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Quotes by Actress

"I painted one dining room red and I must say, the conversation became very heated in that room."

"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."

"The problem with beauty is that it's like being born rich and getting poorer."

"I didn't know I was doing film noir, I thought they were detective stories with low lighting!"

"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."

"Independent films have a very different cachet than success films."

"I don't belong on this earth. I always feel out of place - like a visitor."

"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."

"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."

"All Bridget Jones did was give us a word for it - singleton - which was the worst possible thing."
Word,

"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."

"When you are developing a character you have to bring so much of yourself to the role."

"It was all to do with the change of producer as well as political reasons I don't really comprehend."

"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."


"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."

"You know, nothing is ever happily-ever-after. Ever."

"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."

"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."

"I think an artist's responsibility is more complex than people realize."

"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."

"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."

"People expect a lot more from someone they think looks interesting. It's a burden."

"The sicker mother got, the stranger the people surrounding her became. I called them The Garland Freaks."

"'Mad Men' was really my first television role, and it never feels like TV to me. It's done at such a high level."

"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."

"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."

"Power, as in the power structure, is why we are still using gas in cars."

"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."

"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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