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Quotes by Actress


"People want me to do the strangest things. They want me to sign their arms or chests."

"It was Grant's company and he made all the decisions. And that was just fine."

"They're my favorite two words these days: Oscar reject."

"James Stewart was so kind and considerate and had such personal integrity."

"Keeping a feminine approach is vital - men hate bossy females."

"Alcoholism is a genetically predisposed disease and it does run in my family. I also think I felt like a misfit. I was in the South, everybody was blonde. I just didn't feel like I fitted in. It was sort of my way of fitting."


"If you walk down the street and see someone in a box, you have a choice. That person is either the other and you're fearful of them, or that person is an extension of your family. And that makes you at home in that world and not fearful. So really it's very self-serving."


"Cast changes are a hard thing. For two years, we had this little family. We weren't together when these changes were decided upon. It all happened during our hiatus."


"I've been allowed to develop my own character, which I'm still working on."


"I became so consumed with trying to live up to what the public expected that I lost myself. I don't know of anyone else who can say this."

"I love New York. I love the multicultural vibe here. Los Angeles doesn't inspire me in any way. Everyone is in the same industry, yet you feel very isolated."
Love,

"Getting work in theater has always been sort of cyclical."

"I don't buy the tabloids, but you're surrounded by it all and people tell you things they've read. I'd be sitting on a train looking over someone's shoulder and thinking: That's familiar... oh my God, it's me."

"Watching television in those days was not the same experience as it is today. After years of listening to radio, we found the black-and-white images mesmerizing."

"Everyone thrives most in his or her own unique environment."

"The idea is that we're doing it just for the joy of the actual physical experience. We may record something just for the fun of it, but the idea is just to be truly joyful and truly fun, especially for me, because I take myself too seriously all the time."

"I don't know if it has set in or not. Honestly, it's crazy. It's such an amazing honor. I remember thinking back to being in my room waiting for the call to see if I got the part. It's like winning the lottery. I'm proud to be a member of such an amazing cast - that's the best award of all."

"All of those art-based fields are similar in that they're all hard to make a living in and they all require an intense amount of training and discipline."


"Oscar Wilde: 'Do you mind if I smoke?' Sarah Bernhardt: 'I don't care if you burn.'"


"Some people might say I need to learn how to relax."

"The interviews have been a little tough due to the fact that we're interviewing dogs. We see a lot of contestants licking themselves, but we're used to that from covering the Grammys."

"John is a cottage industry in Baltimore and the city opens its doors for him whenever he is making a new film."
Film,

"Character contributes to beauty. It fortifies a woman as her youth fades. A mode of conduct, a standard of courage, discipline, fortitude, and integrity can do a great deal to make a woman beautiful."

"When I first got pregnant, I freaked out. Then I had to remind myself: I'm turning 30."

"The high point of my entire junior high school career was going backstage to meet George Harrison. I was simply awestruck."

"I do, too, most recently while I was singing karaoke in some weird bar."

"Books are challenging and inspirational to me."
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