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Quotes by Actress

"With two little boys in diapers, I had to keep it simple if I were going to have a life at all."

"The worst constructed play is a Bach fugue when compared to life."

"I was spooked when I first got the role, as I was afraid I wouldn't have the companionship I need on a shoot, because I'm so into the process itself, not so much the end product."

"There were mornings in the make-up trailer where I'd have fits of laughter because of the extraordinary daily events of the shoot. Sometimes, it was all too much to believe. But the wildest things happened."

"My life is very exciting now. Nostalgia for what? It's like climbing a staircase. I'm on the top of the staircase, I look behind and see the steps. That's where I was. We're here right now. Tomorrow, we'll be someplace else. So why nostalgia?"

"I think it's because most of us talk one way and live another. There are a few people who truly, truly walk the talk."

"Hollywood is sexist and age-ist, and that covers all the bases, I guess."

"What saddens me is the corruption of youth and beauty, and the loss of soul, which is only replaced by money."

"To be honest, it's easier for me to speak with an American accent."

"The most rewarding thing is being on Broadway. I went into Cabaret as a replacement and was really challenged beyond anything I could have imagined."

"On one night of my debut the Prince of Wales, the Princess, and the duchess of London came to see me. They loved me for what I was and what I gave them."

"As an actress, I have to be objective about myself. If I don't criticize myself, there are plenty who will do a find job of it for me!"

"I always wanted the fairy tale, but now I want someone who is a great partner."

"Many other movies, but for me The Professionals is the best I did in Hollywood."


"Words, yes, formulating things, creating something from your heart, it is something very necessary, yes."

"I'm always a little starstruck anyway. So to work with a movie star, which is Brad, I was excited about that; to work with a movie legend, which is Tony, I wouldn't have passed that up. Just to get to watch him and watch how he works."
Work,

"You learn from mistakes, but Shakespeare is one big non mistake isn't he? He just got everything right really."

"Personality is the most important thing to an actress's success."

"The biggest lesson we have to give our children is truth."

"Sometimes, when you have someone behind the counter who's supposed to assist you and help you out, just being completely bored and uninterested - sometimes it's a little bit frustrating, you know?"

"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."

"I just came into my own sexuality at thirty. I don't think it's something you can deeply experience at 18 or any time before that."

"Sometimes the odds are against you-the director doesn't know what the hell he's doing, or something falls apart in the production, or you're working with an actor who's just unbearable."
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