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"Everything that's realistic has some sort of ugliness in it. Even a flower is ugly when it wilts, a bird when it seeks its prey, the ocean when it becomes violent."

"Everything that's realistic has some sort of ugliness in it. Even a flower is ugly when it wilts, a bird when it seeks its prey, the ocean when it becomes violent."

Sharon Tate, American Actress

Ocean, Ugliness, Ugly

7

"I think that's one of the most important gifts we have in television - the ability to heal through laughter."

"I think that's one of the most important gifts we have in television - the ability to heal through laughter."

Soleil Moon Frye, American Actress

Ability, Gifts, Laughter, Television

7

"To play a bag woman is brave for any woman."

"To play a bag woman is brave for any woman."

Daphne Zuniga, American Actress

7

"I knew that I was gay, I knew it. I just couldn't see myself as a gay woman, even though that's where my heart was."

"I knew that I was gay, I knew it. I just couldn't see myself as a gay woman, even though that's where my heart was."

Portia de Rossi, Australian Actress

Heart, Gay, Woman

7

"The competition is so fierce once you become an adult. I'll probably move on to something else."

"The competition is so fierce once you become an adult. I'll probably move on to something else."

Jodie Sweetin, American Actress

7

"Buddhism has had a major effect on who I am and how I think about the world. What I have learned is that I like all religions, but only parts of them."

"Buddhism has had a major effect on who I am and how I think about the world. What I have learned is that I like all religions, but only parts of them."

Uma Thurman, American Actress

Buddhism, Effect, World

7

"I started in London, as a kid. My mother knew I had sort of an inbred talent. She was an actress, so I inherited it from her. But I think I got a lot of it from my grandfather, who was a great politician."

"I started in London, as a kid. My mother knew I had sort of an inbred talent. She was an actress, so I inherited it from her. But I think I got a lot of it from my grandfather, who was a great politician."

Angela Lansbury, American Actress

Mother, Talent, London

7

"I don't know what the secret to longevity as an actress is. It's more than talent and beauty. Maybe it's the audience seeing itself in you."

"I don't know what the secret to longevity as an actress is. It's more than talent and beauty. Maybe it's the audience seeing itself in you."

Joan Blondell, American Actress

Beauty, Talent, Longevity

7

"I want to be perfect. I don't want to fail. And you always fail."

"I want to be perfect. I don't want to fail. And you always fail."

Robin Wright Penn, American Actress

7

"I talk too quiet, and I have to yell on stage."

"I talk too quiet, and I have to yell on stage."

Clea Duvall, American Actress

7

"It was only when I realized how actors have the power to move people that I decided to pursue acting as a career."

"It was only when I realized how actors have the power to move people that I decided to pursue acting as a career."

Cate Blanchett, Australian Actress

Power, People, Acting, Actors

7

"It's nice when you work with someone who has an eye for clothes and will show what you've given them."

"It's nice when you work with someone who has an eye for clothes and will show what you've given them."

Julie Harris, American Actress

Work, Clothes, Eye, Will

7

"For the first time I feel an inner emotional security. There is reality and dependability. My life revolves around Richard and the baby."

"For the first time I feel an inner emotional security. There is reality and dependability. My life revolves around Richard and the baby."

Natalie Wood, American Actress

Life, Time, Baby, First

7

"You think he's going to like you better, but then one day you look in the mirror and realize you've changed yourself - physically and emotionally - into a woman who's totally different from the one he was attracted to the first place."

"You think he's going to like you better, but then one day you look in the mirror and realize you've changed yourself - physically and emotionally - into a woman who's totally different from the one he was attracted to the first place."

Shelley Duvall, American Actress

Day, First, Woman

7

"Nobody ever invented a polite word for a killing yet."

"Nobody ever invented a polite word for a killing yet."

Thelma Ritter, American Actress

7

"I'd just as soon stay home and raise babies."

"I'd just as soon stay home and raise babies."

June Allyson, American Actress

7

"Like all parents, my husband and I just do the best we can, hold our breath and hope we've set aside enough money for our kid's therapy."

"Like all parents, my husband and I just do the best we can, hold our breath and hope we've set aside enough money for our kid's therapy."

Michelle Pfeiffer, American Actress

Money, HusbHope, Parents, Therapy

7

"Michael would take us on location and see how the colors worked in the forests and fields."

"Michael would take us on location and see how the colors worked in the forests and fields."

Madeleine Stowe, American Actress

7

"My mom started smoking when she was 11. She went to the hill next door to try her first cigarette. She set the entire hill on fire, but it didn't deter her."

"My mom started smoking when she was 11. She went to the hill next door to try her first cigarette. She set the entire hill on fire, but it didn't deter her."

Loni Anderson, American Actress

Mom, Fire, First, Smoking

7

"I hope that in 5 years from now I'll be working and doing what makes me happy. Whatever that may be."

"I hope that in 5 years from now I'll be working and doing what makes me happy. Whatever that may be."

Kim Smith, American Actress

Hope, May, Now, Years

7

"While I was in high school, I started working professionally and got an agent."

"While I was in high school, I started working professionally and got an agent."

Charlene Tilton, American Actress

7

"Somewhere along the line, Bob said I'd better begin taking this business seriously, because, whether I liked it or not, I had a career."

"Somewhere along the line, Bob said I'd better begin taking this business seriously, because, whether I liked it or not, I had a career."

Shelley Duvall, American Actress

Business, Career

7

"I punish myself more than anybody else does if I am stupid about my actions, and I suffer, really suffer."

"I punish myself more than anybody else does if I am stupid about my actions, and I suffer, really suffer."

Eartha Kitt, American Actress

Action, Actions

7

"I wish I could blame it on the choreography, but it's not a musical. I just had a clumsy moment."

"I wish I could blame it on the choreography, but it's not a musical. I just had a clumsy moment."

Delta Burke, American Actress

7

"I'm writing a book and working on my one-woman show, Learning To Be Human."

"I'm writing a book and working on my one-woman show, Learning To Be Human."

Shirley Knight, American Actress

Learning, Writing

7

"Obviously, a skirt does present certain problems that I had to be aware of. But when it came to the shoot and we were rolling, I didn't really pay it any attention. It wasn't too bad."

"Obviously, a skirt does present certain problems that I had to be aware of. But when it came to the shoot and we were rolling, I didn't really pay it any attention. It wasn't too bad."

Chiaki Kuriyama, Japanese Actress

Attention, Present, Problems

7

"There were always questions about my parents; I got so fed up with that."

"There were always questions about my parents; I got so fed up with that."

Charlotte Gainsbourg, French Actress

Parents, Questions

7

"The other girls were so comfortable with their bodies and it eventually rubbed off on me."

"The other girls were so comfortable with their bodies and it eventually rubbed off on me."

Brooke Langton, American Actress

7

"We're having the first computer-generated comic strip in the United States."

"We're having the first computer-generated comic strip in the United States."

Majel Barrett, American Actress

Computer, First, states, United

7

"Being English, I always laugh at anything to do with the lavatory or bottoms."

"Being English, I always laugh at anything to do with the lavatory or bottoms."

Elizabeth Hurley, British Actress

7

"The thing about all good horror movies is that the fans expect a couple of inside jokes. Maybe I'm supposed to be saying how terrified I was while making it, but it was really fun."

"The thing about all good horror movies is that the fans expect a couple of inside jokes. Maybe I'm supposed to be saying how terrified I was while making it, but it was really fun."

Margot Kidder, American Actress

Movies, Fans, Fun, Horror

7

"I'd die if I was Madonna. I'd die. God, what a horrible way to live. And Michael Jackson! To be so famous and to feel so isolated. I feel so bad for them. I don't know how it feels, and I hope it never happens to me."

"I'd die if I was Madonna. I'd die. God, what a horrible way to live. And Michael Jackson! To be so famous and to feel so isolated. I feel so bad for them. I don't know how it feels, and I hope it never happens to me."

Alicia Silverstone, American Actress

God, Hope, Famous

7

"The other day a friend called and told me they made a porn film using the title of my first movie. I guess you know you've made it when there's a porn parody of a movie you've done."

"The other day a friend called and told me they made a porn film using the title of my first movie. I guess you know you've made it when there's a porn parody of a movie you've done."

Kate Bosworth, American Actress

Friendship, Friend, Day, Film, First

7

"I think all good writing is a struggle. To write as well as you feel you can has to be a struggle, almost by definition, because you could always improve."

"I think all good writing is a struggle. To write as well as you feel you can has to be a struggle, almost by definition, because you could always improve."

Jane Asher, British Actress

Struggle, Writing

7

"I want to be an actress, not a personality."

"I want to be an actress, not a personality."

Jill Clayburgh, American Actress

Personality, Want

7

"I have come far, but not far enough. It is still a man's world."

"I have come far, but not far enough. It is still a man's world."

Lesley Ann Warren, American Actress

7

"I live by a hill. I began walking it and then I began jogging it and then I began sprinting it."

"I live by a hill. I began walking it and then I began jogging it and then I began sprinting it."

Tea Leoni, American Actress

7

"I knew I could live no other way, that the one thing I wanted was to act and do it well."

"I knew I could live no other way, that the one thing I wanted was to act and do it well."

Juliette Lewis, American Actress

7

"We have our little restaurants, and there's a beautiful beach that we go to in the summer and fall. We tend to have a lot of get-togethers, and if it's at my house, we order pizza because I can't cook."

"We have our little restaurants, and there's a beautiful beach that we go to in the summer and fall. We tend to have a lot of get-togethers, and if it's at my house, we order pizza because I can't cook."

Katie Holmes, American Actress

Beach, Order, Restaurants, Summer

7

"My husband travels a lot with his job, so we have a lot of frequent flyer miles so we can hop on a plane with no notice. That's a nice luxury and he is very supportive."

"My husband travels a lot with his job, so we have a lot of frequent flyer miles so we can hop on a plane with no notice. That's a nice luxury and he is very supportive."

Jeri Ryan, American Actress

Husband, Job, Luxury

7

"It's hard to notice things without people noticing me and that takes some getting used to."

"It's hard to notice things without people noticing me and that takes some getting used to."

Edie Falco, American Actress

7

"Acting is not about dressing up. Acting is about stripping bare. The whole essence of learning lines is to forget them so you can make them sound like you thought of them that instant."

"Acting is not about dressing up. Acting is about stripping bare. The whole essence of learning lines is to forget them so you can make them sound like you thought of them that instant."

Glenda Jackson, British Actress

Thought, Acting, Forget, Learning

7

"The theatre is a spiritual and social X-ray of its time."

"The theatre is a spiritual and social X-ray of its time."

Stella Adler, American Actress

Time, Spiritual, Theatre

7

"It's a sin to have your films not to make money."

"It's a sin to have your films not to make money."

Ellen Burstyn, American Actress

7

"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!"

"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!"

Emma Stone, American Actress

Movies, Women, Teachers, Thinking

7

"You know you're old when you've lost all your marvels."

"You know you're old when you've lost all your marvels."

Merry Browne, American Actress

7

"Years are not important, my dear."

"Years are not important, my dear."

Faye Dunaway, American Actress

7

"I'm a geek who loves fashion. There's been a reinvention of the word geek. It means being passionate about anything that's under the radar or sort of frowned upon, like Comic-Con."

"I'm a geek who loves fashion. There's been a reinvention of the word geek. It means being passionate about anything that's under the radar or sort of frowned upon, like Comic-Con."

Kristen Bell, American Actress

Being, Fashion, Word

7

"I was asked to come to Chicago because Chicago is one of our fifty-two states."

"I was asked to come to Chicago because Chicago is one of our fifty-two states."

Raquel Welch, American Actress

Chicago, states

7

"I've auctioned off many scripts and will continue to do so for good causes."

"I've auctioned off many scripts and will continue to do so for good causes."

Claudia Christian, American Actress

Cause, Causes, Will

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