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Quotes by Actress
"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,
6
"A man has to be Joe McCarthy to be called ruthless. All a woman has to do is put you on hold."
6
"I would write plays for my grandmother, who was stone deaf, my mother and the dog, that was our audience."
6
"I couldn't do it at all. I was never really good at it, but I can't imagine what it can be like as a fortunate person not having to deal with it. I mean, people of all ages, not just my age, 25, 35, all the way down the line."
6
"My whole belief system is that our paths are drawn for us. I believe in reincarnation. I believe we're here to learn and grow. We choose how we come into this life based on what it is we have to learn. Some people have harder lessons than others."
6
"I absolutely loathe luxury. It is the one thing I cannot stand."
6
"Just the actual physical ability to hold four instruments simultaneously and do some of the things that Vivien was able to do is mind blowing to any surgeon. He never went to medical school and he became one of the great teachers of medicine himself, people are just amazed."
6
"It's important to e alive in those moment, especially when you're doing something you love to do."
Love,
6
"Almost any film that you do is an opportunity to open you up and make you more aware of an area that you might not be thinking about. That's what is kind of cool, or one of the cool things about this profession."
6
"I had to learn how to chop wood actually - I don't think my dad would have let me go chop wood in the backyard growing up."
6
"I quit after my seven-year contract with Universal was up. I quit for 33 years."
6
"Every time I work with a European director, I find they hire the person that captures the spirit of the role. Americans tend to hire the best face. The person that looks more like the role, whether they can perform the role or not is a bonus."
6
"My husband does so many romantic things for me, it's absurd."
6
"By the time we hit fifty, we have learned our hardest lessons. We have found out that only a few things are really important. We have learned to take life seriously, but never ourselves."
6
"You've got to clock the hours and pay your dues. Then eventually, people will come to you. You have to be patient and appreciative."
6
"It was my first straight dramatic role, and the most adult, intelligent one I have ever played."
6
"That's what I hate about a lot of comedies, when you're hitting a line or making it funny."
6
"I won't write my autobiography because I never had an affair with Frank Sinatra, and if I had had, I wouldn't tell anyone."
6
"We're not all nice, and there are a lot of levels of ambition and niceness."
6
"Ed is very sexy because his emotions are really there - not forced."
6
"I think so, Silence of the Lambs was a great, suspenseful thriller and I would expect Red Dragon to be similar. And I think it's very character driven."
6
"It's more fun if you can control things like lighting and make special effects in the darkroom."
6
"I think I have always tried to do the smaller films. I like to jump around and there is something really nice for acting in a smaller film. But I think now, Hollywood's movies certainly involve a younger generation for the most part and so... I love going back and forth."
6
"Interestingly, young people don't come to you for advice. Especially the ones who are related to you."
6
"When it comes to boys and her weight, I think Ellenor is much more conservative than I am, and she has not had the dialogue I have had about my weight."
6
"I thought it was very important that femininity wasn't lost."
6
"I like somebody who makes me laugh. He's also got to be prepared - I'm sort of a loose cannon, in a good way. I also like people who disagree with me and make me work to prove my point."
6
"It's that I'm 39. I feel hot and sexy, actually... I feel it inside myself. I don't feel dried up and tired and no longer interested in sex is what I'm trying to say."
6
"I'm not a happy-ending person. I want to know what happens once Cinderella rides off with Prince Charming."
Want,
6
"My greatest strength is common sense. I'm really a standard brand - like Campbell's tomato soup or Baker's chocolate."
6
"When I get a new script my mom will read them and just be aghast. I think it's hysterical."
6
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