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"I tried college for three months but I was desperately unhappy. I just wanted to perform. I was getting straight As but I had no friends and cried every day."

"I tried college for three months but I was desperately unhappy. I just wanted to perform. I was getting straight As but I had no friends and cried every day."

Keira Knightley, English Actress

College, Day, Friends, Months

29

"I think it's really odd, too, that the public is so privy to how much money the actors make and what movies cost. It seems to me to be beside the point. When I go to a movie I really don't want to think about the money. I want to see the story."

"I think it's really odd, too, that the public is so privy to how much money the actors make and what movies cost. It seems to me to be beside the point. When I go to a movie I really don't want to think about the money. I want to see the story."

Holly Hunter, American Actress

Money, Movies, Actors, Public

29

"I was getting offers. I had just turned them down. Then I realized I should be grateful that at age 54, people were still offering me film roles."

"I was getting offers. I had just turned them down. Then I realized I should be grateful that at age 54, people were still offering me film roles."

Candice Bergen, American Actress

Age, People, Film

29

"I have ballet class every other day for two hours. And for "Six Feet Under", last week there was a sequence where I had to do a whole choreographed dance number, so I had four hours of dance practice every day."

"I have ballet class every other day for two hours. And for "Six Feet Under", last week there was a sequence where I had to do a whole choreographed dance number, so I had four hours of dance practice every day."

Michelle Trachtenberg, American Actress

Dance, Ballet, Class, Day

29

"Cinema is still a very young art form with extraordinary techniques and very impressive special effects but sometimes it seems the soul has been taken out of things."

"Cinema is still a very young art form with extraordinary techniques and very impressive special effects but sometimes it seems the soul has been taken out of things."

Catherine Deneuve, French Actress

Art, Soul, Cinema

29

"It is hard sometimes to see how other actors are working when you are working with them."

"It is hard sometimes to see how other actors are working when you are working with them."

Miranda Otto, Australian Actress

29

"With the other fellow actors who have gone astray, I think it's sad that society wants to label the business as doing this to people. It's really not true."

"With the other fellow actors who have gone astray, I think it's sad that society wants to label the business as doing this to people. It's really not true."

Tina Yothers, American Actress

Business, Society, People, Actors

29

"Any decision I make is based on myself, and the only person I have to give an explanation to is God."

"Any decision I make is based on myself, and the only person I have to give an explanation to is God."

Solange Knowles, American Actress

29

"When you handle yourself, use your head; when you handle others, use your heart."

"When you handle yourself, use your head; when you handle others, use your heart."

Donna Reed, American Actress

29

"So, Hitchcock wouldn't say anything about my work in the movie but, on the other hand, he wouldn't complain, either."

"So, Hitchcock wouldn't say anything about my work in the movie but, on the other hand, he wouldn't complain, either."

Kim Novak, American Actress

29

"I started off as a model and struggled for some time until I got a break as an actress. I was too stubborn to let go and was sure I was in the right place at the right time. I just fought and I think that's how I am where I am today."

"I started off as a model and struggled for some time until I got a break as an actress. I was too stubborn to let go and was sure I was in the right place at the right time. I just fought and I think that's how I am where I am today."

Natasha Henstridge, Canadian Actress

Time, Right, Today

29

"Sure, she said, and hugged the laptop bag closer. "What could go wrong?Michael's eyes flashed to meet hers in the rearview mirror.Besides everything, I mean, she said."

"Sure, she said, and hugged the laptop bag closer. "What could go wrong?Michael's eyes flashed to meet hers in the rearview mirror.Besides everything, I mean, she said."

Rachel Caine, Canadian Actress

Uncertainty, Risk, Technology, Doubt, Fear

29

"I've always felt so different from how I look. I meet so many pretty girls who are like, 'Here I am! Don't you want me because I look good?' That concept is so weird to me. I want to know, 'What else do you have going on?'"

"I've always felt so different from how I look. I meet so many pretty girls who are like, 'Here I am! Don't you want me because I look good?' That concept is so weird to me. I want to know, 'What else do you have going on?'"

Malin Akerman, Swedish Actress

Girls, Pretty, Want

29

"The point is, when you have a chance to have a big adventure, especially if, like in your case, it doesn't hurt anyone, it's just plain foolish not to take it."

"The point is, when you have a chance to have a big adventure, especially if, like in your case, it doesn't hurt anyone, it's just plain foolish not to take it."

Mink Stole, American Actress

Adventure, Chance, Hurt

29

"You can only really open yourself up so far to someone that you don't truly love - you keep something back when you know somewhere in your gut that this relationship is going to be forever."

"You can only really open yourself up so far to someone that you don't truly love - you keep something back when you know somewhere in your gut that this relationship is going to be forever."

Piper Perabo, American Actress

29

"But friends invited me to a private screening of Emmanuelle and said I'd learn a few things. But I know all the swear words. I just don't use them. So I declined."

"But friends invited me to a private screening of Emmanuelle and said I'd learn a few things. But I know all the swear words. I just don't use them. So I declined."

Irene Dunne, American Actress

Friendship, Friends, Words

29

"I dig science fiction, though it was never really my thing."

"I dig science fiction, though it was never really my thing."

Yancy Butler, American Actress

Science, Fiction

29

"Back then, everyone was Lana and Rock. No one had ethnic names."

"Back then, everyone was Lana and Rock. No one had ethnic names."

Piper Laurie, American Actress

29

"Time seems to stop in certain places."

"Time seems to stop in certain places."

Jacqueline Bisset, English Actress

29

"There was never a point in my life where I gave up. My marriage, as you know, fell apart."

"There was never a point in my life where I gave up. My marriage, as you know, fell apart."

Deidre Hall, American Actress

29

"You know, if you think about it, the most powerful people on this earth probably never raise their voices - they just say it and people hop to, because they have that power."

"You know, if you think about it, the most powerful people on this earth probably never raise their voices - they just say it and people hop to, because they have that power."

Erika Slezak, American Actress

Power, People, Earth

29

"Usefulness! It is not a fascinating word, and the quality is not one of which the aspiring spirit can dream o' nights, yet on the stage it is the first thing to aim at."

"Usefulness! It is not a fascinating word, and the quality is not one of which the aspiring spirit can dream o' nights, yet on the stage it is the first thing to aim at."

Ellen Terry, English Actress

Quality, Dream, First, Spirit

29

"I don't know if you can change things, but it's a drop in the ocean."

"I don't know if you can change things, but it's a drop in the ocean."

Julie Walters, British Actress

29

"I am more of a New Yorker than ever and just actually, sometimes I fantasize about living somewhere else, where it's maybe not quite so crowded or stressful, blah, blah, blah and after September 11th, I guess I could just not imagine living anywhere else."

"I am more of a New Yorker than ever and just actually, sometimes I fantasize about living somewhere else, where it's maybe not quite so crowded or stressful, blah, blah, blah and after September 11th, I guess I could just not imagine living anywhere else."

Sigourney Weaver, American Actress

29

"I like to wake up each morning feeling a new man."

"I like to wake up each morning feeling a new man."

Jean Harlow, American Actress

Feelings, Feeling, Man

29

"I don't fool myself. I can't see myself doing Shakespeare."

"I don't fool myself. I can't see myself doing Shakespeare."

Sharon Tate, American Actress

Fool, Shakespeare

29

"They gave me four weeks, and I asked if the first week could be just music with the two main conductors. So, the conductors came over to my home, and we worked in the music room, and I learned my two little songs."

"They gave me four weeks, and I asked if the first week could be just music with the two main conductors. So, the conductors came over to my home, and we worked in the music room, and I learned my two little songs."

Rue McClanahan, American Actress

Music, Home, First, Songs

29

"I was a young kid from Long Island who wanted to do something large with her life, so I can relate to that."

"I was a young kid from Long Island who wanted to do something large with her life, so I can relate to that."

Edie Falco, American Actress

29

"I think the average citizen is going to see no less than a $1,500 or more increase in what it's going to cost for basic living next year,... Taking sales tax off food isn't going to take care of all of that, but I think it's a way that we can help."

"I think the average citizen is going to see no less than a $1,500 or more increase in what it's going to cost for basic living next year,... Taking sales tax off food isn't going to take care of all of that, but I think it's a way that we can help."

Ann Robinson, American Actress

Food, Care, Tax, Help

29

"I got confused. I thought it was a K.Y. scare, so I bought 2000 jars of personal lubricant. I still have some."

"I got confused. I thought it was a K.Y. scare, so I bought 2000 jars of personal lubricant. I still have some."

Julie Brown, American Actress

29

"I eat all of the time... at least five little meals a day."

"I eat all of the time... at least five little meals a day."

Marilu Henner, American Actress

29

"I certainly love doing comedy and feel most comfortable near it."

"I certainly love doing comedy and feel most comfortable near it."

Candice Bergen, American Actress

29

"The man for me is the cherry on the pie. But I'm the pie and my pie is good all by itself. Even if I don't have a cherry."

"The man for me is the cherry on the pie. But I'm the pie and my pie is good all by itself. Even if I don't have a cherry."

Halle Berry, American Actress

29

"When I was 5, my mother threw a party, and a friend and I wrote and performed a play called The Dutch Doll."

"When I was 5, my mother threw a party, and a friend and I wrote and performed a play called The Dutch Doll."

Mira Sorvino, American Actress

Mother, Friend, Party, Play

29

"One guy wanted an outline of my foot. Another guy wanted locks of my hair."

"One guy wanted an outline of my foot. Another guy wanted locks of my hair."

Nicole Eggert, American Actress

29

"I've auditioned for roles that involved voice, but I don't like it. I feel like, I can't do this in front of you. It seems so separate - I don't share it with a lot of people. And I'm not into public performances."

"I've auditioned for roles that involved voice, but I don't like it. I feel like, I can't do this in front of you. It seems so separate - I don't share it with a lot of people. And I'm not into public performances."

Amanda Seyfried, American Actress

People, Public, Voice

29

"I couldn't get that same feeling during the day, with my hands in dirty dish water and the hard sun showing up the dirtiness on the roof tops. And after a time, even at night, the feeling of God didn't last."

"I couldn't get that same feeling during the day, with my hands in dirty dish water and the hard sun showing up the dirtiness on the roof tops. And after a time, even at night, the feeling of God didn't last."

Frances Farmer, American Actress

God, Time, Day, Feeling

29

"Today the salaries of stars are astronomical in comparison with the 20's, but the high cost of today's living and taxes takes a huge bite out of these salaries."

"Today the salaries of stars are astronomical in comparison with the 20's, but the high cost of today's living and taxes takes a huge bite out of these salaries."

Pola Negri, Polish Actress

Living, Stars, Taxes, Today

29

"When a show has gotten as much attention as this one, everyone wants to join in with something to say."

"When a show has gotten as much attention as this one, everyone wants to join in with something to say."

Edie Falco, American Actress

29

"People come up to me as I leave the stage after a performance and tell me tey saw my mother onstage with me every time I sing. I keep a sense of humor about it."

"People come up to me as I leave the stage after a performance and tell me tey saw my mother onstage with me every time I sing. I keep a sense of humor about it."

Lorna Luft, American Actress

Humor, Time, Mother, People

29

"I have an expensive hobby: buying homes, redoing them, tearing them down and building them up the way they want to be built. I want to be an architect."

"I have an expensive hobby: buying homes, redoing them, tearing them down and building them up the way they want to be built. I want to be an architect."

Sandra Bullock, American Actress

Building, Buying, Want

29

"People care about my personal life. But really I'm dorky! I drink beer and go to football games. And ya know, sit in my house in a t-shirt on the weekends and play with my dog!"

"People care about my personal life. But really I'm dorky! I drink beer and go to football games. And ya know, sit in my house in a t-shirt on the weekends and play with my dog!"

Sophia Bush, American Actress

Life, People, Beer, Care

29

"Will Smith said if I ever need some help, he was there for me."

"Will Smith said if I ever need some help, he was there for me."

Tatyana Ali, American Actress

29

"I think that the Japanese culture is one of the very few cultures left that is its own entity. They're just so traditional and so specific in their ways. It's kind of untouched, it's not Americanized."

"I think that the Japanese culture is one of the very few cultures left that is its own entity. They're just so traditional and so specific in their ways. It's kind of untouched, it's not Americanized."

Toni Collette, Australian Actress

29

"In this case they're doctors. But having passion for your work and to take risks in order to better human kind. That's a pretty big theme. It's pretty inspiring."

"In this case they're doctors. But having passion for your work and to take risks in order to better human kind. That's a pretty big theme. It's pretty inspiring."

Mary Stuart Masterson, American Actress

Work, Doctors, Inspiring, Order

29

"The animals are right here, right in front of us. And how we treat these companions is a test."

"The animals are right here, right in front of us. And how we treat these companions is a test."

Linda Blair, American Actress

29

"Now, having had this experience, I can't say really what they were looking for. I don't know their minds. But every time I see a reality show, it seems that the most entertaining parts on other reality shows are when they make their guests look foolish."

"Now, having had this experience, I can't say really what they were looking for. I don't know their minds. But every time I see a reality show, it seems that the most entertaining parts on other reality shows are when they make their guests look foolish."

Liza Minnelli, American Actress

Time, Experience, Guests, Now

29

"Too often, older women are seen as victims, but I know lots of formidable women who have marvellous jobs as well as a full erotic life, and children and friends and family."

"Too often, older women are seen as victims, but I know lots of formidable women who have marvellous jobs as well as a full erotic life, and children and friends and family."

Francesca Annis, English Actress

Family, Women, Life, Children

29

"It's kind of fun being the cute, little one. In fact, I'm finding it hard to grow out of that."

"It's kind of fun being the cute, little one. In fact, I'm finding it hard to grow out of that."

Katie Holmes, American Actress

Being, Cute, Fact, Fun

29

"In my early years, there were a number of experiences that made me decide I could not afford the luxury of just being an actress. There were a number of issues I wanted to address. And I wanted to use my career as a platform."

"In my early years, there were a number of experiences that made me decide I could not afford the luxury of just being an actress. There were a number of issues I wanted to address. And I wanted to use my career as a platform."

Cicely Tyson, American Actress

Being, Career, Luxury, Years

29

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