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"As I traveled from one country to another, no one knew anything about me. So I could be anybody, I could speak as I wished, act as I wished, dress as I wished."
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Kathleen Turner
"As I traveled from one country to another, no one knew anything about me. So I could be anybody, I could speak as I wished, act as I wished, dress as I wished."
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"Traveling is definitely something that your average 17-year-old doesn't get to do. One week we're in Japan, one week we're in Australia, one week we're back home going to football games."
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Solange Knowles
"Traveling is definitely something that your average 17-year-old doesn't get to do. One week we're in Japan, one week we're in Australia, one week we're back home going to football games."
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"Free love sounds great."
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Laura Prepon
"Free love sounds great."
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"I'm not going to deny it. I'm a neat person, there's no question. But I don't become obsessed with it."
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Courteney Cox
"I'm not going to deny it. I'm a neat person, there's no question. But I don't become obsessed with it."
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"I could have been a dental hygienist with nothing bad ever appearing in print about me, but that's not how I've chosen to lead my life. I knew that you put yourself under a microscope the more famous you become."
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Julia Roberts
"I could have been a dental hygienist with nothing bad ever appearing in print about me, but that's not how I've chosen to lead my life. I knew that you put yourself under a microscope the more famous you become."
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"On the other hand, there are only so many people who really knew how she was exactly, like what did her accent sound like, and the fact that she developed profound deafness when she was first running the Harriet Lane."
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Mary Stuart Masterson
"On the other hand, there are only so many people who really knew how she was exactly, like what did her accent sound like, and the fact that she developed profound deafness when she was first running the Harriet Lane."
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"It's not fair that there aren't very many juicy or varied roles for women."
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Rosanna Arquette
"It's not fair that there aren't very many juicy or varied roles for women."
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"I'm sure that my mom would have been happy with any path I chose."
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Joely Fisher
"I'm sure that my mom would have been happy with any path I chose."
Mom,
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"It is a political thriller. It's very action packed and it's very exciting, but at the same time it's a very big soulful love story about longing and loss. They're not separate, they're completely dependent on one another."
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Rachel Weisz
"It is a political thriller. It's very action packed and it's very exciting, but at the same time it's a very big soulful love story about longing and loss. They're not separate, they're completely dependent on one another."
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"Men want girls. Most men want little girls. They want them in film. They want to look at them. That's all they want. An evolved man is not going to look that way."
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Rosanna Arquette
"Men want girls. Most men want little girls. They want them in film. They want to look at them. That's all they want. An evolved man is not going to look that way."
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"I fell in love with Neil's pain. We were in this cocoon of intensity. Neil and I were uniquely in the same position at the same time, having overwhelming success facing us."
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Carrie Snodgress
"I fell in love with Neil's pain. We were in this cocoon of intensity. Neil and I were uniquely in the same position at the same time, having overwhelming success facing us."
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"If this whole acting thing doesn't work out, I'll just get a talk show."
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Rachael Leigh
"If this whole acting thing doesn't work out, I'll just get a talk show."
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"If you meet people who have been successful in Hollywood, or look a their photographs, you see a haunted look in their eyes, you sense a trapped feeling."
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Meg Tilly
"If you meet people who have been successful in Hollywood, or look a their photographs, you see a haunted look in their eyes, you sense a trapped feeling."
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"I got nominated for a Tony, which was a complete surprise. It was an experience that I will always cherish."
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Sanaa Lathan
"I got nominated for a Tony, which was a complete surprise. It was an experience that I will always cherish."
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"I've always seen myself as one of those 'show people.' My earliest memories are wanting and needing to entertain people, like a gypsy traveler who goes from place to place, city to city, performing for audiences and reaching people."
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Brittany Murphy
"I've always seen myself as one of those 'show people.' My earliest memories are wanting and needing to entertain people, like a gypsy traveler who goes from place to place, city to city, performing for audiences and reaching people."
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"I wanted to show people I can do things other than the sophisticated bitch."
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Christine Baranski
"I wanted to show people I can do things other than the sophisticated bitch."
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"I was 20 years old and felt I had a lot to offer, even to myself."
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Tina Yothers
"I was 20 years old and felt I had a lot to offer, even to myself."
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"He didn't maintain my illusion of myself, he gave me an illusion of myself. Before I met him, I never thought of myself as an actress. Boy, he sidetracked me in a great way!"
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Judy Holliday
"He didn't maintain my illusion of myself, he gave me an illusion of myself. Before I met him, I never thought of myself as an actress. Boy, he sidetracked me in a great way!"
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"I have a huge respect for writers and realise that this is not an area that I find easy. I doubt that I would have the patience in front of a blank sheet of paper to become a writer."
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Jenny Agutter
"I have a huge respect for writers and realise that this is not an area that I find easy. I doubt that I would have the patience in front of a blank sheet of paper to become a writer."
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"I take care of my flowers and my cats. And enjoy food. And that's living."
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Ursula Andress
"I take care of my flowers and my cats. And enjoy food. And that's living."
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"There are few performers who would have had the audacity to even bring up the fact that they had been poorly reviewed."
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Sandra Bernhard
"There are few performers who would have had the audacity to even bring up the fact that they had been poorly reviewed."
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"Everyone for the most part is really nice. There have always been jokes, but that's part of being in the spotlight. You can't make everyone completely happy."
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Tina Yothers
"Everyone for the most part is really nice. There have always been jokes, but that's part of being in the spotlight. You can't make everyone completely happy."
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"As I said, I began losing confidence in my instincts, which is tough and very bad for an instinctive person."
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Kim Novak
"As I said, I began losing confidence in my instincts, which is tough and very bad for an instinctive person."
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"One believes that if nothing happens, one disappears. That is not true."
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Isabelle Adjani
"One believes that if nothing happens, one disappears. That is not true."
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"I've grown up so much here. It's been two years. I've become a woman here, I've become an actress here."
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Elisabeth Rohm
"I've grown up so much here. It's been two years. I've become a woman here, I've become an actress here."
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"That's life - to turn each other on, to feel good, to feel in love."
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Laura Dern
"That's life - to turn each other on, to feel good, to feel in love."
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"I fell in love with Dorset and ended up living there for a while."
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Julie Harris
"I fell in love with Dorset and ended up living there for a while."
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"When you come to do the film, it is not the time to wonder why you do it. It's just how to do it."
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Isabelle Huppert
"When you come to do the film, it is not the time to wonder why you do it. It's just how to do it."
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"I have a desire to create more film, more beauty, more art, more love, but I don't feel desperate. It's not about creating or building a career."
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Lisa Bonet
"I have a desire to create more film, more beauty, more art, more love, but I don't feel desperate. It's not about creating or building a career."
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"I don't want to be someone's entertainment."
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Priscilla Presley
"I don't want to be someone's entertainment."
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"I have the absolute utmost respect for soap opera actors now. They work harder than any actor I know in any other medium. And they don't get very much approbation for it."
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Joan Collins
"I have the absolute utmost respect for soap opera actors now. They work harder than any actor I know in any other medium. And they don't get very much approbation for it."
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"I lose all control after two drinks of anything."
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Mercedes McCambridge
"I lose all control after two drinks of anything."
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"I don't see myself being an actress forever."
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Carrie Snodgress
"I don't see myself being an actress forever."
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"I feel so gratified about having finished college. I learned how to articulate myself. It gave me confidence more than anything. And also the ability to analyze the text."
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Maggie Gyllenhaal
"I feel so gratified about having finished college. I learned how to articulate myself. It gave me confidence more than anything. And also the ability to analyze the text."
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"I spent a lot of time not in school, so I didn't have deep relationships with kids my own age."
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Jodie Foster
"I spent a lot of time not in school, so I didn't have deep relationships with kids my own age."
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"Love them for who they are, and what they are they are; they are not you. Good stuff, isn't it? You have to live 73 years to get that."
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Doris Roberts
"Love them for who they are, and what they are they are; they are not you. Good stuff, isn't it? You have to live 73 years to get that."
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"It appeared as if I had invited the audience into the water with me, and it conveyed the sensation that being in there was absolutely delicious."
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Esther Williams
"It appeared as if I had invited the audience into the water with me, and it conveyed the sensation that being in there was absolutely delicious."
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"A human being has been given an intellect to make choices, and we know there are other food sources that do not require the killing of a creature that would protest being killed."
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Mary Tyler Moore
"A human being has been given an intellect to make choices, and we know there are other food sources that do not require the killing of a creature that would protest being killed."
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"The theatre is the involuntary reflex of the ideas of the crowd."
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Sarah Bernhardt
"The theatre is the involuntary reflex of the ideas of the crowd."
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"What the Bleep Do We Know was not written with a deaf person in mind, but when they met me, it clicked with them to have me in it. But that happens with a lot of actors in Hollywood, not just with me."
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Marlee Matlin
"What the Bleep Do We Know was not written with a deaf person in mind, but when they met me, it clicked with them to have me in it. But that happens with a lot of actors in Hollywood, not just with me."
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"The sentimentalist ages far more quickly than the person who loves his work and enjoys new challenges."
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Lillie Langtry
"The sentimentalist ages far more quickly than the person who loves his work and enjoys new challenges."
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"I'm a song and dance girl. I can act enough to get by. But that's the limit of my talents."
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Betty Grable
"I'm a song and dance girl. I can act enough to get by. But that's the limit of my talents."
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"I'm a mixed breed and hope to live longer because of it."
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Charisma Carpenter
"I'm a mixed breed and hope to live longer because of it."
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"I don't really know how to relate to a long-term day-in day-out kind of comfortable relationship."
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Diane Lane
"I don't really know how to relate to a long-term day-in day-out kind of comfortable relationship."
Day,
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"I'm a gemini, and I get so bored so easily. I mean, I have moved six times in the last eight years."
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Courteney Cox
"I'm a gemini, and I get so bored so easily. I mean, I have moved six times in the last eight years."
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"I try to become more humble and more myself with every year. There was a while when I got famous where I was so confused and my head was spinning."
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Mira Sorvino
"I try to become more humble and more myself with every year. There was a while when I got famous where I was so confused and my head was spinning."
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"I love scary movies. The Shining and Don't Look Now are two of the best."
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Famke Janssen
"I love scary movies. The Shining and Don't Look Now are two of the best."
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"I think the most important thing a woman can have - next to talent, of course - is her hairdresser."
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Joan Crawford
"I think the most important thing a woman can have - next to talent, of course - is her hairdresser."
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"We have a president who stole the presidency through family ties, arrogance and intimidation, employing Republican operatives to exercise the tactics of voter fraud by disenfranchising thousands of blacks, elderly Jews and other minorities."
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Barbra Streisand
"We have a president who stole the presidency through family ties, arrogance and intimidation, employing Republican operatives to exercise the tactics of voter fraud by disenfranchising thousands of blacks, elderly Jews and other minorities."
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"We do not get to this age to be written off. Older people can act as a support system, which is what happens more in Mediterranean countries. People become much wiser as they get older and we should value that."
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Susan Hampshire
"We do not get to this age to be written off. Older people can act as a support system, which is what happens more in Mediterranean countries. People become much wiser as they get older and we should value that."
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