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"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."
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Radha Mitchell
"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."
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"As you age naturally, your family shows more and more on your face. If you deny that, you deny your heritage."
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Frances Conroy
"As you age naturally, your family shows more and more on your face. If you deny that, you deny your heritage."
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"I love clothes. I can't control myself. I have a huge fetish for shoes and clothes and make-up. I'm the kind of person who doesn't like to wear things over and over again."
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Hilary Duff
"I love clothes. I can't control myself. I have a huge fetish for shoes and clothes and make-up. I'm the kind of person who doesn't like to wear things over and over again."
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"It's not just in Hollywood that women run the risk of being passed by once they reach 50. It happens in real life, too."
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Candice Bergen
"It's not just in Hollywood that women run the risk of being passed by once they reach 50. It happens in real life, too."
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"I suppose that if I could have quit, I would have, because in those days I never wanted to be an actress, the acting was something to do while I waited for a chance to study writing and directing. But I guess I was just meant to be an actress. Because, here I am."
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Judy Holliday
"I suppose that if I could have quit, I would have, because in those days I never wanted to be an actress, the acting was something to do while I waited for a chance to study writing and directing. But I guess I was just meant to be an actress. Because, here I am."
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"I look forward to growing old and wise and audacious."
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Glenda Jackson
"I look forward to growing old and wise and audacious."
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"I guess if you're lucky enough not to have to pay your rent, then you or I take much more seriously the kind of work that I do, what it takes for me to leave two teenagers of my own and six stepchildren and a husband and four grandchildren."
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Ellen Barkin
"I guess if you're lucky enough not to have to pay your rent, then you or I take much more seriously the kind of work that I do, what it takes for me to leave two teenagers of my own and six stepchildren and a husband and four grandchildren."
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"The river is constantly turning and bending and you never know where it's going to go and where you'll wind up. Following the bend in the river and staying on your own path means that you are on the right track. Don't let anyone deter you from that."
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Eartha Kitt
"The river is constantly turning and bending and you never know where it's going to go and where you'll wind up. Following the bend in the river and staying on your own path means that you are on the right track. Don't let anyone deter you from that."
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"I think that most actors don't have very good opinions of themselves."
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Charlotte Rampling
"I think that most actors don't have very good opinions of themselves."
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"I have a gift for enraging people, but if I ever bore you it will be with a knife."
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Louise Brooks
"I have a gift for enraging people, but if I ever bore you it will be with a knife."
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"I can be pretty nasty. Not 'mean' nasty, but nasty by your parents' standards. But not by my parents' standards, because my parents were nasty for their day."
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Bridget Fonda
"I can be pretty nasty. Not 'mean' nasty, but nasty by your parents' standards. But not by my parents' standards, because my parents were nasty for their day."
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"He had Parkinson's disease for about, I'd say diagnosed for about 11 of the last years of his life. And treatment was not as good as it is now, of course. We're still going along and he died in '85 and he was 77."
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Lynn Redgrave
"He had Parkinson's disease for about, I'd say diagnosed for about 11 of the last years of his life. And treatment was not as good as it is now, of course. We're still going along and he died in '85 and he was 77."
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"One is never ready for success. It consecrates and looses you at the same time."
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Isabelle Adjani
"One is never ready for success. It consecrates and looses you at the same time."
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"Do you know what a blessing it is to make movies that make people happy?"
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Kate Hudson
"Do you know what a blessing it is to make movies that make people happy?"
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"I did a film very quickly, and then a lot of work for television, and then I did stage work."
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Isabelle Huppert
"I did a film very quickly, and then a lot of work for television, and then I did stage work."
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"Suddenly I had a contract and I was earning lots of money."
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Diane Cilento
"Suddenly I had a contract and I was earning lots of money."
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"People tend to remember my performances, not me."
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Ellen Barkin
"People tend to remember my performances, not me."
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"It's important to determine which surroundings work best for you, and then build that environment to suit your needs."
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Marilu Henner
"It's important to determine which surroundings work best for you, and then build that environment to suit your needs."
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"You've got to use your celebrity for good stuff, not evil. I think it's lame when people act as if they're better than everyone!"
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Rachel Bilson
"You've got to use your celebrity for good stuff, not evil. I think it's lame when people act as if they're better than everyone!"
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"The road Cordelia has travelled, the journey she has taken up to now has been such a joy to play as an actress, because there have been so many chances to do so many different emotions."
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Charisma Carpenter
"The road Cordelia has travelled, the journey she has taken up to now has been such a joy to play as an actress, because there have been so many chances to do so many different emotions."
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"I could talk about him all day. He's one of the most wonderful things that ever happened to me."
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Judy Holliday
"I could talk about him all day. He's one of the most wonderful things that ever happened to me."
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"I mean, there are times when you aren't working, but still believe that work will come."
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Estelle Parsons
"I mean, there are times when you aren't working, but still believe that work will come."
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"You can keep it to yourself, but you could also call a support team like the team at MS LifeLines. They are there to support the MS community and give good advice."
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Teri Garr
"You can keep it to yourself, but you could also call a support team like the team at MS LifeLines. They are there to support the MS community and give good advice."
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"My mom, she is the most unbelievable mom that you could ever have in your entire life and she's always with me on everything. The most I've ever been away from her is two days. I love her more than anybody could ever know."
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Dakota Fanning
"My mom, she is the most unbelievable mom that you could ever have in your entire life and she's always with me on everything. The most I've ever been away from her is two days. I love her more than anybody could ever know."
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"I want to be a fun mom. Not a gasping for air mom."
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Mariska Hargitay
"I want to be a fun mom. Not a gasping for air mom."
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"I've been overwhelmed; I was a single mother for a time."
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Kelly Lynch
"I've been overwhelmed; I was a single mother for a time."
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"He never admitted anything, even on his deathbed. He was a deluded liar. If it weren't for my father, I don't think I would be so open. So that's a huge blessing."
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Anne Heche
"He never admitted anything, even on his deathbed. He was a deluded liar. If it weren't for my father, I don't think I would be so open. So that's a huge blessing."
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"My dream had always just been to do my work well, fall in love and build a life for myself."
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Carrie Snodgress
"My dream had always just been to do my work well, fall in love and build a life for myself."
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"So organic farming practices are something that, to me, are interlinked with the idea of using biodiesel."
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Daryl Hannah
"So organic farming practices are something that, to me, are interlinked with the idea of using biodiesel."
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"The message has become clearer to the nation about AIDS. People used to think they could catch it all kinds of ways, but we now know that it is absolutely passed through bodily fluids."
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Loretta Devine
"The message has become clearer to the nation about AIDS. People used to think they could catch it all kinds of ways, but we now know that it is absolutely passed through bodily fluids."
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"I was so cold the other day, I almost got married."
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Shelley Winters
"I was so cold the other day, I almost got married."
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"The first time I lived in L.A. I was too young. I really wanted to be back home in Vancouver."
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Sarah Chalke
"The first time I lived in L.A. I was too young. I really wanted to be back home in Vancouver."
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"I didn't come into the business to get awards or titles."
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Julie Walters
"I didn't come into the business to get awards or titles."
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"I have seen doctors, in good faith, leave patients on steroids for years, thinking they are doing right. A friend of mine was on steroids for so long, she has severe osteoporosis."
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Mary Ann Mobley
"I have seen doctors, in good faith, leave patients on steroids for years, thinking they are doing right. A friend of mine was on steroids for so long, she has severe osteoporosis."
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"It's part of the fun of it to work with strong personalities."
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Kelly Lynch
"It's part of the fun of it to work with strong personalities."
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"Always wanted to be an actress or work with animals and now I get to do both."
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Julia Barr
"Always wanted to be an actress or work with animals and now I get to do both."
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"At some point, the pride has to be a part of the whole day-to-day oeuvre. It's part of who you are and doesn't need to be discussed anymore."
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Sandra Bernhard
"At some point, the pride has to be a part of the whole day-to-day oeuvre. It's part of who you are and doesn't need to be discussed anymore."
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"My parents were involved in everything I did. They were showbiz people themselves. My dad was an actor. They were parents; they did what parents are supposed to do."
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Tina Yothers
"My parents were involved in everything I did. They were showbiz people themselves. My dad was an actor. They were parents; they did what parents are supposed to do."
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"It's a very difficult thing for people to accept, seeing women act out anger on the screen. We're more accustomed to seeing men expressing rage and women crying."
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Rebecca De Mornay
"It's a very difficult thing for people to accept, seeing women act out anger on the screen. We're more accustomed to seeing men expressing rage and women crying."
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"The first clothing line I had was called Very Rue. Then we changed the name and moved to QVC, and the name became A Touch of Rue."
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Rue McClanahan
"The first clothing line I had was called Very Rue. Then we changed the name and moved to QVC, and the name became A Touch of Rue."
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"I've always thought of myself as more of a character actress. I've tried to do different things, but I've always been under the radar and that's how I like it. I've been really blessed to work this long and I just hope I continue to get better and better and better and better."
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Rose Byrne
"I've always thought of myself as more of a character actress. I've tried to do different things, but I've always been under the radar and that's how I like it. I've been really blessed to work this long and I just hope I continue to get better and better and better and better."
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"I'd never had so much pleasure with another human being."
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Anne Bancroft
"I'd never had so much pleasure with another human being."
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"The woman's vision is deep reaching, the man's far reaching."
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Betty Grable
"The woman's vision is deep reaching, the man's far reaching."
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"Sure, 'Twilight' is really huge right now and everybody's freaking out over it, but it will go away soon and I will be back to doing what I'm used to doing: weird little movies that nobody sees."
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Kristen Stewart
"Sure, 'Twilight' is really huge right now and everybody's freaking out over it, but it will go away soon and I will be back to doing what I'm used to doing: weird little movies that nobody sees."
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"I used to be and I still am into psychology. I would like to be able to pursue something like that, but I don't know. The older I've gotten, the more endearing this business has become and I can't really imagine leaving it."
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Lindsey Shaw
"I used to be and I still am into psychology. I would like to be able to pursue something like that, but I don't know. The older I've gotten, the more endearing this business has become and I can't really imagine leaving it."
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"But, you know, when I choose a film I need to believe in it and believe I can do something special with it, and after a while that means not trying to judge or analyze why I should do it. You have to follow this intuition thing, which is a mystery to me."
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Juliette Binoche
"But, you know, when I choose a film I need to believe in it and believe I can do something special with it, and after a while that means not trying to judge or analyze why I should do it. You have to follow this intuition thing, which is a mystery to me."
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"You can actually have a pitch button, you know, to get people on pitch."
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Helena Bonham Carter
"You can actually have a pitch button, you know, to get people on pitch."
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"Stress exacerbates any problem, whether it's diabetes, heart trouble, MS, or whatever."
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Mary Ann Mobley
"Stress exacerbates any problem, whether it's diabetes, heart trouble, MS, or whatever."
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"Nobody got Punk'd and he was still in his season for that show when we were filming. So the kids were very aware that it was filming and that was his show and they were very much on the lookout for that."
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Piper Perabo
"Nobody got Punk'd and he was still in his season for that show when we were filming. So the kids were very aware that it was filming and that was his show and they were very much on the lookout for that."
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"The Kiss scene was attempted three times. The first was in a peculiar spot of the fort on the ground level. It felt forced to me, and I knew right away that, in spite of what others were saying, it was dead wrong."
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Madeleine Stowe
"The Kiss scene was attempted three times. The first was in a peculiar spot of the fort on the ground level. It felt forced to me, and I knew right away that, in spite of what others were saying, it was dead wrong."
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