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"This is my idea of heaven, coming home and watching the news."

"This is my idea of heaven, coming home and watching the news."

Rita Moreno, Puerto Rican Actress

Home, Idea, Heaven, News

51

"The whole tone now of TV is under 35 and directed toward males."

"The whole tone now of TV is under 35 and directed toward males."

Sharon Gless, American Actress

51

"I do know the Spelling family. I worked for Aaron Spelling when I was a brunette. I've known them since Tori was a little girl."

"I do know the Spelling family. I worked for Aaron Spelling when I was a brunette. I've known them since Tori was a little girl."

Loni Anderson, American Actress

Family, Spelling

51

"My interesting diet tips are eat early and don't nosh between meals. I mean, I can pack it away."

"My interesting diet tips are eat early and don't nosh between meals. I mean, I can pack it away."

Carol Burnett, American Actress

51

"Through history, people look for something spiritual. The greatest scientists in the world were men of religion and faith, too."

"Through history, people look for something spiritual. The greatest scientists in the world were men of religion and faith, too."

Kirstie Alley, American Actress

Men, Religion, Faith, History

51

"My kitty cats could rely on my poker winnings."

"My kitty cats could rely on my poker winnings."

Nicole Sullivan, American Actress

51

"I'm very used to playing the tomboy or the sarcastic cynic. That's my go-to. Playing the vulnerable of a real girl that's in real womanlike situations, where it's romanticized, I'm a little nervous about it."

"I'm very used to playing the tomboy or the sarcastic cynic. That's my go-to. Playing the vulnerable of a real girl that's in real womanlike situations, where it's romanticized, I'm a little nervous about it."

Kristen Bell, American Actress

Cynic, Sarcastic

51

"Being famous gets me good concert tickets, good tables in restaurants, good seats at sporting events and that's really about it."

"Being famous gets me good concert tickets, good tables in restaurants, good seats at sporting events and that's really about it."

Fran Drescher, American Actress

Being, Events, Famous, Restaurants

51

"Michael had to pound me a couple of times to convince me not to go stage a rescue." Shane shrugged. "He hits like a girl, for a vampire."

"Michael had to pound me a couple of times to convince me not to go stage a rescue." Shane shrugged. "He hits like a girl, for a vampire."

Rachel Caine, Canadian Actress

Fantasy, Strength, Violence, Humor, Survival

51

"The quickest way to a man's heart is through his chest."

"The quickest way to a man's heart is through his chest."

Roseanne Barr, American Actress

51

"I feel like I'm a stay-at-home mom, which I was for the five years before this. She's absolutely been my focus. That's the choice I made. Desperate Housewives is perfect for me. I get to go back to work and still be able to take my daughter to school and pick her up."

"I feel like I'm a stay-at-home mom, which I was for the five years before this. She's absolutely been my focus. That's the choice I made. Desperate Housewives is perfect for me. I get to go back to work and still be able to take my daughter to school and pick her up."

Teri Hatcher, American Actress

Work, Mom, Daughter, Choice

51

"MS is not really a degenerative illness. It is not fatal, nor is it always progressive."

"MS is not really a degenerative illness. It is not fatal, nor is it always progressive."

Annette Funicello, American Actress

51

"My dad heard of a studio on the radio, and it was advertised as a place for kids to meet kids, and it was actually a studio, and that's where I met my manager and agent."

"My dad heard of a studio on the radio, and it was advertised as a place for kids to meet kids, and it was actually a studio, and that's where I met my manager and agent."

Mila Kunis, American Actress

Father, Dad, Manager, Kids

51

"It is really hard for me to get out of my comfort zone."

"It is really hard for me to get out of my comfort zone."

Connie Sellecca, American Actress

51

"Sometimes, when you are in the public eye, you just really need to just be part of the crowd, and look at other people rather than other people look at you."

"Sometimes, when you are in the public eye, you just really need to just be part of the crowd, and look at other people rather than other people look at you."

Suzanne Somers, American Actress

People, Eye, Public

51

"And I did a movie called Basil with Jared Leto and Christian Slater."

"And I did a movie called Basil with Jared Leto and Christian Slater."

Claire Forlani, English Actress

51

"I love working."

"I love working."

Gloria Stuart, American Actress

51

"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

51

"The ladder of success in Hollywood is usually a press agent, actor, director, producer, leading man; and you are a star if you sleep with each of them in that order. Crude, but true."

"The ladder of success in Hollywood is usually a press agent, actor, director, producer, leading man; and you are a star if you sleep with each of them in that order. Crude, but true."

Hedy Lamarr, Austrian Actress

Success, Actor, Hollywood, Leading

51

"Sunset Boulevard opened in August 1950, and it was pronounced the best movie ever made about Hollywood."

"Sunset Boulevard opened in August 1950, and it was pronounced the best movie ever made about Hollywood."

Gloria Swanson, American Actress

Hollywood, Sunset

51

"Beauty set up distance between other people and me. It warped their behavior."

"Beauty set up distance between other people and me. It warped their behavior."

Candice Bergen, American Actress

Beauty, People, Behavior

51

"It's my job, to create a fantasy."

"It's my job, to create a fantasy."

Anne Heche, American Actress

51

"Honesty is very sexy."

"Honesty is very sexy."

Valerie Bertinelli, American Actress

51

"And I've had vocal training on and off for years."

"And I've had vocal training on and off for years."

Julia Barr, American Actress

Training, Years

51

"The only place that I'd be worried about being typecast is the independent film world."

"The only place that I'd be worried about being typecast is the independent film world."

Michelle Rodriguez, American Actress

Being, Film, World

51

"If Terri was upset about how silly she would look, her mother was completely undone. Seems she wanted Terri in her full natural bloom, not with any blooming flower."

"If Terri was upset about how silly she would look, her mother was completely undone. Seems she wanted Terri in her full natural bloom, not with any blooming flower."

Audrey Meadows, American Actress

51

"Acting is standing up naked and turning around very slowly."

"Acting is standing up naked and turning around very slowly."

Rosalind Russell, American Actress

51

"Working on behalf of companion animals is so important. We start to realize how healing they are."

"Working on behalf of companion animals is so important. We start to realize how healing they are."

Bernadette Peters, American Actress

Animals, Healing

51

"It took a long time to get that film made. I went in for it almost right after or like maybe six or seven months after I had my son and actually auditioned for the Regina King part and they just were like, 'No, you're just - you just don't really seem the part.'"

"It took a long time to get that film made. I went in for it almost right after or like maybe six or seven months after I had my son and actually auditioned for the Regina King part and they just were like, 'No, you're just - you just don't really seem the part.'"

Nia Long, American Actress

Time, Son, Film, Months

51

"I just decided to play make believe, memorize it like it was just some kind of song and just take the emotion out of the words. And I did. I goofed a couple of times."

"I just decided to play make believe, memorize it like it was just some kind of song and just take the emotion out of the words. And I did. I goofed a couple of times."

Michelle Rodriguez, American Actress

Emotional, Emotion, Play, Song, Words

51

"Confidence is everything in this business."

"Confidence is everything in this business."

Reese Witherspoon, American Actress

Business, Confidence

51

"When I'm not working, my family and I have a house in the San Juan Islands. We've been here since '94."

"When I'm not working, my family and I have a house in the San Juan Islands. We've been here since '94."

Elizabeth Pena, American Actress

Family, Islands

51

"I have this phobia: I don't like mirrors. And I don't watch myself on television. If anything comes on, I make them shut it off, or I leave the room."

"I have this phobia: I don't like mirrors. And I don't watch myself on television. If anything comes on, I make them shut it off, or I leave the room."

Pamela Anderson, American Actress

50

"I started walking at night with my sister in law which has been amazing. It really does something for you. It just kind of clears the mind, it just makes you feel better, things start to tighten a little bit."

"I started walking at night with my sister in law which has been amazing. It really does something for you. It just kind of clears the mind, it just makes you feel better, things start to tighten a little bit."

Ashley Scott, American Actress

Sister, Law, Mind, Night

50

"I've said it before, but it's absolutely true: My mother gave me my drive, but my father gave me my dreams. Thanks to him, I could see a future."

"I've said it before, but it's absolutely true: My mother gave me my drive, but my father gave me my dreams. Thanks to him, I could see a future."

Liza Minnelli, American Actress

Dream, Dreams, Mother, Father, Future

50

"Marriage is a financial contract; I have enough contracts already."

"Marriage is a financial contract; I have enough contracts already."

Linda Fiorentino, American Actress

Marriage, Financial

50

"I've overcome neglect and deprivation, abandonment and abuse."

"I've overcome neglect and deprivation, abandonment and abuse."

Tatum O'Neal, American Actress

50

"Anything I learned about the fine art of acting I learned from Hugo."

"Anything I learned about the fine art of acting I learned from Hugo."

Cleo Moore, American Actress

50

"I worked with a mime coach. I did weapons training. I did weight training."

"I worked with a mime coach. I did weapons training. I did weight training."

Kristanna Loken, American Actress

Coach, Training, Weapons, Weight

50

"Whenever women catfight, men think it's going to turn to sex."

"Whenever women catfight, men think it's going to turn to sex."

Yasmine Bleeth, American Actress

Men, Women, Sex

50

"But I can tell you that the New York that I see now is not the New York that we grew up in. It's not 1973."

"But I can tell you that the New York that I see now is not the New York that we grew up in. It's not 1973."

Tea Leoni, American Actress

50

"I'm convinced my mother only had sex eight times."

"I'm convinced my mother only had sex eight times."

Linda Fiorentino, American Actress

50

"John Wayne was one of the greatest ambassadors for the United States that ever lived."

"John Wayne was one of the greatest ambassadors for the United States that ever lived."

Maureen O'Hara, Irish Actress

State, states, United

50

"I base most of my fashion taste on what doesn't itch."

"I base most of my fashion taste on what doesn't itch."

Gilda Radner, American Actress

50

"I always wanted to play Joan of Arc. I've always wanted to do that. Now I'm thinking, 'Maybe there's a story in Joan of Arc's mother!' If I don't hurry up, her grandmother!"

"I always wanted to play Joan of Arc. I've always wanted to do that. Now I'm thinking, 'Maybe there's a story in Joan of Arc's mother!' If I don't hurry up, her grandmother!"

Ellen Burstyn, American Actress

Now, Play, Thinking

50

"I was up until all hours of the night, listening to stories, meeting great old comedians."

"I was up until all hours of the night, listening to stories, meeting great old comedians."

Joely Fisher, American Actress

Comedians, Listening, Meeting, Night

50

"I didn't get married. I do have a boyfriend. We live together."

"I didn't get married. I do have a boyfriend. We live together."

Melissa Joan Hart, American Actress

50

"Working on the Samurai sword is very different because your body position has to be very still. It's a much quieter was of fighting."

"Working on the Samurai sword is very different because your body position has to be very still. It's a much quieter was of fighting."

Lucy Liu, American Actress

50

"I think I'd make a pretty good girlfriend."

"I think I'd make a pretty good girlfriend."

Vanessa Hudgens, American Actress

Girlfriend, Pretty

50

"College was a great time. I partied there, but I also learned how to act."

"College was a great time. I partied there, but I also learned how to act."

Lusia Strus, American Actress

Time, Act, College

50

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