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"You can't start worrying about what's going to happen. You get spastic enough worrying about what's happening now."

"You can't start worrying about what's going to happen. You get spastic enough worrying about what's happening now."

Lauren Bacall, American Actress

7

"Blanche talks about aging, and why should she be considered poor, because physical beauty is transitory and fading and she has such richness of the soul. I think that speech is so beautiful, and so telling and so true."

"Blanche talks about aging, and why should she be considered poor, because physical beauty is transitory and fading and she has such richness of the soul. I think that speech is so beautiful, and so telling and so true."

Delta Burke, American Actress

Beauty, Soul, Poor, Richness

7

"I love working with people who are inspired and obsessive."

"I love working with people who are inspired and obsessive."

Nicole Kidman, Australian Actress

7

"Mr. Disney believed everyone was still a child deep inside."

"Mr. Disney believed everyone was still a child deep inside."

Annette Funicello, American Actress

7

"I justified it in so many ways. I had a very, very long and difficult struggle with my sexuality."

"I justified it in so many ways. I had a very, very long and difficult struggle with my sexuality."

Portia de Rossi, Australian Actress

Sexuality, Struggle

7

"I'd had my daughter when I was a teenager - I took my daughter to college with me."

"I'd had my daughter when I was a teenager - I took my daughter to college with me."

Loni Anderson, American Actress

Daughter, College

7

"Life is to be lived. If you have to support yourself, you had bloody well better find some way that is going to be interesting. And you don't do that by sitting around."

"Life is to be lived. If you have to support yourself, you had bloody well better find some way that is going to be interesting. And you don't do that by sitting around."

Katharine Hepburn, American Actress

7

"Doing a half-hour TV show is a dream."

"Doing a half-hour TV show is a dream."

Julia Louis Dreyfus, American Actress

7

"To cement a new friendship, especially between foreigners or persons of a different social world, a spark with which both were secretly charged must fly from person to person, and cut across the accidents of place and time."

"To cement a new friendship, especially between foreigners or persons of a different social world, a spark with which both were secretly charged must fly from person to person, and cut across the accidents of place and time."

Cornelia Otis Skinner, American Actress

Time, Friendship, Accidents, Foreigners

7

"Ava Gardner was the most beautiful woman in the world, and it's wonderful that she didn't cut up her face. She addressed aging by picking up her chin and receiving the light in a better way. And she looked like a woman. She never tried to look like a girl."

"Ava Gardner was the most beautiful woman in the world, and it's wonderful that she didn't cut up her face. She addressed aging by picking up her chin and receiving the light in a better way. And she looked like a woman. She never tried to look like a girl."

Sharon Stone, American Actress

Light, Woman, World

7

"If you have a guy like Jermaine, it's a pain in the neck. When we were on the road together in Europe, Jesus, I had to kick the girls off of him. I mean, they throw themselves on the floor and take off their hats."

"If you have a guy like Jermaine, it's a pain in the neck. When we were on the road together in Europe, Jesus, I had to kick the girls off of him. I mean, they throw themselves on the floor and take off their hats."

Pia Zadora, American Actress

Europe, Girls, Pain, Road

7

"About that time, stronger features became fashionable on the screen."

"About that time, stronger features became fashionable on the screen."

Marie Windsor, American Actress

7

"I have three sons, and I think we're both fierce protectors of our children."

"I have three sons, and I think we're both fierce protectors of our children."

Jami Gertz, American Actress

7

"Personally, I don't like watching violence. I'd much rather see more skin."

"Personally, I don't like watching violence. I'd much rather see more skin."

Cameron Diaz, American Actress

7

"There's something about being with a group of people who become like family that must be needed in society."

"There's something about being with a group of people who become like family that must be needed in society."

Jacqueline Bisset, English Actress

Family, Society, People, Being

7

"I regret that I wasn't the kind of person who could enjoy celebrity. It embarrassed me too much."

"I regret that I wasn't the kind of person who could enjoy celebrity. It embarrassed me too much."

Julie Christie, British Actress

Celebrity, Regret

7

"In my dreams I am not crippled. In my dreams, I dance."

"In my dreams I am not crippled. In my dreams, I dance."

Louise Brooks, American Actress

Dream, Dreams, Dance

7

"In 1962 I was diagnosed with this incurable disease."

"In 1962 I was diagnosed with this incurable disease."

Mary Ann Mobley, American Actress

7

"I feel that David took a risk with me. I have a sense that by starting off in the theatre and going off to do films you are seen to sell out in some way. I don't hold truck with that, but you can't stop people from feeling it."

"I feel that David took a risk with me. I have a sense that by starting off in the theatre and going off to do films you are seen to sell out in some way. I don't hold truck with that, but you can't stop people from feeling it."

Julia Ormond, British Actress

People, Feeling, Risk, Sense

7

"I don't know if I would've had the opportunity to be on 'Wizards of Waverly Place' if it weren't for my heritage. I realize everybody wants what they don't have. But at the end of the day, what you have inside is much more beautiful than what's on the outside!"

"I don't know if I would've had the opportunity to be on 'Wizards of Waverly Place' if it weren't for my heritage. I realize everybody wants what they don't have. But at the end of the day, what you have inside is much more beautiful than what's on the outside!"

Selena Gomez, American Actress

Opportunity, Day, End

7

"We've read scripts, and I think right now we are just focusing in on school."

"We've read scripts, and I think right now we are just focusing in on school."

Mary-Kate Olsen, American Actress

Now, Right, School

7

"But I think boys ultimately are easier than girls."

"But I think boys ultimately are easier than girls."

Patricia Heaton, American Actress

7

"I had a hell of a time convincing people I was gay - which was so annoying!"

"I had a hell of a time convincing people I was gay - which was so annoying!"

Portia de Rossi, Australian Actress

Time, People, Gay, Hell

7

"The theatre was created to tell people the truth about life and the social situation."

"The theatre was created to tell people the truth about life and the social situation."

Stella Adler, American Actress

Life, Truth, People, Theatre

7

"So far I haven't really been prominent enough to get critical attention focused on me. So, of course, I fully expect bad reviews, but I will be wracked with misery as a result."

"So far I haven't really been prominent enough to get critical attention focused on me. So, of course, I fully expect bad reviews, but I will be wracked with misery as a result."

Emily Mortimer, British Actress

Attention, Misery, Result, Will

7

"That made me feel good, not to go to a resort where outside the door is extreme poverty."

"That made me feel good, not to go to a resort where outside the door is extreme poverty."

Jasmine Guy, American Actress

Extreme, Poverty

7

"I then remained in Berlin until Dec. 1938, spending my time between pictures at my villa on the Riviera."

"I then remained in Berlin until Dec. 1938, spending my time between pictures at my villa on the Riviera."

Pola Negri, Polish Actress

7

"I leave before being left. I decide."

"I leave before being left. I decide."

Brigitte Bardot, French Actress

7

"I avoided nudity unless a film couldn't be told without those scenes. If you look at my films, few of them have that element, yet nudity and male fantasies have become emblematic of my work."

"I avoided nudity unless a film couldn't be told without those scenes. If you look at my films, few of them have that element, yet nudity and male fantasies have become emblematic of my work."

Greta Scacchi, Italian Actress

Work, Film, Nudity

7

"I've always tried to be conscious of how I represent women in my work. They don't have to be good or strong women, but they have to be complex."

"I've always tried to be conscious of how I represent women in my work. They don't have to be good or strong women, but they have to be complex."

Molly Parker, Canadian Actress

Woman, Women, Work

7

"Awards don't really mean much."

"Awards don't really mean much."

Uta Hagen, German Actress

7

"I have had to learn about saying no."

"I have had to learn about saying no."

Jaclyn Smith, American Actress

7

"I believe people are in our lives for a reason. We're here to learn from each other."

"I believe people are in our lives for a reason. We're here to learn from each other."

Gillian Anderson, American Actress

7

"Stardom can be a gilded slavery."

"Stardom can be a gilded slavery."

Helen Hayes, American Actress

7

"I desperately want a dog, but I've been told I travel too much, and I'm not allowed to have a dog."

"I desperately want a dog, but I've been told I travel too much, and I'm not allowed to have a dog."

Victoria Pratt, Canadian Actress

7

"My next adventure will be being in a car with Mischa at the wheel."

"My next adventure will be being in a car with Mischa at the wheel."

Rachel Bilson, American Actress

Car, Adventure, Being, Will

7

"Weight doesn't matter as long as you're happy with yourself."

"Weight doesn't matter as long as you're happy with yourself."

Billie Piper, British Actress

7

"I think we're in a time when everyone's afraid to have sex. But I was raised being beautiful and healthy."

"I think we're in a time when everyone's afraid to have sex. But I was raised being beautiful and healthy."

Alyssa Milano, American Actress

Time, Sex, Being

7

"I've always thought that a lot of the problems in the world would be solved if a spaceship did arrive, then anyone with one head and two arms and two legs would be your brother! It wouldn't matter where they were from or what they believed or anything. It might be good for us."

"I've always thought that a lot of the problems in the world would be solved if a spaceship did arrive, then anyone with one head and two arms and two legs would be your brother! It wouldn't matter where they were from or what they believed or anything. It might be good for us."

Sigourney Weaver, American Actress

Thought, Problems, World

7

"There were episodes where I would wear seven or eight outfits. It took a lot of time to get those together. What the character wears is very essential to how I create the character."

"There were episodes where I would wear seven or eight outfits. It took a lot of time to get those together. What the character wears is very essential to how I create the character."

Donna Mills, American Actress

Time, Character

7

"There's a higher form of happiness in commitment. I'm counting on it."

"There's a higher form of happiness in commitment. I'm counting on it."

Claire Forlani, English Actress

Happiness, Commitment

7

"I use products from my dermatologist but the best things you can do for your skin, are not smoke always use sunscreen and drink a lot of water."

"I use products from my dermatologist but the best things you can do for your skin, are not smoke always use sunscreen and drink a lot of water."

Sela Ward, American Actress

7

"It's also selfish because it makes you feel good when you help others. I've been helped by acts of kindness from strangers. That's why we're here, after all, to help others."

"It's also selfish because it makes you feel good when you help others. I've been helped by acts of kindness from strangers. That's why we're here, after all, to help others."

Carol Burnett, American Actress

Help, Kindness, Strangers

7

"I know I am at the end. I shall never get better, dear."

"I know I am at the end. I shall never get better, dear."

Lillie Langtry, British Actress

7

"You know, it's not the people in Hollywood who go to see movies that will make a movie successful; it's the people all around the country; it's word-of-mouth."

"You know, it's not the people in Hollywood who go to see movies that will make a movie successful; it's the people all around the country; it's word-of-mouth."

Pia Zadora, American Actress

Movies, People, Successful, Country

7

"You are all things. Denying, rejecting, judging or hiding from any aspect of your total being creates pain and results in a lack of wholeness."

"You are all things. Denying, rejecting, judging or hiding from any aspect of your total being creates pain and results in a lack of wholeness."

Joy Page, American Actress

Being, Pain, Results

7

"I'm always the last person they go to with a sequel, because I'm the most skeptical. You know, I'm very proud of what we've done, and I don't want to screw up our series."

"I'm always the last person they go to with a sequel, because I'm the most skeptical. You know, I'm very proud of what we've done, and I don't want to screw up our series."

Sigourney Weaver, American Actress

7

"I've always been able to decide what was more important at different points in my life, but I never gave up personal things to work, never."

"I've always been able to decide what was more important at different points in my life, but I never gave up personal things to work, never."

Catherine Deneuve, French Actress

7

"Any time I break up with Dawson or question him, viewers turn against me."

"Any time I break up with Dawson or question him, viewers turn against me."

Katie Holmes, American Actress

7

"When I was a kid, I'd kneel down at the side of my bed every night before I went to sleep, and my mother and I would say a Greek prayer to the Virgin Mary."

"When I was a kid, I'd kneel down at the side of my bed every night before I went to sleep, and my mother and I would say a Greek prayer to the Virgin Mary."

Olympia Dukakis, American Actress

Mother, Bed, Night, Prayer

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