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Quotes by Actress

"Memory is the first casualty of middle age, if I remember correctly."

"It is true that there are few plays of Shakespeare that I haven't done."

"I kind of thought the writers were starting to take Taylor and make her kind of down and dirty."

"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."

"The studio thought I was crazy to perform all of my own fencing stunts, but I loved it."

"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?'"

"Families survive, one way or another. You have a tie, a connection that exists long after death, through many lifetimes."

"Two people can make love but that isn't necessarily love."

"Success to me is having ten honeydew melons and eating only the top half of each slice."

"There's apparently soccer leagues that they've set up with young Indian girls."

"The best time to make friends is before you need them."


"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."

"Success breeds success, and failure leads to a sort of fallow period."


"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."

"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."

"But this show reminds me that there are other aspects to me besides the fact that I'm a funny chick."

"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."

"I've spent my life pursing excellence as an artist, which is what I always wanted to do anyhow."

"Studio 54 made Halloween in Hollywood look like a PTA meeting."


"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."

"You know, one of the biggest thrills I have is when famous people recognize me from Taxi."


"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?"

"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."

"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."

"It's a great way to start the day, hearing you've been nominated for an Emmy. It's just thrilling."

"I had a burning ambition. Otherwise, I wouldn't have accomplished it."
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