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"I love romantic comedies. I like to watch them and I like to be in them. It's something that's increasingly difficult to find that spark of originality that makes if different than the ones that come before."
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Julia Roberts
"I love romantic comedies. I like to watch them and I like to be in them. It's something that's increasingly difficult to find that spark of originality that makes if different than the ones that come before."
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"My life comes down to three moments: the death of my father, meeting my husband, and the birth of my daughter. Everything I did previous to that just doesn't seem to add up to very much."
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Gwyneth Paltrow
"My life comes down to three moments: the death of my father, meeting my husband, and the birth of my daughter. Everything I did previous to that just doesn't seem to add up to very much."
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"I liked that idea. Someone who's trying to perform herself and not succeeding."
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Maggie Gyllenhaal
"I liked that idea. Someone who's trying to perform herself and not succeeding."
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"It's never too late to go out and get that feeling back."
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Loretta Swit
"It's never too late to go out and get that feeling back."
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"I love Christmas. I really do love Christmas. I love being with my family and I love snow. I love the music and the lights and all of it."
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Christina Applegate
"I love Christmas. I really do love Christmas. I love being with my family and I love snow. I love the music and the lights and all of it."
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"I will know how to hold you just by the look in your eye, I will never forget - not even on the day that I die. This is a promise of my passion for you, smile at me and make it true."
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Diana Lynn
"I will know how to hold you just by the look in your eye, I will never forget - not even on the day that I die. This is a promise of my passion for you, smile at me and make it true."
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"How you first meet the public is how the industry sees you. You can't argue with them. That's their perception."
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Meryl Streep
"How you first meet the public is how the industry sees you. You can't argue with them. That's their perception."
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"Fear is your greatest obstacle - so question your fear. If it does not serve your greatest life then do not make it your master."
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Joy Page
"Fear is your greatest obstacle - so question your fear. If it does not serve your greatest life then do not make it your master."
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"I like horror movies, they're fun. It was the most fun I've had on a movie set."
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Clea Duvall
"I like horror movies, they're fun. It was the most fun I've had on a movie set."
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"Never marry a man who hates his mother because he'll end up hating you."
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Jill Bennett
"Never marry a man who hates his mother because he'll end up hating you."
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"You know, it's about getting out there and having a good time. Not about worrying - all these young books for women are like I'm 29 with a closet full of Prada shoes and I can't get a date. Come on."
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Aisha Tyler
"You know, it's about getting out there and having a good time. Not about worrying - all these young books for women are like I'm 29 with a closet full of Prada shoes and I can't get a date. Come on."
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"Driving a cab is not really a nurturing type of relationship. You take people and they tip you, they may not tip you, you don't know their names, they don't care about you, you don't care about them."
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Pam Grier
"Driving a cab is not really a nurturing type of relationship. You take people and they tip you, they may not tip you, you don't know their names, they don't care about you, you don't care about them."
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"I've sung my whole life. I've taken lots of voice lessons and I love to sing. But I've never really sung professionally at all."
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Liv Tyler
"I've sung my whole life. I've taken lots of voice lessons and I love to sing. But I've never really sung professionally at all."
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"I thought I was going to be a lot more freaked out by being naked onstage. I think on film I would have been more freaked out, because film is less forgiving. But onstage it's lit so beautifully. It would make my mother look good."
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Lorraine Bracco
"I thought I was going to be a lot more freaked out by being naked onstage. I think on film I would have been more freaked out, because film is less forgiving. But onstage it's lit so beautifully. It would make my mother look good."
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"I am scared of becoming a mother."
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Liv Tyler
"I am scared of becoming a mother."
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"You hear about these shows where there are all these women are supposedly always in a catfight, and then you find out in reality that they're all getting along fine."
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Jeanne Tripplehorn
"You hear about these shows where there are all these women are supposedly always in a catfight, and then you find out in reality that they're all getting along fine."
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"It's more fun to think that there are other worlds."
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Katherine Heigl
"It's more fun to think that there are other worlds."
Fun,
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"I don't know what it is that I'm doing, but I'm really enjoying myself. And I'm free to do it as much as I want."
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Anna Paquin
"I don't know what it is that I'm doing, but I'm really enjoying myself. And I'm free to do it as much as I want."
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"I played varsity on all of them for four years. I'm 5'9 and that's not that tall for a center so I was a forward. I loved playing volleyball and basketball and track I was good at, but it stressed me out."
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Bridgette Wilson
"I played varsity on all of them for four years. I'm 5'9 and that's not that tall for a center so I was a forward. I loved playing volleyball and basketball and track I was good at, but it stressed me out."
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"It is a good thing to happen to you, to have that taste of fame because then you don't hanker for it."
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Jane Badler
"It is a good thing to happen to you, to have that taste of fame because then you don't hanker for it."
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"I do find acting cathartic."
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Francesca Annis
"I do find acting cathartic."
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"I hardly have any spare time! But when I do, I garden a lot - I love plants and flowers."
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Soundarya
"I hardly have any spare time! But when I do, I garden a lot - I love plants and flowers."
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"I have yet to see a drama that puts forward women who are successful and have a family. Women are nearly always seen as victims."
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Francesca Annis
"I have yet to see a drama that puts forward women who are successful and have a family. Women are nearly always seen as victims."
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"European films were what it was about for me - the sensations I needed, the depth, the storytelling, the characters, the directors, and the freedom that you can't really find in American films."
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Charlotte Rampling
"European films were what it was about for me - the sensations I needed, the depth, the storytelling, the characters, the directors, and the freedom that you can't really find in American films."
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"The whole concept of 'grounding' children is utterly stupid - they just go off and rebel and don't like you. When my kids eventually come along, I don't want them to not like me."
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Kate Winslet
"The whole concept of 'grounding' children is utterly stupid - they just go off and rebel and don't like you. When my kids eventually come along, I don't want them to not like me."
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"We all have sadness in our life and things that we can draw upon."
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Sherilyn Fenn
"We all have sadness in our life and things that we can draw upon."
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"I never have really said much about the whole episode, which was endless. But his speech was a perfectly intelligent speech about fathers not being dispensable and nobody agreed with that more than I did."
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Candice Bergen
"I never have really said much about the whole episode, which was endless. But his speech was a perfectly intelligent speech about fathers not being dispensable and nobody agreed with that more than I did."
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"I did a film once that I was killed in. It was a painful, horrifying day. It was a wonderful day from the standpoint of acting, but I was a wreck otherwise."
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Leslie Easterbrook
"I did a film once that I was killed in. It was a painful, horrifying day. It was a wonderful day from the standpoint of acting, but I was a wreck otherwise."
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"To be happy, it first takes being comfortable being in your own shoes. The rest can work up from there."
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Sophia Bush
"To be happy, it first takes being comfortable being in your own shoes. The rest can work up from there."
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"Having an education is invaluable."
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Maggie Gyllenhaal
"Having an education is invaluable."
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"I stopped going to school in the middle of fourth grade. Everyone grows up with the peer pressure, and kids being mean to each other in school. I think that's such a horrible thing, but I never really dealt with it in a high school way."
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Hilary Duff
"I stopped going to school in the middle of fourth grade. Everyone grows up with the peer pressure, and kids being mean to each other in school. I think that's such a horrible thing, but I never really dealt with it in a high school way."
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"When I'm out with my girlfriends at the bar, and I see some young 18-year old boy, just for fun I say, 'Hi honey. Do you like girls? Do you like girls exclusively? Oh, good.'"
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Yasmine Bleeth
"When I'm out with my girlfriends at the bar, and I see some young 18-year old boy, just for fun I say, 'Hi honey. Do you like girls? Do you like girls exclusively? Oh, good.'"
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"I think I'm a people person. I get very attached to people. And I've become so attached to all the people on my show, the cast, the crew and the producers."
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Victoria Pratt
"I think I'm a people person. I get very attached to people. And I've become so attached to all the people on my show, the cast, the crew and the producers."
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"I like all these little animals that run and eat and hide all the time. I like their faces, They seem to be scared and curious at the same time."
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Catherine Deneuve
"I like all these little animals that run and eat and hide all the time. I like their faces, They seem to be scared and curious at the same time."
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"I did a picture for the First Barbie doll box."
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Heather O'Rourke
"I did a picture for the First Barbie doll box."
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"I have grown up but that should be a positive thing. When you look at a photo album it's lovely to remember being so young but it's also good to know you grew up!"
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Jenny Agutter
"I have grown up but that should be a positive thing. When you look at a photo album it's lovely to remember being so young but it's also good to know you grew up!"
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"An agent said he didn't know what to do with me, I wouldn't be able to play any parts but lesbians and aliens."
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Allison Janney
"An agent said he didn't know what to do with me, I wouldn't be able to play any parts but lesbians and aliens."
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"So I'm not really quite sure what Landis' plans were to make another one. The American Werewolf in Paris was a completely separate story."
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Jenny Agutter
"So I'm not really quite sure what Landis' plans were to make another one. The American Werewolf in Paris was a completely separate story."
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"Why is partying and having a good time bad?"
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Tara Reid
"Why is partying and having a good time bad?"
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"I made my first home there and had been happy, because to be alienated in one's own country, in one's own hometown, among one's kin and peers, was problematic, but nothing could be more natural than to be alienated in a foreign country, and so there I had at last naturalized my estrangement. This may be one of the underappreciated pleasures of travel: of being at last legitimately lost and confused."
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Rebecca Solnit
"I made my first home there and had been happy, because to be alienated in one's own country, in one's own hometown, among one's kin and peers, was problematic, but nothing could be more natural than to be alienated in a foreign country, and so there I had at last naturalized my estrangement. This may be one of the underappreciated pleasures of travel: of being at last legitimately lost and confused."
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"Most of the time it's the parents who recognise me. They try to tell their kids, 'Look, it's Giselle,' and I say, 'No, no, no, don't ruin this for them,' because I'm usually standing there with my hair sideways and no make-up on. And the kid is saying, 'That is not Giselle. No way. That is some worn-out girl who really needs a bath.'"
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Amy Adams
"Most of the time it's the parents who recognise me. They try to tell their kids, 'Look, it's Giselle,' and I say, 'No, no, no, don't ruin this for them,' because I'm usually standing there with my hair sideways and no make-up on. And the kid is saying, 'That is not Giselle. No way. That is some worn-out girl who really needs a bath.'"
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"I can't wait til I get the chance to be a character and how my face looks isn't the first consideration."
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Kelly Lynch
"I can't wait til I get the chance to be a character and how my face looks isn't the first consideration."
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"Successful model? That's a myth. The year I modeled was the most painful year of my life. Editors would always talk to you in the third person as though you were merely a piece of merchandise."
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Jessica Lange
"Successful model? That's a myth. The year I modeled was the most painful year of my life. Editors would always talk to you in the third person as though you were merely a piece of merchandise."
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"People should realize women aren't just whores or virgins, I want to see women who are real human beings."
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Kate Beckinsale
"People should realize women aren't just whores or virgins, I want to see women who are real human beings."
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"The most difficult thing in the world is to start a career known only for your looks, and then to try to become a serious actress. No one will take you seriously once you are known as the pretty woman."
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Penelope Cruz
"The most difficult thing in the world is to start a career known only for your looks, and then to try to become a serious actress. No one will take you seriously once you are known as the pretty woman."
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"You have to take control of your own career."
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Maria Menounos
"You have to take control of your own career."
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"Mothers and daughters can stay very connected during teenage years. In the middle of your life, you can become very alone. Even though you're connected deeply to other family members, lovers, husbands, friends."
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Holly Hunter
"Mothers and daughters can stay very connected during teenage years. In the middle of your life, you can become very alone. Even though you're connected deeply to other family members, lovers, husbands, friends."
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"Hollywood looks to these young people now to say something to the world. I have nothing against that, I think a lot of people have things to say. But I think you need life experience."
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Sasha Alexander
"Hollywood looks to these young people now to say something to the world. I have nothing against that, I think a lot of people have things to say. But I think you need life experience."
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"I think that the most important thing a woman can have - next to talent, of course - is her hairdresser."
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Joan Crawford
"I think that the most important thing a woman can have - next to talent, of course - is her hairdresser."
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"We used to wash our hair in buckets and survive on toasted sandwiches, chocolates and soup."
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Joan Greenwood
"We used to wash our hair in buckets and survive on toasted sandwiches, chocolates and soup."
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