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"In all my career, in my ups and downs, I've never had a beauty campaign. This was meaningful that at almost 41 years old, I could be getting my first beauty campaign. It made me feel really great."
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Teri Hatcher
"In all my career, in my ups and downs, I've never had a beauty campaign. This was meaningful that at almost 41 years old, I could be getting my first beauty campaign. It made me feel really great."
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"To stay interested in acting, I have to keep trying stuff I've never done before."
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Jessica Lange
"To stay interested in acting, I have to keep trying stuff I've never done before."
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"I like to run, to go down the stairs, I'm one of those kind of people."
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Jill Clayburgh
"I like to run, to go down the stairs, I'm one of those kind of people."
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"I've been on the show for six years and I don't even know what her history is. I sort of make things up in my mind, but I think it's hard for an audience to follow and invest in a character when they don't have the details."
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Crystal Chappell
"I've been on the show for six years and I don't even know what her history is. I sort of make things up in my mind, but I think it's hard for an audience to follow and invest in a character when they don't have the details."
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"I didn't fall in love with acting until I did a few films. Now, I couldn't live without it."
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Geraldine Chaplin
"I didn't fall in love with acting until I did a few films. Now, I couldn't live without it."
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"I've always wanted to perform on the London stage."
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Mimi Rogers
"I've always wanted to perform on the London stage."
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"I've done a lot of growing up since the age of 16 and I really wanted that to be reflected in my music."
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Kelly Osbourne
"I've done a lot of growing up since the age of 16 and I really wanted that to be reflected in my music."
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"I'm probably not going to play a junkie and that's OK because there are other people who will do it better."
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Rosamund Pike
"I'm probably not going to play a junkie and that's OK because there are other people who will do it better."
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"I have no aspirations of world domination through the pop charts. None at all."
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Anne Hathaway
"I have no aspirations of world domination through the pop charts. None at all."
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"Every week it's another opportunity to really make that work and figure out how to make it work better. And I love that it's like theater, too, and the audience, and it's so short. It's only 20 minutes. It's like a haiku or something."
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Joan Cusack
"Every week it's another opportunity to really make that work and figure out how to make it work better. And I love that it's like theater, too, and the audience, and it's so short. It's only 20 minutes. It's like a haiku or something."
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"I have too much respect for the characters I play to make them anything but as real as they can possibly be. I have a great deal of respect for all of them, otherwise I wouldn't do them. And I don't want to screw them by not portraying them honestly."
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Kyra Sedgwick
"I have too much respect for the characters I play to make them anything but as real as they can possibly be. I have a great deal of respect for all of them, otherwise I wouldn't do them. And I don't want to screw them by not portraying them honestly."
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"Usually, jet lag is not this big of an issue for me. I'm not sure why I'm so disoriented this time. It could be due to the amount of chocolate and french fries I've eaten in the last two and a half weeks."
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April Winchell
"Usually, jet lag is not this big of an issue for me. I'm not sure why I'm so disoriented this time. It could be due to the amount of chocolate and french fries I've eaten in the last two and a half weeks."
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"I don't see it as a form of healing, because if you have wounds that are bleeding I don't think acting will ever get them to stop. But I find acting is a form of illumination."
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Rebecca De Mornay
"I don't see it as a form of healing, because if you have wounds that are bleeding I don't think acting will ever get them to stop. But I find acting is a form of illumination."
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"Don't be afraid of failure; be afraid of petty success."
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Maude Adams
"Don't be afraid of failure; be afraid of petty success."
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"I don't use my body to seduce, no. I just stand there."
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Ursula Andress
"I don't use my body to seduce, no. I just stand there."
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"I got to work with Gene Hackman for six weeks, side by side, 12 hours a day."
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Marguerite Moreau
"I got to work with Gene Hackman for six weeks, side by side, 12 hours a day."
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"While making Genevieve, I learned there could be a lot more to a film than just acting in it."
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Dinah Sheridan
"While making Genevieve, I learned there could be a lot more to a film than just acting in it."
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"One of the ways I think I gain fodder for characters is by watching people."
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Edie Falco
"One of the ways I think I gain fodder for characters is by watching people."
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"You never know what movie I will be in next, but let's just hope it's sells (for my sake at least)!"
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Cameron Diaz
"You never know what movie I will be in next, but let's just hope it's sells (for my sake at least)!"
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"I don't like being out of the crowd. It's lonely within a group."
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Julie Walters
"I don't like being out of the crowd. It's lonely within a group."
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"I am interested in the art. I'm a professional woman."
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Claire Bloom
"I am interested in the art. I'm a professional woman."
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"I'm off to save the universe again. It's a tough job but someone has to do it, and I'm glad it's me."
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Lexa Doig
"I'm off to save the universe again. It's a tough job but someone has to do it, and I'm glad it's me."
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"I stopped acting because I had other passions I wanted to pursue."
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Tina Yothers
"I stopped acting because I had other passions I wanted to pursue."
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"I never hoped that both my children would become actors. I expected them to do something else."
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Catherine Deneuve
"I never hoped that both my children would become actors. I expected them to do something else."
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"No, I'm not! I'm not a tomboy! I love my makeup! That's not true! I'm not a tomboy!"
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Hilary Duff
"No, I'm not! I'm not a tomboy! I love my makeup! That's not true! I'm not a tomboy!"
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"From the moment I was six I felt sexy. And let me tell you it was hell, sheer hell, waiting to do something about it."
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Bette Davis
"From the moment I was six I felt sexy. And let me tell you it was hell, sheer hell, waiting to do something about it."
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"This is where you see the truth of entertainment, because it is not edited. You see it on stage as it is happening. Even if we fall down or forget our words, it's a part of live entertainment."
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Eartha Kitt
"This is where you see the truth of entertainment, because it is not edited. You see it on stage as it is happening. Even if we fall down or forget our words, it's a part of live entertainment."
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"As hard as it is and as tired as I am, I force myself to get dinner at least once a week with my girlfriends, or have a sleepover. Otherwise my life is just work."
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Jennifer Lawrence
"As hard as it is and as tired as I am, I force myself to get dinner at least once a week with my girlfriends, or have a sleepover. Otherwise my life is just work."
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"It's nice to see a movie where people are actually succeeding."
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Illeana Douglas
"It's nice to see a movie where people are actually succeeding."
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"It wasn't sexual in its element. I wasn't being exploited. I was doing what happened. It was very challenging because I played Phyllis from 15 years old to 53 when she died of breast cancer."
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Lesley-Anne Down
"It wasn't sexual in its element. I wasn't being exploited. I was doing what happened. It was very challenging because I played Phyllis from 15 years old to 53 when she died of breast cancer."
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"Everybody gets typecast in movies, but you have to make wise choices. I'd say around 90 percent of movie casting is about the way you look, so you have to fight that. If producers had their way, I'd only be in action films, but I'm interested in a more varied career than that."
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Famke Janssen
"Everybody gets typecast in movies, but you have to make wise choices. I'd say around 90 percent of movie casting is about the way you look, so you have to fight that. If producers had their way, I'd only be in action films, but I'm interested in a more varied career than that."
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"I think it's safe to say that each of us has at least one issue we are passionate about and struggle with, issues that robs us of our peace, our joy and our ability to experience love."
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Lindsay Wagner
"I think it's safe to say that each of us has at least one issue we are passionate about and struggle with, issues that robs us of our peace, our joy and our ability to experience love."
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"If somebody ever wished to be me for a day, they'd be the most pissed-off person once they got here. They would be, like, in hell."
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Jennifer Aniston
"If somebody ever wished to be me for a day, they'd be the most pissed-off person once they got here. They would be, like, in hell."
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"A divorcee is a women who got married so she didn't have to work, but now works so she doesn't have to get married."
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Anna Magnani
"A divorcee is a women who got married so she didn't have to work, but now works so she doesn't have to get married."
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"Well, I have a couple of projects in the pipeline, but I'm taking things slow for now and being choosy about the roles I take up. One thing I can assure you of is that you are going to see a lot of me!"
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Natasha Henstridge
"Well, I have a couple of projects in the pipeline, but I'm taking things slow for now and being choosy about the roles I take up. One thing I can assure you of is that you are going to see a lot of me!"
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"I'm an Air force Brat and I've lived all over the world and this country and there were people in my community who were gay - nurses, hairdressers, designers - people who just had a different way about themselves."
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Pam Grier
"I'm an Air force Brat and I've lived all over the world and this country and there were people in my community who were gay - nurses, hairdressers, designers - people who just had a different way about themselves."
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"My mom's a Catholic, and my dad's a Jew, and they didn't want anything to do with anything."
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Isabelle Huppert
"My mom's a Catholic, and my dad's a Jew, and they didn't want anything to do with anything."
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"I love actors. I married one. OK, I married a fantastic one."
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Felicity Huffman
"I love actors. I married one. OK, I married a fantastic one."
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"I'm not ready to be a woman yet, I'd like it if my body were more boyish. Maybe I'll like my curves when I'm older but right now they kind of make me squirm."
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Vanessa Marcil
"I'm not ready to be a woman yet, I'd like it if my body were more boyish. Maybe I'll like my curves when I'm older but right now they kind of make me squirm."
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"When I was 19 years old, I came down with anorexia. I had it for about a year before it became public. And it had a lot to do with my self-esteem."
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Tracey Gold
"When I was 19 years old, I came down with anorexia. I had it for about a year before it became public. And it had a lot to do with my self-esteem."
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"Great acting may be a turn-on, but it won't make me fantasize about the person for a week."
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Sandra Bullock
"Great acting may be a turn-on, but it won't make me fantasize about the person for a week."
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"I felt for a long time that this is what I want to do so I'm happy at this point to just take my time and work on projects that I feel strongly about, and the rest of the time just live my life."
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Jennifer Connelly
"I felt for a long time that this is what I want to do so I'm happy at this point to just take my time and work on projects that I feel strongly about, and the rest of the time just live my life."
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"The process of filmmaking is very musical, you get into the rhythm and the rhythmics of how someone is, especially with Woody Allen who is very much into body language and body movement."
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Charlotte Rampling
"The process of filmmaking is very musical, you get into the rhythm and the rhythmics of how someone is, especially with Woody Allen who is very much into body language and body movement."
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"Pain is such an important thing in life. I think that as an artist you have to experience suffering."
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Naomi Watts
"Pain is such an important thing in life. I think that as an artist you have to experience suffering."
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"You very seldom see a picture where you watch the process of falling in love."
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Alfre Woodard
"You very seldom see a picture where you watch the process of falling in love."
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"I've always loved men."
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Jacqueline Bisset
"I've always loved men."
Men,
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"My mother keeps things in perspective for me. She makes me realize that the acting I do and love is no more important than what one of my brothers does-he works in a shoe repair shop. If my career ever tapers off, I'll go to college."
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Dana Hill
"My mother keeps things in perspective for me. She makes me realize that the acting I do and love is no more important than what one of my brothers does-he works in a shoe repair shop. If my career ever tapers off, I'll go to college."
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"I always look for an intense experience, an intense ride. There is nothing better than a good zombie movie where you run crazy and blow at monsters! It was a physical shoot and I enjoyed it."
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Sarah Polley
"I always look for an intense experience, an intense ride. There is nothing better than a good zombie movie where you run crazy and blow at monsters! It was a physical shoot and I enjoyed it."
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"It is tradition in Ireland that you're given money for your first communion."
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Roma Downey
"It is tradition in Ireland that you're given money for your first communion."
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"It is a very difficult job, being the servant of two masters."
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Allison Janney
"It is a very difficult job, being the servant of two masters."
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