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Quotes by Actress

"I know certainly, when one job draws to a close, that I feel I'm simply never going to work again. No one will ever want me for anything ever again. I think that's a vulnerable moment in every actor's life, and it happens every time you finish a film."
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Anjelica Huston
"I know certainly, when one job draws to a close, that I feel I'm simply never going to work again. No one will ever want me for anything ever again. I think that's a vulnerable moment in every actor's life, and it happens every time you finish a film."
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"When it comes down to it, it's about who you know, and who's a fan. It's about whether you're the right age, whether you're hot or not, whether the studio is into you or not."
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Marlee Matlin
"When it comes down to it, it's about who you know, and who's a fan. It's about whether you're the right age, whether you're hot or not, whether the studio is into you or not."
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"I couldn't care less if someone is gay or straight."
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Judith Light
"I couldn't care less if someone is gay or straight."
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"It might be arrogant to think that we're the only living creations in all of the solar systems that there are. Space is so vast."
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Jeri Ryan
"It might be arrogant to think that we're the only living creations in all of the solar systems that there are. Space is so vast."
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"Traveling to swimming meets took me beyond my small-town existence, gave me a hint of the exciting world outside of my own home."
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Esther Williams
"Traveling to swimming meets took me beyond my small-town existence, gave me a hint of the exciting world outside of my own home."
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"Don't know about a cabaret act right now, would actually prefer a role in a broadway musical."
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Julia Barr
"Don't know about a cabaret act right now, would actually prefer a role in a broadway musical."
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"I told them I belong to the same organizations and clubs Mrs. Roosevelt belongs to, but with a few brave exceptions, I was still unable to do films or television for the next seven years."
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Lena Horne
"I told them I belong to the same organizations and clubs Mrs. Roosevelt belongs to, but with a few brave exceptions, I was still unable to do films or television for the next seven years."
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"That's one of the lucky things about getting the success later on. I know how I want to dress, I know what kind of house I want to live in, I just know more about myself, and that's true about the roles I want to play and what parts of myself I want to express. You're just more in touch with yourself."
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Naomi Watts
"That's one of the lucky things about getting the success later on. I know how I want to dress, I know what kind of house I want to live in, I just know more about myself, and that's true about the roles I want to play and what parts of myself I want to express. You're just more in touch with yourself."
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"Entrepreneurship is an art, you do it because you love it."
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Farshad Asl
"Entrepreneurship is an art, you do it because you love it."
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"The fact that people didn't know I was British did work for quite a while."
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Claire Forlani
"The fact that people didn't know I was British did work for quite a while."
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"People think that if you look fairly reasonable, you can't possibly act, and as I only care about acting, I think beauty can be a great handicap."
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Vivien Leigh
"People think that if you look fairly reasonable, you can't possibly act, and as I only care about acting, I think beauty can be a great handicap."
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"I was asked to be in Vogue but I said no. I didn't want to advertise make-up. I didn't want to be seen as a sex symbol."
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Francesca Annis
"I was asked to be in Vogue but I said no. I didn't want to advertise make-up. I didn't want to be seen as a sex symbol."
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"Once a woman has forgiven her man, she must not reheat his sins for breakfast."
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Marlene Dietrich
"Once a woman has forgiven her man, she must not reheat his sins for breakfast."
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"The degree that these scenes went to... there was a couple of days I was upset... I'd have to hurry back to the girls in the makeup trailer and have a bit of a cry because it messes with your head."
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Natasha Richardson
"The degree that these scenes went to... there was a couple of days I was upset... I'd have to hurry back to the girls in the makeup trailer and have a bit of a cry because it messes with your head."
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"But I hope that you walk around the corner and you get very surprised."
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Miranda Richardson
"But I hope that you walk around the corner and you get very surprised."
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"Harrison Ford... I love him. He's a man's man."
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Sherilyn Fenn
"Harrison Ford... I love him. He's a man's man."
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"I also never went there when I was little because I was too busy working and traveling on national tours."
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Christy Romano
"I also never went there when I was little because I was too busy working and traveling on national tours."
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"As long as she is talented enough and passionate about doing it herself then I will be happy and support her. I think I will be sensible - my parents said I could only do it if I got my education and so I had something to fall back on."
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Anna Friel
"As long as she is talented enough and passionate about doing it herself then I will be happy and support her. I think I will be sensible - my parents said I could only do it if I got my education and so I had something to fall back on."
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"To be in a couple, do you have to put your single self on a shelf?"
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Sarah Jessica Parker
"To be in a couple, do you have to put your single self on a shelf?"
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"I'm self-confident and not afraid to speak my mind."
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Eliza Dushku
"I'm self-confident and not afraid to speak my mind."
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"I remember when I first started in the business, I lost a lot of friends. Some were jealous, some were annoyed at the fact that I was an actress."
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Amber Tamblyn
"I remember when I first started in the business, I lost a lot of friends. Some were jealous, some were annoyed at the fact that I was an actress."
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"After I saw the first thing I ever did, I got a migraine."
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Claire Forlani
"After I saw the first thing I ever did, I got a migraine."
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"Finally I had a place where I could express my pain and I felt safe because I didn't have to put my name on it. I think acting kept me alive back then."
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Lindsay Wagner
"Finally I had a place where I could express my pain and I felt safe because I didn't have to put my name on it. I think acting kept me alive back then."
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"I had a great deal of pressure to move to LA after Romancing the Stone came out and I'd become very popular. But people came to me anyway."
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Kathleen Turner
"I had a great deal of pressure to move to LA after Romancing the Stone came out and I'd become very popular. But people came to me anyway."
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"I've made out more this season on a family-friendly show than ever in my actual life."
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Lauren Graham
"I've made out more this season on a family-friendly show than ever in my actual life."
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"To know that once you decide to look at life outside of the narrow limits of just your world and start to understand that you can make a difference in very simple ways - in volunteering and all the way up to bigger world problems."
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Susan Sarandon
"To know that once you decide to look at life outside of the narrow limits of just your world and start to understand that you can make a difference in very simple ways - in volunteering and all the way up to bigger world problems."
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"For me, nothing has ever taken precedence over being a mother and having a family and a home."
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Jessica Lange
"For me, nothing has ever taken precedence over being a mother and having a family and a home."
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"All they had to do was put my name on a marquee and watch the money roll in."
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Gloria Swanson
"All they had to do was put my name on a marquee and watch the money roll in."
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"Boys wear their hearts on their sleeves. Even when they're trying to pull one over on you they're so transparent. Like men."
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Patricia Heaton
"Boys wear their hearts on their sleeves. Even when they're trying to pull one over on you they're so transparent. Like men."
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"The older I get, the less I suffer fools gladly."
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Kathleen Turner
"The older I get, the less I suffer fools gladly."
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"It didn't matter what you look like. You don't have to get up at 5:30 in the morning and there's a lot to be said for that. Corpse Bride can just play all my parts from now on and I'll just do the voice."
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Helena Bonham Carter
"It didn't matter what you look like. You don't have to get up at 5:30 in the morning and there's a lot to be said for that. Corpse Bride can just play all my parts from now on and I'll just do the voice."
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"I thought people would ask me really personal questions because I've shown more of myself, but it's a comedy, and people understand that it's a game we play."
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Charlotte Gainsbourg
"I thought people would ask me really personal questions because I've shown more of myself, but it's a comedy, and people understand that it's a game we play."
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"And hey-the psychiatrist in the show is Italian also. So people are going to focus on what they want to focus on. There's not much you can do about that."
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Edie Falco
"And hey-the psychiatrist in the show is Italian also. So people are going to focus on what they want to focus on. There's not much you can do about that."
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"I prepared for the part by drinking, but I was sober when I was performing."
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Nora Dunn
"I prepared for the part by drinking, but I was sober when I was performing."
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"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."
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Jordana Brewster
"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."
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"I went to my last three years of high school in New Jersey. I just wanted to act, you know?"
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Stacey Dash
"I went to my last three years of high school in New Jersey. I just wanted to act, you know?"
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"There's a power in women being women. There's a role for men, but we don't have to be men, because we're women. I think that representing that on television is a cool thing."
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Jenna Elfman
"There's a power in women being women. There's a role for men, but we don't have to be men, because we're women. I think that representing that on television is a cool thing."
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"I would say I think Jason is going to lose and Freddy will win. I don't know why. I just feel that Freddy is more maniacal and thinks more than Jason does."
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Monica Keena
"I would say I think Jason is going to lose and Freddy will win. I don't know why. I just feel that Freddy is more maniacal and thinks more than Jason does."
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"Just as we have had great working lives, we have also had good personal lives. For instance, we have made school our number one priority. We have been in school our entire lives with kids our own age. We guess that's pretty regular."
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Mary-Kate Olsen
"Just as we have had great working lives, we have also had good personal lives. For instance, we have made school our number one priority. We have been in school our entire lives with kids our own age. We guess that's pretty regular."
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"I mean, there are times when you aren't working, but still believe that work will come."
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Estelle Parsons
"I mean, there are times when you aren't working, but still believe that work will come."
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"It's still not easy to find roles that offer more complex images of women."
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Susan Sarandon
"It's still not easy to find roles that offer more complex images of women."
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"Cast changes are a hard thing. For two years, we had this little family. We weren't together when these changes were decided upon. It all happened during our hiatus."
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Victoria Pratt
"Cast changes are a hard thing. For two years, we had this little family. We weren't together when these changes were decided upon. It all happened during our hiatus."
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"I've been allowed to develop my own character, which I'm still working on."
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Rue McClanahan
"I've been allowed to develop my own character, which I'm still working on."
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"My mother felt it was time that I had some parental control, so I went off to America and went to New York."
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Diane Cilento
"My mother felt it was time that I had some parental control, so I went off to America and went to New York."
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"It is so important that you don't stay with someone just for the children and for the wrong reasons."
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Sadie Frost
"It is so important that you don't stay with someone just for the children and for the wrong reasons."
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"I became so consumed with trying to live up to what the public expected that I lost myself. I don't know of anyone else who can say this."
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Victoria Principal
"I became so consumed with trying to live up to what the public expected that I lost myself. I don't know of anyone else who can say this."
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"I'm studying Kabbalah, which is really the essence of Jewish spirituality."
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Sandra Bernhard
"I'm studying Kabbalah, which is really the essence of Jewish spirituality."
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"And that's why I chose on purpose not to have a death scene. We've seen them in a million movies and it's too much like cranking the tears out. I didn't want that scene."
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Christine Lahti
"And that's why I chose on purpose not to have a death scene. We've seen them in a million movies and it's too much like cranking the tears out. I didn't want that scene."
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"Just because society, and government, and whatever was different 100 years ago, doesn't mean that people didn't have sex, pick their nose, or swear."
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Kate Winslet
"Just because society, and government, and whatever was different 100 years ago, doesn't mean that people didn't have sex, pick their nose, or swear."
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"I've made six films since I made Secrets and Lies but I still live in London and I'd love to do theater."
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Brenda Blethyn
"I've made six films since I made Secrets and Lies but I still live in London and I'd love to do theater."
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