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"Other people's perspective, just seeing the sexy image, might be that I take my sexuality very seriously. But I really don't. I like being sexy. It's fun, and I have had a nice little career off it."
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Carmen Electra
"Other people's perspective, just seeing the sexy image, might be that I take my sexuality very seriously. But I really don't. I like being sexy. It's fun, and I have had a nice little career off it."
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"Most girls don't know what to do with what they've got."
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Jayne Mansfield
"Most girls don't know what to do with what they've got."
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"I wouldn't call him a slave. I don't whip him when he does something wrong. Just when he does something good."
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Shannon Elizabeth
"I wouldn't call him a slave. I don't whip him when he does something wrong. Just when he does something good."
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"Last year my boyfriend gave me a painting - a very personal one. I really prefer personal gifts or ones made by someone for me. Except diamonds. That's the exception to the rule."
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Minnie Driver
"Last year my boyfriend gave me a painting - a very personal one. I really prefer personal gifts or ones made by someone for me. Except diamonds. That's the exception to the rule."
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"I heard that chivalry was dead, but I think it's just got a bad flue."
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Meg Ryan
"I heard that chivalry was dead, but I think it's just got a bad flue."
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"I was the first celebrity in pictures to be marrying a titled European."
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Gloria Swanson
"I was the first celebrity in pictures to be marrying a titled European."
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"You learn your text and have it in the back of your head, without a thought as to how you're going to say it."
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Kelly Lynch
"You learn your text and have it in the back of your head, without a thought as to how you're going to say it."
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"I've seen many actors go awry by making the wrong choices early on."
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Rose McGowan
"I've seen many actors go awry by making the wrong choices early on."
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"If there's a Disney animated feature based in Hawaii, I knew I had to be part of it. I'm very proud to be from Hawaii. There was no question the role was mine."
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Tia Carrere
"If there's a Disney animated feature based in Hawaii, I knew I had to be part of it. I'm very proud to be from Hawaii. There was no question the role was mine."
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"Obviously I'd love to work with any of these great directors because every time I've worked with them I've gained a tremendous amount as an actor. Each director has his own way of pushing you towards improving yourself."
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Zhang Ziyi
"Obviously I'd love to work with any of these great directors because every time I've worked with them I've gained a tremendous amount as an actor. Each director has his own way of pushing you towards improving yourself."
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"In a great romance, each person basically plays a part that the other really likes."
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Elizabeth Ashley
"In a great romance, each person basically plays a part that the other really likes."
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"Yancy is actually a Native-American name, but I'm Irish. Go figure."
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Yancy Butler
"Yancy is actually a Native-American name, but I'm Irish. Go figure."
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"Anytime you're away from your home filming, it messes with your head."
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Jennifer Lawrence
"Anytime you're away from your home filming, it messes with your head."
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"I'm very grateful for the platform that I've had in my life to speak out about the things I care about."
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Anne Heche
"I'm very grateful for the platform that I've had in my life to speak out about the things I care about."
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"I don't know if it has set in or not. Honestly, it's crazy. It's such an amazing honor. I remember thinking back to being in my room waiting for the call to see if I got the part. It's like winning the lottery. I'm proud to be a member of such an amazing cast - that's the best award of all."
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Hailee Steinfeld
"I don't know if it has set in or not. Honestly, it's crazy. It's such an amazing honor. I remember thinking back to being in my room waiting for the call to see if I got the part. It's like winning the lottery. I'm proud to be a member of such an amazing cast - that's the best award of all."
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"I knew that for this movie to work it had to be very hot and very real, and it wasn't going to be a case of doing it Hollywood all covered with a nice little sheet."
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Natasha Richardson
"I knew that for this movie to work it had to be very hot and very real, and it wasn't going to be a case of doing it Hollywood all covered with a nice little sheet."
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"Before computers, telephone lines and television connect us, we all share the same air, the same oceans, the same mountains and rivers. We are all equally responsible for protecting them."
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Julia Louis Dreyfus
"Before computers, telephone lines and television connect us, we all share the same air, the same oceans, the same mountains and rivers. We are all equally responsible for protecting them."
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"Dream and give yourself permission to envision a You that you choose to be."
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Joy Page
"Dream and give yourself permission to envision a You that you choose to be."
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"Humor is imperative, more important than food. You have a choice when someone dies. You can lie down or get back into life. Do something for someone else."
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Doris Roberts
"Humor is imperative, more important than food. You have a choice when someone dies. You can lie down or get back into life. Do something for someone else."
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"You know, my parents have always been incredibly supportive. I'm an only child, so we're very close. There's just the three of us. They're exceptional parents but also great friends. My father was able to take his hobby, photography, and turn it into a beautiful career. So when they saw how much I loved acting, they were 100 percent behind me."
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Sophia Bush
"You know, my parents have always been incredibly supportive. I'm an only child, so we're very close. There's just the three of us. They're exceptional parents but also great friends. My father was able to take his hobby, photography, and turn it into a beautiful career. So when they saw how much I loved acting, they were 100 percent behind me."
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"The pursuit of happiness is in our Constitution. We're all entitled to have the best we can."
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Loretta Swit
"The pursuit of happiness is in our Constitution. We're all entitled to have the best we can."
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"My father was a middle manager at an oil company, but I never knew anything about his work. Whatever business acumen I have just got gleaned over the years."
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Donna Mills
"My father was a middle manager at an oil company, but I never knew anything about his work. Whatever business acumen I have just got gleaned over the years."
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"I have always been willing to take the blame for the things I have done."
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Lillie Langtry
"I have always been willing to take the blame for the things I have done."
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"Women's natural role is to be a pillar of the family."
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Grace Kelly
"Women's natural role is to be a pillar of the family."
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"I can't deny the fact that you like me! You like me!"
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Sally Field
"I can't deny the fact that you like me! You like me!"
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"Breasts and bottoms look boringly alike. Faces, though, can be quite different and a damn sight more interesting!"
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Lee Remick
"Breasts and bottoms look boringly alike. Faces, though, can be quite different and a damn sight more interesting!"
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"I find that balancing my life with my work with the kids at St. Jude, working on books, working on my career as an actor and taking time out for my husband and family help to cushion a lot of the blows."
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Marlo Thomas
"I find that balancing my life with my work with the kids at St. Jude, working on books, working on my career as an actor and taking time out for my husband and family help to cushion a lot of the blows."
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"When I graduated from Santa Monica High in 1927, I was voted the girl most likely to succeed. I didn't realize it would take so long."
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Gloria Stuart
"When I graduated from Santa Monica High in 1927, I was voted the girl most likely to succeed. I didn't realize it would take so long."
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"Joan Crawford is a movie queen. I had never met one before. I know now what I don't want to be."
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Mercedes McCambridge
"Joan Crawford is a movie queen. I had never met one before. I know now what I don't want to be."
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"We only work four days a week, we only work three weeks out of the month, and we get four months off for the summer. So there's plenty of time for me to spend with the kids."
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Patricia Heaton
"We only work four days a week, we only work three weeks out of the month, and we get four months off for the summer. So there's plenty of time for me to spend with the kids."
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"Around age 40 I put on twenty pounds. I had always had a perfect metabolism. But, my metabolism betrayed me as it does most people, except a very rare few who will always be thin."
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Suzanne Somers
"Around age 40 I put on twenty pounds. I had always had a perfect metabolism. But, my metabolism betrayed me as it does most people, except a very rare few who will always be thin."
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"Hollywood is a suction for your confidence or your faith or your togetherness. Just walking on the street you can feel it."
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Robin Wright Penn
"Hollywood is a suction for your confidence or your faith or your togetherness. Just walking on the street you can feel it."
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"For me, its like go ahead and eat. Live your life. I mean, I've just seen so much death, you know, as of late, being in my 40s, of people getting sick or, you know, whatever, that I just feel like, you know what? You never know with life. Eat. Enjoy yourself. Just try to be healthy and, you know, and watch it."
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Debi Mazar
"For me, its like go ahead and eat. Live your life. I mean, I've just seen so much death, you know, as of late, being in my 40s, of people getting sick or, you know, whatever, that I just feel like, you know what? You never know with life. Eat. Enjoy yourself. Just try to be healthy and, you know, and watch it."
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"When child actors act well they're just reacting to situations, and they're acting very real because their life experience is so short; there's no history to fall back on."
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Mariel Hemingway
"When child actors act well they're just reacting to situations, and they're acting very real because their life experience is so short; there's no history to fall back on."
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"Inner beauty should be the most important part of improving one's self."
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Priscilla Presley
"Inner beauty should be the most important part of improving one's self."
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"Age is how we determine how valuable you are."
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Jane Elliot
"Age is how we determine how valuable you are."
Age,
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"I can't live without my beauty products. I love to be in my bathroom with my candles lit, morning, noon and night. I like taking hot baths and hot showers, using my body scrubs and lotions."
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Traci Bingham
"I can't live without my beauty products. I love to be in my bathroom with my candles lit, morning, noon and night. I like taking hot baths and hot showers, using my body scrubs and lotions."
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"I'm never sure what's coming next, but I'm an open minded person and I welcome any challenge."
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Sarah Polley
"I'm never sure what's coming next, but I'm an open minded person and I welcome any challenge."
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"No one has really heard my side of the story, the adventure we had together, the transformation that I had going from a schoolgirl to a woman overnight."
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Priscilla Presley
"No one has really heard my side of the story, the adventure we had together, the transformation that I had going from a schoolgirl to a woman overnight."
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"I'm not for gratuitous nudity, but if there's humor, I don't have a problem."
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Rebecca Romijn
"I'm not for gratuitous nudity, but if there's humor, I don't have a problem."
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"And now oddly I'm getting sexier parts than I've ever gotten."
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Patricia Clarkson
"And now oddly I'm getting sexier parts than I've ever gotten."
Now,
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"I know the pressures of being the daughter of a great actress. But it's inspiring. You learn so much that other people don't get to learn until later on. My father being a director, I learnt a real work ethic."
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Natasha Richardson
"I know the pressures of being the daughter of a great actress. But it's inspiring. You learn so much that other people don't get to learn until later on. My father being a director, I learnt a real work ethic."
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"My husband's a director, so he understands what I do."
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Sasha Alexander
"My husband's a director, so he understands what I do."
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"I don't think I'm beautiful. When I look in the mirror, I just see me - and, I'm pretty used to me."
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Melanie Griffith
"I don't think I'm beautiful. When I look in the mirror, I just see me - and, I'm pretty used to me."
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"As a matter of principle, I always come to a film like a blank slate, I don't learn my lines in advance. With this approach, I feel clean."
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Jeanne Moreau
"As a matter of principle, I always come to a film like a blank slate, I don't learn my lines in advance. With this approach, I feel clean."
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"A man has to be Joe McCarthy to be called ruthless. All a woman has to do is put you on hold."
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Marlo Thomas
"A man has to be Joe McCarthy to be called ruthless. All a woman has to do is put you on hold."
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"I would write plays for my grandmother, who was stone deaf, my mother and the dog, that was our audience."
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Jayne Meadows
"I would write plays for my grandmother, who was stone deaf, my mother and the dog, that was our audience."
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"I love playing strong women, even if they're nuts."
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Karen Black
"I love playing strong women, even if they're nuts."
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"When I first started I was always known as The Girl on the Sitcom with the Funny Voice."
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Julie Benz
"When I first started I was always known as The Girl on the Sitcom with the Funny Voice."
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"I dress up for awards, but only if somebody else is going to pay for the clothes. And shop for them, too!"
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Tea Leoni
"I dress up for awards, but only if somebody else is going to pay for the clothes. And shop for them, too!"
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