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"We try to be driven by what's a good story, what's truthful, and the drama of what happens next."
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Laura Innes
"We try to be driven by what's a good story, what's truthful, and the drama of what happens next."
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"My father and I have a very good relationship. We always got along. But I always scold him."
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Amy Sedaris
"My father and I have a very good relationship. We always got along. But I always scold him."
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"You can learn so much from children, and you can give them so much."
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Nastassja Kinski
"You can learn so much from children, and you can give them so much."
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"I'm a woman of very few words, but lots of action."
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Mae West
"I'm a woman of very few words, but lots of action."
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"It all has to do with the director, the captain of the ship. He sets the pace, the mood. If the director is quiet, the set is quiet. If the director is loud, then everybody has to be louder to be heard."
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Eva Marie Saint
"It all has to do with the director, the captain of the ship. He sets the pace, the mood. If the director is quiet, the set is quiet. If the director is loud, then everybody has to be louder to be heard."
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"I have been afraid all my life that I am going to die. All my life it has been stuffed in my imagination."
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Patty Duke
"I have been afraid all my life that I am going to die. All my life it has been stuffed in my imagination."
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"Warren and I are friends, but working with him had been difficult."
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Natalie Wood
"Warren and I are friends, but working with him had been difficult."
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"I would love to go back as Leela in this new series."
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Louise Jameson
"I would love to go back as Leela in this new series."
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"My children have no prejudices at all. My own brother-in-law is Jewish!"
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Dorothy Kilgallen
"My children have no prejudices at all. My own brother-in-law is Jewish!"
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"Yes. I've been asked to pose nude, but I never have, and I probably never will."
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Rebecca Romijn
"Yes. I've been asked to pose nude, but I never have, and I probably never will."
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"I'm a geek who loves fashion. There's been a reinvention of the word geek. It means being passionate about anything that's under the radar or sort of frowned upon, like Comic-Con."
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Kristen Bell
"I'm a geek who loves fashion. There's been a reinvention of the word geek. It means being passionate about anything that's under the radar or sort of frowned upon, like Comic-Con."
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"Before I got Doctor Who, I went to the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. I went back to take the final grade exam, which is the grade you have to take before you can take the teacher's diploma."
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Sarah Sutton
"Before I got Doctor Who, I went to the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. I went back to take the final grade exam, which is the grade you have to take before you can take the teacher's diploma."
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"Whatever is said about roles drying up, I intend to keep working. Certainly now the roles couldn't be more interesting - playing mothers, divorcees. I think it's going to be exciting to play a mother of teenagers. The longer your life, the deeper it gets."
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Naomi Watts
"Whatever is said about roles drying up, I intend to keep working. Certainly now the roles couldn't be more interesting - playing mothers, divorcees. I think it's going to be exciting to play a mother of teenagers. The longer your life, the deeper it gets."
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"You're not going to do good work if you're not choosing something because it inspires you."
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Maggie Gyllenhaal
"You're not going to do good work if you're not choosing something because it inspires you."
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"Since I have fair skin, I have to stay out of the sun. I can't stand the sun. I dyed my hair red for a while during the 1990s but I'm actually a natural blonde."
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Nicole Kidman
"Since I have fair skin, I have to stay out of the sun. I can't stand the sun. I dyed my hair red for a while during the 1990s but I'm actually a natural blonde."
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"I've always been able to decide what was more important at different points in my life, but I never gave up personal things to work, never."
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Catherine Deneuve
"I've always been able to decide what was more important at different points in my life, but I never gave up personal things to work, never."
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"When my body is strong, I feel stronger inside. I feel more capable of handling emotional situations. Usually I'm more of a inside-out person, but this was a great case of me from the outside in."
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Mariska Hargitay
"When my body is strong, I feel stronger inside. I feel more capable of handling emotional situations. Usually I'm more of a inside-out person, but this was a great case of me from the outside in."
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"Women will not talk about football unless one of them is in love with a football player, and then suddenly you discover that they know everything that is to be known about it."
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Jeanne Moreau
"Women will not talk about football unless one of them is in love with a football player, and then suddenly you discover that they know everything that is to be known about it."
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"I love more than anything looking at a movie scene by scene and seeing the intention behind it."
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Jodie Foster
"I love more than anything looking at a movie scene by scene and seeing the intention behind it."
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"I have no idea what makes a director believe in me that I can sell these kind of roles."
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Izabella Scorupco
"I have no idea what makes a director believe in me that I can sell these kind of roles."
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"It would be interesting if this sitcom works, so I could be doing one thing all the time instead of going back and forth between all this different media which I sort of thrive on, I'm a bit of a moving target in that way."
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Stockard Channing
"It would be interesting if this sitcom works, so I could be doing one thing all the time instead of going back and forth between all this different media which I sort of thrive on, I'm a bit of a moving target in that way."
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"If you've looked at all the glamour magazines lately, all the covers are actresses. If they are on those covers, they are going to try to emulate models. That's just the way it is."
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Portia de Rossi
"If you've looked at all the glamour magazines lately, all the covers are actresses. If they are on those covers, they are going to try to emulate models. That's just the way it is."
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"Any time you've got nothing to do and lots of time to do it come on up."
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Mae West
"Any time you've got nothing to do and lots of time to do it come on up."
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"I'm just talking specifically of women's friendships. If two women go to a bar and they are fighting over men, it makes it much easier for the men. If two women are very close and they act as it makes it very difficult for the men to pull one over on anybody."
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Jennifer Beals
"I'm just talking specifically of women's friendships. If two women go to a bar and they are fighting over men, it makes it much easier for the men. If two women are very close and they act as it makes it very difficult for the men to pull one over on anybody."
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"Entrepreneurs persevere until it pays off. One good day can make up for an entire month, and one good month can make up for an entire year. Don't give up. The isn't over 'till it's over!"
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Farshad Asl
"Entrepreneurs persevere until it pays off. One good day can make up for an entire month, and one good month can make up for an entire year. Don't give up. The isn't over 'till it's over!"
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"Time is shortening. But every day that I challenge this cancer and survive is a victory for me."
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Ingrid Bergman
"Time is shortening. But every day that I challenge this cancer and survive is a victory for me."
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"There's no environment. Use your imagination. There's no fourth wall, whether it's the first time you've told this story about her life, or the sixth time."
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Jill Clayburgh
"There's no environment. Use your imagination. There's no fourth wall, whether it's the first time you've told this story about her life, or the sixth time."
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"Ordinarily if an actor gets chosen for the lead in a film, he or she has already built up a repertoire, and everyone knows what he or she is capable of."
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Zhang Ziyi
"Ordinarily if an actor gets chosen for the lead in a film, he or she has already built up a repertoire, and everyone knows what he or she is capable of."
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"Read Churchill, he tells you how crucial was the Greek role in your decisive desert victory over Rommel."
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Melina Mercouri
"Read Churchill, he tells you how crucial was the Greek role in your decisive desert victory over Rommel."
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"We all have human emotions that rob our lives."
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Jennifer O'Neill
"We all have human emotions that rob our lives."
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"I used to go home at night and just shake, because I had no idea that's what acting was gonna be."
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Mary Mastrantonio
"I used to go home at night and just shake, because I had no idea that's what acting was gonna be."
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"I have no desire to play most of the roles being offered."
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Kathleen Turner
"I have no desire to play most of the roles being offered."
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"Yeah, well my name is Bai Ling. That means white spirit, and I really feel like sometimes I'm not existing."
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Bai Ling
"Yeah, well my name is Bai Ling. That means white spirit, and I really feel like sometimes I'm not existing."
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"Most men are not that evolved."
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Rosanna Arquette
"Most men are not that evolved."
Men,
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"Michael died five years ago this January, and the first thing that really struck me about the script was the part about her peeling off from the funeral and just getting into a rowboat and having a real kind of cry where nobody was."
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Judi Dench
"Michael died five years ago this January, and the first thing that really struck me about the script was the part about her peeling off from the funeral and just getting into a rowboat and having a real kind of cry where nobody was."
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"I was moaning and grieving as if I lost one of my own children. It was probably one of the most real feelings I ever had on the show. I was just sitting there wailing with no lines. I was beat after that storyline."
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Hunter Tylo
"I was moaning and grieving as if I lost one of my own children. It was probably one of the most real feelings I ever had on the show. I was just sitting there wailing with no lines. I was beat after that storyline."
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"For an actress to be a success, she must have the face of a Venus, the brains of a Minerva, the grace of Terpsichore, the memory of a MaCaulay, the figure of Juno, and the hide of a rhinoceros."
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Ethel Barrymore
"For an actress to be a success, she must have the face of a Venus, the brains of a Minerva, the grace of Terpsichore, the memory of a MaCaulay, the figure of Juno, and the hide of a rhinoceros."
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"Seriously, though, I think I never ceased to be grateful of the fact that I am able to do a job that I really love - I never got over that."
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Judi Dench
"Seriously, though, I think I never ceased to be grateful of the fact that I am able to do a job that I really love - I never got over that."
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"The actors nowadays, both young men and young ladies, don't always wear their period clothes as well as they might. They tend to stomp around a bit in them."
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Julie Harris
"The actors nowadays, both young men and young ladies, don't always wear their period clothes as well as they might. They tend to stomp around a bit in them."
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"A bedroom requires a bed. Everything else was extravagance. Well, he had a bed all right."
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Audrey Meadows
"A bedroom requires a bed. Everything else was extravagance. Well, he had a bed all right."
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"When I play ball, I play hardball."
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Kirstie Alley
"When I play ball, I play hardball."
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"Drifting across the vast space, silent except for wind and footsteps, I felt uncluttered and unhurried for the first time in a while, already on desert time."
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Rebecca Solnit
"Drifting across the vast space, silent except for wind and footsteps, I felt uncluttered and unhurried for the first time in a while, already on desert time."
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"Our 1 million members across the country will be watching closely to see if the video game industry hides behind a First Amendment veil in order to exploit children for the sake of corporate profit."
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Connie Sellecca
"Our 1 million members across the country will be watching closely to see if the video game industry hides behind a First Amendment veil in order to exploit children for the sake of corporate profit."
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"I've always wanted to be a spy, and frankly I'm a little surprised that British intelligence has never approached me."
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Elizabeth Hurley
"I've always wanted to be a spy, and frankly I'm a little surprised that British intelligence has never approached me."
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"It's fascinating for us women to begin looking at our lives in five-year plans. It really does help you keep on track. If that's too hard, start with a two-year plan."
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Marlo Thomas
"It's fascinating for us women to begin looking at our lives in five-year plans. It really does help you keep on track. If that's too hard, start with a two-year plan."
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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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"TV is sort of the only way to go for an actress my age to make a decent salary; with independent films, you just can't."
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Jessica Lange
"TV is sort of the only way to go for an actress my age to make a decent salary; with independent films, you just can't."
Age,
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"I'm more selective now I've got a family. I don't want to work all the time. My daughter's 12; I don't want to miss out on her life. Soon she'll be a teenager; she won't want me around."
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Julie Walters
"I'm more selective now I've got a family. I don't want to work all the time. My daughter's 12; I don't want to miss out on her life. Soon she'll be a teenager; she won't want me around."
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"Delighted," Jess said. "I think all houses should be stuffed with books. It makes them--""Homes?" the doctor finished. "You are quite the heretic, for someone in a Library uniform.""Guilty."
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Rachel Caine
"Delighted," Jess said. "I think all houses should be stuffed with books. It makes them--""Homes?" the doctor finished. "You are quite the heretic, for someone in a Library uniform.""Guilty."
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"When you're that tall, people talk about it all the time."
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Kristen Johnston
"When you're that tall, people talk about it all the time."
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