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"Although Dorothy in Blue Velvet was humiliated and hurt by men, basically I could react to how she felt."

"Although Dorothy in Blue Velvet was humiliated and hurt by men, basically I could react to how she felt."

Isabella Rossellini, Italian Actress

38

"I love writers. All of my best friends are writers."

"I love writers. All of my best friends are writers."

Patricia Clarkson, American Actress

Love, Friends, Writers

38

"Everything I do now is a first."

"Everything I do now is a first."

Hailee Steinfeld, American Actress

38

"I want to set up orphanages for underprivileged and abused children."

"I want to set up orphanages for underprivileged and abused children."

Lindsay Lohan, American Actress

38

"You can only avoid responsibility for so long. The catalyst ended up being the law coming down and finally saying, 'You guys suspended judgement and that's fine, because we're not.'"

"You can only avoid responsibility for so long. The catalyst ended up being the law coming down and finally saying, 'You guys suspended judgement and that's fine, because we're not.'"

Rosario Dawson, American Actress

Being, Law, Responsibility, Saying

38

"My identity is very clear to me now, I am a black woman."

"My identity is very clear to me now, I am a black woman."

Lena Horne, American Actress

Identity, Now, Woman

38

"We're not all called to be Dorothy Day."

"We're not all called to be Dorothy Day."

Moira Kelly, American Actress

38

"My mother opened a bank account for me when I made $60 on my first day of work as an extra. She's that kind of mother."

"My mother opened a bank account for me when I made $60 on my first day of work as an extra. She's that kind of mother."

Laura Dern, American Actress

Work, Mother, Bank account, Day

38

"I thought it was very important that femininity wasn't lost."

"I thought it was very important that femininity wasn't lost."

Donna Mills, American Actress

Thought, Femininity

38

"The Catholic Church - it's so difficult because I don't want say anything offensive but it makes me very angry that religious leaders from this faith have tried to respond negatively to sexual education and to the promotion of condom use."

"The Catholic Church - it's so difficult because I don't want say anything offensive but it makes me very angry that religious leaders from this faith have tried to respond negatively to sexual education and to the promotion of condom use."

Emma Thompson, English Actress

Education, Faith, Church, Leaders

38

"I actually have never been to a gym. I haven't had time. I have been working for the last 25 years. I just don't have time to put on a little outfit and go to the gym and work out and clean up and come home."

"I actually have never been to a gym. I haven't had time. I have been working for the last 25 years. I just don't have time to put on a little outfit and go to the gym and work out and clean up and come home."

Suzanne Somers, American Actress

Home, Time, Work, Years

38

"Comfort rules. You want to be able to sit in a good chair comfortably for a few hours and be able to talk and enjoy a glass of wine. There's nothing worse than sitting in an uncomfortable chair."

"Comfort rules. You want to be able to sit in a good chair comfortably for a few hours and be able to talk and enjoy a glass of wine. There's nothing worse than sitting in an uncomfortable chair."

Amanda Pays, British Actress

Comfort, Nothing, Rules, Talk

38

"Because of the wealth of fine music spread through the film, working on it held all the fun and excitement of attending a great concert."

"Because of the wealth of fine music spread through the film, working on it held all the fun and excitement of attending a great concert."

June Allyson, American Actress

Music, Wealth, Excitement, Film

38

"I'd love to be the first one to say this, but it automatically turns into - we all have those responsibilities that we ignore because we don't feel like they're ours."

"I'd love to be the first one to say this, but it automatically turns into - we all have those responsibilities that we ignore because we don't feel like they're ours."

Rosario Dawson, American Actress

38

"While I'm trying to be different, I'm trying to be very conservative at this point in my career."

"While I'm trying to be different, I'm trying to be very conservative at this point in my career."

Christy Romano, American Actress

Career, Conservative, Trying

38

"The TV business is soul crushing, talent destroying and human being destroying."

"The TV business is soul crushing, talent destroying and human being destroying."

Olivia De Havilland, American Actress

Business, Talent, Soul, Being

38

"All I'm thinking about today is cleaning my bathroom."

"All I'm thinking about today is cleaning my bathroom."

Linda Fiorentino, American Actress

Thinking, Today

38

"For a child actor, it's a matter of listening, reacting, and being able to put yourself in a new place without being scared."

"For a child actor, it's a matter of listening, reacting, and being able to put yourself in a new place without being scared."

Jena Malone, American Actress

Actor, Being, Listening

38

"I like movies that make you think."

"I like movies that make you think."

Robin Wright Penn, American Actress

38

"I want to work with great directors. I want to work on good material with good actors. I've probably done 20 movies at this point and a lot of independents. It's been an incredible ride and I love it and I'm just going to keep going and doing what I'm doing."

"I want to work with great directors. I want to work on good material with good actors. I've probably done 20 movies at this point and a lot of independents. It's been an incredible ride and I love it and I'm just going to keep going and doing what I'm doing."

Famke Janssen, Dutch Actress

Love, Movies, Work, Actors

38

"I don't know... I don't want people to know everything about me."

"I don't know... I don't want people to know everything about me."

Alison Lohman, American Actress

38

"I think that if you idealise someone for so long, they can only disappoint and I wouldn't want to be disappointed by those people."

"I think that if you idealise someone for so long, they can only disappoint and I wouldn't want to be disappointed by those people."

Jane Horrocks, English Actress

38

"When you feel a connection, a gut connection, a heart connection, it's a very special thing. What's familiar to everyone is watching people falling in love; it doesn't happen on screen that often. People fall in lust, then they're suddenly together."

"When you feel a connection, a gut connection, a heart connection, it's a very special thing. What's familiar to everyone is watching people falling in love; it doesn't happen on screen that often. People fall in lust, then they're suddenly together."

Alfre Woodard, American Actress

Love, People, Heart, Connection

38

"I wouldn't want anyone to destroy the earth."

"I wouldn't want anyone to destroy the earth."

Sanaa Lathan, American Actress

38

"Even though it seems like there are a lot of parts, there is really tons of downtime in the acting world."

"Even though it seems like there are a lot of parts, there is really tons of downtime in the acting world."

Taryn Manning, American Actress

38

"And I had a big opportunity with Richard Brooks, The Professionals, which is really a magnificent movie."

"And I had a big opportunity with Richard Brooks, The Professionals, which is really a magnificent movie."

Claudia Cardinale, Italian Actress

Opportunity, Brooks, professionals

38

"I want to do a little bit of everything. I want to play a good, strong female character."

"I want to do a little bit of everything. I want to play a good, strong female character."

Shannon Elizabeth, American Actress

Character, Play, Want

38

"It's quite hard for me being an actress because I actually don't like attention."

"It's quite hard for me being an actress because I actually don't like attention."

Julie Christie, British Actress

Attention, Being

38

"Were women meant to do everything - work and have babies?"

"Were women meant to do everything - work and have babies?"

Candice Bergen, American Actress

Woman, Women, Work, Babies

38

"I'd like to play characters who are older - I don't want to be playing 14-year-olds too much longer."

"I'd like to play characters who are older - I don't want to be playing 14-year-olds too much longer."

Alison Lohman, American Actress

38

"There's nothing that can beat the feeling of doing a movie or a TV show that makes everyone feel good."

"There's nothing that can beat the feeling of doing a movie or a TV show that makes everyone feel good."

Shelley Duvall, American Actress

Feelings, Feeling, Nothing

38

"I actually would love to live in New York. But I need land; I need space. I'd love to move to a place where I could have a lot of land and a goat."

"I actually would love to live in New York. But I need land; I need space. I'd love to move to a place where I could have a lot of land and a goat."

Lusia Strus, American Actress

Love, Land, Space

38

"I have a lot of variety within me, and the dream role, I think, is actually a compilation of parts that express different aspects of my persona and personal interests."

"I have a lot of variety within me, and the dream role, I think, is actually a compilation of parts that express different aspects of my persona and personal interests."

Ashley Judd, American Actress

38

"I like music to soothe me."

"I like music to soothe me."

Helen Reddy, Australian Actress

38

"It was more that his career was going down again and he was tired of the songs. He was tired of the routine. And there was a point where he just kind of gave up. He couldn't face being 40. And he resorted to stimulants. There's a dark side there, a really dark side."

"It was more that his career was going down again and he was tired of the songs. He was tired of the routine. And there was a point where he just kind of gave up. He couldn't face being 40. And he resorted to stimulants. There's a dark side there, a really dark side."

Priscilla Presley, American Actress

Being, Career, Routine, Songs

38

"I love what I do, so it's not tiring. If I worked at a computer or drove a truck, I'd be dead in a week."

"I love what I do, so it's not tiring. If I worked at a computer or drove a truck, I'd be dead in a week."

Karen Black, American Actress

38

"I'm told leather drives men up the wall. I like wearing it because it because it feels nice."

"I'm told leather drives men up the wall. I like wearing it because it because it feels nice."

Honor Blackman, British Actress

38

"There's an assumption in many of these cultures that these children are mentally retarded, when in fact they're not at all. I saw how the operation affects the child, as well as the child's family and often the village."

"There's an assumption in many of these cultures that these children are mentally retarded, when in fact they're not at all. I saw how the operation affects the child, as well as the child's family and often the village."

Roma Downey, Irish Actress

Family, Children, Fact

38

"You put funny people in funny costumes and paint them green and we could talk about anything we wanted to, because that was the only thing that fascinated Gene about this particular genre."

"You put funny people in funny costumes and paint them green and we could talk about anything we wanted to, because that was the only thing that fascinated Gene about this particular genre."

Majel Barrett, American Actress

Funny, People, Talk

38

"Your hands, your eyes, your voice, your thoughts are your servants."

"Your hands, your eyes, your voice, your thoughts are your servants."

Loretta Young, American Actress

Thought, Thoughts, Eyes, Voice

38

"Once you've reached the point where you can pay rent, you can go to the vet and you can go to the grocery store, after that point it's all the same. I don't have the appetite for a decadent lifestyle."

"Once you've reached the point where you can pay rent, you can go to the vet and you can go to the grocery store, after that point it's all the same. I don't have the appetite for a decadent lifestyle."

Renee Zellweger, American Actress

38

"I was very excited about the idea that I could be an idealist, that I could be my age, the eager beaver who had hope in the justice system and the one who gets disappointed just like the audience."

"I was very excited about the idea that I could be an idealist, that I could be my age, the eager beaver who had hope in the justice system and the one who gets disappointed just like the audience."

Elisabeth Rohm, American Actress

Age, Idea, Hope, Justice

38

"I was also the romantic lead in The Boston Strangler - I was the only one that lived to tell the story - so I called myself the romantic lead."

"I was also the romantic lead in The Boston Strangler - I was the only one that lived to tell the story - so I called myself the romantic lead."

Sally Kellerman, American Actress

Boston, Romantic

38

"Yeah, even a black comedy. Where it's a little eerie. I'd love to do that. But there are about three really fabulous ones on the air now and I don't know if I can do any better than that. I'd like to sort of forge new ground."

"Yeah, even a black comedy. Where it's a little eerie. I'd love to do that. But there are about three really fabulous ones on the air now and I don't know if I can do any better than that. I'd like to sort of forge new ground."

Sharon Gless, American Actress

Love, Comedy, Now

38

"I think acting is about forgetting yourself in order to give the best of yourself. It's passing through you more than you're creating it. You're not the flower, but the vase which holds the flower."

"I think acting is about forgetting yourself in order to give the best of yourself. It's passing through you more than you're creating it. You're not the flower, but the vase which holds the flower."

Juliette Binoche, French Actress

38

"It was just this crazy craziness, and the fact that it was shot in Paris, and it had these incredible people in it. It was an easy thing to say yes to."

"It was just this crazy craziness, and the fact that it was shot in Paris, and it had these incredible people in it. It was an easy thing to say yes to."

Dianne Wiest, American Actress

People, Fact, Paris

38

"Even befor doing this film, I've always been interested in mythology."

"Even befor doing this film, I've always been interested in mythology."

Rachel True, American Actress

Film, Mythology

38

"Our show was - it remained - you know, kids could watch it and laugh at it. And they wouldn't know - they wouldn't get the jokes. But they would laugh at it. So they tell me now they have grown up and they're watching it. Now they get the jokes. But we didn't say anything blatant."

"Our show was - it remained - you know, kids could watch it and laugh at it. And they wouldn't know - they wouldn't get the jokes. But they would laugh at it. So they tell me now they have grown up and they're watching it. Now they get the jokes. But we didn't say anything blatant."

Rue McClanahan, American Actress

Jokes, Kids, Now

38

"All my fans tell me what a glamorous life I have, but I tell them how hard I work and how many nights I spend alone with my dogs, eating chicken pot pie in my bedroom."

"All my fans tell me what a glamorous life I have, but I tell them how hard I work and how many nights I spend alone with my dogs, eating chicken pot pie in my bedroom."

Shannen Doherty, American Actress

Life, Work, Dogs, Eating

38

"I think it's one of my favourite theatres ever, so quirky and wonderful and steeped in history. The space is wonderful and the acoustics are brilliant."

"I think it's one of my favourite theatres ever, so quirky and wonderful and steeped in history. The space is wonderful and the acoustics are brilliant."

Louise Jameson, British Actress

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