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Quotes by Actress

"We have freedoms and boundaries; we just have a great family life."
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Kelly Preston
"We have freedoms and boundaries; we just have a great family life."
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"Dr. Einstein was not successful in school, but he found something in the air from his own imagination and his own brain power, and look what he did."
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Eartha Kitt
"Dr. Einstein was not successful in school, but he found something in the air from his own imagination and his own brain power, and look what he did."
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"Movies make you immortal and ageless."
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Kristin Scott Thomas
"Movies make you immortal and ageless."
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"Creative people are very insecure people because they don't know whether people like them or are in awe of them. That insecurity always comes out. It makes them a better actor, I feel."
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Persis Khambatta
"Creative people are very insecure people because they don't know whether people like them or are in awe of them. That insecurity always comes out. It makes them a better actor, I feel."
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"I was a brownie for a day. My mom made me stop. She didn't want me to conform."
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Sandra Bullock
"I was a brownie for a day. My mom made me stop. She didn't want me to conform."
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"Seeing The English Patient is wonderfully draining, but imagine acting in it for six months."
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Kristin Scott Thomas
"Seeing The English Patient is wonderfully draining, but imagine acting in it for six months."
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"I do expose my body, but only because I think people should have something nice to look at."
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Brigitte Nielsen
"I do expose my body, but only because I think people should have something nice to look at."
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"I would say Politically Incorrect is my favourite right now."
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Megan Gallagher
"I would say Politically Incorrect is my favourite right now."
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"Marriage isn't a carnival ride."
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Aisha Tyler
"Marriage isn't a carnival ride."
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"Roseanne was incredible to work with. She was extremely bright."
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Sarah Chalke
"Roseanne was incredible to work with. She was extremely bright."
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"I always say centered food equals centered behavior."
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Marilu Henner
"I always say centered food equals centered behavior."
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"I wanted to act; that was my one goal. I wanted to devote all my time to acting and not waitressing or anything else."
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Edie Falco
"I wanted to act; that was my one goal. I wanted to devote all my time to acting and not waitressing or anything else."
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"I'd like to think Helen very much understood what it was to be disadvantaged in the medical field. And that that was something that she never let dictate her choices."
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Mary Stuart Masterson
"I'd like to think Helen very much understood what it was to be disadvantaged in the medical field. And that that was something that she never let dictate her choices."
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"I'm a perfectionist, so I can drive myself mad - and other people, too. At the same time, I think that's one of the reasons I'm successful. Because I really care about what I do."
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Michelle Pfeiffer
"I'm a perfectionist, so I can drive myself mad - and other people, too. At the same time, I think that's one of the reasons I'm successful. Because I really care about what I do."
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"I'm very proud of Family Ties. It's meant a lot to a lot of people."
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Tina Yothers
"I'm very proud of Family Ties. It's meant a lot to a lot of people."
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"I would love for TNT to run the whole season at one point. I don't think that'll ever happen, though."
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Elisabeth Rohm
"I would love for TNT to run the whole season at one point. I don't think that'll ever happen, though."
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"I play a character every day of my life, and I don't want to play a character as myself. They can judge me as an actress, not as a person. I'm not a spokeswoman for Anna."
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Anna Friel
"I play a character every day of my life, and I don't want to play a character as myself. They can judge me as an actress, not as a person. I'm not a spokeswoman for Anna."
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"I did my homework and didn't go out much, and had a very highly developed kitsch fantasy life where I dreamed of being a dancing girl."
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Emily Mortimer
"I did my homework and didn't go out much, and had a very highly developed kitsch fantasy life where I dreamed of being a dancing girl."
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"I keep every script from every film that I ever made because it's like a workbook of that time in my life."
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Marguerite Moreau
"I keep every script from every film that I ever made because it's like a workbook of that time in my life."
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"I had been warned not to get on a motorcycle, sort of. I think there is a clause in most general basic contracts to keep yourself in one piece and not alter your looks without telling them first."
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Charisma Carpenter
"I had been warned not to get on a motorcycle, sort of. I think there is a clause in most general basic contracts to keep yourself in one piece and not alter your looks without telling them first."
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"You can't stop the aging process. There's only so much oil you can put on your body. I've always just tried to go with my age. If the part requires somebody a little younger or older, I can probably get away with that."
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Angie Dickinson
"You can't stop the aging process. There's only so much oil you can put on your body. I've always just tried to go with my age. If the part requires somebody a little younger or older, I can probably get away with that."
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"I can't remember when I wasn't an animal rights activist."
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Ali MacGraw
"I can't remember when I wasn't an animal rights activist."
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"Life is short, and it is here to be lived."
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Kate Winslet
"Life is short, and it is here to be lived."
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"They talked about me as if I were Mother Teresa, and that every time I get a paycheck I go and send it to poor people and that we spend every free moment helping out people less fortunate. That was an enormous exaggeration."
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Wendie Malick
"They talked about me as if I were Mother Teresa, and that every time I get a paycheck I go and send it to poor people and that we spend every free moment helping out people less fortunate. That was an enormous exaggeration."
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"That is why it's so fun to make movies... you get to do lots of things you would never do in your normal life."
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Meg Tilly
"That is why it's so fun to make movies... you get to do lots of things you would never do in your normal life."
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"I just think Australia tends to make very good movies, so if someone hands me an Australian or an American film script I would guess the Australian film would be more intriguing."
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Barbara Hershey
"I just think Australia tends to make very good movies, so if someone hands me an Australian or an American film script I would guess the Australian film would be more intriguing."
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"Yoga is a life-saver."
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Ione Skye
"Yoga is a life-saver."
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"When I am working on a movie, all I want to talk about is the movie. All I want to be with are the movie people. It's like a clan. If I'm asked to people's houses for dinner, I hate to go, because they'll talk about other things."
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Jacqueline Bisset
"When I am working on a movie, all I want to talk about is the movie. All I want to be with are the movie people. It's like a clan. If I'm asked to people's houses for dinner, I hate to go, because they'll talk about other things."
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"I am a great lover of art, in many forms: paintings, objets, textiles. I don't have the talent for painting, but I have a very good sense of colour, a love of visual beauty."
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Jacqueline Bisset
"I am a great lover of art, in many forms: paintings, objets, textiles. I don't have the talent for painting, but I have a very good sense of colour, a love of visual beauty."
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"I've been around since I was 19, I won the Oscar when I was 21, I've had a couple of TV series. I've continued to work despite the predictions of some naysayers."
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Marlee Matlin
"I've been around since I was 19, I won the Oscar when I was 21, I've had a couple of TV series. I've continued to work despite the predictions of some naysayers."
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"The thing about being in America is when you are driving with the sun on your back, there's hip hop. I never used to be into hip hop, but there's hip hop in the food, soul food, there's hip hop in the cars."
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Vanessa Brown
"The thing about being in America is when you are driving with the sun on your back, there's hip hop. I never used to be into hip hop, but there's hip hop in the food, soul food, there's hip hop in the cars."
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"I get to experiment with a lot of looks with my character so that's really fun for me. It's like getting to paint a new canvas everyday."
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Sophia Bush
"I get to experiment with a lot of looks with my character so that's really fun for me. It's like getting to paint a new canvas everyday."
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"I never wanted to become an actress because I'd read great literature or seen great Shakespeare. It was more just wanting to understand what the people were really like, why they said all the strange things they did."
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Julie Walters
"I never wanted to become an actress because I'd read great literature or seen great Shakespeare. It was more just wanting to understand what the people were really like, why they said all the strange things they did."
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"Most movie stars don't change their look at all."
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Kelly Lynch
"Most movie stars don't change their look at all."
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"He was just trying to tease me - I knew that later - but he said he'd have to leave because it wasn't fair to have anyone in the room who was going to make fun of what he had to say. He had a good sense of humor, really."
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Fay Wray
"He was just trying to tease me - I knew that later - but he said he'd have to leave because it wasn't fair to have anyone in the room who was going to make fun of what he had to say. He had a good sense of humor, really."
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"I wouldn't hunt a person down for food. But if he were already dead."
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Yasmine Bleeth
"I wouldn't hunt a person down for food. But if he were already dead."
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"I don't think the Hollywood community is interested in what I can do. That's all right. I've never looked for a job in my life, and I'm not going to start now. I have plenty to keep me busy."
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Mercedes McCambridge
"I don't think the Hollywood community is interested in what I can do. That's all right. I've never looked for a job in my life, and I'm not going to start now. I have plenty to keep me busy."
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"When I was four or five, my father had a general store in Winchester and I don't think the farmers could ever leave on Saturday afternoon until I had been placed up on the counter to sing."
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Dinah Shore
"When I was four or five, my father had a general store in Winchester and I don't think the farmers could ever leave on Saturday afternoon until I had been placed up on the counter to sing."
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"There are zillions of people who say that alcoholism is a disease, but not many of them believe it."
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Mercedes McCambridge
"There are zillions of people who say that alcoholism is a disease, but not many of them believe it."
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"I haven't been out of work since the day I took my pants off."
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Sally Rand
"I haven't been out of work since the day I took my pants off."
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"Nowadays, I could not care less about making other people like me. I'm a good person, I don't need to do that anymore."
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Beverley Mitchell
"Nowadays, I could not care less about making other people like me. I'm a good person, I don't need to do that anymore."
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"While we have the gift of life, it seems to me the only tragedy is to allow part of us to die - whether it is our spirit, our creativity or our glorious uniqueness."
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Gilda Radner
"While we have the gift of life, it seems to me the only tragedy is to allow part of us to die - whether it is our spirit, our creativity or our glorious uniqueness."
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"I'm a little commitment phobic, in that I've always been someone who likes to take things one year at a time because as we all know, a year can change everything in your life."
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Debra Messing
"I'm a little commitment phobic, in that I've always been someone who likes to take things one year at a time because as we all know, a year can change everything in your life."
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"My son is old enough to respond to my work. To me, that's what it is all about."
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Tara Strong
"My son is old enough to respond to my work. To me, that's what it is all about."
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"I always have the feeling in these low states that something good is about to happen. That's when I feel the fullest, the rawest, the closest to myself."
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Nastassja Kinski
"I always have the feeling in these low states that something good is about to happen. That's when I feel the fullest, the rawest, the closest to myself."
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"I love acting. When I'm acting I feel like I'm on vacation. I'm just having a wonderful time. The nightmare is just getting the work to happen."
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Elizabeth Pena
"I love acting. When I'm acting I feel like I'm on vacation. I'm just having a wonderful time. The nightmare is just getting the work to happen."
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"I swear I want to be a food model."
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Amy Sedaris
"I swear I want to be a food model."
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"I've learned to take jobs as an actress that is meaningful to me because I've never taken a job for the money."
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Emily Rossum
"I've learned to take jobs as an actress that is meaningful to me because I've never taken a job for the money."
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"It was, when I read it, I thought, such a beautiful script. I loved the story. I thought it was well handled. I thought it was even more moving because it was a true story and that made it even more poignant."
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Jennifer Connelly
"It was, when I read it, I thought, such a beautiful script. I loved the story. I thought it was well handled. I thought it was even more moving because it was a true story and that made it even more poignant."
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"I've been doing TV for fourteen years, and I've always had a fascination with the political business side. It's ruled my life. Ratings or no ratings have decided where I live, who I work with, and how long I'll be doing that particular job."
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Charlotte Ross
"I've been doing TV for fourteen years, and I've always had a fascination with the political business side. It's ruled my life. Ratings or no ratings have decided where I live, who I work with, and how long I'll be doing that particular job."
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