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"It's great to see that celebrities can be just like us - that they too have their highs and lows, that they don't always wake up looking their best, that they have bad habits and annoying traits."

"It's great to see that celebrities can be just like us - that they too have their highs and lows, that they don't always wake up looking their best, that they have bad habits and annoying traits."

Shirley Jones, American Actress

25

"The first interview I went on I got at age 5. It was a commercial for First Federal Bank."

"The first interview I went on I got at age 5. It was a commercial for First Federal Bank."

Erin Moran, American Actress

25

"Every time you get something, give something away."

"Every time you get something, give something away."

Wendie Malick, American Actress

25

"I actually think that secrets are just a part of human nature and that everybody should have some."

"I actually think that secrets are just a part of human nature and that everybody should have some."

Elizabeth Banks, American Actress

Nature, Human nature, Secrets

25

"I've been a vegetarian for so long, I forgot how much I missed meat. You know you don't realize how important meat is to you until you don't have it for long time."

"I've been a vegetarian for so long, I forgot how much I missed meat. You know you don't realize how important meat is to you until you don't have it for long time."

Brittany Daniel, American Actress

25

"Work is good when people are responsible, and in low-budget movies a lot of the actors don't want to be there. They're there to build a resume."

"Work is good when people are responsible, and in low-budget movies a lot of the actors don't want to be there. They're there to build a resume."

Sean Young, American Actress

Movies, Work, People, Actors

25

"I like real problems, the human condition - twisted, darker stuff."

"I like real problems, the human condition - twisted, darker stuff."

Drea De Matteo, American Actress

25

"At first I was always cast as the girlfriend. It was a long time before I got to play characters who were people."

"At first I was always cast as the girlfriend. It was a long time before I got to play characters who were people."

Jacqueline Bisset, English Actress

Time, People, Girlfriend, First

25

"But someone like Claude Chabrol tries to make a connection between the society in which we live and the social reasons which make monsters out of some people."

"But someone like Claude Chabrol tries to make a connection between the society in which we live and the social reasons which make monsters out of some people."

Isabelle Huppert, French Actress

Society, People, Connection

25

"I have some close friends I keep in touch with. I knit. I watch a little too much TV. I ski, if the weather's right for that. If I can find a group of buddies, I go rock climbing."

"I have some close friends I keep in touch with. I knit. I watch a little too much TV. I ski, if the weather's right for that. If I can find a group of buddies, I go rock climbing."

Melissa Leo, American Actress

Friendship, Friends, Right, Ski, Weather

25

"I don't really believe in regret. I think you can always learn from the past, but I wouldn't want a different life."

"I don't really believe in regret. I think you can always learn from the past, but I wouldn't want a different life."

Molly Ringwald, American Actress

Life, Past, Regret, Want

25

"To be deeply committed to negotiations, to be opposed to a particular war or military action, is not only considered unpatriotic, it also casts serious doubt on one's manhood."

"To be deeply committed to negotiations, to be opposed to a particular war or military action, is not only considered unpatriotic, it also casts serious doubt on one's manhood."

Myriam Miedzian, American Actress

War, Action, Doubt, Military

25

"In the north we could not hope to keep the worst and poorest servant for a single day in the wretched discomfort in which our negro servants are forced habitually to live."

"In the north we could not hope to keep the worst and poorest servant for a single day in the wretched discomfort in which our negro servants are forced habitually to live."

Fanny Kemble, English Actress

25

"You know, this is a business where only 15% make a living wage and only 9% of those are women. But I figured somebody has to be that 15%, somebody's got to be one of those women."

"You know, this is a business where only 15% make a living wage and only 9% of those are women. But I figured somebody has to be that 15%, somebody's got to be one of those women."

Marcia Wallace, American Actress

Business, Women, Living, Wage

25

"I have so much love that I didn't even know about."

"I have so much love that I didn't even know about."

Mariska Hargitay, American Actress

25

"I could never play the ingenue, the girl next door or the very successful young doctor. That would be a bore."

"I could never play the ingenue, the girl next door or the very successful young doctor. That would be a bore."

Jennifer Jason Leigh, American Actress

Success, Successful, Play

25

"Emmys are wonderful and I'm thrilled to death that I have mine. But they're representative of a specific achievement, where this sort of thing is representative of how you've grown in your own industry."

"Emmys are wonderful and I'm thrilled to death that I have mine. But they're representative of a specific achievement, where this sort of thing is representative of how you've grown in your own industry."

Dinah Shore, American Actress

Death, Achievement

25

"I do have odd habits. I check under my bed every night for the bogeyman. That's just a little thing, though."

"I do have odd habits. I check under my bed every night for the bogeyman. That's just a little thing, though."

Tori Spelling, American Actress

Bed, Habits, Night

25

"The way animals were and are abused appalls me to this very day."

"The way animals were and are abused appalls me to this very day."

Marie Windsor, American Actress

25

"I'm shy. I can go on a trip for days and not go because I won't sit on a toilet seat on a plane. I'm certainly not going to go on somebody's lawn. Could you imagine, in a cocktail dress?"

"I'm shy. I can go on a trip for days and not go because I won't sit on a toilet seat on a plane. I'm certainly not going to go on somebody's lawn. Could you imagine, in a cocktail dress?"

Farrah Fawcett, American Actress

25

"I'm married now, so I have a life. I had to get a life. That's one thing I really had to do, you know. You do that kind of work on television series after television series and you don't have a life. So, that's part of what I did while I was gone, I got a life."

"I'm married now, so I have a life. I had to get a life. That's one thing I really had to do, you know. You do that kind of work on television series after television series and you don't have a life. So, that's part of what I did while I was gone, I got a life."

Kate Jackson, American Actress

Life, Work, Now, Television

25

"Because I was promoted as a sort of a siren and played all those sexy broads, people made the mistake of thinking I was like that off the screen. They couldn't have been more wrong."

"Because I was promoted as a sort of a siren and played all those sexy broads, people made the mistake of thinking I was like that off the screen. They couldn't have been more wrong."

Ava Gardner, American Actress

Mistake, People, Thinking, Wrong

25

"I spend a lot of time at my son's school and I really wanted to do a movie that the kids could see. The good thing about being my age and not having to be the ingenue anymore is that I get to be a mom. I get to have kids in my movies."

"I spend a lot of time at my son's school and I really wanted to do a movie that the kids could see. The good thing about being my age and not having to be the ingenue anymore is that I get to be a mom. I get to have kids in my movies."

Virginia Madsen, American Actress

Age, Movies, Time, Mom

25

"Acting is my first love."

"Acting is my first love."

Dawn Wells, American Actress

Love, Acting, First, First love

25

"Truffaut loved actresses, and he was very intense. All the actresses I knew wanted to do a film with him."

"Truffaut loved actresses, and he was very intense. All the actresses I knew wanted to do a film with him."

Catherine Deneuve, French Actress

25

"I would have ten children. I think they are the most fascinating, and it's the only thing in the world that hasn't been overrated."

"I would have ten children. I think they are the most fascinating, and it's the only thing in the world that hasn't been overrated."

Deidre Hall, American Actress

Children, World

25

"I want to live a full life - period."

"I want to live a full life - period."

Regina King, American Actress

25

"I asked for help, which is the hardest thing in the world."

"I asked for help, which is the hardest thing in the world."

Marcia Wallace, American Actress

25

"I had the sets that meant so much to this character built - right in my home, especially the kitchen, which was important both for her character and for your introduction to her when Albert comes to visit."

"I had the sets that meant so much to this character built - right in my home, especially the kitchen, which was important both for her character and for your introduction to her when Albert comes to visit."

Debbie Reynolds, American Actress

Home, Character, Kitchen, Right

25

"The elegance and the quality - the talent is always in the literature. I start with the word and I base everything on that. It doesn't make any difference to me."

"The elegance and the quality - the talent is always in the literature. I start with the word and I base everything on that. It doesn't make any difference to me."

Kate Mulgrew, American Actress

Quality, Talent, Difference, Elegance

25

"That was me under the bath and the water being held down. The director wanted it to look as real as possible so he told Keanu, in front of me, don't go easy on her. So it was scary."

"That was me under the bath and the water being held down. The director wanted it to look as real as possible so he told Keanu, in front of me, don't go easy on her. So it was scary."

Rachel Weisz, British Actress

25

"There should be a law that there's a pajama day every few weeks."

"There should be a law that there's a pajama day every few weeks."

Alyson Hannigan, American Actress

25

"The trick in life is learning how to deal with it."

"The trick in life is learning how to deal with it."

Helen Mirren, British Actress

25

"I'm open to anything. I think everyone should enjoy every moment that they experience."

"I'm open to anything. I think everyone should enjoy every moment that they experience."

Dominique Swain, American Actress

Experience, Open

25

"Until I got married, when I used to go out, my mother said good bye to me as though I was emigrating."

"Until I got married, when I used to go out, my mother said good bye to me as though I was emigrating."

Thora Hird, British Actress

25

"I've sown all the oats I want to sow."

"I've sown all the oats I want to sow."

Stephanie Zimbalist, American Actress

25

"I'm so uncomfortable, especially in emotional situations, having to say sentences that don't feel right. As an actor - or really, as any kind of person sensitive to it."

"I'm so uncomfortable, especially in emotional situations, having to say sentences that don't feel right. As an actor - or really, as any kind of person sensitive to it."

Franka Potente, German Actress

25

"I had never even thought I'd be an actress - I was supposed to be a lawyer. But the motivation is the same: when you act, you defend a role; you have to be convincing. It's the same career."

"I had never even thought I'd be an actress - I was supposed to be a lawyer. But the motivation is the same: when you act, you defend a role; you have to be convincing. It's the same career."

Anne Parillaud, French Actress

Motivational, Motivation, Thought, Act, Career

25

"A lot of the advertisement is done by saying: first of all, have a complex about who you are."

"A lot of the advertisement is done by saying: first of all, have a complex about who you are."

Isabella Rossellini, Italian Actress

25

"If I fell down and hurt myself, I never cried. There was no one to hear me."

"If I fell down and hurt myself, I never cried. There was no one to hear me."

Louise Fletcher, American Actress

25

"You're just so excited that you have this record deal or this movie opportunity that you don't stand up for yourself and say, This is what I want to do."

"You're just so excited that you have this record deal or this movie opportunity that you don't stand up for yourself and say, This is what I want to do."

Solange Knowles, American Actress

Opportunity, Want

25

"Most of the sex I've seen on the screen looks like an expression of hostility towards sex."

"Most of the sex I've seen on the screen looks like an expression of hostility towards sex."

Myrna Loy, American Actress

Sex, Expression

25

"You can do anything you want to do."

"You can do anything you want to do."

Estelle Getty, American Actress

25

"I was 17 and the whole thing was very confusing at the time. It was a great job and I loved it, and to lose the role was definitely tough for me. I was devastated when I lost the role."

"I was 17 and the whole thing was very confusing at the time. It was a great job and I loved it, and to lose the role was definitely tough for me. I was devastated when I lost the role."

Sarah Chalke, Canadian Actress

25

"It's always difficult to play a scene of physical violence because you're always afraid that you don't know your own strength and might hurt someone."

"It's always difficult to play a scene of physical violence because you're always afraid that you don't know your own strength and might hurt someone."

Catherine Deneuve, French Actress

Strength, Hurt, Play, Violence

25

"The thought of playing a New York detective scared the hell out of me. I didn't know if people would believe me in the role just because of my physicality, which made me want to do it even more."

"The thought of playing a New York detective scared the hell out of me. I didn't know if people would believe me in the role just because of my physicality, which made me want to do it even more."

Charlotte Ross, American Actress

Thought, People, Hell, Want

25

"I've always loved words. I ate up all the books I could get my hands on, and when I couldn't get books, I read candy wrappers and labels on cereal and toothpaste boxes."

"I've always loved words. I ate up all the books I could get my hands on, and when I couldn't get books, I read candy wrappers and labels on cereal and toothpaste boxes."

Judy Holliday, American Actress

25

"Selling is serving, helping others find solutions, impacting lives positively with passion and integrity."

"Selling is serving, helping others find solutions, impacting lives positively with passion and integrity."

Farshad Asl, American Actress

Business, Service, Integrity, Passion, Sales

25

"If there is a book that the script came from you have to read it, you have to see what you can get out of it: mood, back story and things that may not even be in the film. They kick off your imagination and broaden the character, I think."

"If there is a book that the script came from you have to read it, you have to see what you can get out of it: mood, back story and things that may not even be in the film. They kick off your imagination and broaden the character, I think."

Miranda Otto, Australian Actress

Imagination, Character, Film, May

25

"But I don't want anybody to say have the right to say well if you bloody Brits don't like it go home. And they have the right to say that if you haven't become a citizen."

"But I don't want anybody to say have the right to say well if you bloody Brits don't like it go home. And they have the right to say that if you haven't become a citizen."

Lynn Redgrave, British Actress

Home, Right, Want

25

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