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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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"Yes I never go to the gym otherwise because I think it's a waste of time and the most boring thing on earth."
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Izabella Scorupco
"Yes I never go to the gym otherwise because I think it's a waste of time and the most boring thing on earth."
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"I wrote the book because I wanted to be able to share some things that I had learned and as pompous as that may sound, as you get to a certain point in life, you figure so what am I doing?"
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Goldie Hawn
"I wrote the book because I wanted to be able to share some things that I had learned and as pompous as that may sound, as you get to a certain point in life, you figure so what am I doing?"
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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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"You don't want to be photographed? You don't want to be known? Then you don't need to be out there peddling movies."
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Cameron Diaz
"You don't want to be photographed? You don't want to be known? Then you don't need to be out there peddling movies."
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"Words, yes, formulating things, creating something from your heart, it is something very necessary, yes."
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Sophie Marceau
"Words, yes, formulating things, creating something from your heart, it is something very necessary, yes."
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"The biggest lesson we have to give our children is truth."
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Goldie Hawn
"The biggest lesson we have to give our children is truth."
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"Acting is what happens on the way."
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Mira Sorvino
"Acting is what happens on the way."
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"My passion is doing movies, and as long as I keep doing that, I'll be happy. I want to do movies, fun roles and dramatic ones. I love all of it."
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Vanessa Hudgens
"My passion is doing movies, and as long as I keep doing that, I'll be happy. I want to do movies, fun roles and dramatic ones. I love all of it."
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"I have a hotline to the tabloids. When I get up in the morning, I call the Star, and the last thing at night, I call them. I want them to have the inside track."
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Kirstie Alley
"I have a hotline to the tabloids. When I get up in the morning, I call the Star, and the last thing at night, I call them. I want them to have the inside track."
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"I'm just a pack mule. I've played leads and I've played character roles. Any actress in Hollywood will tell you as your age climbs, the leads thin."
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Marcia Gay Harden
"I'm just a pack mule. I've played leads and I've played character roles. Any actress in Hollywood will tell you as your age climbs, the leads thin."
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"My kids are old enough now that they can watch that, but I like to do the family movies."
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Elizabeth Perkins
"My kids are old enough now that they can watch that, but I like to do the family movies."
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"I'm a girl from a good family who was very well brought up. One day I turned my back on it all and became a bohemian."
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Brigitte Bardot
"I'm a girl from a good family who was very well brought up. One day I turned my back on it all and became a bohemian."
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"I was lucky. My family is wonderful. And it's funny, because most of my best friends come from very large families. So it always felt as if I had lots of siblings, though in the end I had to leave them and go home. I kind of got the best of both worlds as a kid."
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Sophia Bush
"I was lucky. My family is wonderful. And it's funny, because most of my best friends come from very large families. So it always felt as if I had lots of siblings, though in the end I had to leave them and go home. I kind of got the best of both worlds as a kid."
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"The hearing aids are very helpful for speech reading. Without the hearing aids, my voice becomes very loud, and I cannot control the quality of my voice."
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Marlee Matlin
"The hearing aids are very helpful for speech reading. Without the hearing aids, my voice becomes very loud, and I cannot control the quality of my voice."
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"There's something about taking a film from concept to script, through production, and then to see the final thing happening in the edit phase. It's almost like a miracle in the making."
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Maria Menounos
"There's something about taking a film from concept to script, through production, and then to see the final thing happening in the edit phase. It's almost like a miracle in the making."
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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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"I love animals and I love to see movies with animals that are done respectfully, you know?"
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Kristin Davis
"I love animals and I love to see movies with animals that are done respectfully, you know?"
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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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"What is the thing that Hollywood demands most? Sincerity. No place in the world will pay such a high price for this admirable trait."
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Hattie McDaniel
"What is the thing that Hollywood demands most? Sincerity. No place in the world will pay such a high price for this admirable trait."
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"Sometimes parts just come along when it's the perfect time for you to do them."
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Jessica Lange
"Sometimes parts just come along when it's the perfect time for you to do them."
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"My dad always said he couldn't remember a time when I did not want to act."
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Gwyneth Paltrow
"My dad always said he couldn't remember a time when I did not want to act."
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"If people knew how KFC treats its chickens, they'd never eat another drumstick."
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Pamela Anderson
"If people knew how KFC treats its chickens, they'd never eat another drumstick."
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"I can install toilets. I know all about the wax ring. I can tile floors. I'm learning how to do basic wiring."
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Sandra Bullock
"I can install toilets. I know all about the wax ring. I can tile floors. I'm learning how to do basic wiring."
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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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"I also have a film coming up called Breaking Up, and my part in that was not written for a Latina, and my character is not particularly pretty or sexy or exotic."
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Salma Hayek
"I also have a film coming up called Breaking Up, and my part in that was not written for a Latina, and my character is not particularly pretty or sexy or exotic."
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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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"We are not the originators of the story. I think it's actually the opposite when you're an actor. You're telling somebody else's story."
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Jessica Lange
"We are not the originators of the story. I think it's actually the opposite when you're an actor. You're telling somebody else's story."
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"My recipe for life is not being afraid of myself, afraid of what I think or of my opinions."
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Eartha Kitt
"My recipe for life is not being afraid of myself, afraid of what I think or of my opinions."
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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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"I am really looking forward as I get older and older, to being less and less nice."
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Annette Bening
"I am really looking forward as I get older and older, to being less and less nice."
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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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"I have learned the art of filling in your lines with your visuals and your movies and your imagination."
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Daphne Zuniga
"I have learned the art of filling in your lines with your visuals and your movies and your imagination."
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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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"I think for me to find that project is going to be something that I'm going to have to develop for myself."
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Nia Long
"I think for me to find that project is going to be something that I'm going to have to develop for myself."
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"People seem to get weirdly obsessed with my mouth."
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Gina Gershon
"People seem to get weirdly obsessed with my mouth."
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"I wanted to be a doctor when I was a kid, but I started doing theater in high school because it was a requirement. At first, I was completely irritated. But I ended up loving it."
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Sophia Bush
"I wanted to be a doctor when I was a kid, but I started doing theater in high school because it was a requirement. At first, I was completely irritated. But I ended up loving it."
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"You hear stories like that of Canadians trying to get in, but when you go back home, you don't expect that."
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Caroline Dhavernas
"You hear stories like that of Canadians trying to get in, but when you go back home, you don't expect that."
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"It's definitely a struggle to prove yourself just as a good human being. I'm so proud of who I am and what I've become, the morals I have, and the people that I'm surrounded by."
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Tina Yothers
"It's definitely a struggle to prove yourself just as a good human being. I'm so proud of who I am and what I've become, the morals I have, and the people that I'm surrounded by."
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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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"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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"It's the same as any role and I find that you can't lump characters together; because they all have different life experiences, different reasons for being the way they are."
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Brenda Blethyn
"It's the same as any role and I find that you can't lump characters together; because they all have different life experiences, different reasons for being the way they are."
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"You don't stay married for thirty-nine years because of sex or even because of love, but because your partner is a real friend to you, because they respect and regard you."
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Olympia Dukakis
"You don't stay married for thirty-nine years because of sex or even because of love, but because your partner is a real friend to you, because they respect and regard you."
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"Wanting to be in a Western film won't get me very far. Unless the opportunity arose, it doesn't matter how much I want to be in one. But if an opportunity did arise, no actor would pass it up."
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Zhang Ziyi
"Wanting to be in a Western film won't get me very far. Unless the opportunity arose, it doesn't matter how much I want to be in one. But if an opportunity did arise, no actor would pass it up."
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"A lot of people think I'm cynical when I talk about acting. The truth of the matter is, I just don't want someone to get some lame advice that will send them in the wrong direction."
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Amber Tamblyn
"A lot of people think I'm cynical when I talk about acting. The truth of the matter is, I just don't want someone to get some lame advice that will send them in the wrong direction."
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"I love to go get fireworks, even though some of them are illegal."
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Carmen Electra
"I love to go get fireworks, even though some of them are illegal."
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"I'm sad to say that stardom is a commodity in our culture."
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Christine Baranski
"I'm sad to say that stardom is a commodity in our culture."
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"I have a strong belief in God... I find religion to be a very personal thing... I am also very spiritual."
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Sela Ward
"I have a strong belief in God... I find religion to be a very personal thing... I am also very spiritual."
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