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"A lot of people didn't realize that I acted before I did anything else."
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Maria Menounos
"A lot of people didn't realize that I acted before I did anything else."
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"Pet me, touch me, love me, that's what I get when I perform. That's when I'm really getting what I want."
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Connie Stevens
"Pet me, touch me, love me, that's what I get when I perform. That's when I'm really getting what I want."
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"I wish I were supernaturally strong so I could put right everything that is wrong."
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Greta Garbo
"I wish I were supernaturally strong so I could put right everything that is wrong."
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"Being a teenager, I would think they were real strict, and I would get upset, but I'm glad they were like that. They didn't let us do whatever we wanted. We weren't allowed to date until we were, like, juniors in high school."
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Denise Richards
"Being a teenager, I would think they were real strict, and I would get upset, but I'm glad they were like that. They didn't let us do whatever we wanted. We weren't allowed to date until we were, like, juniors in high school."
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"The romantic love we feel toward the opposite sex is probably one extra help from God to bring you together, but that's it. All the rest of it, the true love, is the test."
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Joan Chen
"The romantic love we feel toward the opposite sex is probably one extra help from God to bring you together, but that's it. All the rest of it, the true love, is the test."
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"I went to a private arts school. We had to wear cloaks."
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Claire Forlani
"I went to a private arts school. We had to wear cloaks."
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"The energy released by it is enormous and it becomes quite addictive, the power between the audience and the actor."
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Fiona Shaw
"The energy released by it is enormous and it becomes quite addictive, the power between the audience and the actor."
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"Some people are cool with the fact that their bodies bear witness to this great thing they produced, their children, and I understand that. But on a personal level, it makes me feel better that my breasts are not down to my knees when I'm undressed in front of my husband."
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Patricia Heaton
"Some people are cool with the fact that their bodies bear witness to this great thing they produced, their children, and I understand that. But on a personal level, it makes me feel better that my breasts are not down to my knees when I'm undressed in front of my husband."
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"I want to be a person who makes a quiet difference."
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Ali MacGraw
"I want to be a person who makes a quiet difference."
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"Women should stop going for the bad guys, stop looking so far when the good ones are right there."
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Jennifer Aniston
"Women should stop going for the bad guys, stop looking so far when the good ones are right there."
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"When I'm with my friends' teenage children, I always say, 'Are your friends having sex yet?'"
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Sharon Stone
"When I'm with my friends' teenage children, I always say, 'Are your friends having sex yet?'"
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"Sometimes because a woman is beautiful, she's not encouraged to be more, although she may have so much more to offer."
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Susan Anton
"Sometimes because a woman is beautiful, she's not encouraged to be more, although she may have so much more to offer."
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"I will not retire while I've still got my legs and my make-up box."
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Bette Davis
"I will not retire while I've still got my legs and my make-up box."
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"My mother taught me to read."
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Fiona Shaw
"My mother taught me to read."
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"I've had the same friends for ten, fifteen years."
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Jeanne Tripplehorn
"I've had the same friends for ten, fifteen years."
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"If I can inspire someone to go in a positive way and pursue a dream, it can only be good."
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Parminder Nagra
"If I can inspire someone to go in a positive way and pursue a dream, it can only be good."
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"I have no intention of discussing my private life with anyone."
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Claire Bloom
"I have no intention of discussing my private life with anyone."
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"I don't like to fight."
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June Allyson
"I don't like to fight."
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"We haven't even gotten a start date but we'll see what happens with that and that will be fun. I've gotten a couple of other things but I'm not really committing myself to anything yet."
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Nia Long
"We haven't even gotten a start date but we'll see what happens with that and that will be fun. I've gotten a couple of other things but I'm not really committing myself to anything yet."
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"For me, being in a car or on an airplane is like being in limbo. It's this dead zone between two places. But to walk, you're some place that's already interesting. You're not just between places. Things are happening."
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Rebecca Solnit
"For me, being in a car or on an airplane is like being in limbo. It's this dead zone between two places. But to walk, you're some place that's already interesting. You're not just between places. Things are happening."
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"You know, one wonderful thing that came out of my Enquirer experience is that, in my case, it was ruled tabloids are magazines. Which means they didn't have the protection that a newspaper has."
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Carol Burnett
"You know, one wonderful thing that came out of my Enquirer experience is that, in my case, it was ruled tabloids are magazines. Which means they didn't have the protection that a newspaper has."
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"The best part of learning any profession, when you're really going through those huge stretching escalated times of learning and energy, is when you want to do it so much."
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Diane Cilento
"The best part of learning any profession, when you're really going through those huge stretching escalated times of learning and energy, is when you want to do it so much."
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"Bernard and I intend doing a lot with our lives and that includes actively helping other people. But how can we tell you our plans when we haven't finished making them yet?"
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Shelley Duvall
"Bernard and I intend doing a lot with our lives and that includes actively helping other people. But how can we tell you our plans when we haven't finished making them yet?"
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"It's a surer way to a woman's heart to be interested in what she's thinking than what she's wearing or not wearing."
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Tina Louise
"It's a surer way to a woman's heart to be interested in what she's thinking than what she's wearing or not wearing."
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"It's all about exploring the more unpredictable aspects in the character, not just fighting people."
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Victoria Pratt
"It's all about exploring the more unpredictable aspects in the character, not just fighting people."
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"One out of forty American men wears women's clothing. We've had more than forty presidents. One of these guys has been dancing around the Oval Office in a prom dress."
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Allison Janney
"One out of forty American men wears women's clothing. We've had more than forty presidents. One of these guys has been dancing around the Oval Office in a prom dress."
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"Part of me longs to do a job where there's not a gray area."
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Jodie Foster
"Part of me longs to do a job where there's not a gray area."
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"Everybody has a heart. Except some people."
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Bette Davis
"Everybody has a heart. Except some people."
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"I was supposed to go to drama school and then go to New York and do theatre. But I grew up on all those fabulous movies and had read all the bold Hollywood books, and I thought I just had to take a look."
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Delta Burke
"I was supposed to go to drama school and then go to New York and do theatre. But I grew up on all those fabulous movies and had read all the bold Hollywood books, and I thought I just had to take a look."
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"It was a show where you were given a quote out of current events and you had to identify who said it. I was reading eight newspapers a day and had compiled a file of about 300 quotes. I really had to do my research. The White House press didn't have to bone up on any of it."
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June Lockhart
"It was a show where you were given a quote out of current events and you had to identify who said it. I was reading eight newspapers a day and had compiled a file of about 300 quotes. I really had to do my research. The White House press didn't have to bone up on any of it."
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"I think people think we're all sipping martinis by the pool."
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Maria Menounos
"I think people think we're all sipping martinis by the pool."
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"I want to get married before I'm 30. And I'd like to win an Oscar before then."
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Lindsay Lohan
"I want to get married before I'm 30. And I'd like to win an Oscar before then."
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"Ignorance is not bliss, but in my case, that was."
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Victoria Principal
"Ignorance is not bliss, but in my case, that was."
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"I'm a born and bred New Yorker. I belong here. Everytime I leave it's like losing a leg."
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Judy Holliday
"I'm a born and bred New Yorker. I belong here. Everytime I leave it's like losing a leg."
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"I went to dance classes from 9 in the morning until 1, then to school from 3 to 10 at night, always under the threat that if I failed a single course I could forget about dancing."
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Victoria Abril
"I went to dance classes from 9 in the morning until 1, then to school from 3 to 10 at night, always under the threat that if I failed a single course I could forget about dancing."
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"I knew nothing about the independent film industry. I didn't know much about the industry itself. All I knew was how to watch movies, how to enjoy them, how to hate them, how not to like them."
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Michelle Rodriguez
"I knew nothing about the independent film industry. I didn't know much about the industry itself. All I knew was how to watch movies, how to enjoy them, how to hate them, how not to like them."
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"No one is ever too old, too rich, too poor, to pray."
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Loretta Young
"No one is ever too old, too rich, too poor, to pray."
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"That's a big goal of mine, to try and grow as much of my own food as possible."
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Daryl Hannah
"That's a big goal of mine, to try and grow as much of my own food as possible."
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"He wasn't really Method but he believed that when you did a role there were lots of things you could do with your co-star in order to create the right environment. You known, if you were supposed to be in love, to create that feeling between the two of you."
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Jane Badler
"He wasn't really Method but he believed that when you did a role there were lots of things you could do with your co-star in order to create the right environment. You known, if you were supposed to be in love, to create that feeling between the two of you."
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"When I died my hair red the first time, I felt as if it was what nature intended. I have been accused of being a bit of a spitfire, so in that way, I absolutely live up to the stereotype. The red hair suits my personality. I was a terrible blonde!"
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Amy Adams
"When I died my hair red the first time, I felt as if it was what nature intended. I have been accused of being a bit of a spitfire, so in that way, I absolutely live up to the stereotype. The red hair suits my personality. I was a terrible blonde!"
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"To work with a director that has emotional commitment and passion toward the characters, and the piece, and the experiences, it only enriches your work."
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Jessica Lange
"To work with a director that has emotional commitment and passion toward the characters, and the piece, and the experiences, it only enriches your work."
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"We were sweet, lovely people who wanted to throw out all the staid institutions who placed money and wars above all else. When you're young you think that's how life works."
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Margot Kidder
"We were sweet, lovely people who wanted to throw out all the staid institutions who placed money and wars above all else. When you're young you think that's how life works."
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"In China, we don't consider someone truly beautiful until we have known them for a long time, and we know what's underneath the skin."
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Ziyi Zhang
"In China, we don't consider someone truly beautiful until we have known them for a long time, and we know what's underneath the skin."
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"It's funny because I think it also goes very well with the show. It has this reputation as being this love city where everyone goes to get married, but when you get there, it's very corny and tacky."
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Caroline Dhavernas
"It's funny because I think it also goes very well with the show. It has this reputation as being this love city where everyone goes to get married, but when you get there, it's very corny and tacky."
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"On the stage, you alone hold the key, and on the night you have to trust that the director has inspired you enough to take the material and run with it."
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Greta Scacchi
"On the stage, you alone hold the key, and on the night you have to trust that the director has inspired you enough to take the material and run with it."
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"I'm drawing the gossip surrounding the celebrity, or the image the celebrity tries to push on us."
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Hilary Duff
"I'm drawing the gossip surrounding the celebrity, or the image the celebrity tries to push on us."
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"The character I play is a wonderful compilation of things I hate about myself and things I love about myself and things that I've invented to make her even more interesting than me."
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Camryn Manheim
"The character I play is a wonderful compilation of things I hate about myself and things I love about myself and things that I've invented to make her even more interesting than me."
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"I had to act in a school play when I was about ten years old. I really didn't want to do it. But everyone had to do it so I didn't have a choice. A talent agent came and watched it and later gave me some work. It's funny because I'd always known that I wanted a movie career. I just didn't think that I would be in the movies."
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Kristen Stewart
"I had to act in a school play when I was about ten years old. I really didn't want to do it. But everyone had to do it so I didn't have a choice. A talent agent came and watched it and later gave me some work. It's funny because I'd always known that I wanted a movie career. I just didn't think that I would be in the movies."
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"Children can only take so much, and they deal with it however they can."
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Julie Christie
"Children can only take so much, and they deal with it however they can."
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"Most original viewers of the Mickey Mouse Club didn't face the crush of family and social problems children have today."
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Annette Funicello
"Most original viewers of the Mickey Mouse Club didn't face the crush of family and social problems children have today."
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