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Quotes by Actress

"I'm always dissing Ray and making fun of him, talking about his money."

"I'm always dissing Ray and making fun of him, talking about his money."

Patricia Heaton, American Actress

Money, Fun, Talking

69

"The revolt against brutality begins with a revolt against the language that hides that brutality."

"The revolt against brutality begins with a revolt against the language that hides that brutality."

Rebecca Solnit, American Actress

Activism, Language, Truth, Violence, Resistance

69

"Nobody's interested in sweetness and light."

"Nobody's interested in sweetness and light."

Hedda Hopper, American Actress

Light, Sweetness

69

"I don't smoke, I don't drink much, I don't eat red meat. I stay out of the sun."

"I don't smoke, I don't drink much, I don't eat red meat. I stay out of the sun."

Bernadette Peters, American Actress

69

"I've triumphed over addiction."

"I've triumphed over addiction."

Tatum O'Neal, American Actress

69

"No matter what it is, pick yourself up and go on to the next project."

"No matter what it is, pick yourself up and go on to the next project."

Shelley Duvall, American Actress

69

"We must overcome the notion that we must be regular... it robs you of the chance to be extraordinary and leads you to the mediocre."

"We must overcome the notion that we must be regular... it robs you of the chance to be extraordinary and leads you to the mediocre."

Uta Hagen, German Actress

69

"After that, I was offered lots of lesbian roles, but I didn't want them because I'd already played the best there was."

"After that, I was offered lots of lesbian roles, but I didn't want them because I'd already played the best there was."

Radha Mitchell, Australian Actress

69

"I think at the end of the day this movie is respecting what we as women go through as we grow up. The experiences, what we deal with, other women, things about images, things that we deal with as women."

"I think at the end of the day this movie is respecting what we as women go through as we grow up. The experiences, what we deal with, other women, things about images, things that we deal with as women."

Amber Tamblyn, American Actress

Woman, Women, Day, End

69

"I could only try to comfort the women that I came face-to-face with. I was really moved by how much they wanted to talk, how much they needed to be comforted, and how happy they were that we were there."

"I could only try to comfort the women that I came face-to-face with. I was really moved by how much they wanted to talk, how much they needed to be comforted, and how happy they were that we were there."

Connie Sellecca, American Actress

Woman, Women, Comfort, Talk

69

"Simplicity is the language of leadership."

"Simplicity is the language of leadership."

Farshad Asl, American Actress

Leadership, Simplicity, Clarity, Integrity

69

"Basically, though, I believe in eating well, not eating too much but eating a variety of foods."

"Basically, though, I believe in eating well, not eating too much but eating a variety of foods."

Joan Collins, American Actress

Eating, Variety

69

"There were always questions about my parents; I got so fed up with that."

"There were always questions about my parents; I got so fed up with that."

Charlotte Gainsbourg, French Actress

Parents, Questions

69

"My dad liked how January went with Jones. My sisters' names are Jina and Jacey Jones."

"My dad liked how January went with Jones. My sisters' names are Jina and Jacey Jones."

January Jones, American Actress

Father, Dad, Names, Sisters

69

"I have a disease, but I also have a lot of other things."

"I have a disease, but I also have a lot of other things."

Teri Garr, American Actress

69

"I have learned that to have a good friend is the purest of all God's gifts, for it is a love that has no exchange of payment."

"I have learned that to have a good friend is the purest of all God's gifts, for it is a love that has no exchange of payment."

Frances Farmer, American Actress

Love, God, Friend, Gifts

68

"I found it all very scary. This fairytale gets built around you - as if you've been walking through the streets and then Sydney Pollack sees you and goes, 'I'll put you in something!'"

"I found it all very scary. This fairytale gets built around you - as if you've been walking through the streets and then Sydney Pollack sees you and goes, 'I'll put you in something!'"

Julia Ormond, British Actress

68

"I hardly ever go to parties. If I really have to, I'll go, but I'm not the most open person, which is sometimes not the best quality."

"I hardly ever go to parties. If I really have to, I'll go, but I'm not the most open person, which is sometimes not the best quality."

Eva Green, French Actress

68

"Makeup is scary. When I do it myself, it's just mascara, and sometimes I forget even to do that."

"Makeup is scary. When I do it myself, it's just mascara, and sometimes I forget even to do that."

Sandra Bullock, American Actress

68

"This is where I have wasted the best years of my life."

"This is where I have wasted the best years of my life."

Greta Garbo, Swedish Actress

68

"I just believe that whatever you put into your system you're going to see on your face and your body."

"I just believe that whatever you put into your system you're going to see on your face and your body."

Joely Fisher, American Actress

68

"But I never let a fantasy get away, because I always stop to analyze it."

"But I never let a fantasy get away, because I always stop to analyze it."

Shelley Duvall, American Actress

68

"So I think you have to marry for the right reasons, and marry the right person."

"So I think you have to marry for the right reasons, and marry the right person."

Anne Bancroft, American Actress

68

"If you rest, you rust."

"If you rest, you rust."

Helen Hayes, American Actress

68

"I can't walk by chocolate without eating it."

"I can't walk by chocolate without eating it."

Malin Akerman, Swedish Actress

68

"I'm very out of style... or I should say I have my own style."

"I'm very out of style... or I should say I have my own style."

Alexandra Paul, American Actress

68

"The average Hollywood film star's ambition is to be admired by an American, courted by an Italian, married to an Englishman and have a French boyfriend."

"The average Hollywood film star's ambition is to be admired by an American, courted by an Italian, married to an Englishman and have a French boyfriend."

Katharine Hepburn, American Actress

Boyfriend, Ambition, Film

68

"I had a quick ear and could pick up languages."

"I had a quick ear and could pick up languages."

Diane Cilento, Australian Actress

68

"Hermione uses all these big long tongue twister words. I don't know what she's going on about half the time!"

"Hermione uses all these big long tongue twister words. I don't know what she's going on about half the time!"

Emma Watson, British Actress

68

"When I got pregnant my foot grew, but I was denying it. I've been denying it for three years."

"When I got pregnant my foot grew, but I was denying it. I've been denying it for three years."

Julia Louis Dreyfus, American Actress

68

"The thing you do is escape from them by immersing myself in the character you're playing."

"The thing you do is escape from them by immersing myself in the character you're playing."

Pia Zadora, American Actress

68

"I lost my mother when I was very young, and my father when I was in college."

"I lost my mother when I was very young, and my father when I was in college."

Roma Downey, Irish Actress

Mother, Father, College

68

"Making a film of a work you've played for six weeks gives you intimate knowledge of the character. By the time you go in front of the camera you've worked out the behavior and life of a character."

"Making a film of a work you've played for six weeks gives you intimate knowledge of the character. By the time you go in front of the camera you've worked out the behavior and life of a character."

Linda Lavin, American Actress

Life, Time, Work, Knowledge

68

"I didn't even know Michele before we started the show but we became great friends, and still are."

"I didn't even know Michele before we started the show but we became great friends, and still are."

Joan Van Ark, American Actress

Friendship, Friends

68

"I love changing what I look like because I always feel super strange whenever I do watch something that I'm in."

"I love changing what I look like because I always feel super strange whenever I do watch something that I'm in."

Helena Bonham Carter, British Actress

68

"My last son is leaving to go to college; my grandchildren are being born. My mother is living with me."

"My last son is leaving to go to college; my grandchildren are being born. My mother is living with me."

Sally Field, American Actress

Mother, Son, Being, College

68

"I'm happy for people who want to get married. It's not my thing."

"I'm happy for people who want to get married. It's not my thing."

Charlize Theron, South African Actress

68

"What makes a person sexy is when he's not trying to be sexy."

"What makes a person sexy is when he's not trying to be sexy."

Juliette Binoche, French Actress

68

"My mom died of cancer when I was really young. I'm not someone who tries to work out their own stuff with a role, but I think that happened despite my best efforts to keep myself separate from it."

"My mom died of cancer when I was really young. I'm not someone who tries to work out their own stuff with a role, but I think that happened despite my best efforts to keep myself separate from it."

Sarah Polley, Canadian Actress

Mom, Work, Cancer

68

"People who wear fur smell like a wet dog if they're in the rain. And they look fat and gross."

"People who wear fur smell like a wet dog if they're in the rain. And they look fat and gross."

Pamela Anderson, American Actress

68

"I believe in pink. I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner. I believe in kissing, kissing a lot. I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day and I believe in miracles."

"I believe in pink. I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner. I believe in kissing, kissing a lot. I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day and I believe in miracles."

Audrey Hepburn, Belgian Actress

Being, Day, Girls, Kissing

68

"You want the story to end when it's supposed to and not be squeezed for somebody's financial gain."

"You want the story to end when it's supposed to and not be squeezed for somebody's financial gain."

Lauren Graham, American Actress

Finance, Financial, End, Gain, Want

68

"The worst part of success is to try to find someone who is happy for you."

"The worst part of success is to try to find someone who is happy for you."

Bette Midler, American Actress

68

"I'm going to take over on the Techno Comics so I'm going to be dealing in the children's merchandising type department. But that's just setting it up and having somebody run it."

"I'm going to take over on the Techno Comics so I'm going to be dealing in the children's merchandising type department. But that's just setting it up and having somebody run it."

Majel Barrett, American Actress

68

"Instead of working for the survival of the fittest, we should be working for the survival of the wittiest - then we can all die laughing."

"Instead of working for the survival of the fittest, we should be working for the survival of the wittiest - then we can all die laughing."

Lily Tomlin, American Actress

68

"Honestly, I am not trying to discourage anyone from becoming an actress, but if you want to become one be prepared to face everything that comes - along with it."

"Honestly, I am not trying to discourage anyone from becoming an actress, but if you want to become one be prepared to face everything that comes - along with it."

Amber Tamblyn, American Actress

68

"Into The Woods was... a lot of running around in the woods! I can't wait to see the show again. People didn't realize it back then, but kids still come up to me-young people-and they talk about it. It really made its mark."

"Into The Woods was... a lot of running around in the woods! I can't wait to see the show again. People didn't realize it back then, but kids still come up to me-young people-and they talk about it. It really made its mark."

Bernadette Peters, American Actress

People, Kids, Running, Talk

68

"What if Whitney was at her top, and we brought in a name like Whitney Houston, it would sell."

"What if Whitney was at her top, and we brought in a name like Whitney Houston, it would sell."

Jenifer Lewis, American Actress

68

"Most nights I end up wearing a wife beater T-shirt and boxers."

"Most nights I end up wearing a wife beater T-shirt and boxers."

Jessica Alba, American Actress

68

"Making movies is just like betting on horses at the racetrack."

"Making movies is just like betting on horses at the racetrack."

Maureen O'Hara, Irish Actress

68

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