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"I'm not recognized very often, and if I am, it's a die-hard Veronica Mars fan. Which is usually flattering and an honor. I really try not to think about it."
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Kristen Bell
"I'm not recognized very often, and if I am, it's a die-hard Veronica Mars fan. Which is usually flattering and an honor. I really try not to think about it."
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"I could never have conceived that I would ever get to work in a Truffaut film. It was astonishing to me, and still is. I felt like an old pro, but it was still so unexpected."
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Jacqueline Bisset
"I could never have conceived that I would ever get to work in a Truffaut film. It was astonishing to me, and still is. I felt like an old pro, but it was still so unexpected."
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"And yet, I suppose you mourn the loss or the death of what you thought your life was, even if you find your life is better after. You mourn the future that you thought you'd planned."
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Lynn Redgrave
"And yet, I suppose you mourn the loss or the death of what you thought your life was, even if you find your life is better after. You mourn the future that you thought you'd planned."
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"Every single day of making a movie is going to bring new problems."
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Marguerite Moreau
"Every single day of making a movie is going to bring new problems."
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"I never felt I was quite the ticket academically. I always felt I had to put in an enormous amount of effort not to be disappointing. So I worked really hard, but at the time it suited me, because I didn't do very much else."
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Emily Mortimer
"I never felt I was quite the ticket academically. I always felt I had to put in an enormous amount of effort not to be disappointing. So I worked really hard, but at the time it suited me, because I didn't do very much else."
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"Sometimes, when I'm alone, I put on six inch heels and wear nothing else and dance around in front of the mirror and do my little stripper dance."
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Tori Spelling
"Sometimes, when I'm alone, I put on six inch heels and wear nothing else and dance around in front of the mirror and do my little stripper dance."
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"Jack Kennedy always said to me, Hedy, get involved. That's the secret of life. Try everything. Join everything. Meet everybody."
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Hedy Lamarr
"Jack Kennedy always said to me, Hedy, get involved. That's the secret of life. Try everything. Join everything. Meet everybody."
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"Unattractive people are more obsessed with looks."
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Rae Dawn Chong
"Unattractive people are more obsessed with looks."
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"Most of the time I meet my trainer at the gym and we do a lot of everything: weights circuit with cardio, football drills, sprinting with weights on the treadmill."
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Charisma Carpenter
"Most of the time I meet my trainer at the gym and we do a lot of everything: weights circuit with cardio, football drills, sprinting with weights on the treadmill."
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"It sustained me... I can't tell you how much their support meant to me when I was leaving and coming back and even while I was gone, there was a part of me that knew people were pulling for me."
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Alice Barrett
"It sustained me... I can't tell you how much their support meant to me when I was leaving and coming back and even while I was gone, there was a part of me that knew people were pulling for me."
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"Unfortunately, sometimes people don't hear you until you scream."
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Stefanie Powers
"Unfortunately, sometimes people don't hear you until you scream."
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"I like the energy of live performance."
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Sandra Bernhard
"I like the energy of live performance."
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"I don't see any reason for marriage when there is divorce."
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Catherine Deneuve
"I don't see any reason for marriage when there is divorce."
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"Some people had fathers who were bankers or farmers, my father made films, that's how I saw it. As for the movie stars, they were just around, some of them were friends, others weren't, it was all just a part of my everyday life."
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Anjelica Huston
"Some people had fathers who were bankers or farmers, my father made films, that's how I saw it. As for the movie stars, they were just around, some of them were friends, others weren't, it was all just a part of my everyday life."
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"I've been doing Pride and Prejudice all summer, so suddenly the chance to be holed up with a bunch of marines is quite attractive, and probably a necessary dose of male energy."
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Rosamund Pike
"I've been doing Pride and Prejudice all summer, so suddenly the chance to be holed up with a bunch of marines is quite attractive, and probably a necessary dose of male energy."
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"I want to play everything. I really want to do it all."
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Sophia Bush
"I want to play everything. I really want to do it all."
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"I've always been a good flier. I love the whole experience."
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Erika Christensen
"I've always been a good flier. I love the whole experience."
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"There was a time I was very much blaming the way I felt on L.A, that it was a vacuum of creativity, of humor or anything organic, and I was really angry at the place. But then today I feel completely different - I love L.A.!"
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Naomi Watts
"There was a time I was very much blaming the way I felt on L.A, that it was a vacuum of creativity, of humor or anything organic, and I was really angry at the place. But then today I feel completely different - I love L.A.!"
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"There are lots of people in the world who do have the advantage of going to a good drama school and just decide that they want to be actors. There's nothing wrong with an untrained actor; they have to get their training somehow, they have to learn."
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Erika Slezak
"There are lots of people in the world who do have the advantage of going to a good drama school and just decide that they want to be actors. There's nothing wrong with an untrained actor; they have to get their training somehow, they have to learn."
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"I love playing Chekhov. That's the hardest; that's why I love it most."
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Uta Hagen
"I love playing Chekhov. That's the hardest; that's why I love it most."
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"I think the hardest part about being a teenager is dealing with other teenagers - the criticism and the ridicule, the gossip and rumors."
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Beverley Mitchell
"I think the hardest part about being a teenager is dealing with other teenagers - the criticism and the ridicule, the gossip and rumors."
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"They have to be able to spark my interest so I want to pursue it, and they have to have an awesome personality, really laid-back. All those things are sexy to me."
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Laura Prepon
"They have to be able to spark my interest so I want to pursue it, and they have to have an awesome personality, really laid-back. All those things are sexy to me."
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"I totally changed my life, changed my lifestyle."
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Marilu Henner
"I totally changed my life, changed my lifestyle."
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"Your voice is your tool and represents you. It's very important to have a good voice where you can be understood."
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Jacqueline Bisset
"Your voice is your tool and represents you. It's very important to have a good voice where you can be understood."
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"There's a pretty good chance that you're going to go down when you're on a motorcycle or if you're sky diving or whatever, but that happened before I even got this job, and I haven't sky dived since."
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Charisma Carpenter
"There's a pretty good chance that you're going to go down when you're on a motorcycle or if you're sky diving or whatever, but that happened before I even got this job, and I haven't sky dived since."
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"I just thought that I had had my fill for a while and wanted to have a family. My husband was moving to Chicago for his job. And so I went along. And it was a great thing that I did."
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Lauren Holly
"I just thought that I had had my fill for a while and wanted to have a family. My husband was moving to Chicago for his job. And so I went along. And it was a great thing that I did."
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"Ask everyone whether they're an actor or a doctor or a teacher or whatever is entitled to his or her opinion. But unfortunately, because actors are in the public eye, whether we want it or not, sometimes our opinions carry more weight or influence than they deserve."
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Debra Messing
"Ask everyone whether they're an actor or a doctor or a teacher or whatever is entitled to his or her opinion. But unfortunately, because actors are in the public eye, whether we want it or not, sometimes our opinions carry more weight or influence than they deserve."
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"I've always done things the hard way. I was born like a piece of tangled yarn. The job is trying to untangle it, and I'll probably go on doing it for the rest of my life."
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Karen Allen
"I've always done things the hard way. I was born like a piece of tangled yarn. The job is trying to untangle it, and I'll probably go on doing it for the rest of my life."
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"Quite often in life, when a tragic event arrives it becomes a springboard for mirroring all other things in one's life that one hasn't come to terms with."
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Charlotte Rampling
"Quite often in life, when a tragic event arrives it becomes a springboard for mirroring all other things in one's life that one hasn't come to terms with."
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"And I would urge all women to have that regular mammogram."
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Lynn Redgrave
"And I would urge all women to have that regular mammogram."
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"I'm a just a mom when I walk down the street."
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Alice Barrett
"I'm a just a mom when I walk down the street."
Mom,
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"The thing I loved about Alfred Hitchcock is that he left a lot of open ends there, a lot of clues that didn't really add up the way you think they would, and sometimes, not at all."
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Kim Novak
"The thing I loved about Alfred Hitchcock is that he left a lot of open ends there, a lot of clues that didn't really add up the way you think they would, and sometimes, not at all."
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"If you could choose one characteristic that would get you through life, choose a sense of humor."
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Jennifer Jones
"If you could choose one characteristic that would get you through life, choose a sense of humor."
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"She came up with a whole way of doing fluoroscopy, which is kind of like a live version of X-ray, so that she could see the heart as it worked, not frozen in a picture."
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Mary Stuart Masterson
"She came up with a whole way of doing fluoroscopy, which is kind of like a live version of X-ray, so that she could see the heart as it worked, not frozen in a picture."
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"Judi Dench and Ian McKellen taught me how to work hard and respect the theatre."
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Francesca Annis
"Judi Dench and Ian McKellen taught me how to work hard and respect the theatre."
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"The interesting thing about doing a play is to find a way to make it fresh and do it as though you were doing it for the first time."
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Ellen Burstyn
"The interesting thing about doing a play is to find a way to make it fresh and do it as though you were doing it for the first time."
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"We are in desperate need of a well-done romantic lesbian comedy."
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Jill Bennett
"We are in desperate need of a well-done romantic lesbian comedy."
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"Age does not bring you wisdom, age brings you wrinkles."
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Estelle Getty
"Age does not bring you wisdom, age brings you wrinkles."
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"If this fame, which people call my lucky break, were to stop tomorrow, I shouldn't care."
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Brigitte Bardot
"If this fame, which people call my lucky break, were to stop tomorrow, I shouldn't care."
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"I find it next to impossible to remain politely silent when people prate to me about the glory of being given another chance to live happily ever after!"
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Mercedes McCambridge
"I find it next to impossible to remain politely silent when people prate to me about the glory of being given another chance to live happily ever after!"
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"I need to decide whether to apply for college or delay it for a couple of years while I pursue some more acting projects. Right now I'm trying to sort things out, so I can make the right choices."
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Lacey Chabert
"I need to decide whether to apply for college or delay it for a couple of years while I pursue some more acting projects. Right now I'm trying to sort things out, so I can make the right choices."
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"Life came in and put me in front of the camera before I could really make a decision, but I think I probably would have gravitated to film."
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Elisabeth Rohm
"Life came in and put me in front of the camera before I could really make a decision, but I think I probably would have gravitated to film."
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"My major in college was Chinese Studies. It was very intentional."
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Mira Sorvino
"My major in college was Chinese Studies. It was very intentional."
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"Well, you know, I have always had an issue with the whole weight thing with people in general because I happen to love how big women look. I mean, it's all a perspective. It's all an opinion, and I think sort of the Rubenesque, voluptuous body is a lot sexier than the boney bag of bones with fake everything."
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Debi Mazar
"Well, you know, I have always had an issue with the whole weight thing with people in general because I happen to love how big women look. I mean, it's all a perspective. It's all an opinion, and I think sort of the Rubenesque, voluptuous body is a lot sexier than the boney bag of bones with fake everything."
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"I've always wanted to play Maria in West Side Story. My idol is Natalie Wood, and I love the movie, so I think a modern-day twist on it would be really neat."
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Vanessa Hudgens
"I've always wanted to play Maria in West Side Story. My idol is Natalie Wood, and I love the movie, so I think a modern-day twist on it would be really neat."
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"I limited myself to introduce a change in my way of thinking and the way I see things. When I look at my child, I do it in a different way then when I'm contemplating a chair. They are different... the child is a living being, and the chair is an object."
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Meg Tilly
"I limited myself to introduce a change in my way of thinking and the way I see things. When I look at my child, I do it in a different way then when I'm contemplating a chair. They are different... the child is a living being, and the chair is an object."
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"It was there that, through a mutual friend, I met John Waters - proving what I've always said: you meet the best people on field trips."
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Mink Stole
"It was there that, through a mutual friend, I met John Waters - proving what I've always said: you meet the best people on field trips."
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"I had a lot of resentment for a while toward Kim Novak. But I don't mind her anymore. She's okay. We've become friends. I even asked her before this trip for some beauty tips."
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Kim Novak
"I had a lot of resentment for a while toward Kim Novak. But I don't mind her anymore. She's okay. We've become friends. I even asked her before this trip for some beauty tips."
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"You don't need a love scene to show love."
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Lee Grant
"You don't need a love scene to show love."
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"I started singing at the Met when I was seven, and the competition was so fierce that it really prepared me."
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Emily Rossum
"I started singing at the Met when I was seven, and the competition was so fierce that it really prepared me."
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