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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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"I painted one dining room red and I must say, the conversation became very heated in that room."
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Amanda Pays
"I painted one dining room red and I must say, the conversation became very heated in that room."
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"I had grown up accustomed to living a life of high drama."
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Lorna Luft
"I had grown up accustomed to living a life of high drama."
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"When rock came along the lyrics and melodies became less important and it bothered me to think that perhaps they might not regain the value they have to music - they are music."
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Dinah Shore
"When rock came along the lyrics and melodies became less important and it bothered me to think that perhaps they might not regain the value they have to music - they are music."
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"The problem with beauty is that it's like being born rich and getting poorer."
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Joan Collins
"The problem with beauty is that it's like being born rich and getting poorer."
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"Well, I think every film student goes into film school thinking they want to write and direct their own movies, and they don't realize how much goes into it, and what a process it is."
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Alexis Bledel
"Well, I think every film student goes into film school thinking they want to write and direct their own movies, and they don't realize how much goes into it, and what a process it is."
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"I didn't know I was doing film noir, I thought they were detective stories with low lighting!"
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Marie Windsor
"I didn't know I was doing film noir, I thought they were detective stories with low lighting!"
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"Jean's whole job is to protect Victoria. Jean is a very practical, very orderly, very disciplined person; she is the personality called the gatekeeper."
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Erika Slezak
"Jean's whole job is to protect Victoria. Jean is a very practical, very orderly, very disciplined person; she is the personality called the gatekeeper."
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"I like being a woman, not a girl."
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Sharon Stone
"I like being a woman, not a girl."
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"Independent films have a very different cachet than success films."
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Diane Lane
"Independent films have a very different cachet than success films."
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"I find this life so interesting."
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Brittany Murphy
"I find this life so interesting."
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"I don't belong on this earth. I always feel out of place - like a visitor."
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Hattie McDaniel
"I don't belong on this earth. I always feel out of place - like a visitor."
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"Can they do both? That's a huge balance, I think, with kids- trying to find the right- it's everything, you know, it's social life, it's academics, it's sports."
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Joan Cusack
"Can they do both? That's a huge balance, I think, with kids- trying to find the right- it's everything, you know, it's social life, it's academics, it's sports."
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"Intimacy is a wonderful thing. It's frustrating that growing up I thought it was wrong. It isn't. Exploring your sexuality is important when you're growing up."
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Amanda Seyfried
"Intimacy is a wonderful thing. It's frustrating that growing up I thought it was wrong. It isn't. Exploring your sexuality is important when you're growing up."
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"My only true harmony lies deep within my soul, wherever that is. I know that somehow I am in tune with the universe."
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Mercedes McCambridge
"My only true harmony lies deep within my soul, wherever that is. I know that somehow I am in tune with the universe."
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"My mother wasn't rational those last years; if she had been, she would have been horrified by her own behavior."
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Lorna Luft
"My mother wasn't rational those last years; if she had been, she would have been horrified by her own behavior."
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"I've never yet met a man who could look after me. I don't need a husband. What I need is a wife."
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Joan Collins
"I've never yet met a man who could look after me. I don't need a husband. What I need is a wife."
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"I'm the most cynical person, and I know what that sounds like when you say, I don't drink and drive, and I don't. But I know people look at that with skepticism, and I understand."
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Tracey Gold
"I'm the most cynical person, and I know what that sounds like when you say, I don't drink and drive, and I don't. But I know people look at that with skepticism, and I understand."
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"All Bridget Jones did was give us a word for it - singleton - which was the worst possible thing."
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Daisy Donovan
"All Bridget Jones did was give us a word for it - singleton - which was the worst possible thing."
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"Too many women throw themselves into romance because they're afraid of being single, then start making compromises and losing their identity. I won't do that."
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Julie Delpy
"Too many women throw themselves into romance because they're afraid of being single, then start making compromises and losing their identity. I won't do that."
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"And I'm hoping that over the next 20, 50 years, whatever, the mystique of television and film and all that will diminish somewhat, and people will leave us alone to get on with our jobs."
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Erika Slezak
"And I'm hoping that over the next 20, 50 years, whatever, the mystique of television and film and all that will diminish somewhat, and people will leave us alone to get on with our jobs."
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"The Golden Girls certainly proved that there was a large audience for a show about older women."
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Marlo Thomas
"The Golden Girls certainly proved that there was a large audience for a show about older women."
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"When you are developing a character you have to bring so much of yourself to the role."
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Lori Loughlin
"When you are developing a character you have to bring so much of yourself to the role."
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"A lot of young poets today, from what I've heard and experienced, can't get their heads past George W. Bush, and I've heard so many poems about this democracy and this era of politics that I'm kind of bored by it."
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Amber Tamblyn
"A lot of young poets today, from what I've heard and experienced, can't get their heads past George W. Bush, and I've heard so many poems about this democracy and this era of politics that I'm kind of bored by it."
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"It was all to do with the change of producer as well as political reasons I don't really comprehend."
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Louise Jameson
"It was all to do with the change of producer as well as political reasons I don't really comprehend."
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"If I was a bad character that got away with murder like we see on other shows, I do not think I would like it because that sends a message that you can do these horrible things and never pay for it."
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Hunter Tylo
"If I was a bad character that got away with murder like we see on other shows, I do not think I would like it because that sends a message that you can do these horrible things and never pay for it."
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"All discarded lovers should be given a second chance, but with somebody else."
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Mae West
"All discarded lovers should be given a second chance, but with somebody else."
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"And I like the way Cain writes his women. Very strong. They're kind of lusty, they know what they want, they're full of conviction. Cain's women are sexual."
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Pia Zadora
"And I like the way Cain writes his women. Very strong. They're kind of lusty, they know what they want, they're full of conviction. Cain's women are sexual."
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"You know, nothing is ever happily-ever-after. Ever."
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Charisma Carpenter
"You know, nothing is ever happily-ever-after. Ever."
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"I think what he loved about me the most was that I wasn't part of that world. But once we were together publicly, he wanted to change me into that social animal."
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Marla Maples
"I think what he loved about me the most was that I wasn't part of that world. But once we were together publicly, he wanted to change me into that social animal."
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"Women should try to increase their size rather than decrease it, because I believe the bigger we are, the more space we'll take up, and the more we'll have to be reckoned with."
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Roseanne Barr
"Women should try to increase their size rather than decrease it, because I believe the bigger we are, the more space we'll take up, and the more we'll have to be reckoned with."
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"I'm not a public figure at all. I don't really go out a lot to places where there are people like those who sit at the bottom of your driveway."
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Catherine Keener
"I'm not a public figure at all. I don't really go out a lot to places where there are people like those who sit at the bottom of your driveway."
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"I think an artist's responsibility is more complex than people realize."
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Jodie Foster
"I think an artist's responsibility is more complex than people realize."
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"People think that they just want movies like Pretty Woman, when really they - at least the ones that I know personally - have been waiting for something that doesn't completely insult them."
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Winona Ryder
"People think that they just want movies like Pretty Woman, when really they - at least the ones that I know personally - have been waiting for something that doesn't completely insult them."
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"These two girls start wanting the same thing because in this neighborhood, they know all the guys so well. It's a small town and all the guys are just really boring to them."
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Caroline Dhavernas
"These two girls start wanting the same thing because in this neighborhood, they know all the guys so well. It's a small town and all the guys are just really boring to them."
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"I have been thinking about joining the Peace Corps. That is something that I would absolutely love to do. I think that would be an incredible experience, so that's an avenue that I might want to look at."
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Lindsey Shaw
"I have been thinking about joining the Peace Corps. That is something that I would absolutely love to do. I think that would be an incredible experience, so that's an avenue that I might want to look at."
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"People expect a lot more from someone they think looks interesting. It's a burden."
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Catherine Deneuve
"People expect a lot more from someone they think looks interesting. It's a burden."
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"I've lived next door to people all my life. I don't know how cute they think I am."
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Sandra Bullock
"I've lived next door to people all my life. I don't know how cute they think I am."
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"The sicker mother got, the stranger the people surrounding her became. I called them The Garland Freaks."
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Lorna Luft
"The sicker mother got, the stranger the people surrounding her became. I called them The Garland Freaks."
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"I have certain strong interests that fill my life as well."
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Loretta Swit
"I have certain strong interests that fill my life as well."
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"'Mad Men' was really my first television role, and it never feels like TV to me. It's done at such a high level."
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January Jones
"'Mad Men' was really my first television role, and it never feels like TV to me. It's done at such a high level."
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"I thought that my movie career was finished. I was quite happy to dedicate myself 100% to the theater. Surprisingly enough, I've never gotten so many work offers. It's so exciting, this feeling of a new beginning after 40."
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Amy Irving
"I thought that my movie career was finished. I was quite happy to dedicate myself 100% to the theater. Surprisingly enough, I've never gotten so many work offers. It's so exciting, this feeling of a new beginning after 40."
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"Singing is a way of releasing an emotion that you sometimes can't portray when you're acting. And music moves your soul, so music is the source of the most intense emotions you can feel. When you hear a song and you're acting it's incredible. But when you're singing a song and you're acting it's even more incredible."
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Amanda Seyfried
"Singing is a way of releasing an emotion that you sometimes can't portray when you're acting. And music moves your soul, so music is the source of the most intense emotions you can feel. When you hear a song and you're acting it's incredible. But when you're singing a song and you're acting it's even more incredible."
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"I think any time you have too much education in one certain field, that can sometimes play against you."
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Amber Tamblyn
"I think any time you have too much education in one certain field, that can sometimes play against you."
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"I wanted to share the experience of how yoga and meditation have transformed my life, how they have enabled me to observe who I am, first in my body, and then emotionally, and on to a kind of spiritual path."
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Mariel Hemingway
"I wanted to share the experience of how yoga and meditation have transformed my life, how they have enabled me to observe who I am, first in my body, and then emotionally, and on to a kind of spiritual path."
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"I mean, I always feel incredibly lucky to get a job."
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Kelly Lynch
"I mean, I always feel incredibly lucky to get a job."
Job,
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"Power, as in the power structure, is why we are still using gas in cars."
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Alexandra Paul
"Power, as in the power structure, is why we are still using gas in cars."
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"I think of my body as a side effect of my mind."
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Carrie Fisher
"I think of my body as a side effect of my mind."
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"It's the thing that you do well that brings you to prominence. The very thing that brings you to success can also be like a curse, because then people think that's all you can do."
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Christine Baranski
"It's the thing that you do well that brings you to prominence. The very thing that brings you to success can also be like a curse, because then people think that's all you can do."
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"The audience is the best judge of anything. They cannot be lied to. Truth brings them closer. A moment that lags - they're gonna cough."
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Barbra Streisand
"The audience is the best judge of anything. They cannot be lied to. Truth brings them closer. A moment that lags - they're gonna cough."
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