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"I have never appreciated a quiet moment with a friend as much, a quiet moment with a book and I think part of that is my obsession with being older and time going faster and it's become increasingly sweeter for me."
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Candice Bergen
"I have never appreciated a quiet moment with a friend as much, a quiet moment with a book and I think part of that is my obsession with being older and time going faster and it's become increasingly sweeter for me."
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"As a brother and sister, our tastes were pretty different growing up. He liked a lot of early hip hop. My dad didn't understand it and would try to talk him out of it."
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Taryn Manning
"As a brother and sister, our tastes were pretty different growing up. He liked a lot of early hip hop. My dad didn't understand it and would try to talk him out of it."
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"Somehow I kept my head above water. I relied on the discipline, character, and strength that I had started to develop as that little girl in her first swimming pool."
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Esther Williams
"Somehow I kept my head above water. I relied on the discipline, character, and strength that I had started to develop as that little girl in her first swimming pool."
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"I remember everything, even the dates. But I don't want others to remember the details, just the image."
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Gloria Grahame
"I remember everything, even the dates. But I don't want others to remember the details, just the image."
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"I'm 18, I'm going to graduate high school in a few months."
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Camilla Belle
"I'm 18, I'm going to graduate high school in a few months."
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"I don't think I'd want to sit down and listen to people's stories all day long."
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Joan Severance
"I don't think I'd want to sit down and listen to people's stories all day long."
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"I'm carded for R-rated movies. And I get talked down to a lot. When I try to go rent a car or buy an airplane ticket or other stuff adults do, I get 'Okaaaaaay, honey.' I remember when I was 18, getting crayons in a restaurant."
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Kristen Bell
"I'm carded for R-rated movies. And I get talked down to a lot. When I try to go rent a car or buy an airplane ticket or other stuff adults do, I get 'Okaaaaaay, honey.' I remember when I was 18, getting crayons in a restaurant."
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"And you don't want to just totally mess up the rhythm when you're playing with Bob Dylan."
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Jenna Elfman
"And you don't want to just totally mess up the rhythm when you're playing with Bob Dylan."
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"Smoking kills. If you're killed, you've lost a very important part of your life."
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Brooke Shields
"Smoking kills. If you're killed, you've lost a very important part of your life."
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"I think Ellenor is embarrassed and ashamed and has devoted all of her energy to the law and to helping other people get justice because it's too difficult for her to face her own struggle for justice."
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Camryn Manheim
"I think Ellenor is embarrassed and ashamed and has devoted all of her energy to the law and to helping other people get justice because it's too difficult for her to face her own struggle for justice."
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"Well, our children do know what this industry is about, but they have a good grip on who they are."
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Morgan Brittany
"Well, our children do know what this industry is about, but they have a good grip on who they are."
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"I have an education degree from the University of Minnesota, and I was a teacher for about a minute."
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Loni Anderson
"I have an education degree from the University of Minnesota, and I was a teacher for about a minute."
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"There's only so much you can do, but if somebody doesn't give you a chance there is nothing you can do."
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Charlize Theron
"There's only so much you can do, but if somebody doesn't give you a chance there is nothing you can do."
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"Like at Halloween: I knew I'd arrived when I saw people dressing up on Halloween as my character."
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Jane Badler
"Like at Halloween: I knew I'd arrived when I saw people dressing up on Halloween as my character."
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"We played soccer a lot with our friends and at school. We weren't on an official team or anything, but we'd definitely be up for it in gym or in after-school pickup games where we live."
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Mary-Kate Olsen
"We played soccer a lot with our friends and at school. We weren't on an official team or anything, but we'd definitely be up for it in gym or in after-school pickup games where we live."
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"I've never worked as much as I would've wanted to, and that's why I end up doing a lot of stage as well, because stage is a full course meal."
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Holly Hunter
"I've never worked as much as I would've wanted to, and that's why I end up doing a lot of stage as well, because stage is a full course meal."
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"I usually dress very casual. Whenever I go out with my friends, I'm always like, 'Can't I just wear sweatpants?'"
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Natalie Portman
"I usually dress very casual. Whenever I go out with my friends, I'm always like, 'Can't I just wear sweatpants?'"
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"I love being someone I'm not for a period of time. I love every minute of being in someone else's skin."
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Jessica Biel
"I love being someone I'm not for a period of time. I love every minute of being in someone else's skin."
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"I'd love to do my own music for sure. I'd love to have a band."
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Selena Gomez
"I'd love to do my own music for sure. I'd love to have a band."
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"I've seen it too many times in Hollywood. Talking about a relationship in public can jinx it. And if you have your picture taken together, you might as well start packing your bags."
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Gina Gershon
"I've seen it too many times in Hollywood. Talking about a relationship in public can jinx it. And if you have your picture taken together, you might as well start packing your bags."
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"We don't need a melting pot in this country, folks. We need a salad bowl. In a salad bowl, you put in the different things. You want the vegetables - the lettuce, the cucumbers, the onions, the green peppers - to maintain their identity. You appreciate differences."
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Jane Elliot
"We don't need a melting pot in this country, folks. We need a salad bowl. In a salad bowl, you put in the different things. You want the vegetables - the lettuce, the cucumbers, the onions, the green peppers - to maintain their identity. You appreciate differences."
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"Somebody can become a celebrity for being stupid. That is what it's turned into."
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Kate Hudson
"Somebody can become a celebrity for being stupid. That is what it's turned into."
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"You know, I have some issues. But I just love to play different characters all the time, and I try not to repeat myself too much."
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Rachel McAdams
"You know, I have some issues. But I just love to play different characters all the time, and I try not to repeat myself too much."
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"People are always asking me what it's like to be Judy Garland's daughter. It's hard to be a legend's child."
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Lorna Luft
"People are always asking me what it's like to be Judy Garland's daughter. It's hard to be a legend's child."
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"There's a lot of conning as part of our society, I think."
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Sigourney Weaver
"There's a lot of conning as part of our society, I think."
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"I have a friend in New York who's a stylist and I went over to her place because she's got a lot of clothes. I basically ended up wearing most of it. So it's all stuff that I brought over."
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Famke Janssen
"I have a friend in New York who's a stylist and I went over to her place because she's got a lot of clothes. I basically ended up wearing most of it. So it's all stuff that I brought over."
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"I'm usually called upon to play the dreary suicidal girl."
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Hope Davis
"I'm usually called upon to play the dreary suicidal girl."
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"My whole career is based on taking a left turn after each film and doing the opposite of what I've just done."
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Kelly Lynch
"My whole career is based on taking a left turn after each film and doing the opposite of what I've just done."
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"You know, we have to take these characters - who, granted, have their separate personalities but, on a lot of levels, are pretty two-dimensional - and make them into people with flaws, with insecurities."
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Rachael Leigh Cook
"You know, we have to take these characters - who, granted, have their separate personalities but, on a lot of levels, are pretty two-dimensional - and make them into people with flaws, with insecurities."
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"When I started out, I didn't have any desire to be an actress or to learn how to act. I just wanted to be famous."
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Katharine Hepburn
"When I started out, I didn't have any desire to be an actress or to learn how to act. I just wanted to be famous."
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"I like the idea of capturing people who aren't there to save the world."
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Illeana Douglas
"I like the idea of capturing people who aren't there to save the world."
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"Before I had my child, I thought I knew all the boundaries of myself, that I understood the limits of my heart. It's extraordinary to have all those limits thrown out, to realize your love is inexhaustible."
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Uma Thurman
"Before I had my child, I thought I knew all the boundaries of myself, that I understood the limits of my heart. It's extraordinary to have all those limits thrown out, to realize your love is inexhaustible."
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"I was put under contract. A major studio. I got nominated for an Academy Award. Isn't that ridiculous? I mean, at the age of 18!"
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Angela Lansbury
"I was put under contract. A major studio. I got nominated for an Academy Award. Isn't that ridiculous? I mean, at the age of 18!"
Age,
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"Two people can make love but that isn't necessarily love."
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Greta Scacchi
"Two people can make love but that isn't necessarily love."
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"Jackie considered his resurrection, the world's best return performance."
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Audrey Meadows
"Jackie considered his resurrection, the world's best return performance."
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"We get along really well, but TV and film aren't reality. We're best friends, but we do have our fights!"
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Mary-Kate Olsen
"We get along really well, but TV and film aren't reality. We're best friends, but we do have our fights!"
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"I'm not that ambitious any more. I just like my privacy. I wish I really wasn't talked about at all."
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Barbra Streisand
"I'm not that ambitious any more. I just like my privacy. I wish I really wasn't talked about at all."
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"The first professional play I ever saw was The Importance Of Being Earnest, and I just fell in love."
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Kim Cattrall
"The first professional play I ever saw was The Importance Of Being Earnest, and I just fell in love."
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"The ideas of the great playwrights are almost always larger than the experiences of even the best actors."
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Stella Adler
"The ideas of the great playwrights are almost always larger than the experiences of even the best actors."
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"Animation did not become the dominant form of children's television until the '60s."
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Annette Funicello
"Animation did not become the dominant form of children's television until the '60s."
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"To go out with the setting sun on an empty beach is to truly embrace your solitude."
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Jeanne Moreau
"To go out with the setting sun on an empty beach is to truly embrace your solitude."
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"I was babysitting the night High School Musical premiered last year. I watched with the kids and we sang along to the lyrics. I was making $12 an hour."
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Monique Coleman
"I was babysitting the night High School Musical premiered last year. I watched with the kids and we sang along to the lyrics. I was making $12 an hour."
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"I hope Britney doesn't get bummed out that Lindsey is a better singer. It is not Lindsey saying it, it's me. Lindsey would never say that. She's an actress first. It's just a bonus that she can dance and sing."
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Virginia Madsen
"I hope Britney doesn't get bummed out that Lindsey is a better singer. It is not Lindsey saying it, it's me. Lindsey would never say that. She's an actress first. It's just a bonus that she can dance and sing."
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"I love John Waters. You see, I want to be the next Divine."
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Pia Zadora
"I love John Waters. You see, I want to be the next Divine."
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"I had the conviction that lovemaking fools you. The overpowering emotions it induces make you think you're sharing the same feelings as the other person and that they're imagining the same as you."
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Greta Scacchi
"I had the conviction that lovemaking fools you. The overpowering emotions it induces make you think you're sharing the same feelings as the other person and that they're imagining the same as you."
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"I'm going to tell stories to the world. I think there's time for me to grow. We'll see."
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Sasha Alexander
"I'm going to tell stories to the world. I think there's time for me to grow. We'll see."
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"Our bodies are machines and have to be functional, and to do that they have to be fed properly."
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Sarah Michelle Gellar
"Our bodies are machines and have to be functional, and to do that they have to be fed properly."
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"Time whizzes by when you have children. They make you aware of the passing of time, but also help keep you young."
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Jaclyn Smith
"Time whizzes by when you have children. They make you aware of the passing of time, but also help keep you young."
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"Yes, I was in love with my husband at first sight and still am. We have the most solid relationship."
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Catherine Zeta-Jones
"Yes, I was in love with my husband at first sight and still am. We have the most solid relationship."
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"I think we're in good hands. There's definitely much more momentum in bringing in good things to help support the show. Everyone's got a good attitude about it and I think that makes all the difference."
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Crystal Chappell
"I think we're in good hands. There's definitely much more momentum in bringing in good things to help support the show. Everyone's got a good attitude about it and I think that makes all the difference."
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