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"Feeding is a very important ritual for me. I don't trust people who don't like to eat."

"Feeding is a very important ritual for me. I don't trust people who don't like to eat."

Gina Gershon, American Actress

Trust, People, Ritual

35

"I am blessed to be able to work at a job I love and also give back in the most vital way - to people in need."

"I am blessed to be able to work at a job I love and also give back in the most vital way - to people in need."

Teri Hatcher, American Actress

Love, Work, People, Job

35

"I take the responsibility of choosing seriously because it becomes an indelible part of your body of work. Something has to sing to me."

"I take the responsibility of choosing seriously because it becomes an indelible part of your body of work. Something has to sing to me."

Mira Sorvino, American Actress

Work, Body, Responsibility

35

"I'd rather live on my own than live with a face that looks at me with the wrong eyes."

"I'd rather live on my own than live with a face that looks at me with the wrong eyes."

Jane Birkin, English Actress

Eye, Eyes, Wrong

35

"I'm a perfectionist. I need to be needed. I need to do things for a man. But I don't need to do them as much, these days."

"I'm a perfectionist. I need to be needed. I need to do things for a man. But I don't need to do them as much, these days."

Jacqueline Bisset, English Actress

35

"I remember everything, even the dates. But I don't want others to remember the details, just the image."

"I remember everything, even the dates. But I don't want others to remember the details, just the image."

Gloria Grahame, American Actress

35

"America doesn't reward people of my age, either in day-to-day life or for their performances."

"America doesn't reward people of my age, either in day-to-day life or for their performances."

Meryl Streep, American Actress

Life, Age, People, America

35

"Everyone got kind of crazy with me mentioning I was in love with a woman."

"Everyone got kind of crazy with me mentioning I was in love with a woman."

Angelina Jolie, American Actress

35

"There are all kinds of other things I could do, things I would probably like, but only acting would give me emotional fulfillment."

"There are all kinds of other things I could do, things I would probably like, but only acting would give me emotional fulfillment."

Mira Sorvino, American Actress

Acting, Fulfillment

35

"Lately, I've been a little sad that I'm not a gay man."

"Lately, I've been a little sad that I'm not a gay man."

Gina Gershon, American Actress

35

"I think Ellenor is embarrassed and ashamed and has devoted all of her energy to the law and to helping other people get justice because it's too difficult for her to face her own struggle for justice."

"I think Ellenor is embarrassed and ashamed and has devoted all of her energy to the law and to helping other people get justice because it's too difficult for her to face her own struggle for justice."

Camryn Manheim, American Actress

People, Energy, Justice, Law

35

"I'm a fan of Jerome Kern and Gershwin. That's my kind of music."

"I'm a fan of Jerome Kern and Gershwin. That's my kind of music."

Shirley Jones, American Actress

35

"It was critical to finding a way out. I had assumed young women knew the history of feminism and must have felt gratitude to the movement for the opportunities that the work we have done has afforded them."

"It was critical to finding a way out. I had assumed young women knew the history of feminism and must have felt gratitude to the movement for the opportunities that the work we have done has afforded them."

Betty Buckley, American Actress

History, Women, Work, Gratitude

35

"I play- it's kind of like a slice-of-life, LA women in their forties, playing forty kind of what's their friendship like, and what's their life like and so I just play one of the four friends."

"I play- it's kind of like a slice-of-life, LA women in their forties, playing forty kind of what's their friendship like, and what's their life like and so I just play one of the four friends."

Joan Cusack, American Actress

Friendship, Life, Women, Play

35

"What you don't see are the cameras shoved in my face and the bizarre intrusive questions being asked, or the people falling over themselves, screaming and taunting to get a reaction."

"What you don't see are the cameras shoved in my face and the bizarre intrusive questions being asked, or the people falling over themselves, screaming and taunting to get a reaction."

Kristen Stewart, American Actress

People, Being, Bizarre, Questions

35

"I've always wanted to write a book relating my experiences growing up as a deaf child in Chicago. Contrary to what people might think, it wasn't all about hearing aids and speech classes or frustrations."

"I've always wanted to write a book relating my experiences growing up as a deaf child in Chicago. Contrary to what people might think, it wasn't all about hearing aids and speech classes or frustrations."

Marlee Matlin, American Actress

People, Chicago, Growing up, Hearing

35

"I think all actors - they'll hate me for saying this - but we are babies. We like to be loved, and we'll do anything if we're loved."

"I think all actors - they'll hate me for saying this - but we are babies. We like to be loved, and we'll do anything if we're loved."

Anjelica Huston, American Actress

Actor, Actors, Babies, Hate, Saying

35

"My heritage has been my grounding, and it has brought me peace."

"My heritage has been my grounding, and it has brought me peace."

Maureen O'Hara, Irish Actress

35

"I'm very, very concerned about the Bush presidency. I'm worried about the kinds of cuts in domestic programs that mean something to a lot of people, including members of my family, who depend on certain things from the government."

"I'm very, very concerned about the Bush presidency. I'm worried about the kinds of cuts in domestic programs that mean something to a lot of people, including members of my family, who depend on certain things from the government."

Sarah Jessica Parker, American Actress

Government, Family, People, Presidency

35

"I felt my mother about the place. I don't think she haunts me, but I wouldn't put it past her."

"I felt my mother about the place. I don't think she haunts me, but I wouldn't put it past her."

Julie Walters, British Actress

35

"So it was just funny to read a script that was just similar to what had been going on in my life."

"So it was just funny to read a script that was just similar to what had been going on in my life."

Piper Perabo, American Actress

35

"Don't corral me, and I'll always come home. Just let me go out and play during the day."

"Don't corral me, and I'll always come home. Just let me go out and play during the day."

Sandra Bullock, American Actress

Home, Day, Play

35

"I don't like to be gone all weekend and at night too. Because for 20 years, I've had children who are in school."

"I don't like to be gone all weekend and at night too. Because for 20 years, I've had children who are in school."

Meryl Streep, American Actress

Children, Night, School, Weekend

35

"I would love to write the story of my upbringing in Ireland."

"I would love to write the story of my upbringing in Ireland."

Fiona Shaw, Irish Actress

35

"You just have to stoke that furnace throughout the day."

"You just have to stoke that furnace throughout the day."

Marilu Henner, American Actress

35

"Everything I've done has been personally fun, important, and meaningful to me."

"Everything I've done has been personally fun, important, and meaningful to me."

Ashley Judd, American Actress

35

"I've been a vegetarian for years and years. I'm not judgemental about others who aren't, I just feel I cannot eat or wear living creatures."

"I've been a vegetarian for years and years. I'm not judgemental about others who aren't, I just feel I cannot eat or wear living creatures."

Drew Barrymore, American Actress

35

"I came from dinner, went downtown with my friends, the elevator was down, I ran down the hall toward my room at 10 at night, having had two glasses of wine."

"I came from dinner, went downtown with my friends, the elevator was down, I ran down the hall toward my room at 10 at night, having had two glasses of wine."

Jill Clayburgh, American Actress

Friendship, Friends, Night, Wine

35

"I'm writing a film. With our access to these powerful media, we're going to take over, because it's really disgusting what is put out there now to be consumed."

"I'm writing a film. With our access to these powerful media, we're going to take over, because it's really disgusting what is put out there now to be consumed."

Lisa Bonet, American Actress

Film, Media, Now, Writing

35

"Dynasty was the opportunity to take charge of my career rather than waiting around like a library book waiting to be loaned out."

"Dynasty was the opportunity to take charge of my career rather than waiting around like a library book waiting to be loaned out."

Joan Collins, American Actress

Opportunity, Career, Waiting

35

"The most important thing is to remain active and to love what you are doing."

"The most important thing is to remain active and to love what you are doing."

Leslie Caron, French Actress

35

"I have never understood that. I come from a place where the press makes or breaks an actor and it is more of a teamwork relationship."

"I have never understood that. I come from a place where the press makes or breaks an actor and it is more of a teamwork relationship."

Michelle Trachtenberg, American Actress

Teamwork, Actor, Press

35

"People go to movies or listen to music because they want to be inspired."

"People go to movies or listen to music because they want to be inspired."

Daphne Zuniga, American Actress

Movies, Music, People, Want

35

"To this day I get mail from women who say, I went to law school because of your song. But I would hate to think out of the wide spectrum of things I have done in my career, that's all I would be remembered for."

"To this day I get mail from women who say, I went to law school because of your song. But I would hate to think out of the wide spectrum of things I have done in my career, that's all I would be remembered for."

Helen Reddy, Australian Actress

Woman, Women, Career, Day, Hate

35

"You're asking the wrong girl about fame. I'm hardly famous. I wouldn't want to trade places with anyone else."

"You're asking the wrong girl about fame. I'm hardly famous. I wouldn't want to trade places with anyone else."

Nikki Cox, American Actress

Fame, Famous, Trade, Want

35

"But we did the Pink Panther not in Hollywood, in Italy."

"But we did the Pink Panther not in Hollywood, in Italy."

Claudia Cardinale, Italian Actress

Hollywood, Italy

35

"As an actor, you may do things that aren't politically correct. Unless you're an actor who only does things for political reasons. I believe if we don't do the good, bad, and the ugly, we're not going to progress."

"As an actor, you may do things that aren't politically correct. Unless you're an actor who only does things for political reasons. I believe if we don't do the good, bad, and the ugly, we're not going to progress."

Rosie Perez, American Actress

Progress, Actor, May, Ugly

35

"I was a bit of a big mouth my whole life. I'm a person who expresses themselves with a lot of openness."

"I was a bit of a big mouth my whole life. I'm a person who expresses themselves with a lot of openness."

Anne Heche, American Actress

35

"People find out I'm an actress and I see that 'whore' look flicker across their eyes."

"People find out I'm an actress and I see that 'whore' look flicker across their eyes."

Rachel Weisz, British Actress

35

"It is possible that blondes also prefer gentlemen."

"It is possible that blondes also prefer gentlemen."

Mamie Van Doren, American Actress

Gentleman, Gentlemen

35

"I live for the present always. I accept this risk. I don't deny the past, but it's a page to turn."

"I live for the present always. I accept this risk. I don't deny the past, but it's a page to turn."

Juliette Binoche, French Actress

Past, Present, Risk

35

"I'm writing a novel about two actresses who go to New York, because that's what I know about. One has lost touch with reality, disappears and is picked up by a man."

"I'm writing a novel about two actresses who go to New York, because that's what I know about. One has lost touch with reality, disappears and is picked up by a man."

Julie Walters, British Actress

Man, Reality, Writing

35

"They must have a feeling of do or die. It is such an overcrowded profession."

"They must have a feeling of do or die. It is such an overcrowded profession."

Louise Jameson, British Actress

Feelings, Feeling, Profession

35

"It's the first time I've seen myself act, and I can't say I'm impressed."

"It's the first time I've seen myself act, and I can't say I'm impressed."

Lillie Langtry, British Actress

Time, Act, First

35

"When you have the paparazzi hiding in the bushes outside your home, the only thing you can control is how you respond publicly."

"When you have the paparazzi hiding in the bushes outside your home, the only thing you can control is how you respond publicly."

Portia de Rossi, Australian Actress

35

"I know that in order to be considered successful, you're supposed to do two or three movies a year. I only work once every year-and-a-half, sometimes two years. I have children to raise."

"I know that in order to be considered successful, you're supposed to do two or three movies a year. I only work once every year-and-a-half, sometimes two years. I have children to raise."

Meg Tilly, American Actress

Movies, Work, Successful, Children

35

"I haven't had an orthodox career, and I've wanted more than anything to have your respect. The first time I didn't feel it, but this time I feel it, and I can't deny the fact that you like me, right now, you like me!"

"I haven't had an orthodox career, and I've wanted more than anything to have your respect. The first time I didn't feel it, but this time I feel it, and I can't deny the fact that you like me, right now, you like me!"

Sally Field, American Actress

Time, Career, Fact, First

35

"I've always known I would be a success, but I was surprised at the way it came."

"I've always known I would be a success, but I was surprised at the way it came."

Eva Gabor, Hungarian Actress

35

"Filming scenes like that are always odd but I feel comfortable with Josh and care about him a great deal, so it could be much worse. Scenes like that are just part of the job."

"Filming scenes like that are always odd but I feel comfortable with Josh and care about him a great deal, so it could be much worse. Scenes like that are just part of the job."

Nikki Cox, American Actress

35

"I think loss of loved ones is the hardest blow in life."

"I think loss of loved ones is the hardest blow in life."

Marlo Thomas, American Actress

35

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