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"I never do anything by chance."

"I never do anything by chance."

Brigitte Bardot, French Actress

37

"But I've always believed that Christine Cagney shouldn't be played past a certain age."

"But I've always believed that Christine Cagney shouldn't be played past a certain age."

Sharon Gless, American Actress

37

"The pursuit of happiness is in our Constitution. We're all entitled to have the best we can."

"The pursuit of happiness is in our Constitution. We're all entitled to have the best we can."

Loretta Swit, American Actress

Happiness, Constitution, Pursuit

37

"When you talk about a great actor, you're not talking about Tom Cruise."

"When you talk about a great actor, you're not talking about Tom Cruise."

Lauren Bacall, American Actress

Actor, Talk, Talking

37

"Joan Crawford is a movie queen. I had never met one before. I know now what I don't want to be."

"Joan Crawford is a movie queen. I had never met one before. I know now what I don't want to be."

Mercedes McCambridge, American Actress

Now, Queen, Want

37

"Around age 40 I put on twenty pounds. I had always had a perfect metabolism. But, my metabolism betrayed me as it does most people, except a very rare few who will always be thin."

"Around age 40 I put on twenty pounds. I had always had a perfect metabolism. But, my metabolism betrayed me as it does most people, except a very rare few who will always be thin."

Suzanne Somers, American Actress

Age, People, Will

37

"When I really young yet feeling very old, I offered up a lot of myself to the press; I knew it was good copy."

"When I really young yet feeling very old, I offered up a lot of myself to the press; I knew it was good copy."

Diane Lane, American Actress

Feelings, Feeling, Old, Press

37

"Look up the definition of rejection in the dictionary, get really comfortable with it, and then maybe you can go into acting."

"Look up the definition of rejection in the dictionary, get really comfortable with it, and then maybe you can go into acting."

Loni Anderson, American Actress

Acting, Rejection

37

"Yeah, I started when I was 6 years old. My brother and sister would get all of these presents at Christmas time from the cast and crew of their show and I was jealous. So I decided that I had to become an actor."

"Yeah, I started when I was 6 years old. My brother and sister would get all of these presents at Christmas time from the cast and crew of their show and I was jealous. So I decided that I had to become an actor."

Sara Gilbert, American Actress

Time, Sister, Brother, Actor

37

"It was really a pleasure to play someone who's literally pushed past her breaking point repeatedly."

"It was really a pleasure to play someone who's literally pushed past her breaking point repeatedly."

Jeri Ryan, American Actress

Past, Play, Pleasure

37

"Sex is like washing your face - just something you do because you have to. Sex without love is absolutely ridiculous. Sex follows love, it never precedes it."

"Sex is like washing your face - just something you do because you have to. Sex without love is absolutely ridiculous. Sex follows love, it never precedes it."

Sophia Loren, Italian Actress

37

"When I first started I was always known as The Girl on the Sitcom with the Funny Voice."

"When I first started I was always known as The Girl on the Sitcom with the Funny Voice."

Julie Benz, American Actress

Funny, First, Voice

37

"I love the live performances and Las Vegas. I also like making films that are being discovered by another generation. Having been a teen idol of the '60s is great because you realize you left your generation with a smile and good memories."

"I love the live performances and Las Vegas. I also like making films that are being discovered by another generation. Having been a teen idol of the '60s is great because you realize you left your generation with a smile and good memories."

Connie Stevens, American Actress

Love, Teen, Being, Memories

37

"The English press treated the world premiere of my first talking picture as a major event."

"The English press treated the world premiere of my first talking picture as a major event."

Gloria Swanson, American Actress

Language, First, Press, Talking, World

37

"Believe it or not, most people think of me as a recording artist, but actually the way I think of myself and the way I earn my living is as a performing artist."

"Believe it or not, most people think of me as a recording artist, but actually the way I think of myself and the way I earn my living is as a performing artist."

Helen Reddy, Australian Actress

People, Artist, Living

37

"To be a good actor... it is necessary to have a firmly tempered soul, to be surprised at nothing, to resume each minute the laborious task that has barely just been finished."

"To be a good actor... it is necessary to have a firmly tempered soul, to be surprised at nothing, to resume each minute the laborious task that has barely just been finished."

Sarah Bernhardt, French Actress

Soul, Actor, Nothing

37

"Trouble is part of your life - if you don't share it, you don't give the person who loves you a chance to love you enough."

"Trouble is part of your life - if you don't share it, you don't give the person who loves you a chance to love you enough."

Dinah Shore, American Actress

Life, Love, Chance, Trouble

37

"You can stay in therapy your whole life, but you've got to live life and not talk about life."

"You can stay in therapy your whole life, but you've got to live life and not talk about life."

Tracey Gold, American Actress

Life, Talk, Therapy

37

"Really try to follow what it is that you want to do and what your heart is telling you to do."

"Really try to follow what it is that you want to do and what your heart is telling you to do."

Jennifer Aniston, American Actress

37

"Luckily I have a brother who looks after my administration and my money, because I'm a total spendthrift."

"Luckily I have a brother who looks after my administration and my money, because I'm a total spendthrift."

Soundarya, Indian Actress

37

"I'm most interested in working and learning from different people and telling good stories."

"I'm most interested in working and learning from different people and telling good stories."

Marguerite Moreau, American Actress

People, Learning

37

"I think so, Silence of the Lambs was a great, suspenseful thriller and I would expect Red Dragon to be similar. And I think it's very character driven."

"I think so, Silence of the Lambs was a great, suspenseful thriller and I would expect Red Dragon to be similar. And I think it's very character driven."

Emily Watson, English Actress

Character, Silence

37

"I find singing as somebody else very liberating, it just frees me up."

"I find singing as somebody else very liberating, it just frees me up."

Jane Horrocks, English Actress

37

"You have to go through the falling down in order to learn to walk. It helps to know that you can survive it. That's an education in itself."

"You have to go through the falling down in order to learn to walk. It helps to know that you can survive it. That's an education in itself."

Carol Burnett, American Actress

Education, Order

37

"There is something at work that's bigger than us. It's about having a trust in life and being at peace that things are happening the way they should. You do what you do as well as you can do it, and then you don't worry or agonize about the outcome."

"There is something at work that's bigger than us. It's about having a trust in life and being at peace that things are happening the way they should. You do what you do as well as you can do it, and then you don't worry or agonize about the outcome."

Sherilyn Fenn, American Actress

Life, Peace, Trust, Work

37

"I think, you know, as an actor we get these terribly sort of pretentious ideas in our heads. We try to take everything very seriously at first, you know, until we lighten up, we get onboard, and have a laugh."

"I think, you know, as an actor we get these terribly sort of pretentious ideas in our heads. We try to take everything very seriously at first, you know, until we lighten up, we get onboard, and have a laugh."

Rosamund Pike, British Actress

Ideas, Actor, First

37

"I am now at an age when they wanted me to play her mother."

"I am now at an age when they wanted me to play her mother."

Isabella Rossellini, Italian Actress

Age, Mother, Now, Play

37

"I think it's important to do great work."

"I think it's important to do great work."

Kyra Sedgwick, American Actress

37

"I wasn't very good about juggling family and my career. I was interested in who was coming to the children's birthday party, what my son was writing. I was thinking about Legos."

"I wasn't very good about juggling family and my career. I was interested in who was coming to the children's birthday party, what my son was writing. I was thinking about Legos."

Jill Clayburgh, American Actress

Birthday, Family, Son, Career

37

"I'm involved in Project ALS which is trying to get money for stem cell research. That's one I've been pretty involved with because if you can cure that, you can cure so many other diseases."

"I'm involved in Project ALS which is trying to get money for stem cell research. That's one I've been pretty involved with because if you can cure that, you can cure so many other diseases."

Gina Gershon, American Actress

Money, Cure, Pretty, Project

37

"There comes a point when a dream becomes reality and reality becomes a dream."

"There comes a point when a dream becomes reality and reality becomes a dream."

Frances Farmer, American Actress

37

"I did the figure of Diana in V, a cult TV show seen all over the world."

"I did the figure of Diana in V, a cult TV show seen all over the world."

Jane Badler, American Actress

37

"A film is a director's vision... there is, however, much input an actor or actress can have."

"A film is a director's vision... there is, however, much input an actor or actress can have."

Natasha Richardson, British Actress

Vision, Actor, Film

37

"I got off on the fact that a guy would be so into me from the get-go without really knowing me. That's probably why I had so many bad relationships."

"I got off on the fact that a guy would be so into me from the get-go without really knowing me. That's probably why I had so many bad relationships."

Christina Applegate, American Actress

Fact, Relationships

37

"I meet so many people, but I don't know anybody."

"I meet so many people, but I don't know anybody."

Jasmine Guy, American Actress

37

"I'm in the moment. I'm always in the moment of life."

"I'm in the moment. I'm always in the moment of life."

Jenifer Lewis, American Actress

37

"Being a mother adds another emotional dimension, a feel for children that I didn't have before I had one. They were a pain before."

"Being a mother adds another emotional dimension, a feel for children that I didn't have before I had one. They were a pain before."

Julie Walters, British Actress

Mother, Being, Children, Pain

37

"And maybe that's being the third child, although my entire family are very resilient - very, very resilient."

"And maybe that's being the third child, although my entire family are very resilient - very, very resilient."

Lynn Redgrave, British Actress

37

"I had no desire to be an film actress, to always play somebody else, to be always beautiful with somebody constantly straightening out your every eyelash. It was always a big bother to me."

"I had no desire to be an film actress, to always play somebody else, to be always beautiful with somebody constantly straightening out your every eyelash. It was always a big bother to me."

Marlene Dietrich, American Actress

Desire, Film, Play

37

"I have never lost my faith in God."

"I have never lost my faith in God."

Maureen O'Hara, Irish Actress

37

"I don't like guys who will lie down and take it. I want someone who'll fight back. I like people who can argue well."

"I don't like guys who will lie down and take it. I want someone who'll fight back. I like people who can argue well."

Sandra Bullock, American Actress

Lie, People, Fight, Want

37

"People desire to separate their worlds into polarities of dark and light, ugly and beautiful, good and evil, right and wrong, inside and outside. Polarities serve us in our learning and growth, but as souls we are all."

"People desire to separate their worlds into polarities of dark and light, ugly and beautiful, good and evil, right and wrong, inside and outside. Polarities serve us in our learning and growth, but as souls we are all."

Joy Page, American Actress

People, Growth, Desire, Evil

37

"I know what actors fear, what they like; I know how to get things out of them and I listen to them better, since I've been there."

"I know what actors fear, what they like; I know how to get things out of them and I listen to them better, since I've been there."

Joan Chen, Chinese Actress

37

"I'm not perfect, I do drink. I do smoke. Carson Daly can't go out and get messed up, he can't smoke in front of kids - he's the face of MTV, and he has to be good. But me? I can."

"I'm not perfect, I do drink. I do smoke. Carson Daly can't go out and get messed up, he can't smoke in front of kids - he's the face of MTV, and he has to be good. But me? I can."

Tara Reid, American Actress

37

"Am I being typecast as a horrible person? I don't know. I don't think so. But if it happens, I'd rather get to play that, because there's nothing fun about being sweet. Sweet can be so boring, so I'd be happy staying away from that."

"Am I being typecast as a horrible person? I don't know. I don't think so. But if it happens, I'd rather get to play that, because there's nothing fun about being sweet. Sweet can be so boring, so I'd be happy staying away from that."

January Jones, American Actress

Being, Fun, Nothing, Play

37

"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

37

"I ran for Congress, just once."

"I ran for Congress, just once."

Shirley Temple, American Actress

37

"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

37

"I don't think I have the stomach Veronica has. I think I have the determination and the stubbornness and a little bit of the go-get-em. But I think I'm about 20 percent more girl than Veronica is. There's a lot of Veronica that hits home with me, the sort of feisty area. But I think that I have a little bit more girl. I'd scream my head off if I saw a body in the freezer."

"I don't think I have the stomach Veronica has. I think I have the determination and the stubbornness and a little bit of the go-get-em. But I think I'm about 20 percent more girl than Veronica is. There's a lot of Veronica that hits home with me, the sort of feisty area. But I think that I have a little bit more girl. I'd scream my head off if I saw a body in the freezer."

Kristen Bell, American Actress

Home, Determination, Body

37

"I think I'm a million different faces."

"I think I'm a million different faces."

Rachael Leigh Cook, American Actress

37

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