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Quotes by Actress

"Knowing what I know of love, I hang back because I don't like to lie to myself."
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Anne Parillaud
"Knowing what I know of love, I hang back because I don't like to lie to myself."
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"The goal is to live a full, productive life even with all that ambiguity. No matter what hap- pens, whether the cancer never flares up again or whether you die, the important thing is that the days that you have had you will have lived."
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Gilda Radner
"The goal is to live a full, productive life even with all that ambiguity. No matter what hap- pens, whether the cancer never flares up again or whether you die, the important thing is that the days that you have had you will have lived."
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"My ambition is to be happy."
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Penelope Cruz
"My ambition is to be happy."
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"I was terribly shy when I was growing up, I really wasn't confident with other people and I think I was always afraid of up or not being this very cool, amazing person that I wanted to be."
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Emily Mortimer
"I was terribly shy when I was growing up, I really wasn't confident with other people and I think I was always afraid of up or not being this very cool, amazing person that I wanted to be."
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"Progress everywhere today does seem to come so very heavily disguised as Chaos."
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Joyce Grenfell
"Progress everywhere today does seem to come so very heavily disguised as Chaos."
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"It took me about eight years to put together the program that I have been living for twenty years."
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Marilu Henner
"It took me about eight years to put together the program that I have been living for twenty years."
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"I think The Exorcist was the hardest work I've ever done."
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Mercedes McCambridge
"I think The Exorcist was the hardest work I've ever done."
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"When people pay to see you live, they connect with you on a much deeper level than people who just buy your records."
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Sandra Bernhard
"When people pay to see you live, they connect with you on a much deeper level than people who just buy your records."
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"I've changed my mind about the interview. I shall never give interviews."
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Maude Adams
"I've changed my mind about the interview. I shall never give interviews."
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"No one's ever happy with their position in Hollywood. You hear that from people you'd never dream would complain."
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Yasmine Bleeth
"No one's ever happy with their position in Hollywood. You hear that from people you'd never dream would complain."
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"I was very depressed after breaking off my engagement with Johnny ten years ago. I was embarrassingly dramatic at the time, but you have to remember I was only 19 years old."
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Winona Ryder
"I was very depressed after breaking off my engagement with Johnny ten years ago. I was embarrassingly dramatic at the time, but you have to remember I was only 19 years old."
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"Acting is a way of living out one's insanity."
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Isabelle Huppert
"Acting is a way of living out one's insanity."
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"There are plenty of lesbians in Hollywood, but they're not out. And that's their choice, but I can't do that, it's too important to me."
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Jill Bennett
"There are plenty of lesbians in Hollywood, but they're not out. And that's their choice, but I can't do that, it's too important to me."
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"It's tough when take 1 is technically okay and take 2 has better acting. Out here (Hollywood) they print the first one. That's the one where we all hit the mark on the floor and who cares about the acting."
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Judy Holliday
"It's tough when take 1 is technically okay and take 2 has better acting. Out here (Hollywood) they print the first one. That's the one where we all hit the mark on the floor and who cares about the acting."
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"First and foremost, I'm a feminist. And basically that stems from a strong belief that all people and creatures deserve equal opportunity, rights and respect."
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Kathy Najimy
"First and foremost, I'm a feminist. And basically that stems from a strong belief that all people and creatures deserve equal opportunity, rights and respect."
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"Love is a fire. But whether it is going to warm your hearth or burn down your house, you can never tell."
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Joan Crawford
"Love is a fire. But whether it is going to warm your hearth or burn down your house, you can never tell."
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"When I first began, the technicians, camera and makeup men made me feel so self-conscious that I began to have the biggest inferiority complex about my looks."
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Jessie Matthews
"When I first began, the technicians, camera and makeup men made me feel so self-conscious that I began to have the biggest inferiority complex about my looks."
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"So that's my philosophy: If you believe in yourself, the chances and the opportunities will come around."
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Mindy Cohn
"So that's my philosophy: If you believe in yourself, the chances and the opportunities will come around."
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"Tough love - I'm kind of weary of that. I don't think it's so effective."
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Marguerite Moreau
"Tough love - I'm kind of weary of that. I don't think it's so effective."
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"In all the horror films that I have done, all of those women were strong women. I don't feel I ever played the victim, although I was always in jeopardy."
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Adrienne Barbeau
"In all the horror films that I have done, all of those women were strong women. I don't feel I ever played the victim, although I was always in jeopardy."
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"I've been playing sexually aware women most of my life. At this point I expected to be playing moms and wives. It's exciting to play a femme fatale."
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Kim Cattrall
"I've been playing sexually aware women most of my life. At this point I expected to be playing moms and wives. It's exciting to play a femme fatale."
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"I think it will be helpful to people because I know the expectations that are put on you as a sex symbol, and how Marilyn Monroe suffered and so on, and I was able to get free of that."
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Kim Novak
"I think it will be helpful to people because I know the expectations that are put on you as a sex symbol, and how Marilyn Monroe suffered and so on, and I was able to get free of that."
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"Who can I trust? You have to invest in somebody and chances are you're probably going to invest in somebody who's going to deceive you. I've been conned a couple of times, but now I'm a little more savvy."
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Maggie Gyllenhaal
"Who can I trust? You have to invest in somebody and chances are you're probably going to invest in somebody who's going to deceive you. I've been conned a couple of times, but now I'm a little more savvy."
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"It's so difficult. Sometimes if I have dessert, I think, 'Well, I blew it.' That's something I need to work on and control. But still there's nothing like a buffet."
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Donna Dixon
"It's so difficult. Sometimes if I have dessert, I think, 'Well, I blew it.' That's something I need to work on and control. But still there's nothing like a buffet."
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"One of the cruelest judgments sustained against me is that I have spoken out as a recovered alcoholic to stimulate my acting career."
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Mercedes McCambridge
"One of the cruelest judgments sustained against me is that I have spoken out as a recovered alcoholic to stimulate my acting career."
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"I don't regret anything I ever do or say. I don't like to live my life being censored. I like to say what I feel, and I think people respect that because you're honest."
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Eva Longoria
"I don't regret anything I ever do or say. I don't like to live my life being censored. I like to say what I feel, and I think people respect that because you're honest."
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"Shakespeare lets us see real people undergoing real processes, with real feelings."
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Vanessa Redgrave
"Shakespeare lets us see real people undergoing real processes, with real feelings."
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"Sex appeal is not on purpose."
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Heather Locklear
"Sex appeal is not on purpose."
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"I can laugh on cue, and it sounds real. People laugh with me."
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Ruth Buzzi
"I can laugh on cue, and it sounds real. People laugh with me."
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"It's very hard to remain a student in life."
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Carol Kane
"It's very hard to remain a student in life."
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"I fell in love with doing yoga."
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Ione Skye
"I fell in love with doing yoga."
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"I think that acting involves doing your job so well that you are able to help the viewer identify with the character."
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Ally Sheedy
"I think that acting involves doing your job so well that you are able to help the viewer identify with the character."
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"When a man gets up to speak, people listen then look. When a woman gets up, people kook; then, if they like what they see, they listen."
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Pauline Frederick
"When a man gets up to speak, people listen then look. When a woman gets up, people kook; then, if they like what they see, they listen."
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"I'm also doing constant book readings, movies. You name it, I'm doing it."
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Lynn Redgrave
"I'm also doing constant book readings, movies. You name it, I'm doing it."
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"The point of our demographics is that we're not having as many children and the population is stagnant, if not declining. So without immigration, we're not going to have the population."
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Susan Oliver
"The point of our demographics is that we're not having as many children and the population is stagnant, if not declining. So without immigration, we're not going to have the population."
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"I don't think people were betting on me, but they were giving me a chance. I think I rode a wave there, by being different in appearance than the girls who preceded me."
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Elisabeth Rohm
"I don't think people were betting on me, but they were giving me a chance. I think I rode a wave there, by being different in appearance than the girls who preceded me."
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"Debbie Gibson and dog food. I've always dreamed of this."
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Julie Brown
"Debbie Gibson and dog food. I've always dreamed of this."
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"Kirk is a man, and he loves it. He loves women."
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Lee Grant
"Kirk is a man, and he loves it. He loves women."
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"Research has shown that even small amounts of processed food alter the chemical balance in our brain and cause negative mood swings along with noticeable dips ill energy."
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Marilu Henner
"Research has shown that even small amounts of processed food alter the chemical balance in our brain and cause negative mood swings along with noticeable dips ill energy."
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"You really have to love the work. You can't look for stardom. That's a by-product."
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Donna Mills
"You really have to love the work. You can't look for stardom. That's a by-product."
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"I have got two reasons for success and I'm standing on both of them."
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Betty Grable
"I have got two reasons for success and I'm standing on both of them."
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"If you're always strict with yourself, life gets miserable. And we're supposed to enjoy life."
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Mia Maestro
"If you're always strict with yourself, life gets miserable. And we're supposed to enjoy life."
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"I like being famous when it's convenient for me and completely anonymous when it's not."
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Catherine Deneuve
"I like being famous when it's convenient for me and completely anonymous when it's not."
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"Sure, I'd take the responsibility of queen any day."
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Charisma Carpenter
"Sure, I'd take the responsibility of queen any day."
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"A lot of times people's main motives and plan in life is to hurt as many people as they can, but I think there's enough good people that help make the world a good place."
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Tina Yothers
"A lot of times people's main motives and plan in life is to hurt as many people as they can, but I think there's enough good people that help make the world a good place."
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"The worst storyline I've ever been involved in I wasn't involved in, because I was clever enough to get pregnant with my second child and they wrote me out and they replaced me with Christine Jones. And thank God - that was the worst storyline."
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Erika Slezak
"The worst storyline I've ever been involved in I wasn't involved in, because I was clever enough to get pregnant with my second child and they wrote me out and they replaced me with Christine Jones. And thank God - that was the worst storyline."
God,
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"When really you've gone to drama school and rep and then you've come to London and gone to auditions and you've worked, solidly, for years. But that all gets forgotten."
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Julia Ormond
"When really you've gone to drama school and rep and then you've come to London and gone to auditions and you've worked, solidly, for years. But that all gets forgotten."
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"I had no words for these feelings. And then people started using the word Ms. Suddenly, there was this handle with which I could identify myself and understand why I felt so out of whack with the culture around me."
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Betty Buckley
"I had no words for these feelings. And then people started using the word Ms. Suddenly, there was this handle with which I could identify myself and understand why I felt so out of whack with the culture around me."
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"I'm not the sexiest thing in the world, I feel actors who have to 'play' sexy lose all their sex appeal. When they start with the tongue and the heavy lids, it looks so ridiculous. I think you just have to be yourself."
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Stephanie Zimbalist
"I'm not the sexiest thing in the world, I feel actors who have to 'play' sexy lose all their sex appeal. When they start with the tongue and the heavy lids, it looks so ridiculous. I think you just have to be yourself."
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"You get educated by traveling."
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Solange Knowles
"You get educated by traveling."
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