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"Everything I learned I learned from the movies."

"Everything I learned I learned from the movies."

Audrey Hepburn, Belgian Actress

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"You know when I feel inwardly beautiful? When I am with my girlfriends and we are having a 'goddess circle'."

"You know when I feel inwardly beautiful? When I am with my girlfriends and we are having a 'goddess circle'."

Jennifer Aniston, American Actress

Girlfriend, Girlfriends

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"That's the only way I can control my movie. If you shoot everything, then everything is liable to end up in the movie. If you have a vision, you don't have to cover every scene."

"That's the only way I can control my movie. If you shoot everything, then everything is liable to end up in the movie. If you have a vision, you don't have to cover every scene."

Debbie Allen, American Actress

Control, Vision, End

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"My departure from Hollywood was described as a walk-out. No one understood that I was cracking up."

"My departure from Hollywood was described as a walk-out. No one understood that I was cracking up."

Gene Tierney, American Actress

Departure, Hollywood

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"I made a lot of friends over the years and I would always look at what they were eating. All of them were skinny. I would think that I would like to eat like that."

"I made a lot of friends over the years and I would always look at what they were eating. All of them were skinny. I would think that I would like to eat like that."

Suzanne Somers, American Actress

Eating, Friends, Years

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"I have an elbow that bends the wrong way, and I'd do things like stand in an elevator and the doors would close, and I'd pretend that my arm had got caught in it, and then I'd scream, 'Ow, ow, put it back!'"

"I have an elbow that bends the wrong way, and I'd do things like stand in an elevator and the doors would close, and I'd pretend that my arm had got caught in it, and then I'd scream, 'Ow, ow, put it back!'"

Geena Davis, American Actress

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"I'm just chatty. But I do express my opinion."

"I'm just chatty. But I do express my opinion."

Reese Witherspoon, American Actress

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"I fell from the sky. I'm a parachutist, and I missed my mark."

"I fell from the sky. I'm a parachutist, and I missed my mark."

Ursula Andress, Swiss Actress

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"I don't consider myself a sex symbol."

"I don't consider myself a sex symbol."

Pia Zadora, American Actress

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"I'm not really into clubbing, I like to go to parties after events, and those do end up at clubs or bars. But in my free time I go grocery shopping or to the gym, or I talk on the phone."

"I'm not really into clubbing, I like to go to parties after events, and those do end up at clubs or bars. But in my free time I go grocery shopping or to the gym, or I talk on the phone."

Amanda Seyfried, American Actress

Time, End, Events, Talk

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"It's okay to be a fat man. It's prestige and power and all of that. But fat women are seen as just lazy and stupid and having no self-control."

"It's okay to be a fat man. It's prestige and power and all of that. But fat women are seen as just lazy and stupid and having no self-control."

Camryn Manheim, American Actress

Power, Women, Man, Self

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"I get in my golf cart with my dogs, I have five dogs."

"I get in my golf cart with my dogs, I have five dogs."

Delta Burke, American Actress

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"I was so happy when they cast me in Chocolat, because it's one of my vices."

"I was so happy when they cast me in Chocolat, because it's one of my vices."

Juliette Binoche, French Actress

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"There's something so accessible about heroes who have faults."

"There's something so accessible about heroes who have faults."

Laura Dern, American Actress

Fault, Faults, Heroes

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"Jason Lee is the most famous actor from Hawaii I can think of."

"Jason Lee is the most famous actor from Hawaii I can think of."

Tia Carrere, American Actress

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"My sexuality is a part of me that I really like. But it's not the totality of me."

"My sexuality is a part of me that I really like. But it's not the totality of me."

Portia de Rossi, Australian Actress

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"I'd love to get pajamas. Good, nice and warm flannel ones."

"I'd love to get pajamas. Good, nice and warm flannel ones."

Charlize Theron, South African Actress

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"Sean's a great, great writer."

"Sean's a great, great writer."

Robin Wright Penn, American Actress

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"I was raised by an actress, and I watched all those women turn 60 and ask, Shouldn't get face work? My mother and Anne Bancroft said, We're not going to fall into that."

"I was raised by an actress, and I watched all those women turn 60 and ask, Shouldn't get face work? My mother and Anne Bancroft said, We're not going to fall into that."

Laura Dern, American Actress

Woman, Women, Mother, Work

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"If I asked for a cup of coffee, someone would search for the double meaning."

"If I asked for a cup of coffee, someone would search for the double meaning."

Mae West, American Actress

Coffee, Meaning

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"An ounce of performance is worth pounds of promises."

"An ounce of performance is worth pounds of promises."

Mae West, American Actress

Performance, Promises, Worth

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"I hate the way market forces try to separate us out in to the appropriate demographic - basically in order to sell us things. We need to find stories that we can enjoy together, not separately."

"I hate the way market forces try to separate us out in to the appropriate demographic - basically in order to sell us things. We need to find stories that we can enjoy together, not separately."

Emma Thompson, English Actress

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"I came from a big family - two brothers and two sisters. So, there were always a ton of boys around and a ton of girls around. So, I grew up comfortable with both sexes."

"I came from a big family - two brothers and two sisters. So, there were always a ton of boys around and a ton of girls around. So, I grew up comfortable with both sexes."

Blake Lively, American Actress

Family, Boys, Brothers, Girls

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"Like going to my favorite restaurant, it can sometimes get hard. I just can't go to the mall."

"Like going to my favorite restaurant, it can sometimes get hard. I just can't go to the mall."

Hilary Duff, American Actress

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"To be with the same person for the rest of your life just sounds so drab."

"To be with the same person for the rest of your life just sounds so drab."

Eva Longoria, American Actress

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"I may be boring, but it would be to wake up by my dog and then my daughter."

"I may be boring, but it would be to wake up by my dog and then my daughter."

Izabella Scorupco, Polish Actress

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"I know when I'm working I seldom get into trouble. My educated guess is that boredom has caused most of the problems with Hollywood celebrities."

"I know when I'm working I seldom get into trouble. My educated guess is that boredom has caused most of the problems with Hollywood celebrities."

Hedy Lamarr, Austrian Actress

Boredom, Hollywood, Problems, Trouble

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"As an actress, you're already disregarded for a lot of the parts by the people who are setting up those shows. You don't need your agent to be doing the same."

"As an actress, you're already disregarded for a lot of the parts by the people who are setting up those shows. You don't need your agent to be doing the same."

Tia Carrere, American Actress

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"Because I work with so many people on the east coast, I get some work done before I get the kids up."

"Because I work with so many people on the east coast, I get some work done before I get the kids up."

Marilu Henner, American Actress

Work, People, Kids

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"Some women get erased a little at a time, some all at once. Some reappear. Every woman who appears wrestles with the forces that would have her disappear. She struggles with the forces that would tell her story for her, or write her out of the story, the genealogy, the rights of man, the rule of law. The ability to tell your own story, in words or images, is already a victory, already a revolt."

"Some women get erased a little at a time, some all at once. Some reappear. Every woman who appears wrestles with the forces that would have her disappear. She struggles with the forces that would tell her story for her, or write her out of the story, the genealogy, the rights of man, the rule of law. The ability to tell your own story, in words or images, is already a victory, already a revolt."

Rebecca Solnit, American Actress

Feminism, Strength, Women, Resistance, Justice

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"As soon as you get over caring what people think, you can have a nice time."

"As soon as you get over caring what people think, you can have a nice time."

Lara Flynn Boyle, American Actress

Time, People, Caring

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"I was popular. I wasn't the most popular. But I definitely held my own."

"I was popular. I wasn't the most popular. But I definitely held my own."

Fran Drescher, American Actress

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"It's not that I don't see myself as hot and sexy. Don't get me wrong. No, it's not that."

"It's not that I don't see myself as hot and sexy. Don't get me wrong. No, it's not that."

Kyra Sedgwick, American Actress

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"Love isn't something you find. Love is something that finds you."

"Love isn't something you find. Love is something that finds you."

Loretta Young, American Actress

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"Remember even though the outside world might be raining, if you keep on smiling the sun will soon show its face and smile back at you."

"Remember even though the outside world might be raining, if you keep on smiling the sun will soon show its face and smile back at you."

Anna Lee, English Actress

Smile, Sun, Will, World

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"Cruelty is one fashion statement we can all do without."

"Cruelty is one fashion statement we can all do without."

Rue McClanahan, American Actress

Cruelty, Fashion

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"The competition is so fierce once you become an adult. I'll probably move on to something else."

"The competition is so fierce once you become an adult. I'll probably move on to something else."

Jodie Sweetin, American Actress

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"And I think that that emphasis on keeping a family together, alike, I think it's important."

"And I think that that emphasis on keeping a family together, alike, I think it's important."

Janet Suzman, South African Actress

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"I could only try to comfort the women that I came face-to-face with. I was really moved by how much they wanted to talk, how much they needed to be comforted, and how happy they were that we were there."

"I could only try to comfort the women that I came face-to-face with. I was really moved by how much they wanted to talk, how much they needed to be comforted, and how happy they were that we were there."

Connie Sellecca, American Actress

Woman, Women, Comfort, Talk

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"Buddhism has had a major effect on who I am and how I think about the world. What I have learned is that I like all religions, but only parts of them."

"Buddhism has had a major effect on who I am and how I think about the world. What I have learned is that I like all religions, but only parts of them."

Uma Thurman, American Actress

Buddhism, Effect, World

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"And so much of my life has been about returning home and longing for home, wanting my children to know about my roots. And I thought I can't be the only one to feel this way so I thought it would be an interesting topic to explore."

"And so much of my life has been about returning home and longing for home, wanting my children to know about my roots. And I thought I can't be the only one to feel this way so I thought it would be an interesting topic to explore."

Sela Ward, American Actress

Home, Life, Thought, Children

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"Rose was sexy. It was my fantasy about her. She accomplished so much and came from so little in terms of a background that would have prepared her for the world, let alone the world of entertainment."

"Rose was sexy. It was my fantasy about her. She accomplished so much and came from so little in terms of a background that would have prepared her for the world, let alone the world of entertainment."

Linda Lavin, American Actress

Entertainment, Fantasy, World

53

"I suppose meeting people whether it's in real life and actually shaking their flesh and blood hand or shaking the mystical hand of the character all rub off on you in some way."

"I suppose meeting people whether it's in real life and actually shaking their flesh and blood hand or shaking the mystical hand of the character all rub off on you in some way."

Janet Suzman, South African Actress

Life, People, Character, Blood

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"Anything worth doing is worth doing slowly."

"Anything worth doing is worth doing slowly."

Mae West, American Actress

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"I mean, I don't necessarily want to leave because I have this job, but I would love to do a good play."

"I mean, I don't necessarily want to leave because I have this job, but I would love to do a good play."

Erika Slezak, American Actress

Love, Job, Play, Want

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"Michael would take us on location and see how the colors worked in the forests and fields."

"Michael would take us on location and see how the colors worked in the forests and fields."

Madeleine Stowe, American Actress

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"When I'm saying hysteria, I'm referring to Freud, because all the women were coming to him with symptoms and seeking help, and he just called it hysteria."

"When I'm saying hysteria, I'm referring to Freud, because all the women were coming to him with symptoms and seeking help, and he just called it hysteria."

Cybill Shepherd, American Actress

Woman, Women, Help, Saying

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"This whole beauty thing is something I've never comprehended."

"This whole beauty thing is something I've never comprehended."

Pam Grier, American Actress

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"In Texas it's always hot, dry, sunny, not a cloud in the sky."

"In Texas it's always hot, dry, sunny, not a cloud in the sky."

Piper Perabo, American Actress

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"Their life is about getting enough money to put food on the table to feed their children, and that's it."

"Their life is about getting enough money to put food on the table to feed their children, and that's it."

Ellen Burstyn, American Actress

Food, Life, Money, Children

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