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Quotes by Actress
"Courage is very important. Like a muscle, it is strengthened by use."
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"But we did the Pink Panther not in Hollywood, in Italy."
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"Sometimes, when you're acting, you are so in the moment that you don't even remember what just happened."
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"I've always just adored music. It's my first love, really. I admire and respect people in the music business. You really have to work hard and diligently. Sometimes actors can be lazy and get away with it, but you can't do that if you're a musician."
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"It's hard to compare actors from different generations."
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"Of course, everybody makes mistakes, and we've all been young and stupid. But people need to have a sense of respect, particularly in this business, because hundreds of people are ready to take your place at any time. Maybe some people should think about that."
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"I wasn't afraid to fail. Something good always comes out of failure."
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"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."
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"The worst constructed play is a Bach fugue when compared to life."
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"We have a president who stole the presidency through family ties, arrogance and intimidation, employing Republican operatives to exercise the tactics of voter fraud by disenfranchising thousands of blacks, elderly Jews and other minorities."
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"I'm trying to eliminate every vestige of my own personality, style, approach and get into somebody else's skin. Sometimes I feel I've accomplished it. But when I don't, I'm nobody at all, having left myself at home."
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"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."
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"I have no complaints with the whole childhood acting thing, because I wanted to do it."
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"It took me years to figure out that you don't fall into a tub of butter, you jump for it."
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"I genuinely liked all of the cast members very much. Steve had a wicked sense of humor. I remember Russell coming to my rescue, once. I watched Eric evolve before everyone's eyes. Maurice loved what he did, so. He treated his character with respect, down to the costuming."
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"I've been happily married to Chris for almost 20 years."
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"I work out the other bits, too, but I need to know what I look like, very early on. And then it's like a template; I'll fill that person out. If I get that out of the way, then I'm all right."
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"I know the only reason that I haven't gotten many good parts is because I am Latin - and they tell it to my face a lot of times."
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"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,
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"I don't think you should do things in your personal life differently because you're a role model."
Life,
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"What's funny is my husband doesn't have any tattoos at all, so he must be the very conservative one."
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"Personality is the most important thing to an actress's success."
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"But I thought, I've just got to check out Hollywood, so I sent out pictures and resumes."
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"I am quite surprised, that with all my work, and some of it is very, very good, that nobody talks about The Miracle Worker. We're talking about Mrs. Robinson. I understand the world... I'm just a little dismayed that people aren't beyond it yet."
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