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Quotes by Actress

"I've dated men my age, younger than me and older. The only difference is the young ones are quicker at taking out the garbage."


"I really, really love Hilary Clinton. I think she's very cool. She's out there and she's involved."
Love,

"I mean, I haven't been around very long. I can't expect everyone to have seen 'The House Bunny'. Oh God. I am having such waves of internal embarrassment, which now I'm admitting on a tape recorder. This is so one of the things I should keep in my head."


"Where is there beauty when you see deprivation and starvation?"

"I said 'It can't go on' and he said 'No, it can't.' Honestly, I don't think I could have mattered less to him by then. But by then, nothing mattered to him."

"I didn't really want to live, so anything that was an investment in time made me angry... but also I just felt sad. When the hopelessness is hurting you, it's the fixtures and fittings that finish you off."

"One girl was helped from my appearance on the show, and I swore I would not keep quiet again. When you talk about things that are embarrassing or devastating, obviously you can help people when you do."

"I was skeptical about doing Texas Chainsaw at first because it's such a cult classic. I'd seen some of the sequels and was not a fan of those."

"Johnny Depp is so special that he is like a Martian. In fact, that's what I call him, Martian."
Fact,

"The more you are in this business, the more humbled by it you become."

"I did commercials since I was 16, and that's kind of acting, depending on what you're selling."


"Never give up. And never, under any circumstances, face the facts."

"I know what's best for me, after all I have been in the Claudette Colbert business longer than anybody."


"I'm about to become a member of the Chemists Society of America. I'm very proud of that."


"Having been an actress before becoming a producer has helped, because I realize the needs."


"I look forward to going to work. Everybody is at the top of their game. It was like we just got to play."


"We can bring to characters dark and bright sides that nobody even dreams about."

"When I was little I always thought I was marked out, special, on the verge of something momentous. I used to tingle with anticipation."

"Well, I'm a consumer as well. I go to the movies with my popcorn and believe everything I see."

"I'd also like to do a play. I've never done theater, and constantly changing and refining a performance is something I'd like to do, even though it may sound like work to some people - and it probably is work."

"I think sex is very interesting for most people, but I'm interested in sex as a way of communication, I'm not that interested in the fantasy version of a sex scene."


"Nooooooo... favorite film, that's like asking if you have a favorite kid!"

"I understand what it feels like not to like aspects of yourself. There have been times that I have felt really terrible about the way I look. I have the seed of that feeling."

"I mean I tried to transform myself through characters throughout my career."

"I'm so lucky to be in a situation that I can always have my daughter with me."

"The more prepared I am, the more I'll be in control, less nervous, less stressed and more focused."

"Smoking is one of the leading causes of all statistics."

"I like doing movies that relate to people's experience."

"Actually, the kids at school don't treat me any differently at all just because I'm on television."
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