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Quotes by Actress

"I don't know that I'd necessarily want to see into the future. I don't want to know what's happening next."

"I own four copies of Robin WIlliams's Live on Broadway comedy special for HBO. One in Wilmington, one in L.A., one in my trailer, and one at my parents' house. I can watch it over and over again and it never gets old. He is the funniest, wittiest man on the planet!"

"If only we could accept that there is no difference between us where human values are concerned. Whatever sex."

"As I've gotten older, I've gotten more liberal, and my father is increasingly conservative. It's so shocking to me because I always thought we had the same politics. The day I realized we voted for different presidents, I practically fell out of my chair."

"Angelina Jolie may get Antonio Banderas in bed for eight hours on a movie set, but I get him in bed everyday."

"I think the diva is kind of a cliche. My definition of a diva is somebody whose talent does not match what they're trying to play, so all this temperament comes out."

"I don't normally look like a twig and I do eat like a pig but the weight has just dropped off me."

"Theatre can't be done again and again and again and again - it's organic."

"I was in school studying civil engineering. A guy approached me on the street and said that I had a interesting look-very exotic. He told me I should try to be in the industry."

"I was terrified. My first week, walking around in a teeny bikini, I kept crossing my arms over my chest because I was afraid I was going to fall out of the top of the suit. And I didn't know anything about technique or lighting."

"Without security it is difficult for a woman to look or feel beautiful."

"When you're on a set it can be very tedious and slow. It's just not as big as when you see it on film."
Film,

"When I look in the mirror I see the girl I was when I was growing up, with braces, crooked teeth, a baby face and a skinny body."

"ER was one of my favourites. I played a car accident victim who has leukemia. I got to wear a neck brace and nose tubes for the two days I worked."

"My favorite part of my appearance is my height. I'm five foot one and I feel feminine being small."

"Cute is when your personality shines through your looks. Like, when you see someone's personality in the way they walk and you just feel like hugging them every time you see them."

"My heart has been stolen too - but I've gone and got it back every single time!"

"No one ever told me I was pretty when I was a little girl. All little girls should be told they're pretty, even if they aren't."

"Nothing you wear is more important than your smile."

"There is more to sex appeal than just measurements. I don't need a bedroom to prove my womanliness. I can convey just as much sex appeal, picking apples off a tree or standing in the rain."

"My desire for the part of Mammy was not dominated by selfishness for Hollywood has been good to me and I am grateful."

"Giving birth is like taking your lower lip and forcing it over your head."

"Resentment is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die."

"An actress is not a machine, but they treat you like a machine. A money machine."

"Terri and her mother arrived. She was obviously a dedicated stage mother because she was loaded down with camera equipment, looking like a Japanese tourist."

"I still find that a kind of stricture of the heart happens when I see any form of bigoted or racist behaviour. I get an actual pain in my heart."

"Everybody wants to do something to help, but nobody wants to be first."

"I'm done with men... I'm going to be alone. I have no luck with relationships. I don't think I'm made for marriage."
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