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Quotes by Actress

"I hate this image of me as a prim Edwardian. I want to shock everyone."

"With the breast-feeding, I really love the bonding. Real life is more important to me."

"I couldn't stand that my husband was being unfaithful. I am Raquel Welch - understand?"

"I stuck out like a sore thumb when I came on, just by the fact that I looked so different. I think that adjustment for the audience was a hurdle for me."
Fact,


"That's something I go through every day - you know - Am I good enough to act?"

"Honestly, I like everything, boyish girls, girlish boys, the heavy and the skinny."

"The other day a friend called and told me they made a porn film using the title of my first movie. I guess you know you've made it when there's a porn parody of a movie you've done."

"I don't think of myself as a character actress - that's become a phrase which means you've had it."

"Where would you be without friends? The people to pick you up when you need lifting? We come from homes far from perfect, so you end up almost parent and sibling to your friends - your own chosen family. There's nothing like a really loyal, dependable, good friend. Nothing."

"I feel like there's a world of possibilities out there."

"Having gone through all of this, I feel in some ways calmer now. It's strange, but sad. I think I'll always be sad."
Now,


"There's a lot more to see when you're playing and because of the advances in technology it makes room for all kinds of new characters."

"Fundamentally I feel that there is as much difference between the stage and the films as between a piano and a violin. Normally you can't become a virtuoso in both."


"I feel very fortunate to have been associated with people such as Rodgers and Hammerstein. I think they were geniuses of their time."

"Hollywood is like life, you face it with the sum total of your equipment."

"Television really does offer still great parts for women, cable in particular."

"I am so happy to be on a show with writing I wanted to participate in."

"Even for the most difficult scenes, and there are difficult scenes in the film, and because Michael Haneke is such a great film-maker - I think a great film-maker is not only being inspired, but how to do it, how to make it as real as possible, knowing that it's not real."


"I have never had anything done. I've been asked if I had breast implants. Whether I did or not, it's nobody's business but my own."
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