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"I felt totally released from the need to make it as an actress. I had experienced complete fulfillment in something that had nothing to do with me being in the spotlight."

"I felt totally released from the need to make it as an actress. I had experienced complete fulfillment in something that had nothing to do with me being in the spotlight."

Patricia Heaton, American Actress

Being, Fulfillment, Nothing

38

"Famous people feel that they must perpetually be on the crest of the wave, not realising that it is against all the rules of life. You can't be on top all the time, it isn't natural."

"Famous people feel that they must perpetually be on the crest of the wave, not realising that it is against all the rules of life. You can't be on top all the time, it isn't natural."

Olivia De Havilland, American Actress

Life, Time, People, Famous

38

"Well, I don't know how astute I am, but I did want to be a journalist when I was growing up."

"Well, I don't know how astute I am, but I did want to be a journalist when I was growing up."

Carol Burnett, American Actress

Growing up, Want

38

"I never saved my money. Whenever I worked in the past, I would spend it on my family or my husbands."

"I never saved my money. Whenever I worked in the past, I would spend it on my family or my husbands."

Linda Evans, American Actress

Family, Money, Husbands, Past

38

"Oscar night is a ridiculous night where you go to these parties and you see everyone that you've ever wanted to work with and admire."

"Oscar night is a ridiculous night where you go to these parties and you see everyone that you've ever wanted to work with and admire."

Jordana Brewster, American Actress

38

"I go outside, and I'm wearing a funky T-shirt and my hair is dirty, and people say, 'What's wrong with her? She needs to invest in a hairbrush.'"

"I go outside, and I'm wearing a funky T-shirt and my hair is dirty, and people say, 'What's wrong with her? She needs to invest in a hairbrush.'"

Kristen Stewart, American Actress

People, Hair, Needs, Wrong

38

"I am pretty much a sucker any really bad reality television."

"I am pretty much a sucker any really bad reality television."

Sara Gilbert, American Actress

Pretty, Reality, Television

38

"I learned to speak first, and then to sign. I have never really known what it was like to hear, so I can't compare hearing aids to normal hearing."

"I learned to speak first, and then to sign. I have never really known what it was like to hear, so I can't compare hearing aids to normal hearing."

Marlee Matlin, American Actress

38

"I don't know if this is why everything has worked so well and I'm not sure I'd recommend this kind of thinking to anyone else, but I've always known I'd be successful in acting. I have certainly worked for it."

"I don't know if this is why everything has worked so well and I'm not sure I'd recommend this kind of thinking to anyone else, but I've always known I'd be successful in acting. I have certainly worked for it."

Jennifer Lawrence, American Actress

Success, Successful, Acting, Thinking

38

"Stardom isn't a profession; it's an accident."

"Stardom isn't a profession; it's an accident."

Lauren Bacall, American Actress

Accident, Profession

38

"Tim and Fritz Lang I loved working with. Not Hitchcock so much. There was no communication."

"Tim and Fritz Lang I loved working with. Not Hitchcock so much. There was no communication."

Sylvia Sidney, American Actress

38

"It's still not easy to find roles that offer more complex images of women."

"It's still not easy to find roles that offer more complex images of women."

Susan Sarandon, American Actress

38

"All that money stuff was so strange; all it ever meant to me was freedom from worry. I'm happier now than I've ever been but I still wish I had that money."

"All that money stuff was so strange; all it ever meant to me was freedom from worry. I'm happier now than I've ever been but I still wish I had that money."

Dana Plato, American Actress

Money, Freedom, Now, Worry

38

"Young people are more intelligent and sophisticated."

"Young people are more intelligent and sophisticated."

Dianne Wiest, American Actress

38

"A face is like the outside of a house, and most faces, like most houses, give us an idea of what we can expect to find inside."

"A face is like the outside of a house, and most faces, like most houses, give us an idea of what we can expect to find inside."

Loretta Young, American Actress

Idea, Faces, Houses

38

"I was watching something the other day which started out with five guys walking towards you and one woman, and there you go-it's still being dominated by the male society."

"I was watching something the other day which started out with five guys walking towards you and one woman, and there you go-it's still being dominated by the male society."

Joan Severance, American Actress

Society, Being, Day, Walking

38

"You can love more than one person in your life, but things will be different. There'll be a different dynamic. Needs and desires change."

"You can love more than one person in your life, but things will be different. There'll be a different dynamic. Needs and desires change."

Francesca Annis, English Actress

Change, Love, Life, Needs

38

"I'd wanted to be an actress my whole life, that was my goal, that was all I cared about."

"I'd wanted to be an actress my whole life, that was my goal, that was all I cared about."

Kristin Davis, American Actress

38

"My dream is to eventually open a children's theatre."

"My dream is to eventually open a children's theatre."

Moira Kelly, American Actress

Dream, Children, Open, Theatre

38

"People talk worse about people than they talk good about people, because a lot of people like drama."

"People talk worse about people than they talk good about people, because a lot of people like drama."

Hilary Duff, American Actress

People, Drama, Talk

38

"I don't think kids have a problem with death. It's us older ones who are nearer to it, that start being frightened."

"I don't think kids have a problem with death. It's us older ones who are nearer to it, that start being frightened."

Helena Bonham Carter, British Actress

Death, Being, Kids

38

"During Katherine Hepburn's time when she was just coming into her own at 40."

"During Katherine Hepburn's time when she was just coming into her own at 40."

Andie MacDowell, American Actress

38

"Maybe because she doesn't try so hard to seduce and impress, I guess that's why some guys fell for her. Because she's so different and crazy and we all like a little bit of that in our life."

"Maybe because she doesn't try so hard to seduce and impress, I guess that's why some guys fell for her. Because she's so different and crazy and we all like a little bit of that in our life."

Caroline Dhavernas, Canadian Actress

38

"Hindsight is wonderful. It's always very easy to second guess after the fact."

"Hindsight is wonderful. It's always very easy to second guess after the fact."

Helen Reddy, Australian Actress

Fact, Hindsight

38

"I find the idea of today's icons being teenagers incredibly uninspiring."

"I find the idea of today's icons being teenagers incredibly uninspiring."

Kathleen Turner, American Actress

Idea, Being, Teenagers, Today

38

"It's the most amazing cast, a dream cast. We laugh all the time."

"It's the most amazing cast, a dream cast. We laugh all the time."

Nicole Sullivan, American Actress

38

"Australia is so cool that it's hard to even know where to start describing it. The beaches are beautiful; so is the weather. Not too crowded. Great food, great music, really nice people. It must be a lot like Los Angeles was many years ago."

"Australia is so cool that it's hard to even know where to start describing it. The beaches are beautiful; so is the weather. Not too crowded. Great food, great music, really nice people. It must be a lot like Los Angeles was many years ago."

Mary-Kate Olsen, American Actress

Food, Music, People, Weather

38

"Lately I did a film called All I Want for Christmas and it was well received. This gave me a new point of view and a new respect for my work as an actress."

"Lately I did a film called All I Want for Christmas and it was well received. This gave me a new point of view and a new respect for my work as an actress."

Sarah Polley, Canadian Actress

Work, Christmas, Film, Respect

38

"I think Europeans have enough tradition and respect for the experience and body of work of an actress that they don't sell out to the new ones."

"I think Europeans have enough tradition and respect for the experience and body of work of an actress that they don't sell out to the new ones."

Kathleen Turner, American Actress

Experience, Work, Body, Respect

38

"I didn't want to spend the rest of my life playing Norma Desmond over and over again."

"I didn't want to spend the rest of my life playing Norma Desmond over and over again."

Gloria Swanson, American Actress

Life, Rest, Want

38

"I've dated the sweet mama's boy, the musician rocker, the struggling artist - basically a lot of people without jobs."

"I've dated the sweet mama's boy, the musician rocker, the struggling artist - basically a lot of people without jobs."

Alyssa Milano, American Actress

People, Artist, Jobs

38

"Because I was able to submerge myself into the character, I didn't have to go back and forth. You don't have to work hard to bring emotions. It all just comes naturally, you're there living it."

"Because I was able to submerge myself into the character, I didn't have to go back and forth. You don't have to work hard to bring emotions. It all just comes naturally, you're there living it."

Camilla Belle, American Actress

Work, Character, Emotions, Living

38

"I don't understand that, because I think that what people like most about the show is that they recognize themselves in the characters and their problems, so the more believable the family is, the more we can draw the audience in."

"I don't understand that, because I think that what people like most about the show is that they recognize themselves in the characters and their problems, so the more believable the family is, the more we can draw the audience in."

Patricia Richardson, American Actress

Family, People, Problems

38

"Love is the hardest habit to break, and the most difficult to satisfy."

"Love is the hardest habit to break, and the most difficult to satisfy."

Drew Barrymore, American Actress

38

"We don't stop going to school when we graduate."

"We don't stop going to school when we graduate."

Carol Burnett, American Actress

38

"It is now common knowledge that the average American gains 7 pounds between Thanksgiving and New Year's Day."

"It is now common knowledge that the average American gains 7 pounds between Thanksgiving and New Year's Day."

Marilu Henner, American Actress

Knowledge, Day, New year

38

"When I was in kindergarten, I had one line in a little play. I said, I am Patrick Potato and this is my cousin, Mrs. Tomato, and I heard laughter. I wanted to be an actress from that moment on."

"When I was in kindergarten, I had one line in a little play. I said, I am Patrick Potato and this is my cousin, Mrs. Tomato, and I heard laughter. I wanted to be an actress from that moment on."

Doris Roberts, American Actress

38

"This film business, perhaps more so in America than in Europe, has always been about young sexuality. It's not true of theatre, but in America, film audiences are young. It's not an intellectual cinema in America."

"This film business, perhaps more so in America than in Europe, has always been about young sexuality. It's not true of theatre, but in America, film audiences are young. It's not an intellectual cinema in America."

Jacqueline Bisset, English Actress

Business, America, Audiences, Cinema

38

"To put me through school my morn had to work, so I was a latchkey kid."

"To put me through school my morn had to work, so I was a latchkey kid."

Lara Flynn Boyle, American Actress

38

"I don't believe in messing with mother-nature too much."

"I don't believe in messing with mother-nature too much."

Janine Turner, American Actress

38

"We had our first earthquake over here recently. That was a bizarre feeling. I just became disoriented and I remember my dad freaking out. Nothing broke or anything."

"We had our first earthquake over here recently. That was a bizarre feeling. I just became disoriented and I remember my dad freaking out. Nothing broke or anything."

Ashley Scott, American Actress

Father, Dad, Bizarre, Feeling, First

38

"Other people's perspective, just seeing the sexy image, might be that I take my sexuality very seriously. But I really don't. I like being sexy. It's fun, and I have had a nice little career off it."

"Other people's perspective, just seeing the sexy image, might be that I take my sexuality very seriously. But I really don't. I like being sexy. It's fun, and I have had a nice little career off it."

Carmen Electra, American Actress

People, Being, Career, Fun

38

"I always thought I should base how good I am on how good I feel I am."

"I always thought I should base how good I am on how good I feel I am."

Neve Campbell, Canadian Actress

38

"I crashed my boyfriend's birthday when I was 12 years old. He didn't invite me and so I showed up."

"I crashed my boyfriend's birthday when I was 12 years old. He didn't invite me and so I showed up."

Isla Fisher, Australian Actress

Birthday, Boyfriend, Old, Years

38

"I just kind of opened up and said, 'I feel like a rag doll. I have hair and makeup people coming to my house every day and putting me in new, uncomfortable, weird dresses and expensive shoes, and I just shut down and raise my arms up for them to get the dress on, and pout my lips when they need to put the lipstick on.'"

"I just kind of opened up and said, 'I feel like a rag doll. I have hair and makeup people coming to my house every day and putting me in new, uncomfortable, weird dresses and expensive shoes, and I just shut down and raise my arms up for them to get the dress on, and pout my lips when they need to put the lipstick on.'"

Jennifer Lawrence, American Actress

People, Day, Dress, Hair

38

"I used to hate looking in the mirror. I've grown up into myself and now I'm happy with the way I look."

"I used to hate looking in the mirror. I've grown up into myself and now I'm happy with the way I look."

Ashley Tisdale, American Actress

38

"When I don't plumb the depths or the opportunities of each day, I don't have joy."

"When I don't plumb the depths or the opportunities of each day, I don't have joy."

Victoria Principal, American Actress

38

"People in this country haven't stopped hating fat people, but they've become more kind to me, since in our culture, even though we hate our fat people, we love our celebrities even more."

"People in this country haven't stopped hating fat people, but they've become more kind to me, since in our culture, even though we hate our fat people, we love our celebrities even more."

Camryn Manheim, American Actress

Love, People, Country, Culture

38

"But acting just sort of happened and I found that I loved it. It was such a challenge."

"But acting just sort of happened and I found that I loved it. It was such a challenge."

Rachael Leigh Cook, American Actress

Acting, Challenge

38

"I've been on a calendar, but I've never been on time."

"I've been on a calendar, but I've never been on time."

Marilyn Monroe, American Actress

38

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