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Quotes by Actress
"For twenty years I have sat alone at a desk tinkering with sentences and then sending them out, and for most of my literary life the difference between throwing something in the trash and publishing it was imperceptible..."
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"We've all listened to Dr. Laura Schlessinger, haven't we? We all know how not to play a psychiatrist."
Play,
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"I'm from New York, I make kind of somewhat maybe lewd, at times - maybe some would say dirty - jokes. But in jest."
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"I guess Species was a movie made for me and hence I bagged the role. In fact even when acting, I never thought the outcome would be so good which I think it was! The entire role was a challenge. I was to be this strange yet sexy thing which was challenging!"
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"The first Broadway show I ever heard was the recording of Carousel, and it was a very vivid experience."
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"Makeup is scary. When I do it myself, it's just mascara, and sometimes I forget even to do that."
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"I think there's something peculiar about me that I haven't died. It doesn't make sense but I refuse to die."
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"Don't waste a minute not being happy. If one window closes, run to the next window- or break down a door."
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"I always wore the highest heels possible, because the other women on the show were tall."
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"I'm not a happy-ending person. I want to know what happens once Cinderella rides off with Prince Charming."
Want,
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"I just don't want to be hampered by my own limitations."
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"All the nice things about Suzanne are me. All the things that aren't nice, that was just the writing."
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"John Candy knew he was going to die. He told me on his 40th birthday. He said, well, Maureen, I'm on borrowed time."
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"Fits did not go over well in my house. There was a lot of discipline and obedience and you had to be very ladylike. Ladies didn't curse and I still don't curse in front of my parents."
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"I slipped at a bus stop; I went one way and my hair went the other. That was the end of my wig."
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"I think that we give the impression, to carry on your metaphor, that we go a little faster than we actually do. I'm fairly lazy so I'm always interested in slowing down."
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"When it's three o'clock in New York, it's still 1938 in London."
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"Anytime you put a movie out it's subject to such scrutiny and such criticism."
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"I'm like every other woman: a closet full of clothes, but nothing to wear: So I wear jeans."
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"Most nights I end up wearing a wife beater T-shirt and boxers."
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"I personally think we developed language because of our deep need to complain."
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"Going to a party, for me, is as much a learning experience as, you know, sitting in a lecture."
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"I was so happy that it filmed in New York not only because it's an amazing city, but also because a lot of people across the world somehow started to think about New York as a dangerous place to be and envisioned it as some war zone after that happened."
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"It is impossible to get anything made or accomplished without stepping on some toes; enemies are inevitable when one is a doer."
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"The very damaging, frightening part of postpartum is the lack of perspective and the lack of priority and understanding what is really important."
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"The doctor told Phil, my then husband, that my condition was really bad news. They had found an artery tearing and said I could die. They said they could try to patch it up but it could go horribly wrong. It all turned out okay in the end but it was touch and go."
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"I have a tendency to often share the point of view of the conspiracy theory."
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"I found it very difficult to explain to someone why you did a film. It's not like having a conversation."
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"I don't turn my nose up at anything. If it's a great part, it's a great part. I'd love to do a box-office hit."
Love,
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