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Quotes by Actress

"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."

"She goes from one addiction to another. All are ways for her to not feel her feelings."

"Nothing's sacred anymore. Those girls and I got so close. They were painting me naked every day for months. It was kind of like going to a really bizarre sleepover. It's what you guys imagine we do: One naked girl and seven pairs of hands all over her."

"The mark of a good marriage is partnership and continuing to feel inspired by your spouse. I had that with Tao. But the end is not necessarily the tragedy. Staying in a relationship that is no longer working is the tragedy. Living unhappily - that's the tragedy."

"You actually can make it, no matter what. I truly am a firm believer in that. Eminem's living proof."

"I thought, I'm out in my life, that doesn't involve my public life."

"I made a pact with myself a long time ago: Never watch anything stupider than you. It's helped me a lot."
Time,

"I don't enjoy the life of an actress, but I don't want to go into that."

"I have always wanted a bunny and I'll always have a rabbit the rest of my life."

"I'm all right, Nic," Wolfe said, and finally looked at him. "We walked through the dungeons under Rome, survived Philadelphia, and this perfumed cage won't bring us to our knees. We're all stronger than that.""All right," Santi said. "But don't ask me to stop standing next to you. Because you know I will, however much you shout about it."

"Since Michael died I think I've worked constantly. Friends and colleagues are very sustaining. They're the people who get you through it... It's no good to be on your own."


"No, I don't belong to a retirement community."


"The second I met Zac, I thought he was a really cool guy. It's hard not to have chemistry with someone who is so attractive."

"We need a number of solutions - we need more efficiency and conservation. Efficiency is a big one. I think car companies need to do a lot better in producing more efficient cars. They have the technology, we just need to demand them as consumers."

"I met Patricia Neal, John Houseman. But I loved my grandfather because he was this kind, talented man."
Man,

"My best attribute is knowing when not to answer stupid questions."


"But on the other hand, I talked to a woman who was a working woman, and it was actually great for her, because she had her husband one week of the month and the other three weeks, while he was with his other wives, she got to pursue what she wanted to do."

"When I told my mother that I wanted to be an actress, she said, you can't live here and do that, and so I moved out. I was determined to prove her wrong because she was so sure that I was going to go astray. And that's the juice that kept me going."

"A lot of male actors are method actors and they become the characters which they both were."

"I printed a list of Irish names from the Internet and my husband, Dave, saw Finley on the list. I really liked it but didn't want to scare Dave off with my enthusiasm. So I used a little reverse psychology and let him think it was his idea."

"I was as impatient about finding my dream man as I was about everything else I wanted."

"I believe that being an actress or being involved in a movie has to be a life experience, otherwise why go for it? I have to change me, and I have to learn things, and I have to push me and my limits. By acting, I find a freedom inside of a prison in a way."


"This CD became something of a personal journey for me. The tone of the whole CD is uplifting and inspirational. It's an upper. We have enough downers in the world."


"I don't think, there's no possible way for me, anyway, to play a character that I haven't found some sort of sublime compassion for and I related to Deborah on a way that almost, initially, almost in a way maybe someone in the audience might."

"It would be nice if education was free to everyone who wanted it, but that's not the world we live in."

"Every actor and actress is possessed of the absorbing passion to create something distinctive and unique."

"This has always been a motto of mine: Attempt the impossible in order to improve your work."

"I am a makeup junkie... Yves St. Laurent, Christian Dior, and anything else that looks good."

"I get about 25 letters a month, and I answer every one of them."
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