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"Anything that loosens you up and makes you freer is good, because that's what acting and performing is all about - being free. It gives you a better connection to the audience."
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Brett Somers
"Anything that loosens you up and makes you freer is good, because that's what acting and performing is all about - being free. It gives you a better connection to the audience."
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"Eduardo Galeano notes that America was conquered, but not discovered, that the men who arrived with a religion to impose and dreams of gold never really knew where they were, and that this discovery is still taking place in our time."
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Rebecca Solnit
"Eduardo Galeano notes that America was conquered, but not discovered, that the men who arrived with a religion to impose and dreams of gold never really knew where they were, and that this discovery is still taking place in our time."
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"It's weird, It's really weird to be called a breakout star. And some people are referring to my show as the new 'Friends', which I can't really even wrap my head around."
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Lizzy Caplan
"It's weird, It's really weird to be called a breakout star. And some people are referring to my show as the new 'Friends', which I can't really even wrap my head around."
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"Vincente understood all too well what was happening to Liza; he had gone through it 40 years earlier with my mother."
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Lorna Luft
"Vincente understood all too well what was happening to Liza; he had gone through it 40 years earlier with my mother."
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"So now I'm left with cigarettes, and I'm trying to scrape that off my shoe and then I'll be done."
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Diane Lane
"So now I'm left with cigarettes, and I'm trying to scrape that off my shoe and then I'll be done."
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"I did a terrible television pilot that was so badly written and dumb that it became a turning point for me and I decided that I would never accept a job just because I needed the money."
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Fran Drescher
"I did a terrible television pilot that was so badly written and dumb that it became a turning point for me and I decided that I would never accept a job just because I needed the money."
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"I never went to school. I never went to acting school because I was so scared."
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Ursula Andress
"I never went to school. I never went to acting school because I was so scared."
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"Supermodels are over, and the new picture girl has become the television actress."
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Portia de Rossi
"Supermodels are over, and the new picture girl has become the television actress."
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"We're making this as entertainment. But God willing, if this show stays on and people see a woman in that office for a while, I think it will help people become more used to it. It's certainly about time that we had a few female presidents."
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Geena Davis
"We're making this as entertainment. But God willing, if this show stays on and people see a woman in that office for a while, I think it will help people become more used to it. It's certainly about time that we had a few female presidents."
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"If I could do one thing over I'd have been nicer to my parents."
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January Jones
"If I could do one thing over I'd have been nicer to my parents."
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"You're grateful and appreciative that people liked you and remember you."
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Mindy Cohn
"You're grateful and appreciative that people liked you and remember you."
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"My parents wanted me to go to law school."
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Sasha Alexander
"My parents wanted me to go to law school."
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"I think that marriage is an amazing institution and should be preserved, and you can have great marriages, and you must because sharing your life with someone is like the greatest thing. And I loved being able to set a good example for that on television."
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Jenna Elfman
"I think that marriage is an amazing institution and should be preserved, and you can have great marriages, and you must because sharing your life with someone is like the greatest thing. And I loved being able to set a good example for that on television."
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"In the United States women develop MS at approximately twice the rate men do, and no one can explain why women are affected most often from the waist down."
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Annette Funicello
"In the United States women develop MS at approximately twice the rate men do, and no one can explain why women are affected most often from the waist down."
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"Men, we don't need you to be a knight in shining armor. We just need you to be a little bit brave, just a little bit. And some of them are, and that's what he does."
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Virginia Madsen
"Men, we don't need you to be a knight in shining armor. We just need you to be a little bit brave, just a little bit. And some of them are, and that's what he does."
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"Being English, I always laugh at anything to do with the lavatory or bottoms."
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Elizabeth Hurley
"Being English, I always laugh at anything to do with the lavatory or bottoms."
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"I've never been good in the financial and business arenas. I handle the creative side of things."
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Daryl Hannah
"I've never been good in the financial and business arenas. I handle the creative side of things."
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"There's a very small group of elite actresses who are my age, who people want to work with. It's not easy to get a good job with good actors."
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Amanda Peet
"There's a very small group of elite actresses who are my age, who people want to work with. It's not easy to get a good job with good actors."
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"I'd rather hang out with five people that I love than with 400 strangers at a club who are all doing the up-and-down inspection thing. They appraise everybody from head to toe - the outfit, the handbag, the shoes, how much they weigh... I can't stand it!"
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Sophia Bush
"I'd rather hang out with five people that I love than with 400 strangers at a club who are all doing the up-and-down inspection thing. They appraise everybody from head to toe - the outfit, the handbag, the shoes, how much they weigh... I can't stand it!"
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"Your faith in yourself is all you will ever have. Don't let anyone take it away from you, ever."
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Holly Marie Combs
"Your faith in yourself is all you will ever have. Don't let anyone take it away from you, ever."
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"To use language is to enter into the territory of categories, which are as necessary as they are dangerous."
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Rebecca Solnit
"To use language is to enter into the territory of categories, which are as necessary as they are dangerous."
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"And the sculptor woman was so clever in the way she did it. She had the beret just about to leave my hand. So it's attached to this finger and that's what will keep it there. And I'm looking up at it, so there's no question but that that beret is going to fly."
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Mary Tyler Moore
"And the sculptor woman was so clever in the way she did it. She had the beret just about to leave my hand. So it's attached to this finger and that's what will keep it there. And I'm looking up at it, so there's no question but that that beret is going to fly."
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"The difference between working with a man and a woman... is immense."
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Sherilyn Fenn
"The difference between working with a man and a woman... is immense."
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"I like my coffee light."
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Elizabeth Banks
"I like my coffee light."
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"When I was with Ellen, I was telling people, If you come out, it's gonna be better for you. But I honestly don't know that."
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Anne Heche
"When I was with Ellen, I was telling people, If you come out, it's gonna be better for you. But I honestly don't know that."
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"We've been back since July, but I spent some time with the family in the south of France over the summer. We rented a house with another couple and took it easy."
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Laura Innes
"We've been back since July, but I spent some time with the family in the south of France over the summer. We rented a house with another couple and took it easy."
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"I feel lucky. I think acting can help to keep you young. It does make you feel there's meaning in your life."
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Jane Badler
"I feel lucky. I think acting can help to keep you young. It does make you feel there's meaning in your life."
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"In the bare room under the old library on the hill in the town at the tip of the small peninsula on the cold island so far from everything else, I lived among strangers and birds."
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Rebecca Solnit
"In the bare room under the old library on the hill in the town at the tip of the small peninsula on the cold island so far from everything else, I lived among strangers and birds."
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"Someone like Russell Crowe is questioned for his passion for music, and whatever he does, music is just in his heart and soul. All he wants to do is music."
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Tina Yothers
"Someone like Russell Crowe is questioned for his passion for music, and whatever he does, music is just in his heart and soul. All he wants to do is music."
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"I've sort of heard that "it" girl thing, but not really. Hearing it from a few people doesn't solidify it in my mind and I wouldn't know how to solidify that title. It's so elusive and what does it mean, I don't know?"
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Rachel McAdams
"I've sort of heard that "it" girl thing, but not really. Hearing it from a few people doesn't solidify it in my mind and I wouldn't know how to solidify that title. It's so elusive and what does it mean, I don't know?"
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"I stayed in New York City for the first time, I'd always wanted to do that."
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Amy Sedaris
"I stayed in New York City for the first time, I'd always wanted to do that."
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"Entrepreneurship is an art, you do it because you love it."
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Farshad Asl
"Entrepreneurship is an art, you do it because you love it."
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"I was asked to be in Vogue but I said no. I didn't want to advertise make-up. I didn't want to be seen as a sex symbol."
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Francesca Annis
"I was asked to be in Vogue but I said no. I didn't want to advertise make-up. I didn't want to be seen as a sex symbol."
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"It took a long time to get out of my contract. The producers thought I was negotiating for more money."
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Sherry Stringfield
"It took a long time to get out of my contract. The producers thought I was negotiating for more money."
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"I was told to avoid the business all together because of the rejection. People would say to me, 'Don't you want to have a normal job and a normal family?' I guess that would be good advice for some people, but I wanted to act."
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Jennifer Aniston
"I was told to avoid the business all together because of the rejection. People would say to me, 'Don't you want to have a normal job and a normal family?' I guess that would be good advice for some people, but I wanted to act."
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"I was like one of those nauseatingly nice children. I was very, very well behaved and boring."
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Helena Bonham Carter
"I was like one of those nauseatingly nice children. I was very, very well behaved and boring."
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"And you can't hide in a comedy scene either. You have to give in to the scene and commit."
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Jennifer Garner
"And you can't hide in a comedy scene either. You have to give in to the scene and commit."
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"There was a lot of protest after Bravo, from countries like India, for example. India was the first country which came forward and proposed at the United Nations that all of these nuclear tests should be stopped, that there should be a complete ban on nuclear testing."
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Martha Smith
"There was a lot of protest after Bravo, from countries like India, for example. India was the first country which came forward and proposed at the United Nations that all of these nuclear tests should be stopped, that there should be a complete ban on nuclear testing."
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"I was a smoker for about 20 years."
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Selma Blair
"I was a smoker for about 20 years."
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"Wrinkles are hereditary. Parents get them from their children."
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Doris Day
"Wrinkles are hereditary. Parents get them from their children."
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"Live television drama was like live theater, because you moved without thinking about the camera. It followed you around. In film you have to be more aware of what the camera is doing."
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Louise Fletcher
"Live television drama was like live theater, because you moved without thinking about the camera. It followed you around. In film you have to be more aware of what the camera is doing."
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"The time I had waited probably made the difference between success and failure."
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Anna Neagle
"The time I had waited probably made the difference between success and failure."
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"I love receiving fan mail."
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Lara Flynn Boyle
"I love receiving fan mail."
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"As long as she is talented enough and passionate about doing it herself then I will be happy and support her. I think I will be sensible - my parents said I could only do it if I got my education and so I had something to fall back on."
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Anna Friel
"As long as she is talented enough and passionate about doing it herself then I will be happy and support her. I think I will be sensible - my parents said I could only do it if I got my education and so I had something to fall back on."
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"I just had a baby. I'm not going to work unless it's something really special and meaningful, because I can't imagine missing all that time with my daughter."
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Gwyneth Paltrow
"I just had a baby. I'm not going to work unless it's something really special and meaningful, because I can't imagine missing all that time with my daughter."
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"I want people to be blown away when I do what they don't expect."
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Drew Barrymore
"I want people to be blown away when I do what they don't expect."
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"It's always refreshing to step into another time."
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Diane Lane
"It's always refreshing to step into another time."
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"So I - the thought that I would physically be different was - it's not a thrill, I have to tell you. It's kind of - it brings you up short. But I was able to look at it right away."
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Lynn Redgrave
"So I - the thought that I would physically be different was - it's not a thrill, I have to tell you. It's kind of - it brings you up short. But I was able to look at it right away."
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"I am a person whose father had no religion but who went to the nuns for a couple of years. And I think I'm the same: On one hand, I pray; on the other hand, I don't believe. I am constantly between the two."
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Anjelica Huston
"I am a person whose father had no religion but who went to the nuns for a couple of years. And I think I'm the same: On one hand, I pray; on the other hand, I don't believe. I am constantly between the two."
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"A junkie is someone who uses their body to tell society that something is wrong."
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Stella Adler
"A junkie is someone who uses their body to tell society that something is wrong."
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