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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."

"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."

Monique Coleman, American Actress

Kids, Night, School

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"Being a sex symbol has to do with an attitude, not looks. Most men think it's looks, most women know otherwise."

"Being a sex symbol has to do with an attitude, not looks. Most men think it's looks, most women know otherwise."

Kathleen Turner, American Actress

Men, Women, Sex, Attitude

7

"I don't want to be married to someone who feels inferior to my success or because I make more money than he does."

"I don't want to be married to someone who feels inferior to my success or because I make more money than he does."

Grace Kelly, American Actress

Money, Success, Want

7

"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."

"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."

Virginia Madsen, American Actress

Dance, Hope, First, Saying

7

"I love John Waters. You see, I want to be the next Divine."

"I love John Waters. You see, I want to be the next Divine."

Pia Zadora, American Actress

7

"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."

"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."

Greta Scacchi, Italian Actress

Feelings, Conviction, Emotions, Fools

7

"I'm going to tell stories to the world. I think there's time for me to grow. We'll see."

"I'm going to tell stories to the world. I think there's time for me to grow. We'll see."

Sasha Alexander, American Actress

7

"Our bodies are machines and have to be functional, and to do that they have to be fed properly."

"Our bodies are machines and have to be functional, and to do that they have to be fed properly."

Sarah Michelle Gellar, American Actress

Machine, Machines

7

"Time whizzes by when you have children. They make you aware of the passing of time, but also help keep you young."

"Time whizzes by when you have children. They make you aware of the passing of time, but also help keep you young."

Jaclyn Smith, American Actress

Time, Children, Help

7

"Yes, I was in love with my husband at first sight and still am. We have the most solid relationship."

"Yes, I was in love with my husband at first sight and still am. We have the most solid relationship."

Catherine Zeta-Jones, Welsh Actress

Love, HusbFirst, Sight

7

"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."

"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."

Crystal Chappell, American Actress

Attitude, Difference, Help, Support

7

"They're not willing to admit that I've also shed blood and tears and often paid dearly for my success. This makes me feel extremely sad."

"They're not willing to admit that I've also shed blood and tears and often paid dearly for my success. This makes me feel extremely sad."

Zhang Ziyi, Chinese Actress

Success, Blood, Tears

7

"There's something about taking a film from concept to script, through production, and then to see the final thing happening in the edit phase. It's almost like a miracle in the making."

"There's something about taking a film from concept to script, through production, and then to see the final thing happening in the edit phase. It's almost like a miracle in the making."

Maria Menounos, American Actress

Film, Production

7

"The one thing I have wanted to stay away from is the steroids. When I had an attack two years ago in my home state of Mississippi, they put me on steroids, thinking they were doing the right thing, and I had a violent reaction."

"The one thing I have wanted to stay away from is the steroids. When I had an attack two years ago in my home state of Mississippi, they put me on steroids, thinking they were doing the right thing, and I had a violent reaction."

Mary Ann Mobley, American Actress

Home, Right, State, Thinking

7

"I liked the humor of it, I've always enjoyed a sense of humor in God and in religion and in spirituality."

"I liked the humor of it, I've always enjoyed a sense of humor in God and in religion and in spirituality."

Amber Tamblyn, American Actress

Humor, Religion, God, Sense

7

"I didn't want to make a man the No. 1 quest in my life."

"I didn't want to make a man the No. 1 quest in my life."

Linda Evans, American Actress

Life, Man, Quest, Want

7

"Into The Woods was... a lot of running around in the woods! I can't wait to see the show again. People didn't realize it back then, but kids still come up to me-young people-and they talk about it. It really made its mark."

"Into The Woods was... a lot of running around in the woods! I can't wait to see the show again. People didn't realize it back then, but kids still come up to me-young people-and they talk about it. It really made its mark."

Bernadette Peters, American Actress

People, Kids, Running, Talk

7

"Sometimes it's a character you want to play or a story you want to tell. Sometimes it's just to pay the bills."

"Sometimes it's a character you want to play or a story you want to tell. Sometimes it's just to pay the bills."

Daryl Hannah, American Actress

Character, Play, Want

7

"I had to do a tango with Raft and I learned to dance in ballet shoes with my knees bent."

"I had to do a tango with Raft and I learned to dance in ballet shoes with my knees bent."

Marie Windsor, American Actress

7

"My whole family actually, but my parents. I had such a normal and amazing childhood. I've been so lucky. My parents are cool and normal. They don't talk about the business and I still have stuff to do at their house."

"My whole family actually, but my parents. I had such a normal and amazing childhood. I've been so lucky. My parents are cool and normal. They don't talk about the business and I still have stuff to do at their house."

Kaley Cuoco, American Actress

Business, Family, Childhood, Parents

7

"I was terribly shy when I was growing up, I really wasn't confident with other people and I think I was always afraid of up or not being this very cool, amazing person that I wanted to be."

"I was terribly shy when I was growing up, I really wasn't confident with other people and I think I was always afraid of up or not being this very cool, amazing person that I wanted to be."

Emily Mortimer, British Actress

People, Being, Growing up

7

"You develop a third eye where you kind of know where they are in a room at all times but no matter how vigilant you are as a parent, at some point, you'll look around a room and can't find them and there's a searing pain that goes through your body."

"You develop a third eye where you kind of know where they are in a room at all times but no matter how vigilant you are as a parent, at some point, you'll look around a room and can't find them and there's a searing pain that goes through your body."

Jodie Foster, American Actress

Body, Eye, Pain

7

"Around people I don't know, I'm totally at a loss."

"Around people I don't know, I'm totally at a loss."

Barbra Streisand, American Actress

7

"Men are allowed to get older and women are not."

"Men are allowed to get older and women are not."

Shirley Knight, American Actress

7

"My recovery from manic depression has been an evolution, not a sudden miracle."

"My recovery from manic depression has been an evolution, not a sudden miracle."

Patty Duke, American Actress

Depression, Evolution

7

"The most important lesson I've learned in this business is how to say no. I have said no to a lot of temptations, and I am glad I did."

"The most important lesson I've learned in this business is how to say no. I have said no to a lot of temptations, and I am glad I did."

Penelope Cruz, Spanish Actress

Business, Temptations

7

"What makes these creatures so awful is the feeling that they can use us in ways too horrible to imagine-and yet, we DO imagine them, which makes it worse than seeing it."

"What makes these creatures so awful is the feeling that they can use us in ways too horrible to imagine-and yet, we DO imagine them, which makes it worse than seeing it."

Sigourney Weaver, American Actress

Feelings, Feeling

7

"Every person is so different and I don't think there is an exact match for every person. If you meet someone and they have 20 of the 25 things you want in a person, then you're pretty lucky."

"Every person is so different and I don't think there is an exact match for every person. If you meet someone and they have 20 of the 25 things you want in a person, then you're pretty lucky."

Amanda Bynes, American Actress

7

"Don't think your dreams don't come true, because they do. You'd better be careful what you wish for. And I truly and honestly - one day I am doing the 'Beaver' show and I said, 'This is the show I have always wanted to do.'"

"Don't think your dreams don't come true, because they do. You'd better be careful what you wish for. And I truly and honestly - one day I am doing the 'Beaver' show and I said, 'This is the show I have always wanted to do.'"

Barbara Billingsley, American Actress

Dream, Dreams, Day

7

"I tried not to make God this big deal in Joan's life. She treats God like a friend: she's nice to him some days, and other days mean, and then cries when she needs help."

"I tried not to make God this big deal in Joan's life. She treats God like a friend: she's nice to him some days, and other days mean, and then cries when she needs help."

Amber Tamblyn, American Actress

God, Life, Help, Needs

7

"I want to find a way to reach young women emotionally and also to start providing clothing for them so that they can wear the same things their thin friends can wear. I really want to do evening wear and prom dresses for these girls."

"I want to find a way to reach young women emotionally and also to start providing clothing for them so that they can wear the same things their thin friends can wear. I really want to do evening wear and prom dresses for these girls."

Delta Burke, American Actress

Woman, Women, Evening, Friends, Girls

7

"When women smoke, it is hard for them to quit because they are so worried about their weight; it's a vanity issue and a mindset."

"When women smoke, it is hard for them to quit because they are so worried about their weight; it's a vanity issue and a mindset."

Loni Anderson, American Actress

Woman, Women, Vanity, Weight

7

"Nothing spooky or terrible happened on set, but we were told to say it had. We were giving a press conference and the writers were going on about these terrible things that supposedly happened while we were filming."

"Nothing spooky or terrible happened on set, but we were told to say it had. We were giving a press conference and the writers were going on about these terrible things that supposedly happened while we were filming."

Margot Kidder, American Actress

Giving, Nothing, Press, Writers

7

"You see people all the time who are on hit shows and then you never hear from them again."

"You see people all the time who are on hit shows and then you never hear from them again."

Patricia Heaton, American Actress

7

"Sean's a better person when he's directing. He becomes a queen when he's an actor. And he's so unhappy when he's acting."

"Sean's a better person when he's directing. He becomes a queen when he's an actor. And he's so unhappy when he's acting."

Robin Wright Penn, American Actress

Acting, Actor, Queen

7

"There's no praise or acknowledgment paid to women who raise the babies."

"There's no praise or acknowledgment paid to women who raise the babies."

Sharon Gless, American Actress

Woman, Women, Babies, Praise

7

"Age is just a number. It's totally irrelevant unless, of course, you happen to be a bottle of wine."

"Age is just a number. It's totally irrelevant unless, of course, you happen to be a bottle of wine."

Joan Collins, American Actress

7

"No person in the world ever lost anything by being nice to me."

"No person in the world ever lost anything by being nice to me."

Lillie Langtry, British Actress

7

"I have a friend that has five kids and she went through a trial separation with her husband, and she didn't have time to be upset. Every now and then, she'd call me on the cell phone and just cry."

"I have a friend that has five kids and she went through a trial separation with her husband, and she didn't have time to be upset. Every now and then, she'd call me on the cell phone and just cry."

Faith Ford, American Actress

Time, HusbFriend, Kids, Now

7

"I lied to everybody. I lie very well, being an actress, naturally."

"I lied to everybody. I lie very well, being an actress, naturally."

Lynn Fontanne, American Actress

7

"My number one goal is to love, support and be there for my son."

"My number one goal is to love, support and be there for my son."

Farrah Fawcett, American Actress

Love, Son, Goal, Support

7

"I have a strong belief in God... I find religion to be a very personal thing... I am also very spiritual."

"I have a strong belief in God... I find religion to be a very personal thing... I am also very spiritual."

Sela Ward, American Actress

Religion, God, Belief, Spiritual

7

"After I learn more English, I'll work hard and make more films."

"After I learn more English, I'll work hard and make more films."

Zhang Ziyi, Chinese Actress

7

"I can't say that I've made the transition to movies."

"I can't say that I've made the transition to movies."

Victoria Pratt, Canadian Actress

7

"I'm just an actress. They try to give me as little information as possible."

"I'm just an actress. They try to give me as little information as possible."

Yancy Butler, American Actress

7

"I don't think when I make love."

"I don't think when I make love."

Brigitte Bardot, French Actress

7

"Freewill means that the Universe never judges, never interferes with your own choices - and sees you as a being of equal creative power."

"Freewill means that the Universe never judges, never interferes with your own choices - and sees you as a being of equal creative power."

Joy Page, American Actress

Power, Being, Choices, Judges

7

"The thing about being in America is when you are driving with the sun on your back, there's hip hop. I never used to be into hip hop, but there's hip hop in the food, soul food, there's hip hop in the cars."

"The thing about being in America is when you are driving with the sun on your back, there's hip hop. I never used to be into hip hop, but there's hip hop in the food, soul food, there's hip hop in the cars."

Vanessa Brown, Austrian Actress

Food, Soul, America, Being

7

"When I was growing up, I always thought my hair was messy."

"When I was growing up, I always thought my hair was messy."

Julia Louis Dreyfus, American Actress

Thought, Growing up, Hair

7

"I don't feel like a dream girl, but I think it's really nice. I guess a part of me wishes I got that sort of attention in my real life. Because in my real life, I'm this weird, dorky girl who just hangs out with her dog."

"I don't feel like a dream girl, but I think it's really nice. I guess a part of me wishes I got that sort of attention in my real life. Because in my real life, I'm this weird, dorky girl who just hangs out with her dog."

Alicia Silverstone, American Actress

Life, Dream, Attention, Wishes

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