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"Handsome, thin, sophisticated men often fall madly in love with larger women, we just never see it on TV."
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Camryn Manheim
"Handsome, thin, sophisticated men often fall madly in love with larger women, we just never see it on TV."
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"I don't think I was ravishing, but I think I was pretty."
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Tina Louise
"I don't think I was ravishing, but I think I was pretty."
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"I've been in a serious conversation with one of my children, and a fan has come up. I've been in a public bathroom and had the hand come under the stall with a paper and pen. That sort of thing anybody can live without."
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Helen Reddy
"I've been in a serious conversation with one of my children, and a fan has come up. I've been in a public bathroom and had the hand come under the stall with a paper and pen. That sort of thing anybody can live without."
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"Do you know what I'm working on now? My first feature as a director."
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Faye Dunaway
"Do you know what I'm working on now? My first feature as a director."
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"If someone's dumb enough to offer me a million dollars to make a picture, I'm certainly not dumb enough to turn it down."
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Elizabeth Taylor
"If someone's dumb enough to offer me a million dollars to make a picture, I'm certainly not dumb enough to turn it down."
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"It used to be only on TV that women could lead, that a show could be based on a woman."
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Sarah Michelle Gellar
"It used to be only on TV that women could lead, that a show could be based on a woman."
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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."
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Sharon Stone
"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."
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"Celebrity was a long time in coming; it will go away. Everything goes away."
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Carol Burnett
"Celebrity was a long time in coming; it will go away. Everything goes away."
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"I love theater."
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Kristin Davis
"I love theater."
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"There was a period of time in America where the advertising world actually went to the housewives of America and had them write jingles that would appeal to them. It was actually brilliant marketing."
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Julianne Moore
"There was a period of time in America where the advertising world actually went to the housewives of America and had them write jingles that would appeal to them. It was actually brilliant marketing."
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"I hadn't even watched '24' before, and the audition was kind of far away. When I got the material, there wasn't a character yet, so it almost seemed like an assistant to Jack Bauer saying, 'Yes, sir. No, sir.'"
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Mary Lynn Rajskub
"I hadn't even watched '24' before, and the audition was kind of far away. When I got the material, there wasn't a character yet, so it almost seemed like an assistant to Jack Bauer saying, 'Yes, sir. No, sir.'"
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"It was Britney's movie. I liked that movie. It didn't get too much love, but a lot of people really liked it."
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Taryn Manning
"It was Britney's movie. I liked that movie. It didn't get too much love, but a lot of people really liked it."
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"Thirty years ago, there was definitely a huge difference between men and women, and the man wanting to feel like the protector, and not scare the wife."
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Robin Tunney
"Thirty years ago, there was definitely a huge difference between men and women, and the man wanting to feel like the protector, and not scare the wife."
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"My mother used to tell me, No matter what they ask you, always say yes. You can learn later."
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Natalie Wood
"My mother used to tell me, No matter what they ask you, always say yes. You can learn later."
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"Keep smiling - it takes 10 years off!"
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Jane Birkin
"Keep smiling - it takes 10 years off!"
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"My nemesis - my downfall, if you will - was relationships, and trying to fulfill them."
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Jennifer O'Neill
"My nemesis - my downfall, if you will - was relationships, and trying to fulfill them."
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"I've had a normal life, but I have struggled to get here. It hasn't been handed to me and it hasn't been easy."
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Ashley Tisdale
"I've had a normal life, but I have struggled to get here. It hasn't been handed to me and it hasn't been easy."
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"If I was 14 and knew some gay people, I wouldn't nearly have had the struggle I had. Our world is definitely changing."
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Portia de Rossi
"If I was 14 and knew some gay people, I wouldn't nearly have had the struggle I had. Our world is definitely changing."
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"My background has been very helpful for this experience. But everyone was so accommodating because they knew it's not the most comfortable position to be the new kid."
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Jeri Ryan
"My background has been very helpful for this experience. But everyone was so accommodating because they knew it's not the most comfortable position to be the new kid."
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"If God wanted us to be naked, why did he invent sexy lingerie?"
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Shannen Doherty
"If God wanted us to be naked, why did he invent sexy lingerie?"
God,
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"I lived somebody else's life. It was never about me, it was really about him on every level."
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Priscilla Presley
"I lived somebody else's life. It was never about me, it was really about him on every level."
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"Some things you know about, you know what the ingredients are - maybe not all of them. But it's up to you to put in the amount. It's up to the director to nag you until you get it right."
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Judi Dench
"Some things you know about, you know what the ingredients are - maybe not all of them. But it's up to you to put in the amount. It's up to the director to nag you until you get it right."
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"The big companies and their short-term bottom line rule this country."
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Alexandra Paul
"The big companies and their short-term bottom line rule this country."
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"Well, I mean she's of a certain biological age but she didn't have to go around with fat patches and stuff."
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Stockard Channing
"Well, I mean she's of a certain biological age but she didn't have to go around with fat patches and stuff."
Age,
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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."
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Mary Steenburgen
"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."
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"New York in a way functions as another character within the story, as it does within most of Woody Allen's stories."
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Radha Mitchell
"New York in a way functions as another character within the story, as it does within most of Woody Allen's stories."
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"I went to find myself and save myself by being an agent."
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Victoria Principal
"I went to find myself and save myself by being an agent."
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"My work is the only ground I've ever had to stand on. I seem to have a whole superstructure with no foundation but I'm working on the foundation."
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Marilyn Monroe
"My work is the only ground I've ever had to stand on. I seem to have a whole superstructure with no foundation but I'm working on the foundation."
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"I think getting drunk is the key to flying comfortably. A couple of bloody marys or several glasses of champagne, and suddenly it's like you're on a roller coaster."
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Amanda Peet
"I think getting drunk is the key to flying comfortably. A couple of bloody marys or several glasses of champagne, and suddenly it's like you're on a roller coaster."
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"Just because you donate sperm does not make you a father. I don't have a father. I would never give him the credit or acknowledge him as my father."
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Sarah Michelle Gellar
"Just because you donate sperm does not make you a father. I don't have a father. I would never give him the credit or acknowledge him as my father."
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"My kids and my family are number one; I enjoy them the most."
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Jami Gertz
"My kids and my family are number one; I enjoy them the most."
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"I think there are some people in life who are not marriage material and Chris is one of them."
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Sharon Gless
"I think there are some people in life who are not marriage material and Chris is one of them."
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"Even though I don't feel I need approval, it's still important to me to give a good performance. I'm hard on myself."
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Michelle Pfeiffer
"Even though I don't feel I need approval, it's still important to me to give a good performance. I'm hard on myself."
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"Whether you're on TV or on the stage, you have to work hard to stay fresh, real, and full of energy. You can't settle back. You always have to stay on your toes."
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Blythe Danner
"Whether you're on TV or on the stage, you have to work hard to stay fresh, real, and full of energy. You can't settle back. You always have to stay on your toes."
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"I had to lie so much about sex, first when I was 15, because I wasn't supposed to be having it. And then when I got older, I lied to everybody I was having sex with, so I could have sex with other people."
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Cybill Shepherd
"I had to lie so much about sex, first when I was 15, because I wasn't supposed to be having it. And then when I got older, I lied to everybody I was having sex with, so I could have sex with other people."
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"If two people have only one thought between them, something is very wrong."
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Sarah Jessica Parker
"If two people have only one thought between them, something is very wrong."
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"I really have no ulterior motive in taking on certain roles. I have no larger issue that I really want to show people. I'm an actor, that's all. I just do what I do."
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Sally Field
"I really have no ulterior motive in taking on certain roles. I have no larger issue that I really want to show people. I'm an actor, that's all. I just do what I do."
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"That's why I'm an actress - escaping into a world."
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Julie Walters
"That's why I'm an actress - escaping into a world."
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"I was born with a need to be the center of attention, and, of course, you're the center of the world when you're acting."
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Julie Christie
"I was born with a need to be the center of attention, and, of course, you're the center of the world when you're acting."
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"My husband is from Hawaii and his father who was also born in Hawaii was a teenager when Pearl Harbor happened, right before church and he ran up and got on the roof of his grandfather's house and watched the planes go over."
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Sigourney Weaver
"My husband is from Hawaii and his father who was also born in Hawaii was a teenager when Pearl Harbor happened, right before church and he ran up and got on the roof of his grandfather's house and watched the planes go over."
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"My little sister Aliana's opinions are the most important to me. She says, 'I want to look like you, you're so pretty!' But she is very beautiful and so she is trouble in the making! She wants to do what I do. I'm like her second mother and I am very protective of her."
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Lindsay Lohan
"My little sister Aliana's opinions are the most important to me. She says, 'I want to look like you, you're so pretty!' But she is very beautiful and so she is trouble in the making! She wants to do what I do. I'm like her second mother and I am very protective of her."
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"I think that we need to get along together if we want to survive in the twenty-first century."
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Sarah Polley
"I think that we need to get along together if we want to survive in the twenty-first century."
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"I usually have 10 different animation projects going at a time."
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Tara Strong
"I usually have 10 different animation projects going at a time."
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"But the real secret to total gorgeousness is to believe in yourself, have self confindence, and try to be secure in your decisions and thoughts."
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Kirsten Dunst
"But the real secret to total gorgeousness is to believe in yourself, have self confindence, and try to be secure in your decisions and thoughts."
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"It is well that the earth is round that we do not see too far ahead."
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Meryl Streep
"It is well that the earth is round that we do not see too far ahead."
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"Alcohol is a very patient drug. It will wait for the alcoholic to pick it up one more time."
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Mercedes McCambridge
"Alcohol is a very patient drug. It will wait for the alcoholic to pick it up one more time."
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"I also love Dido and Nelly Furtado and people who are really into their music like that. And I love Renee Zellweger."
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Hilary Duff
"I also love Dido and Nelly Furtado and people who are really into their music like that. And I love Renee Zellweger."
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"You respect all of these people that you know in the business as actors. And they sort of turn around and say, we really like your work. It's a nice acknowledgment."
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Lucy Liu
"You respect all of these people that you know in the business as actors. And they sort of turn around and say, we really like your work. It's a nice acknowledgment."
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"When you're Judy Garland and you want something, you just pick up the phone and call somebody. Anybody."
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Lorna Luft
"When you're Judy Garland and you want something, you just pick up the phone and call somebody. Anybody."
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"Just because something is three months away and seems far off, doesn't mean you will want to be there when the time comes."
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Jaclyn Smith
"Just because something is three months away and seems far off, doesn't mean you will want to be there when the time comes."
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