

"Playing good girls in the 30s was difficult, when the fad was to play bad girls. Actually I think playing bad girls is a bore; I have always had more luck with good girl roles because they require more from an actress."

"Playing good girls in the 30s was difficult, when the fad was to play bad girls. Actually I think playing bad girls is a bore; I have always had more luck with good girl roles because they require more from an actress."

Olivia De Havilland, American Actress

Girls, Luck, Play

40

"I can excuse everything but boredom. Boring people don't have to stay that way."

"I can excuse everything but boredom. Boring people don't have to stay that way."

Hedy Lamarr, Austrian Actress

People, Boredom

40

"I did many interviews, and went out and talked to many people and went to rallies. It was the same thing with menopause. I traveled around the country on talk shows and talking to women about."

"I did many interviews, and went out and talked to many people and went to rallies. It was the same thing with menopause. I traveled around the country on talk shows and talking to women about."

Cybill Shepherd, American Actress

Woman, Women, People, Country, Talk

40

"I spent the first fourteen years of my life convinced that my looks were hideous. Adolescence is painful for everyone, I know, but mine was plain weird."

"I spent the first fourteen years of my life convinced that my looks were hideous. Adolescence is painful for everyone, I know, but mine was plain weird."

Uma Thurman, American Actress

Life, Adolescence, First, Years

40

"At the end. First start off and do your youth thing In Hollywood and then go to New York later. But it wound up being later, later than I thought it was going to be."

"At the end. First start off and do your youth thing In Hollywood and then go to New York later. But it wound up being later, later than I thought it was going to be."

Delta Burke, American Actress

Thought, Being, End, First

40

"Dancing came easy to me."

"Dancing came easy to me."

Hedda Hopper, American Actress

40

"If I turn on the television, am I to believe that that is America? I'm sorry, I don't believe that's America."

"If I turn on the television, am I to believe that that is America? I'm sorry, I don't believe that's America."

Karen Black, American Actress

America, Television

40

"Mary and I look eerily similar but other than that, the differences are pretty much night and day."

"Mary and I look eerily similar but other than that, the differences are pretty much night and day."

Nikki Cox, American Actress

Day, Night, Pretty

40

"I think I am too old to be doing teen movies. I am just kind of annoyed, because you have all these teen movies coming out with usually either Lindsay Lohan or Hilary Duff doing four of the exact teen movies over and over again."

"I think I am too old to be doing teen movies. I am just kind of annoyed, because you have all these teen movies coming out with usually either Lindsay Lohan or Hilary Duff doing four of the exact teen movies over and over again."

Alexa Vega, American Actress

Movies, Teen, Old

40

"When I'm depressed and I feel low thinking that good movies are not made any more, then I put on his movies and I watch them. I laugh and I cry and I have great pleasure."

"When I'm depressed and I feel low thinking that good movies are not made any more, then I put on his movies and I watch them. I laugh and I cry and I have great pleasure."

Geraldine Chaplin, American Actress

Movies, Pleasure, Thinking

40

"Everyone else trains just as hard as well and that there really is no such a thing as overnight success."

"Everyone else trains just as hard as well and that there really is no such a thing as overnight success."

Julie Benz, American Actress

40

"He works his business and manipulates and keeps himself in front of the world."

"He works his business and manipulates and keeps himself in front of the world."

Marla Maples, American Actress

Business, World

40

"I live in New York. I don't really particularly want to move to LA."

"I live in New York. I don't really particularly want to move to LA."

Famke Janssen, Dutch Actress

40

"I read Shakespeare and the Bible, and I can shoot dice. That's what I call a liberal education."

"I read Shakespeare and the Bible, and I can shoot dice. That's what I call a liberal education."

Tallulah Bankhead, American Actress

Education, Bible, Liberal, Shakespeare

40

"At this point, I can't say what network would be picking it up, but I know that it would be a success."

"At this point, I can't say what network would be picking it up, but I know that it would be a success."

Christy Romano, American Actress

Success, Network

40

"What in heaven's name is strange about a grandmother dancing nude? I'll bet lots of grandmothers do it."

"What in heaven's name is strange about a grandmother dancing nude? I'll bet lots of grandmothers do it."

Sally Rand, American Actress

Dance, Dancing, Heaven, Name

40

"Liza is in the tabloids almost as much as our mother was. She has struggled with her own ghosts and shadows."

"Liza is in the tabloids almost as much as our mother was. She has struggled with her own ghosts and shadows."

Lorna Luft, American Actress

Mother, Shadows

40

"For me, even just being English was a whole sort of experience in as much as I'm Australian."

"For me, even just being English was a whole sort of experience in as much as I'm Australian."

Radha Mitchell, Australian Actress

Experience, Being, English

40

"I love improvisation."

"I love improvisation."

Nora Dunn, American Actress

40

"I got everybody on my side through comedy."

"I got everybody on my side through comedy."

Ruth Buzzi, American Actress

40

"Forgiveness isn't about condoning what has happened to you or someone else's actions against you."

"Forgiveness isn't about condoning what has happened to you or someone else's actions against you."

Jennifer O'Neill, American Actress

Forgiveness, Actions

40

"I was more excited than scared, at the opportunity to work in an English movie."

"I was more excited than scared, at the opportunity to work in an English movie."

Aishwarya Rai, Indian Actress

Work, Opportunity, English

40

"What matters poverty? What matters anything to him who is enamoured of our art? Does he not carry in himself every joy and every beauty?"

"What matters poverty? What matters anything to him who is enamoured of our art? Does he not carry in himself every joy and every beauty?"

Sarah Bernhardt, French Actress

Beauty, Art, Joy, Poverty

40

"My mother and stepfather were married 43 years, so I have watched a long marriage. I feel like I had a very good role model for that. And, you know, it's just a number."

"My mother and stepfather were married 43 years, so I have watched a long marriage. I feel like I had a very good role model for that. And, you know, it's just a number."

Jamie Lee Curtis, American Actress

Marriage, Mother, Years

40

"Everybody starts at the top, and then has the problem of staying there. Lasting accomplishment, however, is still achieved through a long, slow climb and self-discipline."

"Everybody starts at the top, and then has the problem of staying there. Lasting accomplishment, however, is still achieved through a long, slow climb and self-discipline."

Helen Hayes, American Actress

Accomplishment, Self

40

"I have a nervous breakdown in the film and in one scene I get to stand at the top of the stairs waving an empty sherry bottle which is, of course, a typical scene from my daily life, so isn't much of a stretch."

"I have a nervous breakdown in the film and in one scene I get to stand at the top of the stairs waving an empty sherry bottle which is, of course, a typical scene from my daily life, so isn't much of a stretch."

Emma Thompson, English Actress

Life, Film, Stairs

40

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