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"Am I going to complain about being typecast as smart? I don't think so."

"Am I going to complain about being typecast as smart? I don't think so."

Aisha Tyler, American Actress

34

"When two people first meet, they can only have a very ordinary kind of friendship. But when you begin to understand each other, when you get close to them, you discover that you're suddenly eager to know him or her even better."

"When two people first meet, they can only have a very ordinary kind of friendship. But when you begin to understand each other, when you get close to them, you discover that you're suddenly eager to know him or her even better."

Zhang Ziyi, Chinese Actress

Friendship, People, First

34

"The older I get the more I try not to waste my time on negative energy."

"The older I get the more I try not to waste my time on negative energy."

Christine Baranski, American Actress

Time, Negative, Energy, Waste

34

"I loved that it was about human relationships and then it was a mystery without falling into the trap of a thriller per se, because it pulled you in through people rather than through events or effects."

"I loved that it was about human relationships and then it was a mystery without falling into the trap of a thriller per se, because it pulled you in through people rather than through events or effects."

Barbara Hershey, American Actress

People, Events, Mystery, Relationships

34

"I love the producer, Joel Rice. We worked together years ago putting a project together."

"I love the producer, Joel Rice. We worked together years ago putting a project together."

Marilu Henner, American Actress

Love, Project, Years

34

"That said, my kids are at home right now with my husband and I'm missing something important at my daughter's school which makes me feel sick inside. It's a lot of balance and a lot of really hard decision making."

"That said, my kids are at home right now with my husband and I'm missing something important at my daughter's school which makes me feel sick inside. It's a lot of balance and a lot of really hard decision making."

Reese Witherspoon, American Actress

Home, HusbDaughter, Decision, Balance

34

"The split second she ceases to care is the only time a woman ceases to be attractive."

"The split second she ceases to care is the only time a woman ceases to be attractive."

Loretta Young, American Actress

Time, Care, Woman

34

"So instead of beating myself up for being fat, I think it's a miracle that I laugh every day and walk through my life with pride, because our culture is unrelenting when it comes to large people."

"So instead of beating myself up for being fat, I think it's a miracle that I laugh every day and walk through my life with pride, because our culture is unrelenting when it comes to large people."

Camryn Manheim, American Actress

Life, People, Being, Culture

34

"The idea of taking off my shoes and trying on all these clothes is so exhausting, I just leave."

"The idea of taking off my shoes and trying on all these clothes is so exhausting, I just leave."

Lexa Doig, Canadian Actress

Idea, Clothes, Trying

34

"Salary stories are intrusive. Do you ask your neighbour what they earn for their job?"

"Salary stories are intrusive. Do you ask your neighbour what they earn for their job?"

Nicole Kidman, Australian Actress

34

"When you're so out there in the public eye, people are constantly criticizing every aspect about you."

"When you're so out there in the public eye, people are constantly criticizing every aspect about you."

Gwyneth Paltrow, American Actress

People, Eye, Public

34

"I don't think I'm very ambitious at all. But I seem to play people who have that quality."

"I don't think I'm very ambitious at all. But I seem to play people who have that quality."

Catherine Keener, American Actress

Quality, People, Play

34

"High school, you don't want to go back and do it over again."

"High school, you don't want to go back and do it over again."

Marguerite Moreau, American Actress

34

"It's not good to be in a situation where people don't want to direct you or don't want to question something."

"It's not good to be in a situation where people don't want to direct you or don't want to question something."

Glenn Close, American Actress

People, Question, Want

34

"My second marriage had a lot to do with alcohol."

"My second marriage had a lot to do with alcohol."

Mercedes McCambridge, American Actress

Marriage, Alcohol

34

"Everywhere you look, there is a charity or a project in school to get involved in. In eighth grade, there was this program called CJSF, California Junior Scholarship Foundation. We were involved in soup kitchens and toy drives, and your school can set up something like that. If your school doesn't have a program like that, set one up."

"Everywhere you look, there is a charity or a project in school to get involved in. In eighth grade, there was this program called CJSF, California Junior Scholarship Foundation. We were involved in soup kitchens and toy drives, and your school can set up something like that. If your school doesn't have a program like that, set one up."

Lindsey Shaw, American Actress

Charity, Project, School

34

"This is the strange life of books that you enter along as a writer, mapping an unknown territory that arises as you travel. If you succeed in the voyage, others enter after, one at a time, also alone, but in communion with your imagination, traversing your route. Books are solitudes where we meet."

"This is the strange life of books that you enter along as a writer, mapping an unknown territory that arises as you travel. If you succeed in the voyage, others enter after, one at a time, also alone, but in communion with your imagination, traversing your route. Books are solitudes where we meet."

Rebecca Solnit, American Actress

Writing, Imagination, Art, Creativity

34

"High School Musical is definitely the best thing that's happened to my career and I walked away with great friends from it."

"High School Musical is definitely the best thing that's happened to my career and I walked away with great friends from it."

Monique Coleman, American Actress

Career, Friends, School

34

"I never forget my old days and I never fly too high I have my feet fixed firmly on the ground!"

"I never forget my old days and I never fly too high I have my feet fixed firmly on the ground!"

Natasha Henstridge, Canadian Actress

Feet, Forget, Old

34

"When women work together, it's a bond unlike any other."

"When women work together, it's a bond unlike any other."

Victoria Principal, American Actress

Woman, Women, Work

34

"You walk by faith and not by sight, because you do not hope for your future; instead, you envision it with detail, clarity, and confidence. Your expectations for what is to come and for other people are built on solid foundations, creating higher standards and greater value in your life, relationships, family, and friends."

"You walk by faith and not by sight, because you do not hope for your future; instead, you envision it with detail, clarity, and confidence. Your expectations for what is to come and for other people are built on solid foundations, creating higher standards and greater value in your life, relationships, family, and friends."

Farshad Asl, American Actress

Faith, Hope, Future, Expectation

34

"The producers who wanted me to do it liked me and trusted me, and more than one scene was only one take, because I'd plan ahead what I thought would be appropriate for that scene-so one take was enough."

"The producers who wanted me to do it liked me and trusted me, and more than one scene was only one take, because I'd plan ahead what I thought would be appropriate for that scene-so one take was enough."

Fay Wray, American Actress

34

"I'm not always the nicest person to meet, because I forget very easily that I'm an actress when I'm not working."

"I'm not always the nicest person to meet, because I forget very easily that I'm an actress when I'm not working."

Catherine Deneuve, French Actress

34

"So many directors are solely focused on their own success in Hollywood and multimillion dollar budgets and deals."

"So many directors are solely focused on their own success in Hollywood and multimillion dollar budgets and deals."

Shirley Knight, American Actress

Success, Budgets, Deals, Hollywood

34

"I made about 56 movies, I think. Not that many."

"I made about 56 movies, I think. Not that many."

Angela Lansbury, American Actress

34

"I have a thing for red-haired Irish boys, as we know."

"I have a thing for red-haired Irish boys, as we know."

Sandra Bullock, American Actress

34

"When people realize that they have been forgiven of everything, it becomes a little bit easier for them to forgive others."

"When people realize that they have been forgiven of everything, it becomes a little bit easier for them to forgive others."

Jennifer O'Neill, American Actress

34

"I know there are nights when I have power, when I could put on something and walk in somewhere, and if there is a man who doesn't look at me, it's because he's gay."

"I know there are nights when I have power, when I could put on something and walk in somewhere, and if there is a man who doesn't look at me, it's because he's gay."

Kathleen Turner, American Actress

Power, Gay, Man

34

"I've been very fortunate to be able to jump around. I just did this really wonderful film called Map of the World. That was a real, amazing, dramatic story. Then I did a movie called Company Men, a little comedy about the Bay of Pigs."

"I've been very fortunate to be able to jump around. I just did this really wonderful film called Map of the World. That was a real, amazing, dramatic story. Then I did a movie called Company Men, a little comedy about the Bay of Pigs."

Sigourney Weaver, American Actress

Men, Comedy, Company, Film

34

"I wish I was born in that era: dancing with Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly, going to work at the studio dressed in beautiful pants, head scarves, and sunglasses."

"I wish I was born in that era: dancing with Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly, going to work at the studio dressed in beautiful pants, head scarves, and sunglasses."

Catherine Zeta-Jones, Welsh Actress

34

"If you just want to be a star, go away."

"If you just want to be a star, go away."

Jenifer Lewis, American Actress

34

"Well, I think that a lot of times when you're working on a film, there aren't really opportunities to get to know all the people you have to work with."

"Well, I think that a lot of times when you're working on a film, there aren't really opportunities to get to know all the people you have to work with."

Alexis Bledel, American Actress

Work, People, Film

34

"I think your whole life shows in your face and you should be proud of that."

"I think your whole life shows in your face and you should be proud of that."

Lauren Bacall, American Actress

34

"Hollywood always wanted me to be pretty, but I fought for realism."

"Hollywood always wanted me to be pretty, but I fought for realism."

Bette Davis, American Actress

Hollywood, Pretty, Realism

34

"No woman has to be a victim of physical abuse. Women have to feel like they are not alone."

"No woman has to be a victim of physical abuse. Women have to feel like they are not alone."

Salma Hayek, Mexican Actress

Woman, Women, Abuse

34

"I can not remember even thinking that I was deaf when I was dancing."

"I can not remember even thinking that I was deaf when I was dancing."

Stephanie Beacham, English Actress

Dance, Dancing, Thinking

34

"There are new words now that excuse everybody. Give me the good old days of heroes and villains, the people you can bravo or hiss. There was a truth to them that all the slick credulity of today cannot touch."

"There are new words now that excuse everybody. Give me the good old days of heroes and villains, the people you can bravo or hiss. There was a truth to them that all the slick credulity of today cannot touch."

Bette Davis, American Actress

Truth, People, Credulity, Heroes

34

"I just can't wait to get out there on stage. There's no anxiety at all. I love being able to take this journey with the audience, because we all have a ball with it - even if we're crying."

"I just can't wait to get out there on stage. There's no anxiety at all. I love being able to take this journey with the audience, because we all have a ball with it - even if we're crying."

Loretta Swit, American Actress

Love, Anxiety, Being, Journey

34

"A woman has to be intelligent, have charm, a sense of humor, and be kind. It's the same qualities I require from a man."

"A woman has to be intelligent, have charm, a sense of humor, and be kind. It's the same qualities I require from a man."

Catherine Deneuve, French Actress

Humor, Charm, Man, Sense

34

"I don't let it bother me too much if someone doesn't like me. I just figure there's no accounting for taste. It's not me, it's my acting. It's like if someone doesn't like someone's food, they just don't like my acting."

"I don't let it bother me too much if someone doesn't like me. I just figure there's no accounting for taste. It's not me, it's my acting. It's like if someone doesn't like someone's food, they just don't like my acting."

Anna Chlumsky, American Actress

Food, Acting, Taste

34

"I have no control over a film. I don't know what will be left on the cutting floor."

"I have no control over a film. I don't know what will be left on the cutting floor."

Judi Dench, English Actress

Control, Film, Will

34

"I don't want to marry again. I did that."

"I don't want to marry again. I did that."

Lynn Redgrave, British Actress

34

"I have a very good life, so I have nothing to complain about. Sometimes, I just have existential angst."

"I have a very good life, so I have nothing to complain about. Sometimes, I just have existential angst."

Meg Ryan, American Actress

34

"I equate fame towards people who know your work, people who will see your work. But all that stuff, like with the Genies and stuff like that, it was so much fun. It's so much fun and it's nice when it comes, but that's not what it's all about."

"I equate fame towards people who know your work, people who will see your work. But all that stuff, like with the Genies and stuff like that, it was so much fun. It's so much fun and it's nice when it comes, but that's not what it's all about."

Sandra Oh, Canadian Actress

Work, People, Fame, Fun

34

"I had a one day slip, Matt. So what do you do? You get up and you go on, and you try not to do it again."

"I had a one day slip, Matt. So what do you do? You get up and you go on, and you try not to do it again."

Liza Minnelli, American Actress

34

"Not being a comic book fan, being thrown into that and seeing the extreme - it's taken very seriously. So I tried to do as much learning as I could about it so I wasn't mean or anything."

"Not being a comic book fan, being thrown into that and seeing the extreme - it's taken very seriously. So I tried to do as much learning as I could about it so I wasn't mean or anything."

Ashley Scott, American Actress

Being, Extreme, Learning

34

"There's a constant flow of child actors. It's kind of funny to watch the new crew come through. I think, You poor little things. You're going to have to struggle for a long time."

"There's a constant flow of child actors. It's kind of funny to watch the new crew come through. I think, You poor little things. You're going to have to struggle for a long time."

Tina Yothers, American Actress

Funny, Time, Actors, Poor

34

"I probably spend more time with my kids than the average stay-at-home mother."

"I probably spend more time with my kids than the average stay-at-home mother."

Kirstie Alley, American Actress

Time, Mother, Kids

34

"I played a definite part in it. I guess the things that I played in films and the way the nudity and the love scenes were handled were really different."

"I played a definite part in it. I guess the things that I played in films and the way the nudity and the love scenes were handled were really different."

Bo Derek, American Actress

34

"You think that being a girl is degrading, but secretly, you'd love to know what it's like, wouldn't you?"

"You think that being a girl is degrading, but secretly, you'd love to know what it's like, wouldn't you?"

Charlotte Gainsbourg, French Actress

34

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