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"They've turned this character into a human being."

"They've turned this character into a human being."

Melinda Clarke, American Actress

Character, Being

36

"Men say they love independence in a woman, but they don't waste a second demolishing it brick by brick."

"Men say they love independence in a woman, but they don't waste a second demolishing it brick by brick."

Candice Bergen, American Actress

Love, Men, Independence, Waste

36

"Every part I've done has been for one reason or another-money, or the part, or the director, or the location. I'd like to get one thing that's all of those combined."

"Every part I've done has been for one reason or another-money, or the part, or the director, or the location. I'd like to get one thing that's all of those combined."

Joan Severance, American Actress

36

"If there is a supreme being, he's crazy."

"If there is a supreme being, he's crazy."

Marlene Dietrich, American Actress

36

"I love comic book movies, and Marvel Comics obviously are the best."

"I love comic book movies, and Marvel Comics obviously are the best."

Maria Menounos, American Actress

36

"We did an episode where she goes out to get a job and she gets fired because she's not good. They hire a babysitter to help out and she finds out she hates the fact that the kids have more fun with the sitter than her."

"We did an episode where she goes out to get a job and she gets fired because she's not good. They hire a babysitter to help out and she finds out she hates the fact that the kids have more fun with the sitter than her."

Patricia Heaton, American Actress

Fact, Fun, Help, Job

36

"Today it's almost impossible to do it unless you are an actress or writer with power... I wouldn't hesitate right this minute to hire a talented woman if the subject matter were right."

"Today it's almost impossible to do it unless you are an actress or writer with power... I wouldn't hesitate right this minute to hire a talented woman if the subject matter were right."

Ida Lupino, English Actress

Power, Right, Today, Woman

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"Everything about my teenage life was almost ideal."

"Everything about my teenage life was almost ideal."

Esther Williams, American Actress

36

"I look back on my life like everybody does but not just career. I mean I look back on my life as a whole, so I don't think that I dwell there or anything and in terms of work I hope that there is a lot in front of me."

"I look back on my life like everybody does but not just career. I mean I look back on my life as a whole, so I don't think that I dwell there or anything and in terms of work I hope that there is a lot in front of me."

Barbara Hershey, American Actress

Life, Work, Hope, Career

36

"I do a lot of work with the Dyslexia Institute because, for people with dyslexia who do not have parental support, it is a huge disadvantage. I was fortunate because my Mum was a teacher and she taught me to work hard."

"I do a lot of work with the Dyslexia Institute because, for people with dyslexia who do not have parental support, it is a huge disadvantage. I was fortunate because my Mum was a teacher and she taught me to work hard."

Susan Hampshire, English Actress

Work, People, Support

36

"I have a Web site that parents and girls can use to learn about Title IX and take action if they find their school is not in compliance. Thirty years after Title IX passed, 80 percent of schools are not in compliance."

"I have a Web site that parents and girls can use to learn about Title IX and take action if they find their school is not in compliance. Thirty years after Title IX passed, 80 percent of schools are not in compliance."

Geena Davis, American Actress

Action, Girls, Parents, School

36

"I seem to be getting a lot of things pushed my way that are strong women. It's like people see Hackers and they send me offers to play tough women with guns, the kind who wear no bra and a little tank top. I'd like to play strong women who are also very feminine."

"I seem to be getting a lot of things pushed my way that are strong women. It's like people see Hackers and they send me offers to play tough women with guns, the kind who wear no bra and a little tank top. I'd like to play strong women who are also very feminine."

Angelina Jolie, American Actress

Woman, Women, People, Play

36

"Though I was a mother at 21, being a grandmother makes the whole thing absolutely normal and gorgeous. The relief, the joy of being a grandmother is wonderful."

"Though I was a mother at 21, being a grandmother makes the whole thing absolutely normal and gorgeous. The relief, the joy of being a grandmother is wonderful."

Joanna Lumley, English Actress

Mother, Being, Joy

36

"I find it difficult to explain, but I'm quite ashamed of being an actress."

"I find it difficult to explain, but I'm quite ashamed of being an actress."

Kristin Scott Thomas, English Actress

36

"Altman works in such an interesting way, letting things occur in the film even if he didn't particularly plan them."

"Altman works in such an interesting way, letting things occur in the film even if he didn't particularly plan them."

Julie Christie, British Actress

36

"I think comedy is one of the hardest things to do."

"I think comedy is one of the hardest things to do."

Faith Ford, American Actress

36

"I don't like to read about myself, whether it be positive or negative."

"I don't like to read about myself, whether it be positive or negative."

Chloe Sevigny, American Actress

Negative, Positive

36

"Stop using him, and start protecting him. I know he thinks he doesn't need it, but sometimes he does. Sometimes we all do."

"Stop using him, and start protecting him. I know he thinks he doesn't need it, but sometimes he does. Sometimes we all do."

Rachel Caine, Canadian Actress

Protection, Care, Support, Love

36

"That's what he was saying, the civil rights movement - judge me for my character, not how black my skin is, not how yellow my skin is, how short I am, how tall or fat or thin; It's by my character."

"That's what he was saying, the civil rights movement - judge me for my character, not how black my skin is, not how yellow my skin is, how short I am, how tall or fat or thin; It's by my character."

Pam Grier, American Actress

Character, Civil rights, Saying, Skin

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"Vulgarity begins when imagination succumbs to the explicit."

"Vulgarity begins when imagination succumbs to the explicit."

Doris Day, American Actress

Imagination, Vulgarity

36

"I was raised by free-spirited people, though my father gave me a very strong work ethic."

"I was raised by free-spirited people, though my father gave me a very strong work ethic."

Diane Lane, American Actress

Work, Father, People, Work ethic

36

"But most of what I've learned about acting - and a lot of what I've learned about life in the past seven years - was taught to me by Robert Altman."

"But most of what I've learned about acting - and a lot of what I've learned about life in the past seven years - was taught to me by Robert Altman."

Shelley Duvall, American Actress

Life, Acting, Past, Years

36

"I've never worked as much as I would've wanted to, and that's why I end up doing a lot of stage as well, because stage is a full course meal."

"I've never worked as much as I would've wanted to, and that's why I end up doing a lot of stage as well, because stage is a full course meal."

Holly Hunter, American Actress

36

"When you try to battle with John Ford, you have to give in."

"When you try to battle with John Ford, you have to give in."

Maureen O'Hara, Irish Actress

36

"The business is a very tricky obstacle course, and you should be very clear about work begetting work. If you're not working, you're not interesting."

"The business is a very tricky obstacle course, and you should be very clear about work begetting work. If you're not working, you're not interesting."

Elisabeth Rohm, American Actress

36

"I got more bands and went on the road and turn down more movies than you would believe."

"I got more bands and went on the road and turn down more movies than you would believe."

Sally Kellerman, American Actress

36

"When I had dark hair I definitely felt that I was more anonymous."

"When I had dark hair I definitely felt that I was more anonymous."

Naomi Watts, English Actress

36

"Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else."

"Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else."

Judy Garland, American Actress

36

"I've never wanted to be the ingenue. Now that I'm getting into my forties, I think my time as a woman has arrived; I think I might have a new moment in my career. I have that drive left - just for a little while."

"I've never wanted to be the ingenue. Now that I'm getting into my forties, I think my time as a woman has arrived; I think I might have a new moment in my career. I have that drive left - just for a little while."

Debi Mazar, American Actress

Time, Career, Now, Woman

36

"Sometimes you like the personal adventure implicit in the making of a film, and sometimes you like your part in a film, and sometimes you like the final result."

"Sometimes you like the personal adventure implicit in the making of a film, and sometimes you like your part in a film, and sometimes you like the final result."

Jacqueline Bisset, English Actress

Adventure, Film, Result

36

"I adore clothes, I adore drinking. I just don't have the time or the inclination to totally indulge in it."

"I adore clothes, I adore drinking. I just don't have the time or the inclination to totally indulge in it."

Christine Baranski, American Actress

Time, Clothes, Drinking

36

"So the first season about halfway through he just sort of put us together and then broke us up all within one episode. One of the ideas is to have us do that once a year - to have everything blow up in our faces and not work out."

"So the first season about halfway through he just sort of put us together and then broke us up all within one episode. One of the ideas is to have us do that once a year - to have everything blow up in our faces and not work out."

Sarah Chalke, Canadian Actress

Work, Ideas, Faces, First

36

"I'll accept being Phoebe to people for a while longer, given how much fun it was. That's totally fair."

"I'll accept being Phoebe to people for a while longer, given how much fun it was. That's totally fair."

Lisa Kudrow, American Actress

People, Being, Fun

36

"It's really important to draw the line on what we do as actors."

"It's really important to draw the line on what we do as actors."

Anna Friel, English Actress

36

"I think I've always been good so God wouldn't strike me dead."

"I think I've always been good so God wouldn't strike me dead."

Heather Locklear, American Actress

36

"You know, I have some issues. But I just love to play different characters all the time, and I try not to repeat myself too much."

"You know, I have some issues. But I just love to play different characters all the time, and I try not to repeat myself too much."

Rachel McAdams, Canadian Actress

Love, Time, Play

36

"And of course there's so much music in and around our family. I had a piano during Christmas because it's obviously useful through the season. There are so many people, songwriters, who are around."

"And of course there's so much music in and around our family. I had a piano during Christmas because it's obviously useful through the season. There are so many people, songwriters, who are around."

Ashley Judd, American Actress

Music, Family, People, Christmas

36

"I guess when I first started speaking with an American accent, there's a tendency to create a caricature of the accent because you just exaggerate the pieces that stand out to you."

"I guess when I first started speaking with an American accent, there's a tendency to create a caricature of the accent because you just exaggerate the pieces that stand out to you."

Radha Mitchell, Australian Actress

American, First

36

"I think the main reason my marriages failed is that I always loved too well but never wisely."

"I think the main reason my marriages failed is that I always loved too well but never wisely."

Ava Gardner, American Actress

36

"I cannot write music. I cannot play the piano."

"I cannot write music. I cannot play the piano."

Jayne Meadows, American Actress

36

"I'm afraid of making a mistake. I'm not totally neurotic, but I'm pretty neurotic about it. I'm as close to totally neurotic as you can get without being totally neurotic."

"I'm afraid of making a mistake. I'm not totally neurotic, but I'm pretty neurotic about it. I'm as close to totally neurotic as you can get without being totally neurotic."

Bridget Fonda, American Actress

Mistake, Being, Pretty

36

"Courage is very important. Like a muscle, it is strengthened by use."

"Courage is very important. Like a muscle, it is strengthened by use."

Ruth Gordon, American Actress

36

"We feel it's unacceptable to be fat, when it has nothing to do with who the person actually is."

"We feel it's unacceptable to be fat, when it has nothing to do with who the person actually is."

Gwyneth Paltrow, American Actress

36

"I never thought about being on a series before. It seemed like such a big commitment. But I love going to work every day. This is not about ego, it's about work, and that's refreshing in this town."

"I never thought about being on a series before. It seemed like such a big commitment. But I love going to work every day. This is not about ego, it's about work, and that's refreshing in this town."

Lauren Ambrose, American Actress

Love, Work, Thought, Being

36

"Teens aren't just interested in getting laid. I won't believe that's all they're interested in. I have four younger sisters and they're sick of being shown how they're supposed to react in bed."

"Teens aren't just interested in getting laid. I won't believe that's all they're interested in. I have four younger sisters and they're sick of being shown how they're supposed to react in bed."

Linda Fiorentino, American Actress

Bed, Being, Sisters

36

"Hollywood needs to recognise all shades of African American beauty."

"Hollywood needs to recognise all shades of African American beauty."

Gabrielle Union, American Actress

Beauty, African, Hollywood

36

"I wrapped "Buffy" and I always felt on "Buffy" that they wanted to keep me younger for a specific reason. It seemed like I was getting younger every year that I was on the show. I think there was a reference to me being 15, then 14."

"I wrapped "Buffy" and I always felt on "Buffy" that they wanted to keep me younger for a specific reason. It seemed like I was getting younger every year that I was on the show. I think there was a reference to me being 15, then 14."

Michelle Trachtenberg, American Actress

36

"As a person, he was wonderful. He really was a great person. He was full of life. He had a great sense of humor. Very talented, of course, but very caring to his parents. There was a very endearing quality about Elvis."

"As a person, he was wonderful. He really was a great person. He was full of life. He had a great sense of humor. Very talented, of course, but very caring to his parents. There was a very endearing quality about Elvis."

Priscilla Presley, American Actress

Humor, Life, Quality, Caring

36

"English is my second language, but in Hong Kong, they don't know that I'm from China. They think I'm from Hollywood because all the films they see are from here. China and Hong Kong are very different places, but they're starting to merge. Still the culture is very different."

"English is my second language, but in Hong Kong, they don't know that I'm from China. They think I'm from Hollywood because all the films they see are from here. China and Hong Kong are very different places, but they're starting to merge. Still the culture is very different."

Bai Ling, Chinese Actress

Culture, English, Hollywood, Language

36

"As the years go by, I've added a few pounds on, and I like it. I like it that I look a little softer."

"As the years go by, I've added a few pounds on, and I like it. I like it that I look a little softer."

Victoria Principal, American Actress

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