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Quotes by Actress

"I came out of the womb born to sing and dance. I have to follow my heart."
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Jennifer Ellison
"I came out of the womb born to sing and dance. I have to follow my heart."
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"They offered me one cover about 10 years ago, and I said, no, I can't do it. I'm happy to cover up now."
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Ursula Andress
"They offered me one cover about 10 years ago, and I said, no, I can't do it. I'm happy to cover up now."
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"I came from a real working-class show business family."
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Sally Field
"I came from a real working-class show business family."
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"I'd never had so much pleasure with another human being."
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Anne Bancroft
"I'd never had so much pleasure with another human being."
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"Sure, 'Twilight' is really huge right now and everybody's freaking out over it, but it will go away soon and I will be back to doing what I'm used to doing: weird little movies that nobody sees."
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Kristen Stewart
"Sure, 'Twilight' is really huge right now and everybody's freaking out over it, but it will go away soon and I will be back to doing what I'm used to doing: weird little movies that nobody sees."
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"My life is art. Its how I express God."
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Lisa Bonet
"My life is art. Its how I express God."
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"The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat one's self. All sin is easy after that."
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Pearl Bailey
"The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat one's self. All sin is easy after that."
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"God bless McNally, it's got some fantastic stuff in it, but it's no easy task to make a movie out of."
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Faye Dunaway
"God bless McNally, it's got some fantastic stuff in it, but it's no easy task to make a movie out of."
God,
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"The biggest reason most people fail is that they try to fix too much at once - join a gym, get out of debt, floss after meals and have thinner thighs in 30 days."
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Marilu Henner
"The biggest reason most people fail is that they try to fix too much at once - join a gym, get out of debt, floss after meals and have thinner thighs in 30 days."
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"Although Dorothy in Blue Velvet was humiliated and hurt by men, basically I could react to how she felt."
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Isabella Rossellini
"Although Dorothy in Blue Velvet was humiliated and hurt by men, basically I could react to how she felt."
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"Once the curtain is raised, the actor is ceases to belong to himself. He belongs to his character, to his author, to his public. He must do the impossible to identify himself with the first, not to betray the second, and not to disappoint the third."
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Sarah Bernhardt
"Once the curtain is raised, the actor is ceases to belong to himself. He belongs to his character, to his author, to his public. He must do the impossible to identify himself with the first, not to betray the second, and not to disappoint the third."
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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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"When I first started I was always known as The Girl on the Sitcom with the Funny Voice."
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Julie Benz
"When I first started I was always known as The Girl on the Sitcom with the Funny Voice."
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"Only a certain breed of actor should ever even try to work for Orson Welles. I'm glad I'm one of that breed."
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Mercedes McCambridge
"Only a certain breed of actor should ever even try to work for Orson Welles. I'm glad I'm one of that breed."
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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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"My mother was electric onstage, and I vividly recall the extraordinary power she had over her audiences."
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Lorna Luft
"My mother was electric onstage, and I vividly recall the extraordinary power she had over her audiences."
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"I studied English literature; I took 2 independent religion classes, but I wasn't a religion major really."
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Maggie Gyllenhaal
"I studied English literature; I took 2 independent religion classes, but I wasn't a religion major really."
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"To be a good actor... it is necessary to have a firmly tempered soul, to be surprised at nothing, to resume each minute the laborious task that has barely just been finished."
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Sarah Bernhardt
"To be a good actor... it is necessary to have a firmly tempered soul, to be surprised at nothing, to resume each minute the laborious task that has barely just been finished."
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"You make a choice whether or not to turn that TV on. We didn't even have a television in the house."
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Christine Baranski
"You make a choice whether or not to turn that TV on. We didn't even have a television in the house."
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"Years ago the public used to hound me but now I can go shopping in peace."
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Irene Dunne
"Years ago the public used to hound me but now I can go shopping in peace."
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"I'm most interested in working and learning from different people and telling good stories."
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Marguerite Moreau
"I'm most interested in working and learning from different people and telling good stories."
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"If there is anything I would do differently in my life, it is that I would study business more. I'm trying to teach my daughter Chloe at an early age about investing and money so she's not afraid of it."
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Donna Mills
"If there is anything I would do differently in my life, it is that I would study business more. I'm trying to teach my daughter Chloe at an early age about investing and money so she's not afraid of it."
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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 feel I'd like to share my luck and my life. Being in love is the best thing in the world."
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Susannah York
"I feel I'd like to share my luck and my life. Being in love is the best thing in the world."
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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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"A film is a director's vision... there is, however, much input an actor or actress can have."
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Natasha Richardson
"A film is a director's vision... there is, however, much input an actor or actress can have."
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"I'm doing a film now with a lot of guys as well, so at the end of that I will be growing a beard."
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Keira Knightley
"I'm doing a film now with a lot of guys as well, so at the end of that I will be growing a beard."
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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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"And maybe that's being the third child, although my entire family are very resilient - very, very resilient."
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Lynn Redgrave
"And maybe that's being the third child, although my entire family are very resilient - very, very resilient."
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"I believe I have lots of time. I have to believe that, that it won't come back, and that that's why I'm in good hands. But I also do live my life by putting nothing off."
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Lynn Redgrave
"I believe I have lots of time. I have to believe that, that it won't come back, and that that's why I'm in good hands. But I also do live my life by putting nothing off."
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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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"All an actor has is their blind faith that they are who they say they are today, in any scene."
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Meryl Streep
"All an actor has is their blind faith that they are who they say they are today, in any scene."
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"A rich man can afford to be generous to many."
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Mercedes McCambridge
"A rich man can afford to be generous to many."
Man,
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"I couldn't watch Tom and Jerry. The cruelty was too much. I had all these strange images, of tiny animals, all mixed up."
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Julie Walters
"I couldn't watch Tom and Jerry. The cruelty was too much. I had all these strange images, of tiny animals, all mixed up."
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"I tell my agent that I want to read everything."
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Jena Malone
"I tell my agent that I want to read everything."
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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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"There has already been the karmic work: that what life has transformed in me, this initiation brought on, of necessity, by trials."
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Isabelle Adjani
"There has already been the karmic work: that what life has transformed in me, this initiation brought on, of necessity, by trials."
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"I don't think I'll ever be comfortable with the idea of being famous."
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Alison Lohman
"I don't think I'll ever be comfortable with the idea of being famous."
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"All these horror movies are slasher film now. I like them, they're fun, but they wink at the audience and you're really not terrified through the movie."
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Gina Philips
"All these horror movies are slasher film now. I like them, they're fun, but they wink at the audience and you're really not terrified through the movie."
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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 was being honest - I have nothing to hide. All I do, all the time, with everybody, is tell them what I am thinking, what I am feeling."
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Leelee Sobieski
"I was being honest - I have nothing to hide. All I do, all the time, with everybody, is tell them what I am thinking, what I am feeling."
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"Whenever I do your show, sometimes I get a little check in the mail and then I take that check and buy a new pair of shoes, and then I wear those shoes the next time I do your show."
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Amy Sedaris
"Whenever I do your show, sometimes I get a little check in the mail and then I take that check and buy a new pair of shoes, and then I wear those shoes the next time I do your show."
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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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"Everything worthwhile, everything of any value, has its price. Everything anyone has ever wanted has come neatly wrapped up in its penalties."
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Loretta Young
"Everything worthwhile, everything of any value, has its price. Everything anyone has ever wanted has come neatly wrapped up in its penalties."
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"A woman's dress should be like a barbed-wire fence: serving its purpose without obstructing the view."
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Sophia Loren
"A woman's dress should be like a barbed-wire fence: serving its purpose without obstructing the view."
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"One of the things I like about the show is it redefines the idea of what it is to be a mother, which at its most basic level is to take care of a child. It doesn't mean you have to look like the ladies in the Lysol commercials."
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Lauren Graham
"One of the things I like about the show is it redefines the idea of what it is to be a mother, which at its most basic level is to take care of a child. It doesn't mean you have to look like the ladies in the Lysol commercials."
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"Film-making was not at all what I had expected."
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Brigitte Bardot
"Film-making was not at all what I had expected."
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"More often than what you're suggesting, I find people are surprised that I have an urban side to me."
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Ashley Judd
"More often than what you're suggesting, I find people are surprised that I have an urban side to me."
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"When a person goes into a relationship emotionally needy, they are not going to have discernment in choosing people."
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Jennifer O'Neill
"When a person goes into a relationship emotionally needy, they are not going to have discernment in choosing people."
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"I mean, I like to think of myself as being strong and independent, but I definitely wasn't like that at 14."
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Alison Lohman
"I mean, I like to think of myself as being strong and independent, but I definitely wasn't like that at 14."
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