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"We stopped doing my clothing line about five years ago, so it isn't available anymore."

"We stopped doing my clothing line about five years ago, so it isn't available anymore."

Rue McClanahan, American Actress

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"It seems that when you get to a certain age you almost give yourself permission to misbehave and say what you think. People allow it, with very old people."

"It seems that when you get to a certain age you almost give yourself permission to misbehave and say what you think. People allow it, with very old people."

Julie Walters, British Actress

Age, People, Old

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"I hated the whole idea of being an actress. I used to throw up before every performance and cry afterward."

"I hated the whole idea of being an actress. I used to throw up before every performance and cry afterward."

Judy Holliday, American Actress

Idea, Performance, Being

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"If there's anything worse than a woman living alone, it's a woman saying she likes it."

"If there's anything worse than a woman living alone, it's a woman saying she likes it."

Thelma Ritter, American Actress

Living, Saying, Woman

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"Sharing a clear and concise vision spawns a sense of purpose and direction. It attracts success toward you and helps you build an expanding team."

"Sharing a clear and concise vision spawns a sense of purpose and direction. It attracts success toward you and helps you build an expanding team."

Farshad Asl, American Actress

Leadership, Vision, Purpose, Success

32

"I don't think anybody can be told how to act. I think you can give advice. But you have to find your own way through it."

"I don't think anybody can be told how to act. I think you can give advice. But you have to find your own way through it."

Judi Dench, English Actress

32

"The pure connecting factor is that those of us who describe ourselves as feminists want equal rights for all people."

"The pure connecting factor is that those of us who describe ourselves as feminists want equal rights for all people."

Betty Buckley, American Actress

People, Rights, Want

32

"Storytelling is what lights my fire."

"Storytelling is what lights my fire."

Hope Davis, American Actress

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"I never take anything for granted. I may slip any minute."

"I never take anything for granted. I may slip any minute."

Eartha Kitt, American Actress

32

"Many learn from the pastbut few do something with it. Take Action. Struggles bring strength to strive and succeed."

"Many learn from the pastbut few do something with it. Take Action. Struggles bring strength to strive and succeed."

Farshad Asl, American Actress

Motivation, Learning, Action, Resilience, Past

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"I was taken to one place by a director, and he bought me a lap dance."

"I was taken to one place by a director, and he bought me a lap dance."

Lexa Doig, Canadian Actress

32

"I just saw the movie for the first time in its entirely last night. It's really cool when you're in with an audience that's so tuned in and plugged in to what's going on."

"I just saw the movie for the first time in its entirely last night. It's really cool when you're in with an audience that's so tuned in and plugged in to what's going on."

Sasha Alexander, American Actress

Time, First, Night

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"You have got to discover you, what you do, and trust it."

"You have got to discover you, what you do, and trust it."

Barbra Streisand, American Actress

32

"I remember nearly having a fit of the giggles during the reading because dear Daniel was SO respectful and serious and I was finding the whole situation funny because I was speaking to his profile."

Madeleine Stowe, American Actress

32

"This is not about abortion or the antics. This is about pro choice versus anti-choice and government intervention in a woman's personal decisions about her life."

"This is not about abortion or the antics. This is about pro choice versus anti-choice and government intervention in a woman's personal decisions about her life."

Kathleen Turner, American Actress

Government, Life, Abortion, Choice

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"These rooms are decorated in two days. It's all kept secret. The neighbors spend the night in each other's home. They don't see their finished room until the end of the second day. They have no say what happens in their own home."

"These rooms are decorated in two days. It's all kept secret. The neighbors spend the night in each other's home. They don't see their finished room until the end of the second day. They have no say what happens in their own home."

Paige Davis, American Actress

Home, Day, End, Neighbors

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"I was a weirdo to want to be in show business. Most kids wanted to be teachers or nurses."

"I was a weirdo to want to be in show business. Most kids wanted to be teachers or nurses."

Nell Carter, American Actress

Business, Kids, Nurses, Teachers

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"Women are like ovens. We need 5 to 15 minutes to heat up."

"Women are like ovens. We need 5 to 15 minutes to heat up."

Sandra Bullock, American Actress

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"There are advantages to being a star though - you can always get a table in a full restaurant."

"There are advantages to being a star though - you can always get a table in a full restaurant."

Ingrid Bergman, Swedish Actress

32

"I have sometimes been haunted with the idea that it was an imperative duty, knowing what I know, and having seen what I have seen, to do all that lies in my power to show the dangers and the evils of this frightful institution."

"I have sometimes been haunted with the idea that it was an imperative duty, knowing what I know, and having seen what I have seen, to do all that lies in my power to show the dangers and the evils of this frightful institution."

Fanny Kemble, English Actress

Power, Idea, Duty, Lies

32

"I make a good living and I've never looked at myself as being an artiste."

"I make a good living and I've never looked at myself as being an artiste."

Kelly Lynch, American Actress

32

"That will only happen if I have a bout of amnesia or if I feel like mooning someone in the audience."

"That will only happen if I have a bout of amnesia or if I feel like mooning someone in the audience."

Daryl Hannah, American Actress

32

"That said, I'd love to do a musical, either in film or on stage."

"That said, I'd love to do a musical, either in film or on stage."

Reese Witherspoon, American Actress

32

"I recently saw the movie about Ray Charles, and there's a scene where he falls down and the mother doesn't help him. She says, I don't want anyone to treat you like a cripple. I've fallen down before, and Molly will say, get up and just go."

"I recently saw the movie about Ray Charles, and there's a scene where he falls down and the mother doesn't help him. She says, I don't want anyone to treat you like a cripple. I've fallen down before, and Molly will say, get up and just go."

Teri Garr, American Actress

Mother, Help, Want, Will

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"Comedy is ugly. It's honest, it's raw."

"Comedy is ugly. It's honest, it's raw."

Aisha Tyler, American Actress

32

"Absence does not make the heart grow fonder, but it sure heats up the blood."

"Absence does not make the heart grow fonder, but it sure heats up the blood."

Elizabeth Ashley, American Actress

Heart, Absence, Blood

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"I wanted to get that sense of peace and even boredom that comes with long familiarity."

"I wanted to get that sense of peace and even boredom that comes with long familiarity."

Debbie Reynolds, American Actress

Peace, Boredom, Familiarity, Sense

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"For me life is a challenge. And it will be a challenge if I live to be 100 or if I get to be a trillionaire."

"For me life is a challenge. And it will be a challenge if I live to be 100 or if I get to be a trillionaire."

Beah Richards, American Actress

Life, Challenge, Will

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"I really admire people who are extraordinarily tolerant and patient."

"I really admire people who are extraordinarily tolerant and patient."

Holly Hunter, American Actress

32

"I hope that in 5 years from now I'll be working and doing what makes me happy. Whatever that may be."

"I hope that in 5 years from now I'll be working and doing what makes me happy. Whatever that may be."

Kim Smith, American Actress

Hope, May, Now, Years

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"She wasn't as naive and innocent as she was in the first season."

"She wasn't as naive and innocent as she was in the first season."

Shiri Appleby, American Actress

32

"As we were leaving the Huron camp, it was awkward filming. I think that the Huron watching us was there to create tension - maybe we wouldn't get out. Nothing complicated."

"As we were leaving the Huron camp, it was awkward filming. I think that the Huron watching us was there to create tension - maybe we wouldn't get out. Nothing complicated."

Madeleine Stowe, American Actress

Nothing, Tension

32

"Whatever I'm doing, whatever comes along, this music is something that I've always wanted to do."

"Whatever I'm doing, whatever comes along, this music is something that I've always wanted to do."

Tina Yothers, American Actress

32

"When I left the show, the fans were so amazing in terms of the outpouring of support and continued support all that time whatever ways they could be in touch with me."

"When I left the show, the fans were so amazing in terms of the outpouring of support and continued support all that time whatever ways they could be in touch with me."

Alice Barrett, American Actress

Time, Fans, Support

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"We're still working out the details, but I'd be delighted to do the film. The problem at the moment is my busy schedule. Shooting on this film has been extended by a month, but I need to be in the U.S. by Dec. 20."

"We're still working out the details, but I'd be delighted to do the film. The problem at the moment is my busy schedule. Shooting on this film has been extended by a month, but I need to be in the U.S. by Dec. 20."

Zhang Ziyi, Chinese Actress

32

"Fame can be just so annoying because people are so critical of you. You can't just say, 'hi'. You say hi and people whisper' man did you see the way she said hi? What an attitude."

"Fame can be just so annoying because people are so critical of you. You can't just say, 'hi'. You say hi and people whisper' man did you see the way she said hi? What an attitude."

Juliette Lewis, American Actress

People, Attitude, Fame, Man

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"I'd never even been to Wrigley Field. I never even enjoyed baseball that much, but I loved being there, the crowd was lovely, and they all sang with me!"

"I'd never even been to Wrigley Field. I never even enjoyed baseball that much, but I loved being there, the crowd was lovely, and they all sang with me!"

Bea Arthur, American Actress

Baseball, Being

32

"One hell of an outlay for a very small return, with most of them."

"One hell of an outlay for a very small return, with most of them."

Glenda Jackson, British Actress

32

"I never used to sleep much. I think we all go through a bit of a time like that where we rage about. If we don't, I don't think you've ever really lived."

"I never used to sleep much. I think we all go through a bit of a time like that where we rage about. If we don't, I don't think you've ever really lived."

Diane Cilento, Australian Actress

32

"You can express a lot of things, a lot of action without speaking."

"You can express a lot of things, a lot of action without speaking."

Catherine Deneuve, French Actress

32

"Saturday night is when my hair would be fixed up and that was my memory."

"Saturday night is when my hair would be fixed up and that was my memory."

Jenifer Lewis, American Actress

Hair, Memory, Night

32

"How I work is I work from of very character-driven place. And I trust the writers."

"How I work is I work from of very character-driven place. And I trust the writers."

Amy Adams, American Actress

Trust, Work, Character, Writers

32

"I find that there are few reviews that extol women as wonderful artists."

"I find that there are few reviews that extol women as wonderful artists."

Estelle Parsons, American Actress

Woman, Women, Artists

32

"I was beautiful. Now, because I am old, I take no shame in so saying."

"I was beautiful. Now, because I am old, I take no shame in so saying."

Lillie Langtry, British Actress

Now, Old, Saying, Shame

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"We grew up as kids watching those movies and we were exposed to themes of civil rights, unfairness, bigotry and fathers struggling against the kind of mob of the town, so you remember how you felt as a kid being taken seriously, that you are part of the human drama."

"We grew up as kids watching those movies and we were exposed to themes of civil rights, unfairness, bigotry and fathers struggling against the kind of mob of the town, so you remember how you felt as a kid being taken seriously, that you are part of the human drama."

Rachel Griffiths, American Actress

Movies, Being, Bigotry, Civil rights

32

"I've auctioned off many scripts and will continue to do so for good causes."

"I've auctioned off many scripts and will continue to do so for good causes."

Claudia Christian, American Actress

Cause, Causes, Will

32

"But Sergio Leone invented totally the way of, you know, the details, the eyes, the hands - fantastic."

"But Sergio Leone invented totally the way of, you know, the details, the eyes, the hands - fantastic."

Claudia Cardinale, Italian Actress

32

"The word theatre comes from the Greeks. It means the seeing place. It is the place people come to see the truth about life and the social situation."

"The word theatre comes from the Greeks. It means the seeing place. It is the place people come to see the truth about life and the social situation."

Stella Adler, American Actress

Life, Truth, People, Theatre

32

"It was kind of scary because working with Woody Allen becomes sort of a big deal in your mind. He directs in that Woody Allen character some of the time - he has these idiosyncrasies that are really charming and funny."

"It was kind of scary because working with Woody Allen becomes sort of a big deal in your mind. He directs in that Woody Allen character some of the time - he has these idiosyncrasies that are really charming and funny."

Radha Mitchell, Australian Actress

Funny, Time, Character, Mind

32

"As you age naturally, your family shows more and more on your face. If you deny that, you deny your heritage."

"As you age naturally, your family shows more and more on your face. If you deny that, you deny your heritage."

Frances Conroy, American Actress

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