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Quotes by Actress

"The most surprising thing for my mother and father was when I was actually earning more money than them by the time I was about 18. They thought I was going to be the ne'er do well, who they'd have to keep worrying about."
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Diane Cilento
"The most surprising thing for my mother and father was when I was actually earning more money than them by the time I was about 18. They thought I was going to be the ne'er do well, who they'd have to keep worrying about."
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"Really, sex and laughter do go very well together, and I wondered - and I still do - which is more important."
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Hermione Gingold
"Really, sex and laughter do go very well together, and I wondered - and I still do - which is more important."
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"Children don't need much advice but they really do need to be listened to and not just with half an ear."
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Emma Thompson
"Children don't need much advice but they really do need to be listened to and not just with half an ear."
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"It's true, I did a lot of great movies, and I'm happy. It was what it was, and now I think all of that has fed into where I am now, and I think it has taught me a lot."
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Faye Dunaway
"It's true, I did a lot of great movies, and I'm happy. It was what it was, and now I think all of that has fed into where I am now, and I think it has taught me a lot."
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"In my fantasy I was always the savior. I would come to Peanuts land and save everybody. Charlie Brown would fall madly in love with me. Peppermint Patty was so jealous."
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Alicia Witt
"In my fantasy I was always the savior. I would come to Peanuts land and save everybody. Charlie Brown would fall madly in love with me. Peppermint Patty was so jealous."
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"I don't like being compared to anyone or being in a class with someone. I'm a teen actress and therefore I'm competing against Hilary Duff. We're different people like everyone else."
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Amanda Bynes
"I don't like being compared to anyone or being in a class with someone. I'm a teen actress and therefore I'm competing against Hilary Duff. We're different people like everyone else."
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"I rather go to see a good play than be in one."
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Alfre Woodard
"I rather go to see a good play than be in one."
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"Myrnin said softly. "And how is it that you do not understand that HERE, in THIS place, this girl belongs to me, not to you?"
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Rachel Caine
"Myrnin said softly. "And how is it that you do not understand that HERE, in THIS place, this girl belongs to me, not to you?"
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"Genius is the talent for seeing things straight."
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Maude Adams
"Genius is the talent for seeing things straight."
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"Reality is the leading cause of stress among those in touch with it."
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Lily Tomlin
"Reality is the leading cause of stress among those in touch with it."
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"John Wayne was a consummate gentleman. Bigger than life."
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Jennifer O'Neill
"John Wayne was a consummate gentleman. Bigger than life."
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"I truly loved doing the videos, but it has been hard hearing all the time that you're just the Aerosmith chick."
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Alicia Silverstone
"I truly loved doing the videos, but it has been hard hearing all the time that you're just the Aerosmith chick."
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"My father was a diplomatic officer. As a diplomat's daughter, you have to learn to present yourself very early on."
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Kathleen Turner
"My father was a diplomatic officer. As a diplomat's daughter, you have to learn to present yourself very early on."
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"It scares me to think that one day I'm not going to be in school anymore."
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Natalie Portman
"It scares me to think that one day I'm not going to be in school anymore."
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"My fairy-tale life ended the moment I wanted to apply for a passport."
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Joan Chen
"My fairy-tale life ended the moment I wanted to apply for a passport."
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"The problem with losing your anonymity is that you can never go back."
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Marla Maples
"The problem with losing your anonymity is that you can never go back."
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"I'd played dumbasses a lot. On Mad About You, I played a very dumb waitress and they saw me."
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Lisa Kudrow
"I'd played dumbasses a lot. On Mad About You, I played a very dumb waitress and they saw me."
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"I like to look like a person. It drives me crazy when you see women in movies playing teachers, and they have biceps. It totally takes me out of the movie. I start thinking, Wow, that actress playing this part really looks great!"
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Emma Stone
"I like to look like a person. It drives me crazy when you see women in movies playing teachers, and they have biceps. It totally takes me out of the movie. I start thinking, Wow, that actress playing this part really looks great!"
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"Well, I've known Elizabeth almost all of her life and almost all of my life. And I love her with all of my heart and she's always been there for me. She's a wonderful, wonderful dame. She's a great lady."
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Liza Minnelli
"Well, I've known Elizabeth almost all of her life and almost all of my life. And I love her with all of my heart and she's always been there for me. She's a wonderful, wonderful dame. She's a great lady."
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"I don't believe you have to have eating disorders and mental illness to screw up."
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Kirstie Alley
"I don't believe you have to have eating disorders and mental illness to screw up."
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"If you want to give up the admiration of thousands of men for the distain of one, go ahead, get married."
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Katharine Hepburn
"If you want to give up the admiration of thousands of men for the distain of one, go ahead, get married."
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"I followed the same diet for 20 years, eliminating starches, living on salads, lean meat, and small portions."
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Gene Tierney
"I followed the same diet for 20 years, eliminating starches, living on salads, lean meat, and small portions."
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"I mean, I'm pretty good in real life, but sometimes people seem surprised that I'm like a normal teenager and wear black nail polish and I'm just a little bit more edgy than the person I play on television."
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Brittany Snow
"I mean, I'm pretty good in real life, but sometimes people seem surprised that I'm like a normal teenager and wear black nail polish and I'm just a little bit more edgy than the person I play on television."
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"The manic end of is a lot of fun."
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Carrie Fisher
"The manic end of is a lot of fun."
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"Can you make a mistake and miss your fate?"
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Sarah Jessica Parker
"Can you make a mistake and miss your fate?"
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"Oh, I don't talk about Jack and me. Some things are too good to share."
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Lara Flynn Boyle
"Oh, I don't talk about Jack and me. Some things are too good to share."
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"I hardly ever go to parties. If I really have to, I'll go, but I'm not the most open person, which is sometimes not the best quality."
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Eva Green
"I hardly ever go to parties. If I really have to, I'll go, but I'm not the most open person, which is sometimes not the best quality."
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"There's a feeling of elation that comes after getting off stage and then there's a feeling of utter sadness that comes after getting off the stage."
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Neve Campbell
"There's a feeling of elation that comes after getting off stage and then there's a feeling of utter sadness that comes after getting off the stage."
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"I can play rhythm guitar. I know how to hold a guitar and strum it."
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Jamie Lee Curtis
"I can play rhythm guitar. I know how to hold a guitar and strum it."
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"It helps when 1 can send the children off to their fathers so I can support my new book with a national publicity tour. I started writing the book when my daughter was 5. It took me almost four years."
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Meg Tilly
"It helps when 1 can send the children off to their fathers so I can support my new book with a national publicity tour. I started writing the book when my daughter was 5. It took me almost four years."
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"It is really hard to do comedy; it takes a lot of energy and focus. It's rather like music: It's a lot of hitting notes precisely."
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Christine Baranski
"It is really hard to do comedy; it takes a lot of energy and focus. It's rather like music: It's a lot of hitting notes precisely."
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"Originally, I came from Texas, and we lived on - I guess you'd call it welfare, what we called relief."
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Carol Burnett
"Originally, I came from Texas, and we lived on - I guess you'd call it welfare, what we called relief."
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"I like analyzing human behavior. It's complex. That's what keeps me going."
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Julia Stiles
"I like analyzing human behavior. It's complex. That's what keeps me going."
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"I'm pretty ruthless about that; I think when you sign over your story, you sign over your story."
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Rachel Griffiths
"I'm pretty ruthless about that; I think when you sign over your story, you sign over your story."
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"Republican comes in the dictionary just after reptile and just above repugnant."
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Julia Roberts
"Republican comes in the dictionary just after reptile and just above repugnant."
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"I don't know what it means to be a sex symbol. When I look myself on a magazine cover I don't see it as me, but as someone painted, fluffed, puffed and done up."
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Jennifer Aniston
"I don't know what it means to be a sex symbol. When I look myself on a magazine cover I don't see it as me, but as someone painted, fluffed, puffed and done up."
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"The coolest thing is that my sister and I, you know, we've done what a lot of people have not been able to do. Which is to have our own careers, together."
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Tia Mowry
"The coolest thing is that my sister and I, you know, we've done what a lot of people have not been able to do. Which is to have our own careers, together."
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"There is no sexuality that is greater or lesser than another."
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Jasmine Guy
"There is no sexuality that is greater or lesser than another."
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"I remember how to be a person by being around them."
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Natalie Portman
"I remember how to be a person by being around them."
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"My husband does so many romantic things for me, it's absurd."
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Jennifer Beals
"My husband does so many romantic things for me, it's absurd."
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"I think that anybody that smiles automatically looks better."
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Diane Lane
"I think that anybody that smiles automatically looks better."
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"I won't write my autobiography because I never had an affair with Frank Sinatra, and if I had had, I wouldn't tell anyone."
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Celia Johnson
"I won't write my autobiography because I never had an affair with Frank Sinatra, and if I had had, I wouldn't tell anyone."
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"I didn't do a movie until I was almost 30. I'm grateful for that because it gave me a chance to be an adult in the world and do work in the regional theater that very few people cared about. I loved it and I wanted to do that stuff."
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Annette Bening
"I didn't do a movie until I was almost 30. I'm grateful for that because it gave me a chance to be an adult in the world and do work in the regional theater that very few people cared about. I loved it and I wanted to do that stuff."
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"After all, a job isn't worth doing unless you enjoy it."
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Dinah Sheridan
"After all, a job isn't worth doing unless you enjoy it."
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"It was just this interesting, my first, the first time you hear your child in any way criticise you. It's the worst review of your life and it's really relieving to find out that they don't know what they're saying."
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Tea Leoni
"It was just this interesting, my first, the first time you hear your child in any way criticise you. It's the worst review of your life and it's really relieving to find out that they don't know what they're saying."
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"Zac Efron would make us feel guilty for eating big dinners. He'd say, "Do you really want to eat those carbs?" It was like, "Thanks a lot!""
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Ashley Tisdale
"Zac Efron would make us feel guilty for eating big dinners. He'd say, "Do you really want to eat those carbs?" It was like, "Thanks a lot!""
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"I think my capacity to change has given me tremendous happiness, because who I am today I am completely content to be."
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Jamie Lee Curtis
"I think my capacity to change has given me tremendous happiness, because who I am today I am completely content to be."
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"I was desperate to go back to New York and when 9/11 happened, I feared moving to the bulls-eye and that was very hard because I have a lot of family there and I really had to question what I didn't like about this community."
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Tea Leoni
"I was desperate to go back to New York and when 9/11 happened, I feared moving to the bulls-eye and that was very hard because I have a lot of family there and I really had to question what I didn't like about this community."
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"Relax, Georgie, I'm just making my collar and cuffs match."
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Carole Lombard
"Relax, Georgie, I'm just making my collar and cuffs match."
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"Why am I so good at playing bitches? I think it's because I'm not a bitch. Maybe that's why Miss Crawford always plays ladies."
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Bette Davis
"Why am I so good at playing bitches? I think it's because I'm not a bitch. Maybe that's why Miss Crawford always plays ladies."
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