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Quotes by Actress

"It's just poetry, beauty and love. How hard can that be to act?"
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Robin Wright Penn
"It's just poetry, beauty and love. How hard can that be to act?"
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"That's what everyone said attracted them to Lantana - I call it an adult mystery, because it's not a thriller in the sense of that other way, but it is a mystery."
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Barbara Hershey
"That's what everyone said attracted them to Lantana - I call it an adult mystery, because it's not a thriller in the sense of that other way, but it is a mystery."
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"I can understand in some sense, having played the character, how unimaginably frustrating it is for people to tell you that you can't love who you love, because you ain't going to change it, and so they have to get out of your way."
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Piper Perabo
"I can understand in some sense, having played the character, how unimaginably frustrating it is for people to tell you that you can't love who you love, because you ain't going to change it, and so they have to get out of your way."
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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 didn't think any amount of money was worth something that would take away what you believed in or what you stood for. I didn't want to do something my parents and daughter couldn't be proud of."
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Tippi Hedren
"I didn't think any amount of money was worth something that would take away what you believed in or what you stood for. I didn't want to do something my parents and daughter couldn't be proud of."
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"But to be part of helping create a character and be a part of something from the beginning - the excitement of it - it doesn't get any better."
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Sarah Chalke
"But to be part of helping create a character and be a part of something from the beginning - the excitement of it - it doesn't get any better."
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"I work to stay alive."
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Bette Davis
"I work to stay alive."
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"I'll probably stick to comedy for the time being. I mean, a great piece of work is a great piece of work, and I'm up for good work anytime. But I do love comedy!"
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Jenna Elfman
"I'll probably stick to comedy for the time being. I mean, a great piece of work is a great piece of work, and I'm up for good work anytime. But I do love comedy!"
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"I think people think Jim Carrey's just wild and crazy. He really is very disciplined. It is true of Eddie Murphy and Robin Williams as well."
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Christine Baranski
"I think people think Jim Carrey's just wild and crazy. He really is very disciplined. It is true of Eddie Murphy and Robin Williams as well."
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"Among famous traitors of history one might mention the weather."
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Ilka Chase
"Among famous traitors of history one might mention the weather."
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"I don't know why I don't watch a lot of movies; I can barely keep up with the things my friends are in. There isn't enough time in life."
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Meryl Streep
"I don't know why I don't watch a lot of movies; I can barely keep up with the things my friends are in. There isn't enough time in life."
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"There are a lot of people who wait tables. And especially because you can do it at night and you can do your work in the day, she and I had a very similar experience."
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Piper Perabo
"There are a lot of people who wait tables. And especially because you can do it at night and you can do your work in the day, she and I had a very similar experience."
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"I hate it when people say, Mary Elizabeth, this may be hell, but the movie is going to be sooo good."
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Mary Mastrantonio
"I hate it when people say, Mary Elizabeth, this may be hell, but the movie is going to be sooo good."
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"Now that I'm over sixty I'm veering toward respectability."
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Shelley Winters
"Now that I'm over sixty I'm veering toward respectability."
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"My friend had a funny remark; he told me everybody has something - some people have a big butt, some people are insecure and at least you know what it is, even if it's a lump on your head. I know I have a lump on my head."
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Karen Duffy
"My friend had a funny remark; he told me everybody has something - some people have a big butt, some people are insecure and at least you know what it is, even if it's a lump on your head. I know I have a lump on my head."
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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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"I'm not a first-place person."
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Amy Sedaris
"I'm not a first-place person."
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"I was 25 and the most popular celebrity in the world, with the possible exception of my friend Mary Pickford."
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Gloria Swanson
"I was 25 and the most popular celebrity in the world, with the possible exception of my friend Mary Pickford."
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"I love London. I love England. We were out in the countryside and I had the time of my life."
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Debra Messing
"I love London. I love England. We were out in the countryside and I had the time of my life."
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"You want to spend time with your children even though you are tired so you do all those things."
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Kelly Preston
"You want to spend time with your children even though you are tired so you do all those things."
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"The first thing I ask when I'm offered a part is, Who's the director? which is something they never understand in Los Angeles."
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Swoosie Kurtz
"The first thing I ask when I'm offered a part is, Who's the director? which is something they never understand in Los Angeles."
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"When you have to get into the character each morning, give it your voice, your face, it was torture."
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Victoria Abril
"When you have to get into the character each morning, give it your voice, your face, it was torture."
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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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"Then I went through a whole bunch of crap with my lousy movies and pop records. I had people behind me kind of steering me in that direction, but it wasn't really my bag."
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Pia Zadora
"Then I went through a whole bunch of crap with my lousy movies and pop records. I had people behind me kind of steering me in that direction, but it wasn't really my bag."
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"I thought that I was going to have to pay them to do what I wanted to do, that was how much fun I was having. You're 20 years old and you're hanging out with rock stars and going to fabulous parties, and then you talk about it!"
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Daisy Fuentes
"I thought that I was going to have to pay them to do what I wanted to do, that was how much fun I was having. You're 20 years old and you're hanging out with rock stars and going to fabulous parties, and then you talk about it!"
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"T Bone and I grew up together in Fort Worth, Texas. He had his own recording studio by the time he was seventeen years old. When we were both nineteen he made the first archival recording of my voice."
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Betty Buckley
"T Bone and I grew up together in Fort Worth, Texas. He had his own recording studio by the time he was seventeen years old. When we were both nineteen he made the first archival recording of my voice."
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"But no one frees himself from being in love in three days."
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Isabelle Adjani
"But no one frees himself from being in love in three days."
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"I had low self-esteem."
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Jennifer O'Neill
"I had low self-esteem."
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"Motherhood has relaxed me in many ways. You learn to deal with crisis. I've become a juggler, I suppose. It's all a big circus, and nobody who knows me believes I can manage, but sometimes I do."
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Jane Seymour
"Motherhood has relaxed me in many ways. You learn to deal with crisis. I've become a juggler, I suppose. It's all a big circus, and nobody who knows me believes I can manage, but sometimes I do."
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"I know very few Americans, though I like the way they think. They think big."
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Brigitte Bardot
"I know very few Americans, though I like the way they think. They think big."
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"I consider myself a character actor."
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Brittany Murphy
"I consider myself a character actor."
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"I like to go to openings when I'm in it, or friends are in it."
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Kathleen Quinlan
"I like to go to openings when I'm in it, or friends are in it."
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"I believe in joy, but I believe in the flip-side, agony."
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Mercedes McCambridge
"I believe in joy, but I believe in the flip-side, agony."
Joy,
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"In LA, I mean, here's this place full of desperate and sad people who take their only pleasure from destroying others for the purposes of their own self-aggrandizement."
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Heather Donahue
"In LA, I mean, here's this place full of desperate and sad people who take their only pleasure from destroying others for the purposes of their own self-aggrandizement."
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"Marriage has just never interested me."
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Jacqueline Bisset
"Marriage has just never interested me."
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"What I say now is that the way the world underestimates me will be my greatest weapon. People pat me on the head, and I go to myself, oh, and aren't they going to be surprised."
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Calista Flockhart
"What I say now is that the way the world underestimates me will be my greatest weapon. People pat me on the head, and I go to myself, oh, and aren't they going to be surprised."
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"The hardest situation to stay happy in, I think, is when you're trying to find love, and yourself at the same time. It just doesn't seem to fit well."
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Sophia Bush
"The hardest situation to stay happy in, I think, is when you're trying to find love, and yourself at the same time. It just doesn't seem to fit well."
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"Preconceived notions are the locks on the door to wisdom."
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Merry Browne
"Preconceived notions are the locks on the door to wisdom."
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"Looking at yourself in a mirror isn't exactly a study of life."
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Lauren Bacall
"Looking at yourself in a mirror isn't exactly a study of life."
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"It is sad to grow old but nice to ripen."
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Brigitte Bardot
"It is sad to grow old but nice to ripen."
Old,
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"I am always begging them to spare me this chasing after men."
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Joan Leslie
"I am always begging them to spare me this chasing after men."
Men,
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"Character roles definitely age better than your ingenues. You don't get to keep doing that."
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Catherine O'Hara
"Character roles definitely age better than your ingenues. You don't get to keep doing that."
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"And then Dick called and said, I'm going to do a special called Dick Van Dyke and the other woman, that would be you, because every time I try to check into a hotel with my wife, they look at me as though I'm cheating on Laura."
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Mary Tyler Moore
"And then Dick called and said, I'm going to do a special called Dick Van Dyke and the other woman, that would be you, because every time I try to check into a hotel with my wife, they look at me as though I'm cheating on Laura."
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"Now I know why guys like to hug girls. You guys just want to cop a feel. I can't believe that I've fallen for it all these years!"
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Sherilyn Fenn
"Now I know why guys like to hug girls. You guys just want to cop a feel. I can't believe that I've fallen for it all these years!"
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"When I first started acting, and we would all sit down and talk about Shakespeare and how great it was. I thought well, I suppose it is."
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Judy Davis
"When I first started acting, and we would all sit down and talk about Shakespeare and how great it was. I thought well, I suppose it is."
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"Actors take risks all the time. We put ourselves on the line. It is creative to be able to interpret someone's words and breathe life into them."
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Patty Duke
"Actors take risks all the time. We put ourselves on the line. It is creative to be able to interpret someone's words and breathe life into them."
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"Kids shouldn't see all the violence they do these days. But the industry just doesn't care."
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Linda Blair
"Kids shouldn't see all the violence they do these days. But the industry just doesn't care."
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"Howard Hughes himself was a regular at the restaurant, and in a way it became his headquarters, too. Howard had recently relocated to Las Vegas, so when he wanted to do business in Los Angeles, he went into the back of our restaurant to use the telephone."
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Esther Williams
"Howard Hughes himself was a regular at the restaurant, and in a way it became his headquarters, too. Howard had recently relocated to Las Vegas, so when he wanted to do business in Los Angeles, he went into the back of our restaurant to use the telephone."
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"Who says I'm gonna marry another guy? In Europe it's not like in America, where you set a date."
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Brigitte Nielsen
"Who says I'm gonna marry another guy? In Europe it's not like in America, where you set a date."
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"Some men have a silly theory about beautiful women - that somewhere along the line they'll turn into a monster. That movie gave them a chance to watch it happen."
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Salma Hayek
"Some men have a silly theory about beautiful women - that somewhere along the line they'll turn into a monster. That movie gave them a chance to watch it happen."
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