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Quotes by Actress

"The problems come when your personal life and relationships come under scrutiny in the press and often very uncomplimentary things are printed about you."

"My parents found what I was interested in and encouraged me. They didn't put me in front of a television and buy lots of toys, the way some American parents do."


"I know I am right for Scarlett. I can convince Mr. Selznick."

"Personality is immediately apparent, from birth, and I don't think it really changes."

"As a matter of fact, I've been to Italy many times before I met my husband, which he can't even imagine that I could possibly know anything about Italian food. But, you know, Italian food's really basic, and there's so many different variations on it that what my husband did is he broke it down for me."

"It's like going to the gym everyday. It really is. I work hard on my craft, I sweat a little bit, I run a little bit, I might sprain an ankle every now and them, but it's all good and the more you do it, the more in shape you are and it's like a machine."

"I like to connect to people in the virtual world, exchanging thoughts and ideas, when in the physical world we might never have the opportunity to cross paths."

"I was scared, because I knew that in the political arena, you have to satisfy so many different types of people at once, and I wasn't sure that I could speak for everybody and be politically correct."

"One of the greatest joys of tennis is having a nice volley and not really keeping score, not really looking at the lines, but just catching up with each other."

"When you work with Sir Anthony there are days when he will do a lot of takes if he's really enjoying a scene."

"When I did small films like Lily and Buenos Vista, everyone thought my career would be ruined."

"It was hysterical going to work. I would just walk in and think, 'What in hell? Am I here? What's going on? I'm going to wake up in a minute. I'm in a dream.'"

"Competition is very good... as long as its healthy. It's what makes one strive to be better."


"In the beginning, people think vulnerability will make you weak, but it does the opposite. It shows you're strong enough to care."

"The newspapers loved pinup pictures of pretty young swimmers, and as a national champion, I got more than my share of space in the sports pages."

"I love being a redhead. It's a rare thing, so I think there's a bond between redheads."


"As long as my body is in shape, my mind is working at its full capacity."

"When I do a character, I try to base it on someone I have met or an experience I've had."

"You know you have more to offer, and it gets frustrating when you aren't given the chance."


"For me, Los Angeles, New York, where I don't know my neighbors, where people don't necessarily care if they know their neighbors, I'm missing things that truly fed my soul when I was younger, the exchanges between people, the caring and the shared history with people."

"NASA space scientists have been studying giraffe skin so they can apply what they learn from it to the construction of spacesuits."

"I actually turned down an opportunity for a private interview with Adolph Hitler."

"I think when you begin to think of yourself as having achieved something, then there's nothing left for you to work towards. I want to believe that there is a mountain so high that I will spend my entire life striving to reach the top of it."

"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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