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Quotes by Actress

"I wouldn't call him a slave. I don't whip him when he does something wrong. Just when he does something good."

"I was the first celebrity in pictures to be marrying a titled European."

"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."

"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."

"In a great romance, each person basically plays a part that the other really likes."

"Yancy is actually a Native-American name, but I'm Irish. Go figure."

"I'm very grateful for the platform that I've had in my life to speak out about the things I care about."

"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."

"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."

"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."

"The pursuit of happiness is in our Constitution. We're all entitled to have the best we can."

"I have always been willing to take the blame for the things I have done."

"Breasts and bottoms look boringly alike. Faces, though, can be quite different and a damn sight more interesting!"

"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."

"Hollywood is a suction for your confidence or your faith or your togetherness. Just walking on the street you can feel it."

"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."

"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."

"Inner beauty should be the most important part of improving one's self."

"I'm never sure what's coming next, but I'm an open minded person and I welcome any challenge."

"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."

"I'm not for gratuitous nudity, but if there's humor, I don't have a problem."

"I don't think I'm beautiful. When I look in the mirror, I just see me - and, I'm pretty used to me."

"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."
Film,

"A man has to be Joe McCarthy to be called ruthless. All a woman has to do is put you on hold."

"I would write plays for my grandmother, who was stone deaf, my mother and the dog, that was our audience."
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