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"The house seemed so empty without him. And I thought about the life we'd been building together for all that time. I realized I was on the brink of losing it all. It just scared me into reality."
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Hunter Tylo
"The house seemed so empty without him. And I thought about the life we'd been building together for all that time. I realized I was on the brink of losing it all. It just scared me into reality."
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"Everything's a risk, by the way, these days. Every film you make is a risk. There's no guarantee."
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Cameron Diaz
"Everything's a risk, by the way, these days. Every film you make is a risk. There's no guarantee."
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"But inside, I'm going, 'Oh my God, is my zipper up? Do I have a booger in my nose?' That's my inner monologue."
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Leah Remini
"But inside, I'm going, 'Oh my God, is my zipper up? Do I have a booger in my nose?' That's my inner monologue."
God,
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"Really. I'd love to be spoiled on by others."
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Izabella Scorupco
"Really. I'd love to be spoiled on by others."
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"Men are allowed to get older and women are not."
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Shirley Knight
"Men are allowed to get older and women are not."
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"I love the feeling that you get when you can really laugh with a man and be natural and not always think that there's a sexual element going on. For me, flirting with a man means making fun of myself and trying to open myself and be very unpretentious."
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Cameron Diaz
"I love the feeling that you get when you can really laugh with a man and be natural and not always think that there's a sexual element going on. For me, flirting with a man means making fun of myself and trying to open myself and be very unpretentious."
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"There is only one secret. To love what you are doing."
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Jayne Meadows
"There is only one secret. To love what you are doing."
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"In Houston everyone owns guns and uses 'em - sometimes just for the hell of it."
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Shelley Duvall
"In Houston everyone owns guns and uses 'em - sometimes just for the hell of it."
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"I love Les Beaux Peeps. Everyone in that band works together really well. I used to go out to see bands a lot; now it seems there just aren't any I like."
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Clea Duvall
"I love Les Beaux Peeps. Everyone in that band works together really well. I used to go out to see bands a lot; now it seems there just aren't any I like."
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"Some actors get fired up by the sound of the audience. I just want to retreat."
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Francesca Annis
"Some actors get fired up by the sound of the audience. I just want to retreat."
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"I really like to communicate to my fans. I have a fan club president who I've had for over 15 years."
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Hunter Tylo
"I really like to communicate to my fans. I have a fan club president who I've had for over 15 years."
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"OK, boss, I don't mind shuffling, but I won't scratch my head."
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Ruby Dee
"OK, boss, I don't mind shuffling, but I won't scratch my head."
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"And we had a DJ - my childhood friend from Chicago came to be the DJ at our party out in LA. It was a party, rockin' and rolling, and it was dancing and fun. For me it was different; just to have family with us."
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Jami Gertz
"And we had a DJ - my childhood friend from Chicago came to be the DJ at our party out in LA. It was a party, rockin' and rolling, and it was dancing and fun. For me it was different; just to have family with us."
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"Everyone would talk about their diets and working out and what it made me do was go to craft services where all the food for the cast and crew was and I would eat."
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Kristin Davis
"Everyone would talk about their diets and working out and what it made me do was go to craft services where all the food for the cast and crew was and I would eat."
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"My vintage Levi's are my favorite on the show, 'cause they really fit."
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Laura Prepon
"My vintage Levi's are my favorite on the show, 'cause they really fit."
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"It's the same as any role and I find that you can't lump characters together; because they all have different life experiences, different reasons for being the way they are."
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Brenda Blethyn
"It's the same as any role and I find that you can't lump characters together; because they all have different life experiences, different reasons for being the way they are."
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"I think it's easy for me to connect to some people, and I don't know if that's the same thing as falling in love whereas before, I might have said it was."
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Ashley Judd
"I think it's easy for me to connect to some people, and I don't know if that's the same thing as falling in love whereas before, I might have said it was."
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"I get extra time to take the test because of my ADD. Everybody's brains works differently and I just need longer for things to register."
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Mary-Kate Olsen
"I get extra time to take the test because of my ADD. Everybody's brains works differently and I just need longer for things to register."
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"Carrying a baby is the most rewarding experience a woman can enjoy."
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Jayne Mansfield
"Carrying a baby is the most rewarding experience a woman can enjoy."
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"Sometimes when you play a character, you can feel it in your body. And I felt like I had characteristics of my dog: the way Webster moves, the way he holds his head. I kind of adapted it into this part unconsciously."
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Calista Flockhart
"Sometimes when you play a character, you can feel it in your body. And I felt like I had characteristics of my dog: the way Webster moves, the way he holds his head. I kind of adapted it into this part unconsciously."
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"I have a strong belief in God... I find religion to be a very personal thing... I am also very spiritual."
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Sela Ward
"I have a strong belief in God... I find religion to be a very personal thing... I am also very spiritual."
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"Growing up, all I did was work and vacation, but I loved it, no one pushed me into anything. The thing was I developed no special skills. I don't have any resentment because I am a performer and I've always felt that, but it did take its toll socially."
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Dana Plato
"Growing up, all I did was work and vacation, but I loved it, no one pushed me into anything. The thing was I developed no special skills. I don't have any resentment because I am a performer and I've always felt that, but it did take its toll socially."
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"A charming woman... doesn't follow the crowd. She is herself."
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Loretta Young
"A charming woman... doesn't follow the crowd. She is herself."
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"I said 'Brian, no one is going to respect me as a mother after this.' He said, 'oh no, yes they will, this is a movie, don't worry about it.' But they're not."
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Nia Long
"I said 'Brian, no one is going to respect me as a mother after this.' He said, 'oh no, yes they will, this is a movie, don't worry about it.' But they're not."
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"I don't think when I make love."
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Brigitte Bardot
"I don't think when I make love."
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"Tall, sandy blonde, with sort of blue eyes, skinny in places, fat in others. An average gal."
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Uma Thurman
"Tall, sandy blonde, with sort of blue eyes, skinny in places, fat in others. An average gal."
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"But with the right kind of coaching and determination you can accomplish anything and the biggest accomplishment that I feel I got from the film was overcoming that fear."
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Reese Witherspoon
"But with the right kind of coaching and determination you can accomplish anything and the biggest accomplishment that I feel I got from the film was overcoming that fear."
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"And I spoke out on women's rights, like equal pay for equal work."
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Karen Morley
"And I spoke out on women's rights, like equal pay for equal work."
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"After all, everybody has secrets and there are some things that nobody knows about you but only you, right?"
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Halle Berry
"After all, everybody has secrets and there are some things that nobody knows about you but only you, right?"
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"To me, being grown-up meant smoking cigarettes, drinking cocktails, and dressing up in high heels and glamourous outfits."
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Lorna Luft
"To me, being grown-up meant smoking cigarettes, drinking cocktails, and dressing up in high heels and glamourous outfits."
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"The first time I kissed Brad my knees went weak - I literally lost my breath!"
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Jennifer Aniston
"The first time I kissed Brad my knees went weak - I literally lost my breath!"
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"When you work on a movie, you just have no idea how it's going to come out; you hope it's good, but you don't really know, and you don't see it until about six or nine months afterward, and I saw it and was pretty pleased."
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Rachel True
"When you work on a movie, you just have no idea how it's going to come out; you hope it's good, but you don't really know, and you don't see it until about six or nine months afterward, and I saw it and was pretty pleased."
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"I'm not sure what the future holds but I do know that I'm going to be positive and not wake up feeling desperate. As my dad said "Nic, it is what it is, it's not what it should have been, not what it could have been, it is what it is"."
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Nicole Kidman
"I'm not sure what the future holds but I do know that I'm going to be positive and not wake up feeling desperate. As my dad said "Nic, it is what it is, it's not what it should have been, not what it could have been, it is what it is"."
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"Movies are open doors, and at every door, I change character and life."
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Juliette Binoche
"Movies are open doors, and at every door, I change character and life."
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"I think your self emerges more clearly over time."
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Meryl Streep
"I think your self emerges more clearly over time."
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"I love playing an alien."
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Sigourney Weaver
"I love playing an alien."
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"Someone had told me about a house in Wandsworth, southwest London - 21 Blenkarne Road - with an incredible garden, so I went and had a look. I walked in and just said, 'I want it.'"
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Susannah York
"Someone had told me about a house in Wandsworth, southwest London - 21 Blenkarne Road - with an incredible garden, so I went and had a look. I walked in and just said, 'I want it.'"
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"I love photography. My boyfriend's got a great camera, which I bought for his birthday."
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Sarah Sutton
"I love photography. My boyfriend's got a great camera, which I bought for his birthday."
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"Now, all the movies are for teenagers. It's very difficult for an actress to find really deep, beautiful characters to play."
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Monica Bellucci
"Now, all the movies are for teenagers. It's very difficult for an actress to find really deep, beautiful characters to play."
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"No matter what you do, your person comes through. You can't completely change yourself on the screen. I had in mind someone colder and more in control, but I couldn't do it. This human note just crept in and maybe it's better."
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Leslie Caron
"No matter what you do, your person comes through. You can't completely change yourself on the screen. I had in mind someone colder and more in control, but I couldn't do it. This human note just crept in and maybe it's better."
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"If I had my way, if I was lucky enough, if I could be on the brink my entire life - that great sense of expectation and excitement without the disappointment - that would be the perfect state."
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Cate Blanchett
"If I had my way, if I was lucky enough, if I could be on the brink my entire life - that great sense of expectation and excitement without the disappointment - that would be the perfect state."
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"The joy we get as actors is out of transforming ourselves into something that's not necessarily anything true to ourselves. And it's a power - not being yourself, and being in the role; it's just like another prop."
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Reese Witherspoon
"The joy we get as actors is out of transforming ourselves into something that's not necessarily anything true to ourselves. And it's a power - not being yourself, and being in the role; it's just like another prop."
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"Mimicking people was something I did already."
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Jane Horrocks
"Mimicking people was something I did already."
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"Women were real box office stars in the '40s, more so than men. People loved to see women's films. I think it was better then, except for the studio system."
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Gwyneth Paltrow
"Women were real box office stars in the '40s, more so than men. People loved to see women's films. I think it was better then, except for the studio system."
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"Drugs won't enhance your performance."
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Morgan Brittany
"Drugs won't enhance your performance."
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"I adore Chicago. It is the pulse of America."
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Sarah Bernhardt
"I adore Chicago. It is the pulse of America."
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"Desperation is the perfume of the young actor. It's so satisfying to have gotten rid of it. If you keep smelling it, it can drive you crazy. In this business a lot of people go nuts, go eccentric, even end up dead from it. Not my plan."
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Uma Thurman
"Desperation is the perfume of the young actor. It's so satisfying to have gotten rid of it. If you keep smelling it, it can drive you crazy. In this business a lot of people go nuts, go eccentric, even end up dead from it. Not my plan."
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"The bravest thing I ever did was continuing my life when I wanted to die."
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Juliette Lewis
"The bravest thing I ever did was continuing my life when I wanted to die."
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"I'm open to sci-fi, but I was never a diehard fan. I have no idea why it keeps following me. I'm extremely lucky, I guess; it's a lucrative venue."
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Yancy Butler
"I'm open to sci-fi, but I was never a diehard fan. I have no idea why it keeps following me. I'm extremely lucky, I guess; it's a lucrative venue."
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"If you're going to be sexy in a photo, you'd better be thinking about sex rather than about being sexy."
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Peta Wilson
"If you're going to be sexy in a photo, you'd better be thinking about sex rather than about being sexy."
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