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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."

"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."

Susan Hampshire, English Actress

Age, People, Act, Countries

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"I'd so much rather people think I was funny than pretty."

"I'd so much rather people think I was funny than pretty."

Kristen Johnston, American Actress

Funny, People, Pretty

32

"Comedy is so hard to do, so it was very cool to do dead pan humor."

"Comedy is so hard to do, so it was very cool to do dead pan humor."

Brittany Daniel, American Actress

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"David and Dad didn't get along too well growing up. I mean we all got along, but it was harder on David, because David wasn't going to be the son that Dad wanted. But now they're like best friends."

"David and Dad didn't get along too well growing up. I mean we all got along, but it was harder on David, because David wasn't going to be the son that Dad wanted. But now they're like best friends."

Amy Sedaris, American Actress

Father, Dad, Son, Friends, Growing up

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"My parents were French and Irish and our family even has Spanish blood-and I do so love the United States and consider myself part American."

"My parents were French and Irish and our family even has Spanish blood-and I do so love the United States and consider myself part American."

Vivien Leigh, English Actress

Family, Love, American, Blood

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"I hate every human being on earth. I feel that everyone is beneath me, and I feel they should all worship me. That's what I told my kids. I think I must have been Adolf Hitler in a past life."

"I hate every human being on earth. I feel that everyone is beneath me, and I feel they should all worship me. That's what I told my kids. I think I must have been Adolf Hitler in a past life."

Roseanne Barr, American Actress

Life, Being, Earth, Hate

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"The state and the church seldom approve of anything I do. I don't need their approval. I don't aspire to the heterosexual nuclear family model."

"The state and the church seldom approve of anything I do. I don't need their approval. I don't aspire to the heterosexual nuclear family model."

Jasmine Guy, American Actress

Family, Church, Approval, State

32

"I love entertaining and doing Martha Stewart stuff."

"I love entertaining and doing Martha Stewart stuff."

Laura Prepon, American Actress

32

"It would probably break my heart to hear that people didn't like me. I don't look on the Internet."

"It would probably break my heart to hear that people didn't like me. I don't look on the Internet."

Elisabeth Rohm, American Actress

People, Heart, Internet

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"I don't see myself as beautiful, because I can see a lot of flaws. People have really odd opinions. They tell me I'm skinny, as if that's supposed to make me happy."

"I don't see myself as beautiful, because I can see a lot of flaws. People have really odd opinions. They tell me I'm skinny, as if that's supposed to make me happy."

Angelina Jolie, American Actress

People, Flaws, Opinions

32

"For me, clothes are kind of character; I don't follow fashion or understand trends."

"For me, clothes are kind of character; I don't follow fashion or understand trends."

Meryl Streep, American Actress

Character, Clothes, Fashion

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"Anyone who limits her vision to memories of yesterday is already dead."

"Anyone who limits her vision to memories of yesterday is already dead."

Lillie Langtry, British Actress

Vision, Limits, Memories, Yesterday

32

"I think if you're half-hearted you shouldn't go into acting."

"I think if you're half-hearted you shouldn't go into acting."

Jane Badler, American Actress

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"In a very complex way, things have improved in the dramatic field. Before you had the good and the bad and you couldn't mingle them. Now it's more ambiguous."

"In a very complex way, things have improved in the dramatic field. Before you had the good and the bad and you couldn't mingle them. Now it's more ambiguous."

Isabelle Huppert, French Actress

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"So many people have said that to me, that what they really like about Alex is what she brings out in Marissa, and what this situation brings out in her, a hint of happiness and another side to her character."

"So many people have said that to me, that what they really like about Alex is what she brings out in Marissa, and what this situation brings out in her, a hint of happiness and another side to her character."

Olivia Wilde, American Actress

Happiness, People, Character

32

"I saw a very good Hollywood film the other day. It was about Cole Porter."

"I saw a very good Hollywood film the other day. It was about Cole Porter."

Julie Harris, American Actress

Day, Film, Hollywood

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"Editing is a natural extension of the collage making. It's actually one of the few areas that women were able to excel in in the film industry from the beginning."

"Editing is a natural extension of the collage making. It's actually one of the few areas that women were able to excel in in the film industry from the beginning."

Rachel True, American Actress

Woman, Women, Beginning, Film

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"I make fun wherever I go... If I go to a restaurant by myself, rest assured, people will be talking about it. I always have a great deal of fun being with people. It's part of the journey."

"I make fun wherever I go... If I go to a restaurant by myself, rest assured, people will be talking about it. I always have a great deal of fun being with people. It's part of the journey."

Cloris Leachman, American Actress

People, Being, Fun, Journey

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"I can live without money, but I cannot live without love."

"I can live without money, but I cannot live without love."

Judy Garland, American Actress

32

"I only went to one Star Trek convention and that was in the late '80s. I hadn't gone to a convention before that. It was quite amusing, with the people dressed up and all of that."

"I only went to one Star Trek convention and that was in the late '80s. I hadn't gone to a convention before that. It was quite amusing, with the people dressed up and all of that."

Persis Khambatta, Indian Actress

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"I consider you as old as you look and feel. And in that case I feel - I feel I'm about 39, like Jack Benny."

"I consider you as old as you look and feel. And in that case I feel - I feel I'm about 39, like Jack Benny."

Joan Collins, American Actress

32

"And as I reinvent myself and I'm constantly curious about everything, I can't wait to see what's around the corner in newfound art and entertainment and exploration."

"And as I reinvent myself and I'm constantly curious about everything, I can't wait to see what's around the corner in newfound art and entertainment and exploration."

Pam Grier, American Actress

Art, Entertainment, Exploration

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"I think comedy's something you can't learn. It's an instinct, which makes it rather elusive."

"I think comedy's something you can't learn. It's an instinct, which makes it rather elusive."

Julie Walters, British Actress

Comedy, Instinct

32

"If you love living, you try to take care of the equipment."

"If you love living, you try to take care of the equipment."

Sally Rand, American Actress

Love, Care, Living

32

"It's hard to make something collaboratively. That's the challenge. Sometimes you're successful."

"It's hard to make something collaboratively. That's the challenge. Sometimes you're successful."

Marguerite Moreau, American Actress

Success, Successful, Challenge

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"I've never been onstage in my life."

"I've never been onstage in my life."

Anna Friel, English Actress

32

"The most simple things can bring the most happiness."

"The most simple things can bring the most happiness."

Izabella Scorupco, Polish Actress

32

"I don't think Christmas is necessarily about things. It's about being good to one another, it's about the Christian ethic, it's about kindness."

"I don't think Christmas is necessarily about things. It's about being good to one another, it's about the Christian ethic, it's about kindness."

Carrie Fisher, American Actress

Christian, Being, Christmas, Kindness

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"My dad always said he couldn't remember a time when I did not want to act."

"My dad always said he couldn't remember a time when I did not want to act."

Gwyneth Paltrow, American Actress

Father, Dad, Time, Act, Want

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"I'm quite comfortable looking at myself in movies, probably because I've been doing it for so long, since I was a kid. So I sort of watched myself grow up and go through adolescence, like, basically on camera."

"I'm quite comfortable looking at myself in movies, probably because I've been doing it for so long, since I was a kid. So I sort of watched myself grow up and go through adolescence, like, basically on camera."

Winona Ryder, American Actress

Movies, Adolescence

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"I've watched those shows my whole life - being on one is like a dream. It's hard to balance that dream with the fact that this is the Edie I've known my whole life."

"I've watched those shows my whole life - being on one is like a dream. It's hard to balance that dream with the fact that this is the Edie I've known my whole life."

Edie Falco, American Actress

Life, Dream, Balance, Being

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"I keep getting these extraordinary letteres, really weird ones from American sports stars - I've always thought you were one pretty lady and now that you're single I want to meet you for a drink."

"I keep getting these extraordinary letteres, really weird ones from American sports stars - I've always thought you were one pretty lady and now that you're single I want to meet you for a drink."

Elizabeth Hurley, British Actress

Sports, Thought, American, Lady

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"Donald and I still really wanted to be together, but I was fighting to keep what we had privately, and once the world gets involved in your life, little by little it breaks it down until you forget what it was in the first place."

"Donald and I still really wanted to be together, but I was fighting to keep what we had privately, and once the world gets involved in your life, little by little it breaks it down until you forget what it was in the first place."

Marla Maples, American Actress

Life, Fighting, First, Forget

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"I hope they make a video game of me. At least I wouldn't have any cellulite then."

"I hope they make a video game of me. At least I wouldn't have any cellulite then."

Scarlett Johansson, American Actress

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"This will be the fourth time I've seen this film. I'm very proud of it and I think it's a great movie for women of any age. And almost every single man I've talked to has admitted to crying."

"This will be the fourth time I've seen this film. I'm very proud of it and I think it's a great movie for women of any age. And almost every single man I've talked to has admitted to crying."

Amber Tamblyn, American Actress

Time, Women, Age, Film

32

"Feeling a little blue in January is normal."

"Feeling a little blue in January is normal."

Marilu Henner, American Actress

Feelings, Feeling

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"I really love animals and enjoy working with them."

"I really love animals and enjoy working with them."

Emma Watson, British Actress

32

"Nothing can teach you what it's like to work on a film set, and the best education there can be for an actor is to walk up the street and observe human nature."

"Nothing can teach you what it's like to work on a film set, and the best education there can be for an actor is to walk up the street and observe human nature."

Rosamund Pike, British Actress

Education, Nature, Work, Actor

32

"My daughter teases me once in a while saying, Remember when you used to be my mother and you had black hair?"

"My daughter teases me once in a while saying, Remember when you used to be my mother and you had black hair?"

Loni Anderson, American Actress

Mother, Daughter, Hair, Saying

32

"If I'm too strong for some people, that's their problem."

"If I'm too strong for some people, that's their problem."

Glenda Jackson, British Actress

32

"I feel there is no shortage of real interesting women's roles. But I found them and did all of them just now."

"I feel there is no shortage of real interesting women's roles. But I found them and did all of them just now."

Maggie Gyllenhaal, American Actress

Woman, Women, Now

32

"A business like acting is 90% luck. You can be a star one minute and out of work the next."

"A business like acting is 90% luck. You can be a star one minute and out of work the next."

Amber Tamblyn, American Actress

Business, Work, Acting, Luck

32

"I can't say that I've made the transition to movies."

"I can't say that I've made the transition to movies."

Victoria Pratt, Canadian Actress

32

"Tim Robbins had real confidence in college. He literally stole actors from the theater department at UCLA to be in his plays. The department heads got so mad at him."

"Tim Robbins had real confidence in college. He literally stole actors from the theater department at UCLA to be in his plays. The department heads got so mad at him."

Daphne Zuniga, American Actress

Actor, Actors, College, Confidence, Theater

32

"That was' one time when my technique absolutely deserted me, I must admit. There was a wax face that he had created himself to cover his own ugliness. I was in his clutches and I had to hit him in the face."

"That was' one time when my technique absolutely deserted me, I must admit. There was a wax face that he had created himself to cover his own ugliness. I was in his clutches and I had to hit him in the face."

Fay Wray, American Actress

Time, Deserted, Ugliness

32

"Donnie Brasco was great, but the energy on the set made it kinda hard to get in there and have an opinion."

"Donnie Brasco was great, but the energy on the set made it kinda hard to get in there and have an opinion."

Gretchen Mol, American Actress

Energy, Opinion

32

"My earliest acting memory is making up a play for my mom and dad called The Lonesome Baby. I have no idea what The Lonesome Baby was about. I just remember the title. But I'm sure it was an epic."

"My earliest acting memory is making up a play for my mom and dad called The Lonesome Baby. I have no idea what The Lonesome Baby was about. I just remember the title. But I'm sure it was an epic."

Jane Horrocks, English Actress

Father, Dad, Mom, Idea, Acting

32

"In my opinion it's not about gay or straight or bi, we're attracted to spirits, whatever body they're in. There are other reasons too, but that's how I see it."

"In my opinion it's not about gay or straight or bi, we're attracted to spirits, whatever body they're in. There are other reasons too, but that's how I see it."

Dana Plato, American Actress

Body, Gay, Opinion, Spirits

32

"Although all new ideas are born in France, they are not readily adopted there. It seems that they must first commence to prosper in a foreign country."

"Although all new ideas are born in France, they are not readily adopted there. It seems that they must first commence to prosper in a foreign country."

Sarah Bernhardt, French Actress

Ideas, Country, First, France

32

"If you really want to kill yourself, you get a gun and blow your head off."

"If you really want to kill yourself, you get a gun and blow your head off."

Lorna Luft, American Actress

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