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Quotes by Actress

"I thought I would be Sheena of the Jungle as a little girl."
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Pam Grier
"I thought I would be Sheena of the Jungle as a little girl."
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"I also love the makers of South Park, because they're political, strong, and they're making all of these comments that would get you shot for if you did it in a drama."
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Michelle Rodriguez
"I also love the makers of South Park, because they're political, strong, and they're making all of these comments that would get you shot for if you did it in a drama."
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"That's why charity work is very selfish at the same time, because it makes you feel good."
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Maria Menounos
"That's why charity work is very selfish at the same time, because it makes you feel good."
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"They said that Seven was a former Borg who had been human and had been assimilated. She was regaining her humanity. I had no interest in this character."
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Jeri Ryan
"They said that Seven was a former Borg who had been human and had been assimilated. She was regaining her humanity. I had no interest in this character."
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"I think I'm a million different faces."
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Rachael Leigh Cook
"I think I'm a million different faces."
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"The worst thing you can do to a kid is tell them that their dreams are invalid."
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Juliette Lewis
"The worst thing you can do to a kid is tell them that their dreams are invalid."
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"Handsome, thin, sophisticated men often fall madly in love with larger women, we just never see it on TV."
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Camryn Manheim
"Handsome, thin, sophisticated men often fall madly in love with larger women, we just never see it on TV."
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"I love acting and I still want to do it, but I've such an instinct for directing, it's something that comes naturally to me. It's why I'm here on this planet."
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Julie Delpy
"I love acting and I still want to do it, but I've such an instinct for directing, it's something that comes naturally to me. It's why I'm here on this planet."
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"I tried to tell them about the dating process because I'm single now and how horrible it is and how many foolish experiences I had had dating. So I was really selling him hard, but the whole time he really wanted me!"
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Andie MacDowell
"I tried to tell them about the dating process because I'm single now and how horrible it is and how many foolish experiences I had had dating. So I was really selling him hard, but the whole time he really wanted me!"
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"When you get to your mid-20s, you start to feel responsibilities for the things that you do and the people around you. It's a cool age."
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Eliza Dushku
"When you get to your mid-20s, you start to feel responsibilities for the things that you do and the people around you. It's a cool age."
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"At this point the theater America is in such a precarious place."
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Estelle Parsons
"At this point the theater America is in such a precarious place."
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"My driving abilities from Mexico have helped me get through Hollywood."
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Salma Hayek
"My driving abilities from Mexico have helped me get through Hollywood."
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"I'm off to race around the world - a race against time and two men. I know I can beat time. I hope I can beat the men."
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Dorothy Kilgallen
"I'm off to race around the world - a race against time and two men. I know I can beat time. I hope I can beat the men."
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"If I am not right for something there are many talented actors out there that will get it."
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Tara Strong
"If I am not right for something there are many talented actors out there that will get it."
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"If I was 14 and knew some gay people, I wouldn't nearly have had the struggle I had. Our world is definitely changing."
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Portia de Rossi
"If I was 14 and knew some gay people, I wouldn't nearly have had the struggle I had. Our world is definitely changing."
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"You have to be born a sex symbol. You don't become one. If you're born with it, you'll have it even when you're 100 years old."
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Sophia Loren
"You have to be born a sex symbol. You don't become one. If you're born with it, you'll have it even when you're 100 years old."
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"If they ever do my life story, whoever plays me needs lots of hair color and high heels."
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Charlize Theron
"If they ever do my life story, whoever plays me needs lots of hair color and high heels."
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"I don't hang out with agents and producers and I'm not into the business side at all."
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Winona Ryder
"I don't hang out with agents and producers and I'm not into the business side at all."
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"Deep down, I'm a Texas girl looking for that big romance every girl dreams about. Biologically, I look forward to being a cornerstone of a family. I'll be in my glory when I have a child on my knee."
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Renee Zellweger
"Deep down, I'm a Texas girl looking for that big romance every girl dreams about. Biologically, I look forward to being a cornerstone of a family. I'll be in my glory when I have a child on my knee."
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"You put funny people in funny costumes and paint them green and we could talk about anything we wanted to, because that was the only thing that fascinated Gene about this particular genre."
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Majel Barrett
"You put funny people in funny costumes and paint them green and we could talk about anything we wanted to, because that was the only thing that fascinated Gene about this particular genre."
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"I lived somebody else's life. It was never about me, it was really about him on every level."
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Priscilla Presley
"I lived somebody else's life. It was never about me, it was really about him on every level."
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"I find a lot of young filmmakers make too much of an effort to be trendy and they can be pretentious."
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Sadie Frost
"I find a lot of young filmmakers make too much of an effort to be trendy and they can be pretentious."
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"I think that's very sad, that I haven't allowed my heart to be broken. I have broken a few."
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Sally Field
"I think that's very sad, that I haven't allowed my heart to be broken. I have broken a few."
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"New York in a way functions as another character within the story, as it does within most of Woody Allen's stories."
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Radha Mitchell
"New York in a way functions as another character within the story, as it does within most of Woody Allen's stories."
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"I sort of was good at writing essays. I was never very good at mathematics, and I was never very good at algebra. I loved science, but I wasn't sure of it."
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Diane Cilento
"I sort of was good at writing essays. I was never very good at mathematics, and I was never very good at algebra. I loved science, but I wasn't sure of it."
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"I find its attention to living this life rather than the next one exhilarating because I think even independently of Judaism that that's the right way to go about life."
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Janet Suzman
"I find its attention to living this life rather than the next one exhilarating because I think even independently of Judaism that that's the right way to go about life."
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"We had a script that was really solid and we knew how we were going to shoot and how the energy of it was going to go. So it gave us a lot of freedom to use the camera as a character."
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Marguerite Moreau
"We had a script that was really solid and we knew how we were going to shoot and how the energy of it was going to go. So it gave us a lot of freedom to use the camera as a character."
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"I really never stopped thinking about Ellen, because I just haven't felt that kind of energy with anyone in my life."
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Portia de Rossi
"I really never stopped thinking about Ellen, because I just haven't felt that kind of energy with anyone in my life."
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"Finally, after a lot of searching and digging, it was simply the love of family that gave me a road into the character. Once I got into that, and we delved into what it would be like to survive cancer and the ability to see how precious life is, it became easier to play her."
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Jeanne Tripplehorn
"Finally, after a lot of searching and digging, it was simply the love of family that gave me a road into the character. Once I got into that, and we delved into what it would be like to survive cancer and the ability to see how precious life is, it became easier to play her."
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"I remember the guest stars who came, they were always trying to find a new plot for their characters because they wanted to stay. It was really a great working environment."
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Caroline Dhavernas
"I remember the guest stars who came, they were always trying to find a new plot for their characters because they wanted to stay. It was really a great working environment."
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"I've loved the escapism of being another person, slipping into another character for a little while."
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Jeri Ryan
"I've loved the escapism of being another person, slipping into another character for a little while."
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"I work with The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University. I sit proudly as one of only two recovering addicts on their board."
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Jamie Lee Curtis
"I work with The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University. I sit proudly as one of only two recovering addicts on their board."
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"Regrettably, I do sometimes have to fight a tendency to be bitchy."
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Marie Windsor
"Regrettably, I do sometimes have to fight a tendency to be bitchy."
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"There are two kinds of talent, man-made talent and God-given talent. With man-made talent you have to work very hard. With God-given talent, you just touch it up once in a while."
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Pearl Bailey
"There are two kinds of talent, man-made talent and God-given talent. With man-made talent you have to work very hard. With God-given talent, you just touch it up once in a while."
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"People either know Alan Rudolph and love every single one of his films or they don't know him at all."
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Neve Campbell
"People either know Alan Rudolph and love every single one of his films or they don't know him at all."
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"We all get so caught up in our day-to-day lives and have so many gripes. But when you see the way others live and how they make the best of it, you'll realize how lucky you are."
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Kristin Davis
"We all get so caught up in our day-to-day lives and have so many gripes. But when you see the way others live and how they make the best of it, you'll realize how lucky you are."
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"I have always been intrigued with singing and I actually started my career in musical comedies."
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Janine Turner
"I have always been intrigued with singing and I actually started my career in musical comedies."
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"At first, when I got bad press and people would talk bad about my family or something like that, I would get really upset, but now it's just not worth my energy."
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Hilary Duff
"At first, when I got bad press and people would talk bad about my family or something like that, I would get really upset, but now it's just not worth my energy."
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"I knew you had to go in and audition and maybe they'd hire you, and that's where you start. I had a good understanding about press: that it's the actor's responsibility to publicize his or her films."
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Laura Dern
"I knew you had to go in and audition and maybe they'd hire you, and that's where you start. I had a good understanding about press: that it's the actor's responsibility to publicize his or her films."
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"There is no doubt that this film is autobiographical, but at the same time it also tries to portray an ordinary couple in a language that everyone can understand."
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Sophie Marceau
"There is no doubt that this film is autobiographical, but at the same time it also tries to portray an ordinary couple in a language that everyone can understand."
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"I think that we need to get along together if we want to survive in the twenty-first century."
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Sarah Polley
"I think that we need to get along together if we want to survive in the twenty-first century."
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"I don't enjoy the life of an actress, but I don't want to go into that."
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Claire Bloom
"I don't enjoy the life of an actress, but I don't want to go into that."
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"Even if I think in English, it's more a language of acting than French."
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Sophie Marceau
"Even if I think in English, it's more a language of acting than French."
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"There are some family traditions I don't want my children to carry on."
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Lorna Luft
"There are some family traditions I don't want my children to carry on."
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"I enjoyed entertaining people since I was a little girl. There was nothing better than making people laugh. That, and the need to express myself in a safe environment."
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Amy Weber
"I enjoyed entertaining people since I was a little girl. There was nothing better than making people laugh. That, and the need to express myself in a safe environment."
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"In contrast, the control you have in a theatre is very attractive to me."
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Judi Dench
"In contrast, the control you have in a theatre is very attractive to me."
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"I thought, while they're up and firm, why not shoot them once or twice."
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Jamie Lee Curtis
"I thought, while they're up and firm, why not shoot them once or twice."
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"I think it has something to do with being British. We don't take ourselves as seriously as some other countries do. I think a lot of people take themselves far too seriously; I find that a very tedious attitude."
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Joan Collins
"I think it has something to do with being British. We don't take ourselves as seriously as some other countries do. I think a lot of people take themselves far too seriously; I find that a very tedious attitude."
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"Life is not over because you have diabetes. Make the most of what you have, be grateful."
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Dale Evans
"Life is not over because you have diabetes. Make the most of what you have, be grateful."
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"People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed, and redeemed; never throw out anyone."
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Audrey Hepburn
"People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed, and redeemed; never throw out anyone."
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