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"And if there's anything movies can do in a way that I just love, and I love as an audience is, "Show me something I don't know about. Show me something I haven't seen.""

"And if there's anything movies can do in a way that I just love, and I love as an audience is, "Show me something I don't know about. Show me something I haven't seen.""

Annette Bening, American Actress

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"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

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"I'm kind of a chatterbox and I talk really fast."

"I'm kind of a chatterbox and I talk really fast."

Jodie Foster, American Actress

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"Oh, I'm not English, I cannot talk on behalf of an English person. I'm French. I can say about French. They are quite emotional, though, and they talk about their emotions."

"Oh, I'm not English, I cannot talk on behalf of an English person. I'm French. I can say about French. They are quite emotional, though, and they talk about their emotions."

Sophie Marceau, French Actress

Emotional, Emotions, English, Talk

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"Whatever character you play, it gives you the chance to expose another side of yourself that maybe you've never felt comfortable with, or never knew about."

"Whatever character you play, it gives you the chance to expose another side of yourself that maybe you've never felt comfortable with, or never knew about."

Laura Dern, American Actress

Character, Chance, Play

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"When it comes to life and love, why do we believe our worst reviews?"

"When it comes to life and love, why do we believe our worst reviews?"

Sarah Jessica Parker, American Actress

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"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

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"I'm not really much of a shopper. I have to say that I'd definitely prefer good sex. What makes good sex? Oh my god. I think you need to feel free and you have to really trust the other person. And you have to have that strange, mysterious chemical connection."

"I'm not really much of a shopper. I have to say that I'd definitely prefer good sex. What makes good sex? Oh my god. I think you need to feel free and you have to really trust the other person. And you have to have that strange, mysterious chemical connection."

Kristin Davis, American Actress

Trust, Sex, God, Connection

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"I hope I don't just sit around moping for two years."

"I hope I don't just sit around moping for two years."

Yancy Butler, American Actress

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"I am, uh... a 6 foot tall woman, I feel like I'm a healthy size, I'm not anorexic; and I feel that people who aren't anorexic are punished... for not being anorexic."

"I am, uh... a 6 foot tall woman, I feel like I'm a healthy size, I'm not anorexic; and I feel that people who aren't anorexic are punished... for not being anorexic."

Kristen Johnston, American Actress

People, Being, Woman

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"We met and married when both of us knew exactly what our jobs were. He was only 32, but he'd been all over the place. I'd been working on films and television shows all over the world."

"We met and married when both of us knew exactly what our jobs were. He was only 32, but he'd been all over the place. I'd been working on films and television shows all over the world."

Joanna Lumley, English Actress

Job, Jobs, Television, World

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"All successful people these days seem to be neurotic. Perhaps we should stop being sorry for them and start being sorry for me - for being so confounded normal."

"All successful people these days seem to be neurotic. Perhaps we should stop being sorry for them and start being sorry for me - for being so confounded normal."

Deborah Kerr, Scottish Actress

People, Successful, Being

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"I don't think I was ravishing, but I think I was pretty."

"I don't think I was ravishing, but I think I was pretty."

Tina Louise, American Actress

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"A career is all very well, but no one lives by work alone."

"A career is all very well, but no one lives by work alone."

Lorna Luft, American Actress

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"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

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"I think there's a danger of a being typecast as the all-American mom forever."

"I think there's a danger of a being typecast as the all-American mom forever."

JoBeth Williams, American Actress

Mom, Being, Danger

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"I quite enjoy science fiction."

"I quite enjoy science fiction."

Lexa Doig, Canadian Actress

Science, Fiction

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"It was not always easy because I was always an individual and found it difficult to be one of a group. One person who was very supportive was my father. My mother was great but my father really recognised my individuality and supported me in that."

"It was not always easy because I was always an individual and found it difficult to be one of a group. One person who was very supportive was my father. My mother was great but my father really recognised my individuality and supported me in that."

Sharon Stone, American Actress

Mother, Father, Individuality

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"When I do a character, I try to base it on someone I have met or an experience I've had."

"When I do a character, I try to base it on someone I have met or an experience I've had."

Illeana Douglas, American Actress

Experience, Character

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"I'm having the time of my life. I've never looked forward to going to work so much every day. I'm loving it; it's great. It's what I love to do and I wouldn't want to be doing anything else."

"I'm having the time of my life. I've never looked forward to going to work so much every day. I'm loving it; it's great. It's what I love to do and I wouldn't want to be doing anything else."

Sarah Chalke, Canadian Actress

Love, Time, Work, Life

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"At the time I was growing up in the business I was very well established within the industry as a child actor and as I grew up and turned into a teenager there was less and less work."

"At the time I was growing up in the business I was very well established within the industry as a child actor and as I grew up and turned into a teenager there was less and less work."

Morgan Brittany, American Actress

Business, Time, Work, Actor

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"Acting is what I do. It's not what I solely define myself as."

"Acting is what I do. It's not what I solely define myself as."

Meg Ryan, American Actress

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"I'm not sure the public knows what it wants."

"I'm not sure the public knows what it wants."

Loretta Young, American Actress

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"My mother used to tell me, No matter what they ask you, always say yes. You can learn later."

"My mother used to tell me, No matter what they ask you, always say yes. You can learn later."

Natalie Wood, American Actress

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"There is nothing more important in life than love."

"There is nothing more important in life than love."

Barbra Streisand, American Actress

Life, Love, Nothing

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"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

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"Since September 11, security has been increased everywhere, and we have new IDs to get on to the Fox lot. I drove to the security gate, but realized I'd left my ID in my other car. I just broke into that voice - 'Hey, man, I'm Bart Simpson. Who else sounds like this?' The guard waved me through."

"Since September 11, security has been increased everywhere, and we have new IDs to get on to the Fox lot. I drove to the security gate, but realized I'd left my ID in my other car. I just broke into that voice - 'Hey, man, I'm Bart Simpson. Who else sounds like this?' The guard waved me through."

Nancy Cartwright, American Actress

Car, Man, Security, Voice

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"The big companies and their short-term bottom line rule this country."

"The big companies and their short-term bottom line rule this country."

Alexandra Paul, American Actress

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"I'm having a great career, though I think I'm not as good as your little scenario makes me out to be."

"I'm having a great career, though I think I'm not as good as your little scenario makes me out to be."

Kristin Davis, American Actress

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"I take the fact that films cost a lot of money very seriously, but once in a while to have somebody say, This is a big scene, take your time with it, is important. That's John Sayles."

"I take the fact that films cost a lot of money very seriously, but once in a while to have somebody say, This is a big scene, take your time with it, is important. That's John Sayles."

Mary Steenburgen, American Actress

Money, Time, Fact

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"There are people who never experience that, who remain closed until death, from fear of change."

"There are people who never experience that, who remain closed until death, from fear of change."

Isabelle Adjani, French Actress

Change, Experience, Death, People

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"So I constantly play women who are damaged and out of touch, who are seeking without knowing, or knowing without the skills to transform their lives. But then, that's really the fate of many women today."

"So I constantly play women who are damaged and out of touch, who are seeking without knowing, or knowing without the skills to transform their lives. But then, that's really the fate of many women today."

Olympia Dukakis, American Actress

Woman, Women, Fate, Play, Today

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"I'm not about to go out and buy a snake for a pet. I mean, I may have faced a few fears but I'm not insane."

"I'm not about to go out and buy a snake for a pet. I mean, I may have faced a few fears but I'm not insane."

Kristin Davis, American Actress

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"I never did quite fit the glamour mode. It is life with my husband and family that is my high now."

"I never did quite fit the glamour mode. It is life with my husband and family that is my high now."

Patty Duke, American Actress

Family, Life, Husband, Glamour

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"Legends die hard. They survive as truth rarely does."

"Legends die hard. They survive as truth rarely does."

Helen Hayes, American Actress

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"Where I come from, a lot of people didn't have money, but they didn't have gangs or drugs either."

"Where I come from, a lot of people didn't have money, but they didn't have gangs or drugs either."

Kristin Davis, American Actress

Money, People, Drugs

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"When I was in university, my dream was to be a coach, like a high school track coach. Not to teach."

"When I was in university, my dream was to be a coach, like a high school track coach. Not to teach."

Victoria Pratt, Canadian Actress

Dream, Coach, School, University

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"I'm not really interested in politics, because I think it's just too removed from my own life. If there's a war, though, or a disaster, I want to know what's happening."

"I'm not really interested in politics, because I think it's just too removed from my own life. If there's a war, though, or a disaster, I want to know what's happening."

Zhang Ziyi, Chinese Actress

Life, Politics, War, Disaster

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"The most important thing is to just be good at what you do. You do a good job playing the character, and people will be taken up with your character, not your clothes."

"The most important thing is to just be good at what you do. You do a good job playing the character, and people will be taken up with your character, not your clothes."

Victoria Pratt, Canadian Actress

People, Character, Clothes, Job

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"I think there are some people in life who are not marriage material and Chris is one of them."

"I think there are some people in life who are not marriage material and Chris is one of them."

Sharon Gless, American Actress

Life, Marriage, People

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"To manifest your hearts desires you must BE what your heart desires."

"To manifest your hearts desires you must BE what your heart desires."

Joy Page, American Actress

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"Nostalgia is not what it used to be."

"Nostalgia is not what it used to be."

Simone Signoret, German Actress

46

"When I had money in the past, I would always travel rather than spend it on big apartments or cars. And I still feel exactly the same way."

"When I had money in the past, I would always travel rather than spend it on big apartments or cars. And I still feel exactly the same way."

Robin Wright Penn, American Actress

Money, Travel, Past

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"I think probably like seeing women fight because we're generally not thought to be strong, especially in the case of this movie."

"I think probably like seeing women fight because we're generally not thought to be strong, especially in the case of this movie."

Chiaki Kuriyama, Japanese Actress

Woman, Women, Thought, Fight

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"I don't think anyone has the right to intrude in your life, but they do. I would like people to separate the actress and the woman."

"I don't think anyone has the right to intrude in your life, but they do. I would like people to separate the actress and the woman."

Ingrid Bergman, Swedish Actress

Life, People, Right, Woman

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"The Lord has been with me throughout my life. He's never let me down."

"The Lord has been with me throughout my life. He's never let me down."

Annette Funicello, American Actress

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"It could be fun to sing with Prince or Michael Jackson. Justin Timberlake has an amazing new sound now."

"It could be fun to sing with Prince or Michael Jackson. Justin Timberlake has an amazing new sound now."

Taryn Manning, American Actress

Fun, Now, Sound

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"The weather was turning cold and I remember that Dante was using nothing but natural light as his electric department was away, prepping the scene in the cave. We stayed on that rock for the whole day."

"The weather was turning cold and I remember that Dante was using nothing but natural light as his electric department was away, prepping the scene in the cave. We stayed on that rock for the whole day."

Madeleine Stowe, American Actress

Day, Light, Nothing, Weather

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"I write about sex, not love. What do I know about love?"

"I write about sex, not love. What do I know about love?"

Sarah Jessica Parker, American Actress

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

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

Brittany Murphy, American Actress

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