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Quotes by Actress

"But actors at a certain point take the best of what's available to them."
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Kelly Lynch
"But actors at a certain point take the best of what's available to them."
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"Being someone I'm not for a period of time and loving every minute of being in someone else's skin."
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Jessica Biel
"Being someone I'm not for a period of time and loving every minute of being in someone else's skin."
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"My grandmother and I saw an average of eight movies a week, double features, second run."
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Carol Burnett
"My grandmother and I saw an average of eight movies a week, double features, second run."
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"I was truly ignorant about art before the film."
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Claire Forlani
"I was truly ignorant about art before the film."
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"So wearing a corset certainly changes your state of mind."
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Radha Mitchell
"So wearing a corset certainly changes your state of mind."
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"Yes, I love playing cartoony characters. Been known for that."
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Joan Collins
"Yes, I love playing cartoony characters. Been known for that."
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"I cannot tell you how happy and in love I am with everything."
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Daphne Zuniga
"I cannot tell you how happy and in love I am with everything."
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"I couldn't do it at all. I was never really good at it, but I can't imagine what it can be like as a fortunate person not having to deal with it. I mean, people of all ages, not just my age, 25, 35, all the way down the line."
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Stockard Channing
"I couldn't do it at all. I was never really good at it, but I can't imagine what it can be like as a fortunate person not having to deal with it. I mean, people of all ages, not just my age, 25, 35, all the way down the line."
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"Just the actual physical ability to hold four instruments simultaneously and do some of the things that Vivien was able to do is mind blowing to any surgeon. He never went to medical school and he became one of the great teachers of medicine himself, people are just amazed."
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Mary Stuart Masterson
"Just the actual physical ability to hold four instruments simultaneously and do some of the things that Vivien was able to do is mind blowing to any surgeon. He never went to medical school and he became one of the great teachers of medicine himself, people are just amazed."
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"Almost any film that you do is an opportunity to open you up and make you more aware of an area that you might not be thinking about. That's what is kind of cool, or one of the cool things about this profession."
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Joan Allen
"Almost any film that you do is an opportunity to open you up and make you more aware of an area that you might not be thinking about. That's what is kind of cool, or one of the cool things about this profession."
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"I've been doing this long enough that you can tell when people have seen you in something they didn't enjoy, and when they have seen you in something they actually enjoyed."
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Robin Tunney
"I've been doing this long enough that you can tell when people have seen you in something they didn't enjoy, and when they have seen you in something they actually enjoyed."
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"My mother says I didn't open my eyes for eight days after I was born, but when I did, the first thing I saw was an engagement ring. I was hooked."
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Elizabeth Taylor
"My mother says I didn't open my eyes for eight days after I was born, but when I did, the first thing I saw was an engagement ring. I was hooked."
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"From beginning to end I worried that Ang Lee wouldn't be satisfied with my work. So I worked as hard as I could to earn his trust, because you only get a chance like this once."
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Zhang Ziyi
"From beginning to end I worried that Ang Lee wouldn't be satisfied with my work. So I worked as hard as I could to earn his trust, because you only get a chance like this once."
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"I'd do pretty much anything to get back on stage. I'd like to develop a new musical. I nearly had a heart attack when I heard that they're developing John Waters' Cry-Baby because that is so amazing and super and wonderful and I wish that I could be involved. But it's not the right time and I understand that. But I hear things like that and I get that little tingle in my stomach."
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Kristen Bell
"I'd do pretty much anything to get back on stage. I'd like to develop a new musical. I nearly had a heart attack when I heard that they're developing John Waters' Cry-Baby because that is so amazing and super and wonderful and I wish that I could be involved. But it's not the right time and I understand that. But I hear things like that and I get that little tingle in my stomach."
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"'Promiscuous' implies that I'm not choosy. In fact I'm very choosy. I just happen to have had a lot of choices."
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Jackie Weaver
"'Promiscuous' implies that I'm not choosy. In fact I'm very choosy. I just happen to have had a lot of choices."
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"Everybody is just at the start of this huge process of trying to unravel what's going on with the 4,400, where they've been and why they're back and what they're trying to do with us in the present. And we're trying to work out what messages they're sending us."
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Jacqueline McKenzie
"Everybody is just at the start of this huge process of trying to unravel what's going on with the 4,400, where they've been and why they're back and what they're trying to do with us in the present. And we're trying to work out what messages they're sending us."
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"I'm one of those people who thinks you can have a happy life and still be an artist."
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Shelley Duvall
"I'm one of those people who thinks you can have a happy life and still be an artist."
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"Acting is the work of two people-it's only possible when you have the complicity, the help, even the manipulation of a director."
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Victoria Abril
"Acting is the work of two people-it's only possible when you have the complicity, the help, even the manipulation of a director."
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"I'm one of those people who was taught not to ruffle any feathers. Of course, I have no problem ruffling feathers."
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Anne Heche
"I'm one of those people who was taught not to ruffle any feathers. Of course, I have no problem ruffling feathers."
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"I think people stop themselves from doing the things they want to do. I just think you never know how long you're going to be around so you might as well do the things that are intriguing. Nobody really cares anyway so you have to do what makes you happy."
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Gina Gershon
"I think people stop themselves from doing the things they want to do. I just think you never know how long you're going to be around so you might as well do the things that are intriguing. Nobody really cares anyway so you have to do what makes you happy."
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"I'm fine, but I'm bipolar. I'm on seven medications, and I take medication three times a day. This constantly puts me in touch with the illness I have. I'm never quite allowed to be free of that for a day. It's like being a diabetic."
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Carrie Fisher
"I'm fine, but I'm bipolar. I'm on seven medications, and I take medication three times a day. This constantly puts me in touch with the illness I have. I'm never quite allowed to be free of that for a day. It's like being a diabetic."
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"Oh, I'm not English, I cannot talk on behalf of an English person. I'm French. I can say about French. They are quite emotional, though, and they talk about their emotions."
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Sophie Marceau
"Oh, I'm not English, I cannot talk on behalf of an English person. I'm French. I can say about French. They are quite emotional, though, and they talk about their emotions."
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"How could you have had such a wonderful life as me if there wasn't a God directing?"
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Maureen O'Hara
"How could you have had such a wonderful life as me if there wasn't a God directing?"
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"It's unfortunate that music has become such big business."
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Rosanna Arquette
"It's unfortunate that music has become such big business."
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"Having a dad in the service was helpful. I was forever meeting new kids, going to new schools, moving to new neighborhoods. I was encouraged when I attended the American School in Germany."
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Marcia Gay Harden
"Having a dad in the service was helpful. I was forever meeting new kids, going to new schools, moving to new neighborhoods. I was encouraged when I attended the American School in Germany."
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"Winston Churchill was not entirely British. His mother was American, making Sir Winston part Iroquois Indian."
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Rachel Blanchard
"Winston Churchill was not entirely British. His mother was American, making Sir Winston part Iroquois Indian."
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"If you can find something you love, go for it everyday of your life, and it would be really good to you."
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Jenifer Lewis
"If you can find something you love, go for it everyday of your life, and it would be really good to you."
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"I think that two people who decide to live together in a marriage situation, they have an obligation to make the marriage work for them."
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Helen Reddy
"I think that two people who decide to live together in a marriage situation, they have an obligation to make the marriage work for them."
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"I would rather have gotten married than have a Hollywood contract."
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Jennifer O'Neill
"I would rather have gotten married than have a Hollywood contract."
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"It's a very difficult thing losing a parent, but I think there's an added complication for me, because he was so well-loved and he had this very open charm that made people feel they had a personal relationship with him."
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Kate Beckinsale
"It's a very difficult thing losing a parent, but I think there's an added complication for me, because he was so well-loved and he had this very open charm that made people feel they had a personal relationship with him."
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"I didn't want to start relying on what someone else thought was right. It was easier to go away all together."
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Kim Novak
"I didn't want to start relying on what someone else thought was right. It was easier to go away all together."
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"If you give a character room to breathe, they come alive."
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Catherine Keener
"If you give a character room to breathe, they come alive."
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"I never really address myself to any image anybody has of me. That's like fighting with ghosts."
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Sally Field
"I never really address myself to any image anybody has of me. That's like fighting with ghosts."
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"First, I used some of my own experiences and observations from attending a public high school. Secondly, I joined in some Internet chat rooms for gays and lesbians."
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Ellen Muth
"First, I used some of my own experiences and observations from attending a public high school. Secondly, I joined in some Internet chat rooms for gays and lesbians."
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"Oh, well, in Los Angeles everybody is an actor, or a producer, or a writer, or a director, or an agent, or... So everybody understands the hours."
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Julie Benz
"Oh, well, in Los Angeles everybody is an actor, or a producer, or a writer, or a director, or an agent, or... So everybody understands the hours."
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"To be honest, I am completely natural. I have nothing in my face or anything. I wear sunscreen, and I don't smoke. I take care of myself and I'm very proud to say that."
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Nicole Kidman
"To be honest, I am completely natural. I have nothing in my face or anything. I wear sunscreen, and I don't smoke. I take care of myself and I'm very proud to say that."
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"When that man wants something, he'll stop at nothing to get it. And I also believed in the good of him."
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Marla Maples
"When that man wants something, he'll stop at nothing to get it. And I also believed in the good of him."
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"I think from here on it's up to me to prove that I'm growing up and that I have other things to say, but in terms of the show it definitely gave me all of the opportunities I've had so far."
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Shiri Appleby
"I think from here on it's up to me to prove that I'm growing up and that I have other things to say, but in terms of the show it definitely gave me all of the opportunities I've had so far."
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"I usually play disenfranchised youth."
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Robin Tunney
"I usually play disenfranchised youth."
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"We met and married when both of us knew exactly what our jobs were. He was only 32, but he'd been all over the place. I'd been working on films and television shows all over the world."
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Joanna Lumley
"We met and married when both of us knew exactly what our jobs were. He was only 32, but he'd been all over the place. I'd been working on films and television shows all over the world."
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"The story line was done in a way that's organic and was doled out very slowly in little bites. We think that's authentic for this character, that her feelings are very deeply buried or she never felt them."
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Laura Innes
"The story line was done in a way that's organic and was doled out very slowly in little bites. We think that's authentic for this character, that her feelings are very deeply buried or she never felt them."
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"A career is all very well, but no one lives by work alone."
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Lorna Luft
"A career is all very well, but no one lives by work alone."
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"I'm happy being myself, which I've never been before. I always hid in other people, or tried to find myself through the characters, or live out their lives, but I didn't have those things in mine."
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Angelina Jolie
"I'm happy being myself, which I've never been before. I always hid in other people, or tried to find myself through the characters, or live out their lives, but I didn't have those things in mine."
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"I loved Catholic school. I didn't like being beeped at by old pervs at the gas station because I was wearing a plaid skirt, though. It's like, do you think I'm going to stop and give you my phone number?"
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Kristen Bell
"I loved Catholic school. I didn't like being beeped at by old pervs at the gas station because I was wearing a plaid skirt, though. It's like, do you think I'm going to stop and give you my phone number?"
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"I have photographs taken of me at the time I was addicted, and thought I looked good. I see them today and realize my eyes were dead."
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Kirstie Alley
"I have photographs taken of me at the time I was addicted, and thought I looked good. I see them today and realize my eyes were dead."
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"There are two reasons why I'm in show business, and I'm standing on both of them."
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Betty Grable
"There are two reasons why I'm in show business, and I'm standing on both of them."
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"I'm no Ripley. I had doubts that I could play her as strongly as she had to be played, but I must say that it was fun exploring that side of myself. Women don't get to do that very often."
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Sigourney Weaver
"I'm no Ripley. I had doubts that I could play her as strongly as she had to be played, but I must say that it was fun exploring that side of myself. Women don't get to do that very often."
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"Men who are too good looking are never good in bed because they never had to be."
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Sarah Jessica Parker
"Men who are too good looking are never good in bed because they never had to be."
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"Anyone's life truly lived consists of work, sunshine, exercise, soap, plenty of fresh air, and a happy contented spirit."
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Lillie Langtry
"Anyone's life truly lived consists of work, sunshine, exercise, soap, plenty of fresh air, and a happy contented spirit."
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"I'd marry again if I found a man who had fifteen million dollars, would sign over half to me, and guarantee that he'd be dead within a year."
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Bette Davis
"I'd marry again if I found a man who had fifteen million dollars, would sign over half to me, and guarantee that he'd be dead within a year."
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