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"When man decides he can control nature, he's in deep trouble."

"When man decides he can control nature, he's in deep trouble."

Laura Dern, American Actress

Nature, Control, Deep, Man

30

"You look at Gone With the Wind, how right Vivian Leigh was for that. Don't know if that would happen today."

"You look at Gone With the Wind, how right Vivian Leigh was for that. Don't know if that would happen today."

Kelly Lynch, American Actress

Right, Today, Wind

30

"I have a lot of courage. I'm a realist."

"I have a lot of courage. I'm a realist."

Elisabeth Rohm, American Actress

30

"When you're a woman in your 40s, it's not the best time to do films, because there really aren't that many roles. Then you reach 50 and there are more roles again. Mother parts."

"When you're a woman in your 40s, it's not the best time to do films, because there really aren't that many roles. Then you reach 50 and there are more roles again. Mother parts."

Shirley Knight, American Actress

Time, Mother, Woman

30

"The alarming thing in China is the almost total absence of primary care. Even in cities, there are no independent doctors' offices or neighborhood clinics, so people have to go to the hospital for every health care need."

"The alarming thing in China is the almost total absence of primary care. Even in cities, there are no independent doctors' offices or neighborhood clinics, so people have to go to the hospital for every health care need."

Nancy Travis, American Actress

Health, People, Absence, Care

30

"When I was 15, I changed my name legally. I think it was largely due to my struggle about being gay. Everything just didn't fit, and I was trying to find things I could identify myself with, and it started with my name."

"When I was 15, I changed my name legally. I think it was largely due to my struggle about being gay. Everything just didn't fit, and I was trying to find things I could identify myself with, and it started with my name."

Portia de Rossi, Australian Actress

Being, Gay, Name, Struggle

30

"I want to thank my mother and my father for teaching me to have a dream. You are seeing my dream come true."

"I want to thank my mother and my father for teaching me to have a dream. You are seeing my dream come true."

Louise Fletcher, American Actress

Mother, Father, Dream, Teaching

30

"Things went in a direction that I didn't want to go. I started doing bit parts and things that are pretty much laid out for people in my position. The parts were pretty generic."

"Things went in a direction that I didn't want to go. I started doing bit parts and things that are pretty much laid out for people in my position. The parts were pretty generic."

Tina Yothers, American Actress

People, Direction, Pretty, Want

30

"I learned how to play the drums. When we were in pre-production, when we were still in LA, I had a couple of drum lessons and then some in Toronto. I got the one beat down and that was it."

"I learned how to play the drums. When we were in pre-production, when we were still in LA, I had a couple of drum lessons and then some in Toronto. I got the one beat down and that was it."

Mary-Kate Olsen, American Actress

30

"Writing is mentally stimulating; it's like a puzzle that makes you think all the time."

"Writing is mentally stimulating; it's like a puzzle that makes you think all the time."

Stephanie Zimbalist, American Actress

30

"And you know, the baby boomers are getting older, and those off the rack clothes are just not fitting right any longer, and so, tailor-made suits are coming back into fashion."

"And you know, the baby boomers are getting older, and those off the rack clothes are just not fitting right any longer, and so, tailor-made suits are coming back into fashion."

Amy Irving, American Actress

Baby, Clothes, Fashion, Right

30

"Shirley MacLaine said, You're so funny, then gave me a hug. Everything went white. I couldn't hear, I couldn't see. I thought I was going to pass out."

"Shirley MacLaine said, You're so funny, then gave me a hug. Everything went white. I couldn't hear, I couldn't see. I thought I was going to pass out."

Lisa Kudrow, American Actress

30

"I find the subject of childhood fascinating. I explored this subject in Speak to me of love and I am curious about portraying the often painful transition into the adult world."

"I find the subject of childhood fascinating. I explored this subject in Speak to me of love and I am curious about portraying the often painful transition into the adult world."

Sophie Marceau, French Actress

Love, Childhood, World

30

"Making love in the morning got me through morning sickness. I found I could be happy and throw up at the same time."

"Making love in the morning got me through morning sickness. I found I could be happy and throw up at the same time."

Pamela Anderson, American Actress

Love, Time, Sickness

30

"With a solid prospecting system you will find qualified people to present your products and services to; with a solid marketing system, buyers will find you in order to learn about your products and services, whilst during this process your brand is born."

Farshad Asl, American Actress

Marketing, Systems, Sales, Success

30

"My mother, brave woman, lost her whole family when she decided to marry a black man in the '60s. When the marriage fell apart, she had to come back to her family."

"My mother, brave woman, lost her whole family when she decided to marry a black man in the '60s. When the marriage fell apart, she had to come back to her family."

Lisa Bonet, American Actress

Family, Marriage, Mother, Man

30

"I was originally cast to be the brains of the Enterprise. Somehow I became The Chick. There's a little ugly girl inside of me going 'Yay! I'm a sex symbol!'"

"I was originally cast to be the brains of the Enterprise. Somehow I became The Chick. There's a little ugly girl inside of me going 'Yay! I'm a sex symbol!'"

Marina Sirtis, British Actress

30

"My two great loves are music and horses."

"My two great loves are music and horses."

Betty Buckley, American Actress

30

"I am not an 'instant' actor... to really do anything, I've got to try it five or six or a dozen times."

"I am not an 'instant' actor... to really do anything, I've got to try it five or six or a dozen times."

Judy Holliday, American Actress

30

"Not everyone likes watching rushes, but it makes me work harder, and I don't feel I am watching myself, but watching the progression of the character."

"Not everyone likes watching rushes, but it makes me work harder, and I don't feel I am watching myself, but watching the progression of the character."

Jacqueline Bisset, English Actress

Work, Character

30

"Journalists are always calling my features Edwardian or Victorian, whatever that means. I am small, and people were smaller in those times. I'm pale and sickly-looking. I look fragile-like a doll. But sometimes I just wish I had less of a particular look, one that was more versatile."

"Journalists are always calling my features Edwardian or Victorian, whatever that means. I am small, and people were smaller in those times. I'm pale and sickly-looking. I look fragile-like a doll. But sometimes I just wish I had less of a particular look, one that was more versatile."

Helena Bonham Carter, British Actress

30

"Learn to take responsibility for emotions, and to manage energies, always working within present resources."

"Learn to take responsibility for emotions, and to manage energies, always working within present resources."

Lillian Russell, American Actress

Emotional, Emotions, Present, Responsibility

30

"I did become American citizen in order to vote. I lived in this country for a very long time and I finally reached the point where I thought, I'm often sticking my neck out on various issues as all human beings have a right to do."

"I did become American citizen in order to vote. I lived in this country for a very long time and I finally reached the point where I thought, I'm often sticking my neck out on various issues as all human beings have a right to do."

Lynn Redgrave, British Actress

Time, Thought, American, Country

30

"I actually washed my window once, and it fell through - it was being held together by the dirt."

"I actually washed my window once, and it fell through - it was being held together by the dirt."

Edie Falco, American Actress

30

"I really don't like going out. I don't like restaurants because I don't like the idea of someone, a waitress, being responsible for my evening. I like seconds, and more, and lots of conversation, and I've always hated the idea that in a restaurant an evening just ends. I find that incredibly depressing."

"I really don't like going out. I don't like restaurants because I don't like the idea of someone, a waitress, being responsible for my evening. I like seconds, and more, and lots of conversation, and I've always hated the idea that in a restaurant an evening just ends. I find that incredibly depressing."

Amy Sedaris, American Actress

Idea, Being, Conversation, Evening

30

"To wait, for an actor, is not like someone who's waiting to see the doctor. It's not the kind of wait where you get bored."

"To wait, for an actor, is not like someone who's waiting to see the doctor. It's not the kind of wait where you get bored."

Catherine Deneuve, French Actress

30

"The Alien is gross, scary. There is something in a human being that looks at them and sees it as a cockroach. You can never feel nurturing towards the cockroach."

"The Alien is gross, scary. There is something in a human being that looks at them and sees it as a cockroach. You can never feel nurturing towards the cockroach."

Sanaa Lathan, American Actress

30

"I think we're in good hands. There's definitely much more momentum in bringing in good things to help support the show. Everyone's got a good attitude about it and I think that makes all the difference."

"I think we're in good hands. There's definitely much more momentum in bringing in good things to help support the show. Everyone's got a good attitude about it and I think that makes all the difference."

Crystal Chappell, American Actress

Attitude, Difference, Help, Support

30

"You know how you wake up in the morning and sometimes you look gorgeous and other times you look like you got hit by a mack truck? I realized that my mack truck is food. If I have no sugar, yeast or wine, I have no undereye bags and my skin is perfect."

"You know how you wake up in the morning and sometimes you look gorgeous and other times you look like you got hit by a mack truck? I realized that my mack truck is food. If I have no sugar, yeast or wine, I have no undereye bags and my skin is perfect."

Mariska Hargitay, American Actress

Food, Skin, Wine

30

"When I got Jacob's Latter, I was nervous because I felt I wasn't allowed to fail. I felt that they were waiting for one little failure and that would prove them right and I'd be,"out of there.""

"When I got Jacob's Latter, I was nervous because I felt I wasn't allowed to fail. I felt that they were waiting for one little failure and that would prove them right and I'd be,"out of there.""

Elizabeth Pena, American Actress

Failure, Right, Waiting

30

"I don't mind playing the same character, but if it's not well done, then I'm not interested."

"I don't mind playing the same character, but if it's not well done, then I'm not interested."

Charisma Carpenter, American Actress

Character, Mind

30

"I try to choose the songs that really are basically coming from my heart. I think that through the songs that I select, people know what's going on in my life."

"I try to choose the songs that really are basically coming from my heart. I think that through the songs that I select, people know what's going on in my life."

Diana Ross, American Actress

Life, People, Heart, Songs

30

"I didn't know I was compared to Elizabeth Montgomery, but I think that I'm in very good company with her."

"I didn't know I was compared to Elizabeth Montgomery, but I think that I'm in very good company with her."

Barbara Eden, American Actress

30

"It's like real life: We don't get a preview of what's coming up, thank God, and we don't build our own character from what we're going to be informed with in the future."

"It's like real life: We don't get a preview of what's coming up, thank God, and we don't build our own character from what we're going to be informed with in the future."

Frances Conroy, American Actress

God, Character, Future

30

"Well, one of the things I did was recreate her home in my home."

"Well, one of the things I did was recreate her home in my home."

Debbie Reynolds, American Actress

30

"I pay parking tickets. You know, you can try to give 50%, but then they charge you all those penalties! Seriously, I have gotten many, many, many tickets in my life."

"I pay parking tickets. You know, you can try to give 50%, but then they charge you all those penalties! Seriously, I have gotten many, many, many tickets in my life."

Debra Messing, American Actress

30

"I see my job as an actor to be as good a channel as I can be. Acting is a gift, and I have respect for it."

"I see my job as an actor to be as good a channel as I can be. Acting is a gift, and I have respect for it."

Lili Taylor, American Actress

Acting, Actor, Job, Respect

30

"I get very nervous whenever I think about it. I've never done a serious play, and I have such awe of the woman - she's really my only idol. It's going to be a big stretch - certain people come out on stage and your face muscles automatically tense and you get ready to smile."

"I get very nervous whenever I think about it. I've never done a serious play, and I have such awe of the woman - she's really my only idol. It's going to be a big stretch - certain people come out on stage and your face muscles automatically tense and you get ready to smile."

Judy Holliday, American Actress

People, Play, Smile, Woman

30

"I'd taken three years off to live as a normal person, so this was my first time back into it, and it was kind of shocking, but then it was fun."

"I'd taken three years off to live as a normal person, so this was my first time back into it, and it was kind of shocking, but then it was fun."

Camilla Belle, American Actress

Time, First, Fun, Years

30

"Teachers didn't like me very much. They thought I was just this punk kid and they always wanted to kick me out."

"Teachers didn't like me very much. They thought I was just this punk kid and they always wanted to kick me out."

Clea Duvall, American Actress

Thought, Punk, Teachers

30

"My advice to kids is give it your all! Give it 110% and don't give up!"

"My advice to kids is give it your all! Give it 110% and don't give up!"

Vanessa Hudgens, American Actress

30

"I figured, if I failed, I'd tried something that I hadn't tried before and if one movie was going to destroy my career than I didn't have much of a career to start with. I just went for it. God willing I wasn't over the top and didn't embarrass myself."

"I figured, if I failed, I'd tried something that I hadn't tried before and if one movie was going to destroy my career than I didn't have much of a career to start with. I just went for it. God willing I wasn't over the top and didn't embarrass myself."

Elizabeth Pena, American Actress

30

"Well, they had to have me in the G-string because this is PG-13, right?"

"Well, they had to have me in the G-string because this is PG-13, right?"

Kelly Hu, American Actress

30

"I feel a lot healthier when I'm having sex. Physically. I feel all these jitters when I wake up in the morning. Just energy jitters. I take vitamins, I work out every day. When I'm having sex, I don't have that."

"I feel a lot healthier when I'm having sex. Physically. I feel all these jitters when I wake up in the morning. Just energy jitters. I take vitamins, I work out every day. When I'm having sex, I don't have that."

Alyssa Milano, American Actress

Work, Sex, Day, Energy

30

"Like many alcoholics, I was a staggering woman in a chic apartment, sick and utterly disgusting."

"Like many alcoholics, I was a staggering woman in a chic apartment, sick and utterly disgusting."

Mercedes McCambridge, American Actress

30

"Nobody can give a good performance unless the authors and composers have written a good part, a fact which is often overlooked."

"Nobody can give a good performance unless the authors and composers have written a good part, a fact which is often overlooked."

Judy Holliday, American Actress

Performance, Composers, Fact

30

"I have a deep conviction that our lives are eternal, that it is waking and sleeping, that we are born together with the people we love lifetime after lifetime."

"I have a deep conviction that our lives are eternal, that it is waking and sleeping, that we are born together with the people we love lifetime after lifetime."

Marcia Wallace, American Actress

Love, People, Conviction, Deep

30

"I would have liked maybe to be in architecture or painting, something connected to the fine arts."

"I would have liked maybe to be in architecture or painting, something connected to the fine arts."

Catherine Deneuve, French Actress

Architecture, Painting

30

"I dislike when people try to pigeonhole me, when all I want is to do good work."

"I dislike when people try to pigeonhole me, when all I want is to do good work."

Karen Black, American Actress

Work, People, Want

30

"There was a golden retriever who saved countless lives on September 11 by going back in to find people. His companion was in a wheelchair. He got him out and kept going back in to save others."

"There was a golden retriever who saved countless lives on September 11 by going back in to find people. His companion was in a wheelchair. He got him out and kept going back in to save others."

Linda Blair, American Actress

30

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