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"As an actress people always tease me like: if there's anything you can do to make yourself unattractive you will do it."

"As an actress people always tease me like: if there's anything you can do to make yourself unattractive you will do it."

Amy Adams, American Actress

26

"The cool thing about my profession is that I can do it until the day I die."

"The cool thing about my profession is that I can do it until the day I die."

Candace Cameron, American Actress

Day, Profession

26

"I think it's damaging to know too much about a person, about an actor."

"I think it's damaging to know too much about a person, about an actor."

Molly Parker, Canadian Actress

26

"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."

"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, Ballet, First, Journey

26

"I got out of college in 1997, and TV embraced me very quickly."

"I got out of college in 1997, and TV embraced me very quickly."

Elisabeth Rohm, American Actress

26

"We are getting an education of a lifetime. We're actually out there in the real world."

"We are getting an education of a lifetime. We're actually out there in the real world."

Solange Knowles, American Actress

Education, World

26

"Reflection is an all-consuming, in-depth, and serious thought process that is required in a paradigm shift."

"Reflection is an all-consuming, in-depth, and serious thought process that is required in a paradigm shift."

Farshad Asl, American Actress

Reflection, Change, Introspection, Growth

26

"Turns out, I couldn't catch them - or even get close to them. I realized that sharks are amazing, beautiful animals who have absolutely no interest in checking me out."

"Turns out, I couldn't catch them - or even get close to them. I realized that sharks are amazing, beautiful animals who have absolutely no interest in checking me out."

Malin Akerman, Swedish Actress

Animals, Interest

26

"Don't hate me, but I've always been skinny. I got lucky."

"Don't hate me, but I've always been skinny. I got lucky."

Malin Akerman, Swedish Actress

26

"I hope more people decide to become organ donors."

"I hope more people decide to become organ donors."

Donna Reed, American Actress

26

"I want to feel passion, I want to feel pain. I want to weep at the sound of your name. Come make me laugh, come make me cry... just make me feel alive."

"I want to feel passion, I want to feel pain. I want to weep at the sound of your name. Come make me laugh, come make me cry... just make me feel alive."

Joey Lauren Adams, American Actress

Name, Pain, Passion, Sound

26

"A lot of show business, as you know, is about all the contacts you make and who you know."

"A lot of show business, as you know, is about all the contacts you make and who you know."

Denise Crosby, American Actress

26

"There is an audience for every play; it's just that sometimes it can't wait long enough to find it."

"There is an audience for every play; it's just that sometimes it can't wait long enough to find it."

Shirley Booth, American Actress

26

"While I was in high school, I started working professionally and got an agent."

"While I was in high school, I started working professionally and got an agent."

Charlene Tilton, American Actress

26

"Those are my favorite kind of parts to do, just being a goofball and seeing how far you can go with something until you're just way out of line."

"Those are my favorite kind of parts to do, just being a goofball and seeing how far you can go with something until you're just way out of line."

Malin Akerman, Swedish Actress

Being, Favorite

26

"When I first came out with my fans and the wind hit me, I almost took off."

"When I first came out with my fans and the wind hit me, I almost took off."

Sally Rand, American Actress

Fans, First, Wind

26

"You know you're old when you've lost all your marvels."

"You know you're old when you've lost all your marvels."

Merry Browne, American Actress

26

"I think that's what I love about my life. There's no maniacal master plan. It's just unfolding before me."

"I think that's what I love about my life. There's no maniacal master plan. It's just unfolding before me."

Cate Blanchett, Australian Actress

26

"I think even when homeowners love their room, it's still a shock, because you left your house, went to sleep, came home and your room was dramatically and drastically different."

"I think even when homeowners love their room, it's still a shock, because you left your house, went to sleep, came home and your room was dramatically and drastically different."

Paige Davis, American Actress

Home, Love, Sleep

26

"All you have to do is to look like crap on film and everyone thinks you're a brilliant actress. Actually, all you've done is look like crap."

"All you have to do is to look like crap on film and everyone thinks you're a brilliant actress. Actually, all you've done is look like crap."

Helen Mirren, British Actress

25

"An actor has to be very, very careful, as one of the most wonderful props - and actors love props - is a cigarette. There's so much to do with it: you can bring it up to your face, play with the smoke. It's just the greatest - ever since I was 16 and in acting school in England, I've been playing around with cigarettes."

"An actor has to be very, very careful, as one of the most wonderful props - and actors love props - is a cigarette. There's so much to do with it: you can bring it up to your face, play with the smoke. It's just the greatest - ever since I was 16 and in acting school in England, I've been playing around with cigarettes."

Melissa Leo, American Actress

Love, Acting, Actor, Actors

25

"My greatest achievement so far is that I've been able to continue with my normal life. I love what I do, but more so, I'm glad to have people who care about me close by."

"My greatest achievement so far is that I've been able to continue with my normal life. I love what I do, but more so, I'm glad to have people who care about me close by."

Kim Smith, American Actress

Love, Life, People, Achievement

25

"We get a lot of overseas people wanting to order cakes."

"We get a lot of overseas people wanting to order cakes."

Jane Asher, British Actress

25

"Not to get overly psychological about this, but it's probably why I became an actress in the first place: for that kind of freedom and refuge, as well as for the fact that I just love acting so much."

"Not to get overly psychological about this, but it's probably why I became an actress in the first place: for that kind of freedom and refuge, as well as for the fact that I just love acting so much."

Marisa Tomei, American Actress

Love, Acting, Fact, First

25

"Hollywood sold its stars on good looks and personality buildups. We weren't really actresses in a true sense, we were just big names - the products of a good publicity department."

"Hollywood sold its stars on good looks and personality buildups. We weren't really actresses in a true sense, we were just big names - the products of a good publicity department."

Ann Sothern, American Actress

Hollywood, Names, Personality, Publicity

25

"What I am interested in is the present time."

"What I am interested in is the present time."

Sophie Marceau, French Actress

25

"Two things I take very seriously in life. My golf game and my relationship with God. Neither one is simple."

"Two things I take very seriously in life. My golf game and my relationship with God. Neither one is simple."

Cheryl Ladd, American Actress

God, Life, Golf

25

"I grew up without a television. It meant that I read lots of books and entertained myself."

"I grew up without a television. It meant that I read lots of books and entertained myself."

Emily Watson, English Actress

Books, Television

25

"Everyone tries to talk you out of going to college. The consensus being that people are just gonna forget about you, you know, and that's the way the business works."

"Everyone tries to talk you out of going to college. The consensus being that people are just gonna forget about you, you know, and that's the way the business works."

Larisa Oleynik, American Actress

Business, People, Being, College

25

"One person I've always wanted to work with who would be an amazing guest star would be James Earl Jones."

"One person I've always wanted to work with who would be an amazing guest star would be James Earl Jones."

Nancy McKeon, American Actress

25

"There was this thing written that I had gone into a candle store, and my hair went up in flames because of all the hair spray. First of all, I never have hair spray in my hair, and I've never even heard of this store, and my hair has never been burned."

"There was this thing written that I had gone into a candle store, and my hair went up in flames because of all the hair spray. First of all, I never have hair spray in my hair, and I've never even heard of this store, and my hair has never been burned."

Nicolette Sheridan, British Actress

25

"Age is how we determine how valuable you are."

"Age is how we determine how valuable you are."

Jane Elliot, American Actress

25

"I think I ran so hard and so fast, in a lot of ways, from my life and I kind of took a fall. It was like - what do they call it? - post-traumatic stress syndrome."

"I think I ran so hard and so fast, in a lot of ways, from my life and I kind of took a fall. It was like - what do they call it? - post-traumatic stress syndrome."

Rose McGowan, American Actress

Life, Post, Stress

25

"When I am rehearsing for a play, I try to read nothing that might distract my concentration from the work in progress."

"When I am rehearsing for a play, I try to read nothing that might distract my concentration from the work in progress."

Mercedes McCambridge, American Actress

Work, Progress, Nothing, Play

25

"I've been very physical my whole life. I went out hiking and camping for days in the Australian forest, and when I trained at drama school for three years, we did a whole lot on stage-fighting techniques. And I was a dancer from 5 to 18, so I have a memory for choreography."

"I've been very physical my whole life. I went out hiking and camping for days in the Australian forest, and when I trained at drama school for three years, we did a whole lot on stage-fighting techniques. And I was a dancer from 5 to 18, so I have a memory for choreography."

Yvonne Strahovski, Australian Actress

Life, Camping, Drama, Memory

25

"You know, the fashion business is this legendary repository of young girls on their way to getting husbands. I really wanted to work."

"You know, the fashion business is this legendary repository of young girls on their way to getting husbands. I really wanted to work."

Ali MacGraw, American Actress

Business, Work, Fashion, Girls

25

"That's when the great stuff happens, when you're not checking yourself all the time, being critical of yourself and what other people are doing."

"That's when the great stuff happens, when you're not checking yourself all the time, being critical of yourself and what other people are doing."

Carol Kane, American Actress

Time, People, Being

25

"I didn't quit movies. They quit me."

"I didn't quit movies. They quit me."

Jane Powell, American Actress

25

"Even when there are times that we're not happy, happiness will creep in."

"Even when there are times that we're not happy, happiness will creep in."

Dyan Cannon, American Actress

Happiness, Will

25

"There is no reason why marriage should necessarily compel an actress to forego her career."

"There is no reason why marriage should necessarily compel an actress to forego her career."

Billie Burke, American Actress

Marriage, Career, Reason

25

"I feel a little guilty only being an actor."

"I feel a little guilty only being an actor."

Blythe Danner, American Actress

25

"I'm not one of those people who thinks they simply deserve success. I have the drive to work."

"I'm not one of those people who thinks they simply deserve success. I have the drive to work."

Bridget Moynahan, American Actress

Work, Success, People

25

"Writing of that caliber spoils you for any other kind of writing for awhile. But that's probably good."

"Writing of that caliber spoils you for any other kind of writing for awhile. But that's probably good."

Mercedes Ruehl, American Actress

25

"I find love from time to time."

"I find love from time to time."

Lynn Redgrave, British Actress

25

"I considered Nat King Cole to be a friend and, in many ways, a mentor. He always had words of profound advice."

"I considered Nat King Cole to be a friend and, in many ways, a mentor. He always had words of profound advice."

Diahann Carroll, American Actress

Friendship, Friend, Advice, Words

25

"Firstly I did it in this huge theatre in Avignon, then to smaller places, then bigger places. You have to change the volume of the voice, give more or less. The way you have to relate to space makes it like sculpture."

"Firstly I did it in this huge theatre in Avignon, then to smaller places, then bigger places. You have to change the volume of the voice, give more or less. The way you have to relate to space makes it like sculpture."

Isabelle Huppert, French Actress

Change, Sculpture, Space, Theatre

25

"Theater and poetry were what helped people stay alive and want to go on living."

"Theater and poetry were what helped people stay alive and want to go on living."

Vanessa Redgrave, English Actress

Poetry, People, Living, Theater

25

"I'd love to do my own music for sure. I'd love to have a band."

"I'd love to do my own music for sure. I'd love to have a band."

Selena Gomez, American Actress

25

"I've reached a place with my work where I'm ready to concentrate more on life."

"I've reached a place with my work where I'm ready to concentrate more on life."

Dana Delany, American Actress

25

"I'm very hard on myself because I know how good my body can look. Dorie has taught me to use less weight and more repetition so I don't become too muscular."

"I'm very hard on myself because I know how good my body can look. Dorie has taught me to use less weight and more repetition so I don't become too muscular."

Donna Dixon, American Actress

Body, Repetition, Weight

25

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