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"I learned a lot more about transgender people. It's not a choice, but a physiological condition that has to do with the size of the hypothalamus part of the brain."
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Mercedes Ruehl
"I learned a lot more about transgender people. It's not a choice, but a physiological condition that has to do with the size of the hypothalamus part of the brain."
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"It's being willing to walk away that gives you strength and power - if you're willing to accept the consequences of doing what you want to do."
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Whoopi Goldberg
"It's being willing to walk away that gives you strength and power - if you're willing to accept the consequences of doing what you want to do."
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"But it's a very universal story and the thing is I was reluctant to answer that question because I don't want people latching on to a particular stereotype."
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Parminder Nagra
"But it's a very universal story and the thing is I was reluctant to answer that question because I don't want people latching on to a particular stereotype."
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"I'm a sucker for a funny script. And then, as soon as I don't wanna be, one comes along and grabs me."
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Meg Ryan
"I'm a sucker for a funny script. And then, as soon as I don't wanna be, one comes along and grabs me."
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"People are surprised at how down-to-earth I am. I like to stay home on Friday nights and listen to 'The Art of Happiness' by the Dalai Lama."
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Carmen Electra
"People are surprised at how down-to-earth I am. I like to stay home on Friday nights and listen to 'The Art of Happiness' by the Dalai Lama."
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"Yesterday morning I amused myself with an exercise of a talent I once possessed, but have so neglected that my performance might almost be called an experiment. I cut out a dress for one of the women."
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Fanny Kemble
"Yesterday morning I amused myself with an exercise of a talent I once possessed, but have so neglected that my performance might almost be called an experiment. I cut out a dress for one of the women."
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"Writing the story of your own life is a bit like drilling your own teeth."
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Gloria Swanson
"Writing the story of your own life is a bit like drilling your own teeth."
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"To be successful for a moment because of one movie doesn't mean anything."
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Nastassja Kinski
"To be successful for a moment because of one movie doesn't mean anything."
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"It's not necessary to go far and wide. I mean, you can really find exciting and inspiring things within your hometown."
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Daryl Hannah
"It's not necessary to go far and wide. I mean, you can really find exciting and inspiring things within your hometown."
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"It's about avoiding reality through various escape routes that become addictions and lead to Hell. My character is addicted to television, chocolate, coffee, to her dream of her son, which has no basis in reality."
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Ellen Burstyn
"It's about avoiding reality through various escape routes that become addictions and lead to Hell. My character is addicted to television, chocolate, coffee, to her dream of her son, which has no basis in reality."
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"I can play any instrument if you give me 20 minutes."
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Brittany Murphy
"I can play any instrument if you give me 20 minutes."
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"Today, I guess I give a lot more thought to the roles before I sign them."
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Natasha Henstridge
"Today, I guess I give a lot more thought to the roles before I sign them."
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"I have a home in Salt Lake, and I have a home in Malibu, at the beach."
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Roma Downey
"I have a home in Salt Lake, and I have a home in Malibu, at the beach."
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"What the public expects and what is healthy for an individual are two very different things."
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Esther Williams
"What the public expects and what is healthy for an individual are two very different things."
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"Chocolate is the first luxury. It has so many things wrapped up in it: Deliciusness in the moment, childhood memories, and that grin-inducing feeling of getting a reward for being good."
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Mariska Hargitay
"Chocolate is the first luxury. It has so many things wrapped up in it: Deliciusness in the moment, childhood memories, and that grin-inducing feeling of getting a reward for being good."
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"When I see myself on film it makes me smile, I mean making a good living doing what I enjoy is soo much fun. I just hope that everyone has the chance to enjoy life like I do."
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Adrienne Barbeau
"When I see myself on film it makes me smile, I mean making a good living doing what I enjoy is soo much fun. I just hope that everyone has the chance to enjoy life like I do."
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"We had two cameras, so they could turn it on and shoot as much as we wanted. You don't have to worry about wasting money on film. A lot more takes are possible."
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Marguerite Moreau
"We had two cameras, so they could turn it on and shoot as much as we wanted. You don't have to worry about wasting money on film. A lot more takes are possible."
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"I came to L.A. to work and become a better actress, not to be a star."
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Lauren Ambrose
"I came to L.A. to work and become a better actress, not to be a star."
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"We didn't have a beauty shop as I grew up."
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Jenifer Lewis
"We didn't have a beauty shop as I grew up."
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"I don't know if you've ever tried writing a Doctor Who story, but it's a lot more difficult than it initially appears, especially if you've got more than one assistant."
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Sarah Sutton
"I don't know if you've ever tried writing a Doctor Who story, but it's a lot more difficult than it initially appears, especially if you've got more than one assistant."
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"But I've always felt a need to have a life which is completely separate - at least as far as possible - from the kind of illusory lifestyle that comes with being a celebrity."
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Winona Ryder
"But I've always felt a need to have a life which is completely separate - at least as far as possible - from the kind of illusory lifestyle that comes with being a celebrity."
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"Early in last season, George was very worried about other people's emotions, especially how they saw her, and felt she was outside looking in. This year, she still hopes people will accept her for who she is, but if they don't, she's OK with that."
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Ellen Muth
"Early in last season, George was very worried about other people's emotions, especially how they saw her, and felt she was outside looking in. This year, she still hopes people will accept her for who she is, but if they don't, she's OK with that."
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"I have a very good life - I'm lucky enough not to be deprived."
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Meryl Streep
"I have a very good life - I'm lucky enough not to be deprived."
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"A lot of people in my world - in the acting world - have either lost friends to Aids or live with HIV because its origin in our culture, in New York for instance, was in the gay community."
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Emma Thompson
"A lot of people in my world - in the acting world - have either lost friends to Aids or live with HIV because its origin in our culture, in New York for instance, was in the gay community."
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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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Blythe Danner
"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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Kim Hunter
"It's hard to compare actors from different generations."
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"Being strong can be also feminine. I don't think feminine equals being weak. Being strong is very sexy."
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Sanaa Lathan
"Being strong can be also feminine. I don't think feminine equals being weak. Being strong is very sexy."
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"I'm usually called upon to play the dreary suicidal girl."
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Hope Davis
"I'm usually called upon to play the dreary suicidal girl."
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"I also get fed up with the fact that casting agents and directors have this impression of me as being frail and petite. I find it very patronizing. I'm quite beefy and strong. I was a gymnast in school and I have lots of muscles."
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Helena Bonham Carter
"I also get fed up with the fact that casting agents and directors have this impression of me as being frail and petite. I find it very patronizing. I'm quite beefy and strong. I was a gymnast in school and I have lots of muscles."
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"I wasn't afraid to fail. Something good always comes out of failure."
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Anne Baxter
"I wasn't afraid to fail. Something good always comes out of failure."
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"Sometimes I forget about taking care of myself."
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Tracey Gold
"Sometimes I forget about taking care of myself."
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"Yeah, I definitely want to find that right person and fall in love and have kids someday."
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Rachael Leigh Cook
"Yeah, I definitely want to find that right person and fall in love and have kids someday."
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"I believe in things that move people, if the audience isn't deeply caught up and moved to either laughter or tears then I don't think it is theater."
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Estelle Parsons
"I believe in things that move people, if the audience isn't deeply caught up and moved to either laughter or tears then I don't think it is theater."
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"When you choose to be an actor, you are going against the odds."
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Olivia Wilde
"When you choose to be an actor, you are going against the odds."
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"Take events in your life seriously, take work seriously, but don't take yourself seriously, or you'll become affected, pompous and boring."
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Shelley Duvall
"Take events in your life seriously, take work seriously, but don't take yourself seriously, or you'll become affected, pompous and boring."
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"I know that my fans want to know who I'm sleeping with, but it's really none of their business."
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Diana Ross
"I know that my fans want to know who I'm sleeping with, but it's really none of their business."
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"If one thing that bothers me about acting, it's that there's no clear-cut number one. The closest you can get is winning an Academy Award, and I'm going to work on that if it takes me the next 50 years. To my peers, it will mean that I'm the best!"
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Dana Hill
"If one thing that bothers me about acting, it's that there's no clear-cut number one. The closest you can get is winning an Academy Award, and I'm going to work on that if it takes me the next 50 years. To my peers, it will mean that I'm the best!"
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"And as a character, what I found very inspiring about playing Dharma, especially at that time, is that the women on television were more neurotic than they were free. And I thought, this is a rare bird and this is unique on television and I think it's really refreshing."
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Jenna Elfman
"And as a character, what I found very inspiring about playing Dharma, especially at that time, is that the women on television were more neurotic than they were free. And I thought, this is a rare bird and this is unique on television and I think it's really refreshing."
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"People are always telling me that change is good. But all that means is that something you didn't want to happen has happened."
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Meg Ryan
"People are always telling me that change is good. But all that means is that something you didn't want to happen has happened."
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"There's no way I'm going to put this kid in the movies, because of the rejection. It's so hard as an adult, so why set her up to feel that bad as a child?"
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Rosanna Arquette
"There's no way I'm going to put this kid in the movies, because of the rejection. It's so hard as an adult, so why set her up to feel that bad as a child?"
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"If I'm not in shape, it feels like something is wrong. If I haven't been able to get to class for a while or I've been sick, I don't feel complete. It doesn't feel like the electricity is making its connections."
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Bebe Neuwirth
"If I'm not in shape, it feels like something is wrong. If I haven't been able to get to class for a while or I've been sick, I don't feel complete. It doesn't feel like the electricity is making its connections."
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"God uses whoever he wants."
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Dyan Cannon
"God uses whoever he wants."
God,
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"Love is not love, without a violin playing goat."
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Julia Roberts
"Love is not love, without a violin playing goat."
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"It's not true that I had nothing on. I had the radio on."
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Marilyn Monroe
"It's not true that I had nothing on. I had the radio on."
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"The odd thing is if you asked me to do the accent now I would find it very difficult unless I was also playing that part, because I associate it so much with entering into the role and stepping into someone else's shoes."
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Emily Mortimer
"The odd thing is if you asked me to do the accent now I would find it very difficult unless I was also playing that part, because I associate it so much with entering into the role and stepping into someone else's shoes."
Now,
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"My father was in the civil service. I can remember standing in a bus shelter in the pouring rain, and that we were allowed candy floss at the end of the holiday if we had behaved."
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Honor Blackman
"My father was in the civil service. I can remember standing in a bus shelter in the pouring rain, and that we were allowed candy floss at the end of the holiday if we had behaved."
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"Mostly, I spend my time being a mother to my two children, working in my organic garden, raising masses of sweet peas, being passionately involved in conservation, recycling and solar energy."
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Blythe Danner
"Mostly, I spend my time being a mother to my two children, working in my organic garden, raising masses of sweet peas, being passionately involved in conservation, recycling and solar energy."
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"I hope Britney doesn't get bummed out that Lindsey is a better singer. It is not Lindsey saying it, it's me. Lindsey would never say that. She's an actress first. It's just a bonus that she can dance and sing."
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Virginia Madsen
"I hope Britney doesn't get bummed out that Lindsey is a better singer. It is not Lindsey saying it, it's me. Lindsey would never say that. She's an actress first. It's just a bonus that she can dance and sing."
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"It's bizarre that the produce manager is more important to my children's health than the pediatrician."
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Meryl Streep
"It's bizarre that the produce manager is more important to my children's health than the pediatrician."
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"You have to laugh, you have to be able to take criticism."
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Tina Yothers
"You have to laugh, you have to be able to take criticism."
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