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"After about 15 minutes, you feel that you're winning them over."

"After about 15 minutes, you feel that you're winning them over."

Chita Rivera, Puerto Rican Actress

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"There's a lot of skeletons in my closet, but I know what they're wearing. I'm not gonna act all ashamed of it."

"There's a lot of skeletons in my closet, but I know what they're wearing. I'm not gonna act all ashamed of it."

Naomi Watts, English Actress

59

"Where is this Hollywood scene, where is it? I'd like to find it one day... If I want to go out and have a good time, I go to New York."

"Where is this Hollywood scene, where is it? I'd like to find it one day... If I want to go out and have a good time, I go to New York."

Natasha Henstridge, Canadian Actress

Time, Day, Hollywood, Want

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"I'm aware of my body."

"I'm aware of my body."

Joanna Lumley, English Actress

59

"There is nothing better than being a parent. It is the most challenging job one could ever ask for. I love being a mom and I love being a friend to my children as well."

"There is nothing better than being a parent. It is the most challenging job one could ever ask for. I love being a mom and I love being a friend to my children as well."

Marlee Matlin, American Actress

Love, Mom, Friend, Being

59

"Then there's the story of ill-fated love. It's universal."

"Then there's the story of ill-fated love. It's universal."

Rita Moreno, Puerto Rican Actress

58

"My hairdresser and I found ourselves shopping at Bloomingdale's with nothing to do for days."

"My hairdresser and I found ourselves shopping at Bloomingdale's with nothing to do for days."

Chita Rivera, Puerto Rican Actress

58

"I think the success of my work stems from being truthful."

"I think the success of my work stems from being truthful."

Catherine O'Hara, Canadian Actress

Success, Work, Being

58

"I like to go from mainstream movies to more artsy films. I don't sign on for the money. Maybe I should, but I don't. There's always a good reason for doing something."

"I like to go from mainstream movies to more artsy films. I don't sign on for the money. Maybe I should, but I don't. There's always a good reason for doing something."

Famke Janssen, Dutch Actress

Movies, Money, Reason

57

"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

57

"My passions were all gathered together like fingers that made a fist. Drive is considered aggression today; I knew it then as purpose."

"My passions were all gathered together like fingers that made a fist. Drive is considered aggression today; I knew it then as purpose."

Bette Davis, American Actress

Purpose, Aggression, Today

57

"I am a dreamer. Seriously, I'm living on another planet."

"I am a dreamer. Seriously, I'm living on another planet."

Eva Green, French Actress

57

"It's so hard to keep everything balanced in life."

"It's so hard to keep everything balanced in life."

Rosanna Arquette, American Actress

57

"You go through spells where you feel that maybe you're too sensitive for this world. I certainly felt that."

"You go through spells where you feel that maybe you're too sensitive for this world. I certainly felt that."

Winona Ryder, American Actress

57

"I'm a workaholic. Before long I'm traveling on my nervous energy alone. This is incredibly exhausting."

"I'm a workaholic. Before long I'm traveling on my nervous energy alone. This is incredibly exhausting."

Eva Gabor, Hungarian Actress

Energy, Traveling

56

"Now that we have a democracy and you can go back and the airport air is not laden with evil any more, you can actually breathe oxygen when you land in Johannesburg."

"Now that we have a democracy and you can go back and the airport air is not laden with evil any more, you can actually breathe oxygen when you land in Johannesburg."

Janet Suzman, South African Actress

Democracy, Evil, Land, Now

56

"I'm an old-fashioned girl."

"I'm an old-fashioned girl."

Chita Rivera, Puerto Rican Actress

56

"The curtains would open and it would be just her standing in some ludicrous pose, like Aphrodite."

"The curtains would open and it would be just her standing in some ludicrous pose, like Aphrodite."

Lesley-Anne Down, British Actress

56

"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

56

"The craziest thing I did to get a guy to notice me was going out with his best friend. It worked - he did notice me - but I don't recommend it."

"The craziest thing I did to get a guy to notice me was going out with his best friend. It worked - he did notice me - but I don't recommend it."

Jennie Garth, American Actress

Friendship, Friend

56

"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

56

"I was homecoming queen. I was star of my basketball team."

"I was homecoming queen. I was star of my basketball team."

Marla Maples, American Actress

Basketball, Queen

56

"Frank Marth also played many characters with us, and like George Petrie, he was worth his weight in gold."

"Frank Marth also played many characters with us, and like George Petrie, he was worth his weight in gold."

Audrey Meadows, American Actress

Gold, Weight, Worth

56

"My marriage? Up to now everything's okay. But it's a real marriage - imperfect and very difficult. It's all about people evolving somewhat simultaneously through their lives. I think we've emotionally evolved."

"My marriage? Up to now everything's okay. But it's a real marriage - imperfect and very difficult. It's all about people evolving somewhat simultaneously through their lives. I think we've emotionally evolved."

Jamie Lee Curtis, American Actress

Marriage, People, Now

56

"You don't have to be married to have a good friend as your partner for life."

"You don't have to be married to have a good friend as your partner for life."

Greta Garbo, Swedish Actress

55

"After filming I like to go home and lie down with my daughter and have a glass of wine so I don't really socialize with the other actors."

"After filming I like to go home and lie down with my daughter and have a glass of wine so I don't really socialize with the other actors."

Izabella Scorupco, Polish Actress

Home, Daughter, Lie, Actors

55

"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

55

"I had to have my first kiss in front of, like, a hundred people. I didn't know what to do. So my sisters told me to, like, practice on a pillow, you know? But it didn't kiss me back so I didn't know what to expect."

"I had to have my first kiss in front of, like, a hundred people. I didn't know what to do. So my sisters told me to, like, practice on a pillow, you know? But it didn't kiss me back so I didn't know what to expect."

Lacey Chabert, American Actress

Kiss, People, First, Practice

55

"I know what it's like to have someone coming home who looks at you not in the way they used to in the old days, and I've seen my own face contorted with sadness and rage in the mirror."

"I know what it's like to have someone coming home who looks at you not in the way they used to in the old days, and I've seen my own face contorted with sadness and rage in the mirror."

Jane Birkin, English Actress

Home, Old, Sadness

55

"Comedy is tragedy plus time."

"Comedy is tragedy plus time."

Carol Burnett, American Actress

Time, Comedy, Tragedy

54

"What could be more beautiful than a dear old lady growing wise with age? Every age can be enchanting, provided you live within it."

"What could be more beautiful than a dear old lady growing wise with age? Every age can be enchanting, provided you live within it."

Brigitte Bardot, French Actress

54

"Acting is not about being someone different. It's finding the similarity in what is apparently different, then finding myself in there."

"Acting is not about being someone different. It's finding the similarity in what is apparently different, then finding myself in there."

Meryl Streep, American Actress

54

"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

54

"Clothes, thank God I can get them from designers."

"Clothes, thank God I can get them from designers."

Patricia Velasquez, Venezuelan Actress

54

"I hope to start enjoying flirting again when I'm 70, like my mother did."

"I hope to start enjoying flirting again when I'm 70, like my mother did."

Felicity Kendal, English Actress

Mother, Hope, Flirting

54

"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

54

"The more I see of men, the more I like dogs."

"The more I see of men, the more I like dogs."

Clara Bow, American Actress

54

"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

54

"I have no private life at all. I am a hunted woman. I can't take a step without being questioned and surrounded."

"I have no private life at all. I am a hunted woman. I can't take a step without being questioned and surrounded."

Brigitte Bardot, French Actress

Life, Being, Woman

54

"Countries and states which have capital punishment have a much higher rate of murder and crime than countries that do not, so that makes sense to me, and the moral question - I struggle with it morally."

"Countries and states which have capital punishment have a much higher rate of murder and crime than countries that do not, so that makes sense to me, and the moral question - I struggle with it morally."

Charlize Theron, South African Actress

Country, Countries, Crime, Murder, Punishment

53

"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

53

"I don't know that I'd necessarily want to see into the future. I don't want to know what's happening next."

"I don't know that I'd necessarily want to see into the future. I don't want to know what's happening next."

Yancy Butler, American Actress

53

"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

53

"I own four copies of Robin WIlliams's Live on Broadway comedy special for HBO. One in Wilmington, one in L.A., one in my trailer, and one at my parents' house. I can watch it over and over again and it never gets old. He is the funniest, wittiest man on the planet!"

"I own four copies of Robin WIlliams's Live on Broadway comedy special for HBO. One in Wilmington, one in L.A., one in my trailer, and one at my parents' house. I can watch it over and over again and it never gets old. He is the funniest, wittiest man on the planet!"

Sophia Bush, American Actress

Comedy, Man, Old, Parents

53

"The best thing to hold onto in life is each other."

"The best thing to hold onto in life is each other."

Audrey Hepburn, Belgian Actress

53

"I came to acting in a very circuitous way."

"I came to acting in a very circuitous way."

Victoria Pratt, Canadian Actress

53

"If only we could accept that there is no difference between us where human values are concerned. Whatever sex."

"If only we could accept that there is no difference between us where human values are concerned. Whatever sex."

Liv Ullmann, Norwegian Actress

Sex, Values, Difference, Liv Ullman

52

"Theatre can't be done again and again and again and again - it's organic."

"Theatre can't be done again and again and again and again - it's organic."

Kim Cattrall, English Actress

52

"There was a time when I used to live in Spain that it went really crazy with drugs and stuff like that."

"There was a time when I used to live in Spain that it went really crazy with drugs and stuff like that."

Patricia Velasquez, Venezuelan Actress

Time, Drugs, Spain

52

"The whole sex symbol or babe thing doesn't bother me."

"The whole sex symbol or babe thing doesn't bother me."

Jeri Ryan, American Actress

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