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"Everyone in show business has had the experience of the fan who is so excited at recognizing their favorite star, they say, 'Oh my gosh, you're my biggest fan!'"
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Audrey Meadows
"Everyone in show business has had the experience of the fan who is so excited at recognizing their favorite star, they say, 'Oh my gosh, you're my biggest fan!'"
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"I never felt being an actor or making a movie was an easy thing to do."
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Juliette Binoche
"I never felt being an actor or making a movie was an easy thing to do."
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"For some unknown reason, bad-boys draw you in despite the fact that they are jerks."
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Alexis Bledel
"For some unknown reason, bad-boys draw you in despite the fact that they are jerks."
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"It's a clique and I think a clique exists in every business. There's a circle of people that are guaranteed to open a movie and we all know their names and whether they're right or wrong for the role."
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Elizabeth Pena
"It's a clique and I think a clique exists in every business. There's a circle of people that are guaranteed to open a movie and we all know their names and whether they're right or wrong for the role."
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"Watching a person lose their dignity used to be uncomfortable, and now it's an expected part of the program that we're becoming comfortable with."
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Lisa Kudrow
"Watching a person lose their dignity used to be uncomfortable, and now it's an expected part of the program that we're becoming comfortable with."
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"How strange when an illusion dies. It's as though you've lost a child."
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Judy Garland
"How strange when an illusion dies. It's as though you've lost a child."
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"Myths are a waste of time. They prevent progression."
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Barbra Streisand
"Myths are a waste of time. They prevent progression."
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"The three of us acting was truly one of the best experiences I've ever had. I really look forward to the days when all three of us shoot together, because the sparks really fly."
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Jeanne Tripplehorn
"The three of us acting was truly one of the best experiences I've ever had. I really look forward to the days when all three of us shoot together, because the sparks really fly."
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"Peter Sellers was great to work with. A lovely man. A little bit crazy in that he - you know, as I say, it was hard. It was sort of balancing a very delicate spirit on a needle. You know, because you never know where he was going."
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Goldie Hawn
"Peter Sellers was great to work with. A lovely man. A little bit crazy in that he - you know, as I say, it was hard. It was sort of balancing a very delicate spirit on a needle. You know, because you never know where he was going."
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"It took me years to figure out that you don't fall into a tub of butter, you jump for it."
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Claudette Colbert
"It took me years to figure out that you don't fall into a tub of butter, you jump for it."
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"When you're 22 or 23, you think the world revolves around you, and I felt that way for a long time. But I just turned 30, and I love it! You realize, 'Whoa, baby, you ain't all that.' And you're not! You're just a woman out there doing something she loves."
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Jamie Luner
"When you're 22 or 23, you think the world revolves around you, and I felt that way for a long time. But I just turned 30, and I love it! You realize, 'Whoa, baby, you ain't all that.' And you're not! You're just a woman out there doing something she loves."
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"I know the only reason that I haven't gotten many good parts is because I am Latin - and they tell it to my face a lot of times."
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Salma Hayek
"I know the only reason that I haven't gotten many good parts is because I am Latin - and they tell it to my face a lot of times."
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"The production team's first meeting took place at my house. I had ideas and a color scheme in mind, how I wanted the movie to look, because that has to be a real collaboration."
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Debbie Allen
"The production team's first meeting took place at my house. I had ideas and a color scheme in mind, how I wanted the movie to look, because that has to be a real collaboration."
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"I think people have surgery for psychological reasons more than because of their looks."
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Francesca Annis
"I think people have surgery for psychological reasons more than because of their looks."
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"Illiteracy is rampant. People are out of communication."
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Karen Black
"Illiteracy is rampant. People are out of communication."
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"People say, 'You're still breast-feeding, that's so generous.' Generous, no! It gives me boobs and it takes my thighs away! It's sort of like natural liposuction. I'd carry on breast-feeding for the rest of my life if I could."
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Helena Bonham Carter
"People say, 'You're still breast-feeding, that's so generous.' Generous, no! It gives me boobs and it takes my thighs away! It's sort of like natural liposuction. I'd carry on breast-feeding for the rest of my life if I could."
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"Pick the day. Enjoy it - to the hilt. The day as it comes. People as they come... The past, I think, has helped me appreciate the present - and I don't want to spoil any of it by fretting about the future."
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Audrey Hepburn
"Pick the day. Enjoy it - to the hilt. The day as it comes. People as they come... The past, I think, has helped me appreciate the present - and I don't want to spoil any of it by fretting about the future."
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"Acting is very start and stop."
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Estelle Parsons
"Acting is very start and stop."
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"I don't believe in superheroes but I love Batman movies. There's a part of every person that is entertained by the idealistic, the fantastic."
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Aisha Tyler
"I don't believe in superheroes but I love Batman movies. There's a part of every person that is entertained by the idealistic, the fantastic."
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"It was a lot of pressure, but I loved working with Tim and I loved working with Adrian."
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Elizabeth Pena
"It was a lot of pressure, but I loved working with Tim and I loved working with Adrian."
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"By the time May rolls around, I'm probably going to want to spend a month on an island. But if Steven Spielberg or Steven Soderbergh or any number of directors were to say 'Hey, there's this role, are you interested?' I'd be there in a flash."
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Marg Helgenberger
"By the time May rolls around, I'm probably going to want to spend a month on an island. But if Steven Spielberg or Steven Soderbergh or any number of directors were to say 'Hey, there's this role, are you interested?' I'd be there in a flash."
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"They're not willing to admit that I've also shed blood and tears and often paid dearly for my success. This makes me feel extremely sad."
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Zhang Ziyi
"They're not willing to admit that I've also shed blood and tears and often paid dearly for my success. This makes me feel extremely sad."
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"There are things that you can do today that, years ago, there was nothing. The community today needs to know that with MRI and the current medications the view is good."
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Teri Garr
"There are things that you can do today that, years ago, there was nothing. The community today needs to know that with MRI and the current medications the view is good."
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"You don't have the judgment after you've had the drink. If something truly catastrophic had happened that evening, I don't know how I could have lived with myself. I feel like I've gotten a second chance."
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Tracey Gold
"You don't have the judgment after you've had the drink. If something truly catastrophic had happened that evening, I don't know how I could have lived with myself. I feel like I've gotten a second chance."
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"I am really not of the school of naturalism. I like style, and you can use more style in theater than in film roles. I love to sink my teeth into a part."
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Marisa Tomei
"I am really not of the school of naturalism. I like style, and you can use more style in theater than in film roles. I love to sink my teeth into a part."
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"If only every man who sees my films did not get the impression he can make love to me, I would be a lot happier."
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Brigitte Bardot
"If only every man who sees my films did not get the impression he can make love to me, I would be a lot happier."
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"I was trying to be very at ease in this arrogant person, and very worldly, but something human came into the part. I hate to say that. I wanted to be totally worldly."
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Leslie Caron
"I was trying to be very at ease in this arrogant person, and very worldly, but something human came into the part. I hate to say that. I wanted to be totally worldly."
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"I aspire to be that, to be a voice of reason one day."
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Drew Barrymore
"I aspire to be that, to be a voice of reason one day."
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"If you're in love and there's that chemistry, that's what it's all about."
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Sanaa Lathan
"If you're in love and there's that chemistry, that's what it's all about."
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"Some people are filled by compassion and a desire to do good, and some simply don't think anything's going to make a difference."
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Meryl Streep
"Some people are filled by compassion and a desire to do good, and some simply don't think anything's going to make a difference."
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"Marriage, at this point in my life? I'm not interested in it. Yet. Maybe later when I'm 35 or 40."
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Amanda Seyfried
"Marriage, at this point in my life? I'm not interested in it. Yet. Maybe later when I'm 35 or 40."
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"Even as far back as when I started acting at 14, I know I've never considered failure."
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Jennifer Lawrence
"Even as far back as when I started acting at 14, I know I've never considered failure."
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"I like being small - I've known so many women with big boobs who feel overweight or end up with back problems."
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Eva Longoria
"I like being small - I've known so many women with big boobs who feel overweight or end up with back problems."
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"We were all ruled by the studio system. I signed a contract for seven years."
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Leslie Caron
"We were all ruled by the studio system. I signed a contract for seven years."
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"They see a work ethic in both of us. But, they also see that my husband is more in control of his future, and I am more reliant on other sources for my career."
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Jami Gertz
"They see a work ethic in both of us. But, they also see that my husband is more in control of his future, and I am more reliant on other sources for my career."
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"People always seem to see echoes of their own lives in my films."
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Jill Clayburgh
"People always seem to see echoes of their own lives in my films."
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"You guys ask really long questions. In the U.S., they just want to know who you're sleeping with."
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Susan Sarandon
"You guys ask really long questions. In the U.S., they just want to know who you're sleeping with."
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"Faith is the black person's federal reserve system."
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Hattie McDaniel
"Faith is the black person's federal reserve system."
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"I spend a good portion of my dinner-party conversation defending America because no matter what the political agenda, it's still a fantastic, amazing place."
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Gwyneth Paltrow
"I spend a good portion of my dinner-party conversation defending America because no matter what the political agenda, it's still a fantastic, amazing place."
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"In their 30s women really start to live... they're not children anymore, and they're not just mothers."
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Kelly Lynch
"In their 30s women really start to live... they're not children anymore, and they're not just mothers."
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"For me everything in the film was gradually building, becoming more emotional, so it helped. At the end of it all I was emotionally drained. At that point I took Rose's view, that this has to happen, there's nothing I can do about it."
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Camilla Belle
"For me everything in the film was gradually building, becoming more emotional, so it helped. At the end of it all I was emotionally drained. At that point I took Rose's view, that this has to happen, there's nothing I can do about it."
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"When I used to do musical theatre, my dad refused to come backstage. He never wanted to see the props up close or the sets up close. He didn't want to see the magic."
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Nia Vardalos
"When I used to do musical theatre, my dad refused to come backstage. He never wanted to see the props up close or the sets up close. He didn't want to see the magic."
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"Things happen to you out of luck, and if you get to stick around it's because you're talented."
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Whoopi Goldberg
"Things happen to you out of luck, and if you get to stick around it's because you're talented."
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"Are people angry with me? Sure, anything you do in your life, people are going to be angry at you."
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Anne Heche
"Are people angry with me? Sure, anything you do in your life, people are going to be angry at you."
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"I'd thought of myself as a great big motion picture star from the time I was 6."
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Loretta Young
"I'd thought of myself as a great big motion picture star from the time I was 6."
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"I tried not to make God this big deal in Joan's life. She treats God like a friend: she's nice to him some days, and other days mean, and then cries when she needs help."
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Amber Tamblyn
"I tried not to make God this big deal in Joan's life. She treats God like a friend: she's nice to him some days, and other days mean, and then cries when she needs help."
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"Reign of Fire is something I know how to do, because I've played tough so much."
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Izabella Scorupco
"Reign of Fire is something I know how to do, because I've played tough so much."
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"The hardest job an actor can do is all this pretend, all this screaming and being scared for your life."
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Kirsten Dunst
"The hardest job an actor can do is all this pretend, all this screaming and being scared for your life."
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"I don't think of myself as a movie star and I can pretty easily convince other people that I'm not a movie star."
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Frances McDormand
"I don't think of myself as a movie star and I can pretty easily convince other people that I'm not a movie star."
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"Even from a very early age, I knew I didn't want to miss out on anything life had to offer just because it might be considered dangerous."
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Nicole Kidman
"Even from a very early age, I knew I didn't want to miss out on anything life had to offer just because it might be considered dangerous."
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