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Quotes by Actress

"I never forget, remember that. Not an action, not a name, not a face."
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Piper Laurie
"I never forget, remember that. Not an action, not a name, not a face."
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"When Bound was released, Boys don't Cry wasn't out yet. Therefore it was very taboo to play a lesbian. I loved the part, because girls never get to play the typical guy parts."
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Gina Gershon
"When Bound was released, Boys don't Cry wasn't out yet. Therefore it was very taboo to play a lesbian. I loved the part, because girls never get to play the typical guy parts."
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"Cause at the end of the day, honestly, at the end of the day when you're in your death bed and that's it, I think it's the relationships you've had and the people that you've touched and the people that have touched you that matter."
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Julie Benz
"Cause at the end of the day, honestly, at the end of the day when you're in your death bed and that's it, I think it's the relationships you've had and the people that you've touched and the people that have touched you that matter."
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"Memory is the first casualty of middle age, if I remember correctly."
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Candice Bergen
"Memory is the first casualty of middle age, if I remember correctly."
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"It is true that there are few plays of Shakespeare that I haven't done."
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Judi Dench
"It is true that there are few plays of Shakespeare that I haven't done."
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"I kind of thought the writers were starting to take Taylor and make her kind of down and dirty."
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Hunter Tylo
"I kind of thought the writers were starting to take Taylor and make her kind of down and dirty."
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"Every actor has a natural animosity toward every other actor, present or absent, living or dead."
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Louise Brooks
"Every actor has a natural animosity toward every other actor, present or absent, living or dead."
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"Even colors were important to me. If it was a somber scene, the colors were muted and dark. If it was a happy or seductive scene, the colors were brighter."
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Donna Mills
"Even colors were important to me. If it was a somber scene, the colors were muted and dark. If it was a happy or seductive scene, the colors were brighter."
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"I've always taken 'The Wizard of Oz' very seriously, you know. I believe in the idea of the rainbow. And I've spent my entire life trying to get over it."
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Judy Garland
"I've always taken 'The Wizard of Oz' very seriously, you know. I believe in the idea of the rainbow. And I've spent my entire life trying to get over it."
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"The studio thought I was crazy to perform all of my own fencing stunts, but I loved it."
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Maureen O'Hara
"The studio thought I was crazy to perform all of my own fencing stunts, but I loved it."
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"Anytime I hear that somebody's really rich, the first question is, 'Do you do anything with it? Or do you, like, chill? You just sit on it?'"
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Kristen Stewart
"Anytime I hear that somebody's really rich, the first question is, 'Do you do anything with it? Or do you, like, chill? You just sit on it?'"
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"Families survive, one way or another. You have a tie, a connection that exists long after death, through many lifetimes."
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Jessica Lange
"Families survive, one way or another. You have a tie, a connection that exists long after death, through many lifetimes."
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"Two people can make love but that isn't necessarily love."
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Greta Scacchi
"Two people can make love but that isn't necessarily love."
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"Success to me is having ten honeydew melons and eating only the top half of each slice."
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Barbra Streisand
"Success to me is having ten honeydew melons and eating only the top half of each slice."
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"There's apparently soccer leagues that they've set up with young Indian girls."
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Parminder Nagra
"There's apparently soccer leagues that they've set up with young Indian girls."
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"The best time to make friends is before you need them."
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Ethel Barrymore
"The best time to make friends is before you need them."
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"I think 'Saturday Night Live', starting in the 1970s, really gave women an outlet to be funny. A lot of those women went on to have film careers, from Kristen Wiig now to Tina Fey and Gilda Radner."
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Emma Stone
"I think 'Saturday Night Live', starting in the 1970s, really gave women an outlet to be funny. A lot of those women went on to have film careers, from Kristen Wiig now to Tina Fey and Gilda Radner."
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"I'm always the girl at the party who, within five minutes, has taken my heels off, hitched up my dress in my knickers, and probably spilt drink down my cleavage."
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Sadie Frost
"I'm always the girl at the party who, within five minutes, has taken my heels off, hitched up my dress in my knickers, and probably spilt drink down my cleavage."
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"I'd love to do a show in Vegas with drag queens. The tackier the better."
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Catherine Zeta-Jones
"I'd love to do a show in Vegas with drag queens. The tackier the better."
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"I'm a full-time mom right now and a part-time actress."
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Valerie Bertinelli
"I'm a full-time mom right now and a part-time actress."
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"God, George Bush makes me want to slash my wrists. He's so embarrassing I have to leave the room when he's on the news. What a monkey."
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Margot Kidder
"God, George Bush makes me want to slash my wrists. He's so embarrassing I have to leave the room when he's on the news. What a monkey."
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"Success breeds success, and failure leads to a sort of fallow period."
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Felicity Kendal
"Success breeds success, and failure leads to a sort of fallow period."
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"Well, I think when we can turn to the person sitting next to us and really see them with kindness and see ourselves reflected back - when there's some dignity and compassion traveling back and forth."
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Sharon Stone
"Well, I think when we can turn to the person sitting next to us and really see them with kindness and see ourselves reflected back - when there's some dignity and compassion traveling back and forth."
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"God has a most wicked sense of humor."
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Maureen O'Hara
"God has a most wicked sense of humor."
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"Good actors I've worked with all started out making faces in a mirror, and you keep making faces all your life."
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Bette Davis
"Good actors I've worked with all started out making faces in a mirror, and you keep making faces all your life."
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"It's always nerve-racking to take off your clothes on film. But doing it with a woman felt safer than with a man. You know you can say, 'Don't grab me there: That's where my cellulite is'!"
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Naomi Watts
"It's always nerve-racking to take off your clothes on film. But doing it with a woman felt safer than with a man. You know you can say, 'Don't grab me there: That's where my cellulite is'!"
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"You don't want to be photographed? You don't want to be known? Then you don't need to be out there peddling movies."
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Cameron Diaz
"You don't want to be photographed? You don't want to be known? Then you don't need to be out there peddling movies."
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"In the world over, the very name of our country is immediately associated with the Parthenon."
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Melina Mercouri
"In the world over, the very name of our country is immediately associated with the Parthenon."
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"But this show reminds me that there are other aspects to me besides the fact that I'm a funny chick."
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Kristen Johnston
"But this show reminds me that there are other aspects to me besides the fact that I'm a funny chick."
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"I have a hotline to the tabloids. When I get up in the morning, I call the Star, and the last thing at night, I call them. I want them to have the inside track."
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Kirstie Alley
"I have a hotline to the tabloids. When I get up in the morning, I call the Star, and the last thing at night, I call them. I want them to have the inside track."
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"I'm gonna be unemployed when people read this. Ha."
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Marlee Matlin
"I'm gonna be unemployed when people read this. Ha."
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"It was extremely hard going from being a parent of one to a parent of three, because now all these instant decisions have to be made about how you balance out the time and attention between them."
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Patricia Richardson
"It was extremely hard going from being a parent of one to a parent of three, because now all these instant decisions have to be made about how you balance out the time and attention between them."
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"But now I really don't want to work unless I really, really care about a project."
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Jodie Foster
"But now I really don't want to work unless I really, really care about a project."
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"Modeling is basically 'Buy more stuff! Don't you want some more stuff? It will make you look ten years younger and men will like you!' If I'd wanted to be a salesperson, I would have got a job selling."
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Uma Thurman
"Modeling is basically 'Buy more stuff! Don't you want some more stuff? It will make you look ten years younger and men will like you!' If I'd wanted to be a salesperson, I would have got a job selling."
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"When you feel so strongly about something and other people feel equally strongly, you have to feel stronger about it in order to succeed."
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Joan Chen
"When you feel so strongly about something and other people feel equally strongly, you have to feel stronger about it in order to succeed."
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"Emancipation of women has made them lose their mystery."
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Grace Kelly
"Emancipation of women has made them lose their mystery."
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"I've never had my heart broken."
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Sally Field
"I've never had my heart broken."
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"I've spent my life pursing excellence as an artist, which is what I always wanted to do anyhow."
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Claire Bloom
"I've spent my life pursing excellence as an artist, which is what I always wanted to do anyhow."
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"Studio 54 made Halloween in Hollywood look like a PTA meeting."
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Lorna Luft
"Studio 54 made Halloween in Hollywood look like a PTA meeting."
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"The one thing I have wanted to stay away from is the steroids. When I had an attack two years ago in my home state of Mississippi, they put me on steroids, thinking they were doing the right thing, and I had a violent reaction."
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Mary Ann Mobley
"The one thing I have wanted to stay away from is the steroids. When I had an attack two years ago in my home state of Mississippi, they put me on steroids, thinking they were doing the right thing, and I had a violent reaction."
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"Having played an angel for so long, you can imagine that I've been asked to endorse any number of causes over the years. Obviously I have to limit my participation with any charity, so I decided to really concentrate on my love of children."
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Roma Downey
"Having played an angel for so long, you can imagine that I've been asked to endorse any number of causes over the years. Obviously I have to limit my participation with any charity, so I decided to really concentrate on my love of children."
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"You know, one of the biggest thrills I have is when famous people recognize me from Taxi."
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Marilu Henner
"You know, one of the biggest thrills I have is when famous people recognize me from Taxi."
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"But we're all so different, we're different ages; we're not vying for the same roles. There's no competition, there's really kind of a sisterhood, on and off the set, you know?"
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Jeanne Tripplehorn
"But we're all so different, we're different ages; we're not vying for the same roles. There's no competition, there's really kind of a sisterhood, on and off the set, you know?"
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"When I was straight, I had the courage and energy to become an actress. I owe my career to my will to stop using."
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Kirstie Alley
"When I was straight, I had the courage and energy to become an actress. I owe my career to my will to stop using."
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"I've quoted Lost in America several times."
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Robin Tunney
"I've quoted Lost in America several times."
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"My parents are both very funny but they're also relatively soft-spoken, normal human beings while I'm just a lunatic. I don't know where this loud, ballsy, hammy ridiculousness came from. I'm just glad I followed my goals and my parents did too. It's not like we even had a plan when I dragged my mom to Los Angeles."
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Emma Stone
"My parents are both very funny but they're also relatively soft-spoken, normal human beings while I'm just a lunatic. I don't know where this loud, ballsy, hammy ridiculousness came from. I'm just glad I followed my goals and my parents did too. It's not like we even had a plan when I dragged my mom to Los Angeles."
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"Boys frustrate me. I hate all their indirect messages, I hate game playing. Do you like me or don't you? Just tell me so I can get over you."
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Kirsten Dunst
"Boys frustrate me. I hate all their indirect messages, I hate game playing. Do you like me or don't you? Just tell me so I can get over you."
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"It's a great way to start the day, hearing you've been nominated for an Emmy. It's just thrilling."
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Allison Janney
"It's a great way to start the day, hearing you've been nominated for an Emmy. It's just thrilling."
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"I had a burning ambition. Otherwise, I wouldn't have accomplished it."
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Claire Bloom
"I had a burning ambition. Otherwise, I wouldn't have accomplished it."
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"The first time I ever screamed at someone was in a scene, and I'd never screamed at someone in my life."
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Neve Campbell
"The first time I ever screamed at someone was in a scene, and I'd never screamed at someone in my life."
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