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"It's the change of rhythm which I think is what keeps me alive. In Spain I hear so much noise from my window that can't stand it. In Switzerland it's the lack of noise that drives me crazy."

"It's the change of rhythm which I think is what keeps me alive. In Spain I hear so much noise from my window that can't stand it. In Switzerland it's the lack of noise that drives me crazy."

Geraldine Chaplin, American Actress

26

"When I was 13 I asked my mother if it was possible for this to end - I'd had enough of it. And that was right about the time that we got a call for "The Exorcist" interview."

"When I was 13 I asked my mother if it was possible for this to end - I'd had enough of it. And that was right about the time that we got a call for "The Exorcist" interview."

Linda Blair, American Actress

Time, Mother, End, Right

26

"The communication is in the work and words are no substitute for this."

"The communication is in the work and words are no substitute for this."

Mary Martin, American Actress

Work, Communication, Words

26

"The thing about that too is that we had the same extras everyday. It was such a community. It was like a microcosmic little town. We were like all little towns people with extras and a crew."

"The thing about that too is that we had the same extras everyday. It was such a community. It was like a microcosmic little town. We were like all little towns people with extras and a crew."

Erika Christensen, American Actress

People, Community

26

"If something's important to you, you make time for it."

"If something's important to you, you make time for it."

Mia Maestro, Argentinian Actress

26

"I absolutely love Oscar. So classic. So timeless."

"I absolutely love Oscar. So classic. So timeless."

Nicole Richie, American Actress

26

"You can seduce a man without taking anything off, without even touching him."

"You can seduce a man without taking anything off, without even touching him."

Rae Dawn Chong, American Actress

26

"There have been a lot of murders and suicides in my family; it's like the primary cause of death. I wonder if there's a certain energy that attracts that."

"There have been a lot of murders and suicides in my family; it's like the primary cause of death. I wonder if there's a certain energy that attracts that."

Rose McGowan, American Actress

Death, Family, Cause, Energy

26

"I was born because my mother needed a fourth for meals."

"I was born because my mother needed a fourth for meals."

Beatrice Lillie, Canadian Actress

26

"I know I have the ability to do so much more than just stand in front of the camera the rest of my life."

"I know I have the ability to do so much more than just stand in front of the camera the rest of my life."

Jennie Garth, American Actress

Life, Ability, Rest

26

"Yeah, I like being on my own. I do. I tend to be a loner, so I'm okay. I'm not okay when I have to be around everyone all the time."

"Yeah, I like being on my own. I do. I tend to be a loner, so I'm okay. I'm not okay when I have to be around everyone all the time."

Keri Russell, American Actress

26

"If it's not some daring, dangerous affair, it's just not interesting, or so it seems. So, here you have two people - a famous American iconic couple - who actually like each other sexually, in marriage. Imagine."

"If it's not some daring, dangerous affair, it's just not interesting, or so it seems. So, here you have two people - a famous American iconic couple - who actually like each other sexually, in marriage. Imagine."

Shelley Long, American Actress

Marriage, People, Famous

26

"There's a lot of maintenance that goes into being a professional singer."

"There's a lot of maintenance that goes into being a professional singer."

Betty Buckley, American Actress

26

"The one happiness is to shut one's door upon a little room, with a table before one, and to create; to create life in that isolation from life."

"The one happiness is to shut one's door upon a little room, with a table before one, and to create; to create life in that isolation from life."

Eleanora Duse, Italian Actress

Happiness, Life, Isolation

26

"When you lie down with dogs, you get up with fleas."

"When you lie down with dogs, you get up with fleas."

Jean Harlow, American Actress

Lie, Dogs, Fleas

26

"Pickup lines are a major turn-off, they don't work on me and I tune them out. It's better to just be honest."

"Pickup lines are a major turn-off, they don't work on me and I tune them out. It's better to just be honest."

Kim Smith, American Actress

26

"This is my sixth series, and I'm burned out wondering if a show is going to change my life. Don't get me wrong, I love when people recognize my work. But I've given up worrying about whether it'll be seen by two people or two million or 22 million."

"This is my sixth series, and I'm burned out wondering if a show is going to change my life. Don't get me wrong, I love when people recognize my work. But I've given up worrying about whether it'll be seen by two people or two million or 22 million."

Charlotte Ross, American Actress

Change, Love, Life, Work

26

"We had this scene where I'm supposed to be bending over to get something. I thought it was kind of cute."

"We had this scene where I'm supposed to be bending over to get something. I thought it was kind of cute."

Melinda Clarke, American Actress

26

"I don't work a five-day week as a rule, and I've managed to fill that time up. It hasn't been that hard. I volunteer at school. I'm working because I love it. Yet, I don't not envy women who have a stay-at-home job, because you miss stuff."

"I don't work a five-day week as a rule, and I've managed to fill that time up. It hasn't been that hard. I volunteer at school. I'm working because I love it. Yet, I don't not envy women who have a stay-at-home job, because you miss stuff."

Deidre Hall, American Actress

Love, Time, Women, Work

26

"All these things they've been saying are a pack of lies."

"All these things they've been saying are a pack of lies."

Tina Louise, American Actress

Lie, Lies, Saying

26

"Relatives cannot help you in the studios," she says. "You stand or fall by your own efforts."

"Relatives cannot help you in the studios," she says. "You stand or fall by your own efforts."

Glynis Johns, British Actress

Help, Relatives

26

"Also, I had read a book called She's Not There: A Life in Two Genders, written by a professor who had gone through transgender surgery, but it took this person well into his thirties to come to terms with the absolute necessity of having to do it."

"Also, I had read a book called She's Not There: A Life in Two Genders, written by a professor who had gone through transgender surgery, but it took this person well into his thirties to come to terms with the absolute necessity of having to do it."

Mercedes Ruehl, American Actress

Life, Necessity

26

"In movies, you shoot out of sequence, so the issue of reality is really taken out of it."

"In movies, you shoot out of sequence, so the issue of reality is really taken out of it."

Rosie Perez, American Actress

Movies, Reality

26

"I had friends at school, but I was never part of a gang and I dreamed of that sense of belonging to a group. You know, where people would call me 'Em' and shout across the bar, 'Em, what are you drinking?' after the show."

"I had friends at school, but I was never part of a gang and I dreamed of that sense of belonging to a group. You know, where people would call me 'Em' and shout across the bar, 'Em, what are you drinking?' after the show."

Emily Mortimer, British Actress

People, Drinking, Friends, School

26

"Anyone with any real blood in his or her veins cannot help being a fan. Being a true American and being a fan are synonymous."

"Anyone with any real blood in his or her veins cannot help being a fan. Being a true American and being a fan are synonymous."

Lulu Glaser, American Actress

American, Being, Blood, Help

26

"The power of television - it's so present in our lives, we don't even know how powerful it is."

"The power of television - it's so present in our lives, we don't even know how powerful it is."

Melissa Leo, American Actress

Power, Present, Television

26

"I certainly do get at the end of my rope at times. We all do."

"I certainly do get at the end of my rope at times. We all do."

Joan Allen, American Actress

26

"So far I haven't really been prominent enough to get critical attention focused on me. So, of course, I fully expect bad reviews, but I will be wracked with misery as a result."

"So far I haven't really been prominent enough to get critical attention focused on me. So, of course, I fully expect bad reviews, but I will be wracked with misery as a result."

Emily Mortimer, British Actress

Attention, Misery, Result, Will

26

"It's an incredible privilege for an actor to look into the camera. It's like looking right into the heart of the film, and you can't take that lightly."

"It's an incredible privilege for an actor to look into the camera. It's like looking right into the heart of the film, and you can't take that lightly."

Emily Watson, English Actress

Heart, Actor, Film, Privilege

26

"I got all the schooling any actress needs. That is, I learned to write enough to sign contract."

"I got all the schooling any actress needs. That is, I learned to write enough to sign contract."

Hermione Gingold, English Actress

26

"That satisfied me until I began to figure that if God loved all his children equally, why did he bother about my red hat and let other people lose their fathers and mothers for always?"

"That satisfied me until I began to figure that if God loved all his children equally, why did he bother about my red hat and let other people lose their fathers and mothers for always?"

Frances Farmer, American Actress

God, People, Children, Fathers

26

"There is no such thing as an unreasonable question, or a silly question, or a frivolous question, or a waste-of-time question. It's your life, and you've got to get these answers."

"There is no such thing as an unreasonable question, or a silly question, or a frivolous question, or a waste-of-time question. It's your life, and you've got to get these answers."

Marcia Wallace, American Actress

Life, Answers, Question, Silly

26

"I decided I was going to be in love. I was going to give it everything I had. It was like heaven on that ranch. I don't know why we broke up. We never fought."

"I decided I was going to be in love. I was going to give it everything I had. It was like heaven on that ranch. I don't know why we broke up. We never fought."

Carrie Snodgress, American Actress

26

"Acting is a sense of wonder and magic and mystery for me and when life takes me on a new journey, I simply remember the smile my first ballet recital put on my face and I move forward."

"Acting is a sense of wonder and magic and mystery for me and when life takes me on a new journey, I simply remember the smile my first ballet recital put on my face and I move forward."

Andrea Thompson, American Actress

Life, Acting, Ballet, First

26

"Actors are rogues and vagabonds. Or they ought to be."

"Actors are rogues and vagabonds. Or they ought to be."

Helen Mirren, British Actress

26

"It takes time and energy, and if I'm working, then I'd rather flop in front of the telly than put on a tiny dress and work out how to get myself to God knows where. I mean, lazy some would call it."

"It takes time and energy, and if I'm working, then I'd rather flop in front of the telly than put on a tiny dress and work out how to get myself to God knows where. I mean, lazy some would call it."

Daisy Donovan, British Actress

Time, Work, God, Dress

26

"I get really upset seeing my friends who are mums crying because they feel like they're not good enough. Clever, confident, kind young women all going, 'I'm ruining my child's life.'"

"I get really upset seeing my friends who are mums crying because they feel like they're not good enough. Clever, confident, kind young women all going, 'I'm ruining my child's life.'"

Daisy Donovan, British Actress

Woman, Women, Life, Friends

26

"And I communed with many different faiths and even when I wanted to be rebellious I never did not believe in Him. I never believed the people who said God was destructive or punishing."

"And I communed with many different faiths and even when I wanted to be rebellious I never did not believe in Him. I never believed the people who said God was destructive or punishing."

Alfre Woodard, American Actress

26

"I'm in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on the One-Hit Wonder Wall. I'm still very troubled by the fact that I'm in the hall and my dad isn't."

"I'm in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on the One-Hit Wonder Wall. I'm still very troubled by the fact that I'm in the hall and my dad isn't."

Debby Boone, American Actress

Father, Dad, Fact, Fame, Wonder

26

"But the funny thing is, I broke my finger not on set doing kung fu. I broke my finger when I fell down the stairs prior to going on set."

"But the funny thing is, I broke my finger not on set doing kung fu. I broke my finger when I fell down the stairs prior to going on set."

Jaime King, American Actress

26

"Really rejoice in being yourself. Have your own drumbeat."

"Really rejoice in being yourself. Have your own drumbeat."

Kim Cattrall, English Actress

26

"I don't put off any time with my grandchildren. I don't put off a thing."

"I don't put off any time with my grandchildren. I don't put off a thing."

Lynn Redgrave, British Actress

26

"Of all the projects I've worked on, I've never worked with another director like Billy Friedkin. I think he's a genius."

"Of all the projects I've worked on, I've never worked with another director like Billy Friedkin. I think he's a genius."

Linda Blair, American Actress

Genius, Projects

26

"God's love doesn't leave out Jews or Muslims or anyone."

"God's love doesn't leave out Jews or Muslims or anyone."

Dyan Cannon, American Actress

26

"I wish everyone was a sci-fi geek because then there would be no violence in the world. There'd be no wars. There'd only be people e-mailing each other."

"I wish everyone was a sci-fi geek because then there would be no violence in the world. There'd be no wars. There'd only be people e-mailing each other."

Claudia Christian, American Actress

People, Violence, World

26

"Five minutes before I went on, I looked at my manager and said, I'm going to get booed. I know it's going to happen. And you're responsible because you put me on here. It was horrible. I've never been more hurt in my entire life."

"Five minutes before I went on, I looked at my manager and said, I'm going to get booed. I know it's going to happen. And you're responsible because you put me on here. It was horrible. I've never been more hurt in my entire life."

Shannen Doherty, American Actress

Life, Manager, Hurt

26

"I couldn't believe they were saying I put a horrible fake plastic bosom over scars I was trying to heal and keep it in place with a tight bra, which could stop my blood flow, just so I could fit into my clothes."

"I couldn't believe they were saying I put a horrible fake plastic bosom over scars I was trying to heal and keep it in place with a tight bra, which could stop my blood flow, just so I could fit into my clothes."

Koo Stark, American Actress

Blood, Clothes, Saying, Trying

26

"When I became a director, I wanted to convince a very reluctant Sidney into allowing me to go on the journey of his life. Sidney had gone ahead of every other African American actor."

"When I became a director, I wanted to convince a very reluctant Sidney into allowing me to go on the journey of his life. Sidney had gone ahead of every other African American actor."

Lee Grant, American Actress

Life, Actor, African

26

"I'm not going to change the world overnight. It's one person at a time, and hopefully they're people in positions of power who can help people get in those roles and really, truly embrace colorblind casting."

"I'm not going to change the world overnight. It's one person at a time, and hopefully they're people in positions of power who can help people get in those roles and really, truly embrace colorblind casting."

Gabrielle Union, American Actress

Change, Power, Time, People

26

"Time management is a big part of the director's job."

"Time management is a big part of the director's job."

Debbie Allen, American Actress

Time, Management, Job

26

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