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"I mean, I'm new but I've always been very interested in film making process and I've been lucky enough to work with film makers in my past that have been very encouraging to let me hang around. I get so emotionally vested - that the producer part of me was natural."

"I mean, I'm new but I've always been very interested in film making process and I've been lucky enough to work with film makers in my past that have been very encouraging to let me hang around. I get so emotionally vested - that the producer part of me was natural."

Charlize Theron, South African Actress

Work, Encouraging, Film, Past

144

"I'm a nice, happily married wife and mom and I live in Connecticut."

"I'm a nice, happily married wife and mom and I live in Connecticut."

Christine Baranski, American Actress

143

"You can't please all the people all the time."

"You can't please all the people all the time."

Miranda Richardson, English Actress

143

"I have been working a lot, and I like it. And you know, it's hard for me not to. I guess I've been working a lot because I get to play with brilliant people."

"I have been working a lot, and I like it. And you know, it's hard for me not to. I guess I've been working a lot because I get to play with brilliant people."

Charlize Theron, South African Actress

136

"Be yourself. The world worships the original."

"Be yourself. The world worships the original."

Ingrid Bergman, Swedish Actress

129

"I don't think men like a bad girl. Well, I haven't had a date in a year so I'm obviously doing something wrong. It's not that my standards are too high, I haven't even been asked out in a year. I have no standards, anyone, please!"

"I don't think men like a bad girl. Well, I haven't had a date in a year so I'm obviously doing something wrong. It's not that my standards are too high, I haven't even been asked out in a year. I have no standards, anyone, please!"

Yasmine Bleeth, American Actress

129

"So we do have our exits and our entrances and we are perhaps mere, but I think if one keep a certain joyousness in life which should be in playing, then good for one, but it's slightly more serious than that."

"So we do have our exits and our entrances and we are perhaps mere, but I think if one keep a certain joyousness in life which should be in playing, then good for one, but it's slightly more serious than that."

Janet Suzman, South African Actress

125

"The beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears, the figure that she carries or the way she combs her hair."

"The beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears, the figure that she carries or the way she combs her hair."

Audrey Hepburn, Belgian Actress

Beauty, Clothes, Hair, Woman

124

"I always looked for a man to rescue me and bring me happiness. I bought into that myth, of course, and looked for my own Prince Charming."

"I always looked for a man to rescue me and bring me happiness. I bought into that myth, of course, and looked for my own Prince Charming."

Linda Evans, American Actress

Happiness, Man, Myth

123

"John Schlesinger had one of his friends designing it and he had never done a film before. Ten days before it started, they didn't have any costumes. I was rung up and joined up."

"John Schlesinger had one of his friends designing it and he had never done a film before. Ten days before it started, they didn't have any costumes. I was rung up and joined up."

Julie Harris, American Actress

123

"I go into work and get my hair and makeup done, go into wardrobe. I have to do three hours of school a day."

"I go into work and get my hair and makeup done, go into wardrobe. I have to do three hours of school a day."

Alia Shawkat, American Actress

Work, Day, Hair, Makeup

123

"I am writing my second novel for children for Simon and Schuster."

"I am writing my second novel for children for Simon and Schuster."

Marlee Matlin, American Actress

Children, Writing

121

"I'm horrible to live with. I don't clean. My clothes end up wherever I take them off. I forget to flush the toilet."

"I'm horrible to live with. I don't clean. My clothes end up wherever I take them off. I forget to flush the toilet."

Megan Fox, American Actress

Clothes, End, Forget

118

"People see you as an object, not as a person, and they project a set of expectations onto you. People who don't have it think beauty is a blessing, but actually it sets you apart."

"People see you as an object, not as a person, and they project a set of expectations onto you. People who don't have it think beauty is a blessing, but actually it sets you apart."

Candice Bergen, American Actress

Beauty, People, Expectations, Project

117

"I was always telling everybody that I could be funny."

"I was always telling everybody that I could be funny."

Sally Kellerman, American Actress

113

"You know, I grew up with brothers so I'm used to being the only girl."

"You know, I grew up with brothers so I'm used to being the only girl."

Kyra Sedgwick, American Actress

Being, Brothers

113

"I'm a person that doesn't have that many goals or plans. I feel like I'm the wind and I blow through life; it's whatever comes to me. I very much respect nature. Whatever happens to me, I'm happy and I embrace it."

"I'm a person that doesn't have that many goals or plans. I feel like I'm the wind and I blow through life; it's whatever comes to me. I very much respect nature. Whatever happens to me, I'm happy and I embrace it."

Bai Ling, Chinese Actress

Life, Nature, Goals, Respect

112

"Sam Wood, the director, made most of his money as a real estate agent; there was nothing of the temperamental artist about him."

"Sam Wood, the director, made most of his money as a real estate agent; there was nothing of the temperamental artist about him."

Gloria Swanson, American Actress

Money, Artist, Nothing, Wood

111

"It matters more what's in a woman's face than what's on it."

"It matters more what's in a woman's face than what's on it."

Claudette Colbert, French Actress

110

"I was not particularly bright, I wasn't very athletic, I was a little too tall, odd, funny looking, I was just really weird as a kid."

"I was not particularly bright, I wasn't very athletic, I was a little too tall, odd, funny looking, I was just really weird as a kid."

Uma Thurman, American Actress

110

"I'm not strictly vegetarian, but meat doesn't play a big part in my diet."

"I'm not strictly vegetarian, but meat doesn't play a big part in my diet."

Katie Holmes, American Actress

110

"I was in school studying civil engineering. A guy approached me on the street and said that I had a interesting look-very exotic. He told me I should try to be in the industry."

"I was in school studying civil engineering. A guy approached me on the street and said that I had a interesting look-very exotic. He told me I should try to be in the industry."

Thuy Trang, Vietnamese Actress

Engineering, School

109

"Life throws some curveballs at you and you go where it takes you."

"Life throws some curveballs at you and you go where it takes you."

Sophia Bush, American Actress

108

"If you didn't know that I am an actress, I don't think you could tell from my lifestyle. I cook and cook and cook. I like to be with my daughter. She's 16, so of course I bore her."

"If you didn't know that I am an actress, I don't think you could tell from my lifestyle. I cook and cook and cook. I like to be with my daughter. She's 16, so of course I bore her."

Karen Black, American Actress

107

"I think another problem people have is they are always searching for that high, and they don't realize they can get that same high with that same person again."

"I think another problem people have is they are always searching for that high, and they don't realize they can get that same high with that same person again."

Christina Applegate, American Actress

107

"My desire for the part of Mammy was not dominated by selfishness for Hollywood has been good to me and I am grateful."

"My desire for the part of Mammy was not dominated by selfishness for Hollywood has been good to me and I am grateful."

Hattie McDaniel, American Actress

Desire, Hollywood, Selfishness

107

"Claire was struggling through last summer's diary volume when Myrnin popped in through the portal, wearing a big floppy black hat and a kind of crazy/stylish pimp coat that covered him from neck to ankles, black leather gloves, and a black and silver walking stick with a dragon's head on it. And, on his lapel was a button that said, If you can read this, thank a teacher."

"Claire was struggling through last summer's diary volume when Myrnin popped in through the portal, wearing a big floppy black hat and a kind of crazy/stylish pimp coat that covered him from neck to ankles, black leather gloves, and a black and silver walking stick with a dragon's head on it. And, on his lapel was a button that said, If you can read this, thank a teacher."

Rachel Caine, Canadian Actress

Imagination, Humor, Creativity, Style, Fantasy

107

"Most of my memories of Texas are of mosquitoes, watermelons, crickets, and my brother teasing me."

"Most of my memories of Texas are of mosquitoes, watermelons, crickets, and my brother teasing me."

Robin Wright Penn, American Actress

Brother, Memories, Mosquitoes

107

"I'm going to college. I don't care if it ruins my career. I'd rather be smart than a movie star."

"I'm going to college. I don't care if it ruins my career. I'd rather be smart than a movie star."

Natalie Portman, American Actress

Care, Career, College

104

"No one is ever really dead unless we find the body."

"No one is ever really dead unless we find the body."

Julia Barr, American Actress

104

"There are certain stars who are not actors. I don't want to be that type."

"There are certain stars who are not actors. I don't want to be that type."

Natalie Wood, American Actress

Actor, Actors, Stars, Want

104

"If you love someone, you say it, right then, out loud. Otherwise, the moment just passes you by."

"If you love someone, you say it, right then, out loud. Otherwise, the moment just passes you by."

Julia Roberts, American Actress

104

"Malcolm X raised my consciousness about myself and my people and other people more than any person I know. I knew him before he became Malcolm X."

"Malcolm X raised my consciousness about myself and my people and other people more than any person I know. I knew him before he became Malcolm X."

Lena Horne, American Actress

People, Consciousness

103

"There came a point in time when Michael was under a great deal of pressure to alter the film in a way that was just disturbing to him. I had not seen the movie, yet. He phoned me in July of '92 to look at his version."

"There came a point in time when Michael was under a great deal of pressure to alter the film in a way that was just disturbing to him. I had not seen the movie, yet. He phoned me in July of '92 to look at his version."

Madeleine Stowe, American Actress

Time, Film, July, Pressure

103

"Too many people use abortion as a form of birth control. And that's very wrong. I could never, ever have an abortion."

"Too many people use abortion as a form of birth control. And that's very wrong. I could never, ever have an abortion."

Brooke Shields, American Actress

People, Control, Abortion, Birth control

103

"I grew up in a very open-minded family. My father died when I was very little, so my mother was really, really incredibly busy trying to provide for us."

"I grew up in a very open-minded family. My father died when I was very little, so my mother was really, really incredibly busy trying to provide for us."

Sonia Braga, Brazilian Actress

Family, Mother, Father, Open

99

"You have to get the audience invested even if you're doing something that they think is dumb, it's kind of what these movies are all about."

"You have to get the audience invested even if you're doing something that they think is dumb, it's kind of what these movies are all about."

Halle Berry, American Actress

99

"I basically became a cheerleader because I had a very strict mom. That was my way of being a bad girl."

"I basically became a cheerleader because I had a very strict mom. That was my way of being a bad girl."

Sandra Bullock, American Actress

99

"Sex is a part of nature. I go along with nature."

"Sex is a part of nature. I go along with nature."

Marilyn Monroe, American Actress

99

"When I was a kid, my dream was to be a farmer and marry Charlie Brown. I wanted to rescue him and make him happy. Besides, he was always lusting after the little redhead girl."

"When I was a kid, my dream was to be a farmer and marry Charlie Brown. I wanted to rescue him and make him happy. Besides, he was always lusting after the little redhead girl."

Alicia Witt, American Actress

99

"I don't believe in guilt, I believe in living on impulse as long as you never intentionally hurt another person, and don't judge people in your life. I think you should live completely free."

"I don't believe in guilt, I believe in living on impulse as long as you never intentionally hurt another person, and don't judge people in your life. I think you should live completely free."

Angelina Jolie, American Actress

Life, People, Guilt, Hurt

99

"Right now I think censorship is necessary; the things they're doing and saying in films right now just shouldn't be allowed. There's no dignity anymore and I think that's very important."

"Right now I think censorship is necessary; the things they're doing and saying in films right now just shouldn't be allowed. There's no dignity anymore and I think that's very important."

Mae West, American Actress

Censorship, Dignity, Now, Right

98

"This was meaningful that at almost 41 years old, I could be getting my first beauty campaign."

"This was meaningful that at almost 41 years old, I could be getting my first beauty campaign."

Teri Hatcher, American Actress

Beauty, First, Old, Years

97

"We did a remake of Lost in Space. Filmed it in London for four months."

"We did a remake of Lost in Space. Filmed it in London for four months."

Lacey Chabert, American Actress

London, Months, Space

97

"And I thought, you know, I have to say that maybe the whacked out mother is my new favorite role, but I don't want to just do it and become Nurse Ratchett."

"And I thought, you know, I have to say that maybe the whacked out mother is my new favorite role, but I don't want to just do it and become Nurse Ratchett."

Tea Leoni, American Actress

Mother, Thought, Favorite, Want

97

"When you face your fears, you are free of them. There's nothing in the world I need to hide from again."

"When you face your fears, you are free of them. There's nothing in the world I need to hide from again."

Daphne Zuniga, American Actress

96

"Once you figure out who you are and what you love about yourself, I think it all kinda falls into place."

"Once you figure out who you are and what you love about yourself, I think it all kinda falls into place."

Jennifer Aniston, American Actress

96

"I play the unsinkable Molly Brown, which is where she got her name from, because she survived."

"I play the unsinkable Molly Brown, which is where she got her name from, because she survived."

Marilu Henner, American Actress

96

"It's just too egotistical to think that we are the only lifeform in the universe."

"It's just too egotistical to think that we are the only lifeform in the universe."

Kathleen Quinlan, American Actress

95

"Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, it's at the end of your arm, as you get older, remember you have another hand: The first is to help yourself, the second is to help others."

"Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, it's at the end of your arm, as you get older, remember you have another hand: The first is to help yourself, the second is to help others."

Audrey Hepburn, Belgian Actress

End, First, Help

95

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