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Quotes by Actress

"I wouldn't mind being in an American film for a laugh, but I certainly don't want to be in Thingy Blah Blah 3, if you know what I mean."
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Audrey Tautou
"I wouldn't mind being in an American film for a laugh, but I certainly don't want to be in Thingy Blah Blah 3, if you know what I mean."
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"In the bare room under the old library on the hill in the town at the tip of the small peninsula on the cold island so far from everything else, I lived among strangers and birds."
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Rebecca Solnit
"In the bare room under the old library on the hill in the town at the tip of the small peninsula on the cold island so far from everything else, I lived among strangers and birds."
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"My dad had emphysema and both of my parents had chronic bronchitis and ended up with cancers - all smoking related."
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Loni Anderson
"My dad had emphysema and both of my parents had chronic bronchitis and ended up with cancers - all smoking related."
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"And that's what the audience was feeling too, as they watched the show and as they watch it now. And overriding all of that is the way it was written. It was written honestly. There was never any manufactured laugh. There was never compromising of character."
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Mary Tyler Moore
"And that's what the audience was feeling too, as they watched the show and as they watch it now. And overriding all of that is the way it was written. It was written honestly. There was never any manufactured laugh. There was never compromising of character."
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"Idleness is a constant sin, and labor is a duty. Idleness is the devil's home for temptation and for unprofitable, distracting musings; while labor profit others and ourselves."
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Anne Baxter
"Idleness is a constant sin, and labor is a duty. Idleness is the devil's home for temptation and for unprofitable, distracting musings; while labor profit others and ourselves."
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"I know that producing will ultimately mean more longevity in the business, so when I'm tired of everything else and want to be behind the cameras, I know that I can produce."
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Maria Menounos
"I know that producing will ultimately mean more longevity in the business, so when I'm tired of everything else and want to be behind the cameras, I know that I can produce."
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"To stop smoking was actually really easy because I had already started to cut down. My husband is asthmatic, and he just can't for the life of him imagine why anybody would put smoke in their mouth, so he really helped me to start cutting down."
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Holly Marie Combs
"To stop smoking was actually really easy because I had already started to cut down. My husband is asthmatic, and he just can't for the life of him imagine why anybody would put smoke in their mouth, so he really helped me to start cutting down."
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"It is a different world than when I was growing up, and you started to just kind of maintain at thirty-five and just hope you can hope it together. People are a lot more vital than I am and doing all kinds of things and leading really important movements."
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Susan Sarandon
"It is a different world than when I was growing up, and you started to just kind of maintain at thirty-five and just hope you can hope it together. People are a lot more vital than I am and doing all kinds of things and leading really important movements."
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"I no longer say nice things about yoga. I was doing yoga so long before everybody else."
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Jill Clayburgh
"I no longer say nice things about yoga. I was doing yoga so long before everybody else."
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"Whatever ambivalence I felt about my own career, Frankie more than made up for it with his ambition and tenacity."
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Annette Funicello
"Whatever ambivalence I felt about my own career, Frankie more than made up for it with his ambition and tenacity."
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"Being Irish was a big thing for me, particularly growing up in Chicago."
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Lara Flynn Boyle
"Being Irish was a big thing for me, particularly growing up in Chicago."
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"I take the longest to get ready of anyone. I've been going in two hours before the show every performance."
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Rue McClanahan
"I take the longest to get ready of anyone. I've been going in two hours before the show every performance."
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"But certainly in Uganda, Mozambique and South Africa, people don't really talk about sex and certainly religious leaders - some of them - up to now have been very unwilling to accept, for instance, the promotion of condom use."
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Emma Thompson
"But certainly in Uganda, Mozambique and South Africa, people don't really talk about sex and certainly religious leaders - some of them - up to now have been very unwilling to accept, for instance, the promotion of condom use."
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"It's always refreshing to step into another time."
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Diane Lane
"It's always refreshing to step into another time."
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"So I - the thought that I would physically be different was - it's not a thrill, I have to tell you. It's kind of - it brings you up short. But I was able to look at it right away."
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Lynn Redgrave
"So I - the thought that I would physically be different was - it's not a thrill, I have to tell you. It's kind of - it brings you up short. But I was able to look at it right away."
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"Keeping it all normal and keeping us together is my first priority. Then I fit films into my life."
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Kelly Preston
"Keeping it all normal and keeping us together is my first priority. Then I fit films into my life."
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"Well, love is confusing at all ages, but especially when you're 17."
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Piper Perabo
"Well, love is confusing at all ages, but especially when you're 17."
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"I am a person whose father had no religion but who went to the nuns for a couple of years. And I think I'm the same: On one hand, I pray; on the other hand, I don't believe. I am constantly between the two."
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Anjelica Huston
"I am a person whose father had no religion but who went to the nuns for a couple of years. And I think I'm the same: On one hand, I pray; on the other hand, I don't believe. I am constantly between the two."
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"I'm now the Lord of the Brighton Manor."
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Barbara Stanwyck
"I'm now the Lord of the Brighton Manor."
Now,
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"Working together was a bit of a disaster. I'd tell him his ideas were cr*p and he'd say the same about mine."
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Daisy Donovan
"Working together was a bit of a disaster. I'd tell him his ideas were cr*p and he'd say the same about mine."
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"A junkie is someone who uses their body to tell society that something is wrong."
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Stella Adler
"A junkie is someone who uses their body to tell society that something is wrong."
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"What I loved about playing the corpse is that obviously somebody else got to do the physical part. It appeals to the part of me that likes playing character parts and getting the chance to get away from my own physicality."
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Helena Bonham Carter
"What I loved about playing the corpse is that obviously somebody else got to do the physical part. It appeals to the part of me that likes playing character parts and getting the chance to get away from my own physicality."
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"I saw Redeye, and I love being scared and on the edge of my seat."
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Maria Menounos
"I saw Redeye, and I love being scared and on the edge of my seat."
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"In North Carolina nobody bothers us; we're all about concentrating on the work or our auditions that we're trying to get a flight out for. So all that crap is not something that I'm confronted with on a daily basis."
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Katie Holmes
"In North Carolina nobody bothers us; we're all about concentrating on the work or our auditions that we're trying to get a flight out for. So all that crap is not something that I'm confronted with on a daily basis."
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"Mr. Disney and his staff were constantly scouting for great stories to bring to life on film."
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Annette Funicello
"Mr. Disney and his staff were constantly scouting for great stories to bring to life on film."
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"It's based around a Jewish family but it really is a universal theme about getting along and coming along."
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Jami Gertz
"It's based around a Jewish family but it really is a universal theme about getting along and coming along."
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"I guess I have always been deeply terrified to really be someone's wife since I know from life one cannot love another, ever, really."
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Marilyn Monroe
"I guess I have always been deeply terrified to really be someone's wife since I know from life one cannot love another, ever, really."
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"Now learning a bit more about footballers I think what they need to do well, is someone who really wants to stay in the background and just be a strong support."
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Anna Friel
"Now learning a bit more about footballers I think what they need to do well, is someone who really wants to stay in the background and just be a strong support."
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"My advice, Be healthy, reach your own goals and don't be afraid to impersonate a SNL star."
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Teri Hatcher
"My advice, Be healthy, reach your own goals and don't be afraid to impersonate a SNL star."
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"Ryan and I didn't grow up like this at all, with this much attention. We'll just try to keep their feet on the ground and raise them with the values we were raised with."
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Reese Witherspoon
"Ryan and I didn't grow up like this at all, with this much attention. We'll just try to keep their feet on the ground and raise them with the values we were raised with."
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"I took three years off. I differentiated myself from the industry. Found my identity - sort of... I haven't graduated yet. I'm not legitimately educated yet, but maybe one day."
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Claire Danes
"I took three years off. I differentiated myself from the industry. Found my identity - sort of... I haven't graduated yet. I'm not legitimately educated yet, but maybe one day."
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"Keeping a feminine approach is vital - men hate bossy females."
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Ida Lupino
"Keeping a feminine approach is vital - men hate bossy females."
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"And to be different is great. You don't want to be the same."
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Kristen Johnston
"And to be different is great. You don't want to be the same."
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"I've never really thought about competing with cartoons. If it ever gets to that point, then just shoot me."
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Lucy Liu
"I've never really thought about competing with cartoons. If it ever gets to that point, then just shoot me."
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"I think my parents see my life now as very conservative."
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Radha Mitchell
"I think my parents see my life now as very conservative."
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"So many people try to grow up too fast, and it's not fun! You should stay a kid as long as possible!"
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Vanessa Hudgens
"So many people try to grow up too fast, and it's not fun! You should stay a kid as long as possible!"
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"I am pretty much a sucker any really bad reality television."
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Sara Gilbert
"I am pretty much a sucker any really bad reality television."
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"My children didn't when they were little because I thought that they had to be of a certain age. I hoped they liked me well enough not to want to see me in that sort of a spot."
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Fay Wray
"My children didn't when they were little because I thought that they had to be of a certain age. I hoped they liked me well enough not to want to see me in that sort of a spot."
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"Um, and I'm also very proud of my work on George of the Jungle 2."
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Julie Benz
"Um, and I'm also very proud of my work on George of the Jungle 2."
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"When I was a kid, my mother told me that if you could not be a good loser, then there's no way you could be a good winner."
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Halle Berry
"When I was a kid, my mother told me that if you could not be a good loser, then there's no way you could be a good winner."
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"I love old movies. The '40s theatre pace is fantastic."
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Yancy Butler
"I love old movies. The '40s theatre pace is fantastic."
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"I love cats. I have a lot of cat tales, ha ha, so to speak. A lot of my cats come to me. They show up at my house. I'm kind of a cat lady that way."
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Gina Gershon
"I love cats. I have a lot of cat tales, ha ha, so to speak. A lot of my cats come to me. They show up at my house. I'm kind of a cat lady that way."
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"And you can't make a mistake when you are reading the Torah, so you have men standing around who will correct you if you are reading it incorrectly."
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Jami Gertz
"And you can't make a mistake when you are reading the Torah, so you have men standing around who will correct you if you are reading it incorrectly."
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"Perspective is the most important thing to have in life."
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Lauren Graham
"Perspective is the most important thing to have in life."
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"I find the idea of today's icons being teenagers incredibly uninspiring."
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Kathleen Turner
"I find the idea of today's icons being teenagers incredibly uninspiring."
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"I realize it's probably best to keep my politics to myself."
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Shannen Doherty
"I realize it's probably best to keep my politics to myself."
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"Lately I did a film called All I Want for Christmas and it was well received. This gave me a new point of view and a new respect for my work as an actress."
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Sarah Polley
"Lately I did a film called All I Want for Christmas and it was well received. This gave me a new point of view and a new respect for my work as an actress."
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"I can be intimidating, but not within the confines of a film shoot."
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Jeanne Moreau
"I can be intimidating, but not within the confines of a film shoot."
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"I'm a natural blonde, but I feel like a brunette. I feel like people treat me now how I should be treated. People used to be shocked, when I was blond, that I wasn't stupid."
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Olivia Wilde
"I'm a natural blonde, but I feel like a brunette. I feel like people treat me now how I should be treated. People used to be shocked, when I was blond, that I wasn't stupid."
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"It's completely different to work with a woman that is my age, maybe younger."
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Sherilyn Fenn
"It's completely different to work with a woman that is my age, maybe younger."
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