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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."
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Yancy Butler
"I don't know that I'd necessarily want to see into the future. I don't want to know what's happening next."
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"We did a remake of Lost in Space. Filmed it in London for four months."
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Lacey Chabert
"We did a remake of Lost in Space. Filmed it in London for four months."
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"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!"
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Sophia Bush
"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!"
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"I have no private life at all. I am a hunted woman. I can't take a step without being questioned and surrounded."
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Brigitte Bardot
"I have no private life at all. I am a hunted woman. I can't take a step without being questioned and surrounded."
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"The best thing to hold onto in life is each other."
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Audrey Hepburn
"The best thing to hold onto in life is each other."
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"I came to acting in a very circuitous way."
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Victoria Pratt
"I came to acting in a very circuitous way."
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"If only we could accept that there is no difference between us where human values are concerned. Whatever sex."
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Liv Ullmann
"If only we could accept that there is no difference between us where human values are concerned. Whatever sex."
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"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."
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Lauren Graham
"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."
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"I don't love studying. I hate studying. I like learning. Learning is beautiful."
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Natalie Portman
"I don't love studying. I hate studying. I like learning. Learning is beautiful."
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"Angelina Jolie may get Antonio Banderas in bed for eight hours on a movie set, but I get him in bed everyday."
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Melanie Griffith
"Angelina Jolie may get Antonio Banderas in bed for eight hours on a movie set, but I get him in bed everyday."
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"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."
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Glenn Close
"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."
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"I don't normally look like a twig and I do eat like a pig but the weight has just dropped off me."
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Sienna Miller
"I don't normally look like a twig and I do eat like a pig but the weight has just dropped off me."
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"Theatre can't be done again and again and again and again - it's organic."
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Kim Cattrall
"Theatre can't be done again and again and again and again - it's organic."
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"If I get married, I want to be very married."
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Audrey Hepburn
"If I get married, I want to be very married."
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"I was actually a bit disappointed about the amount of sex in the show. I think Backus should get out a bit more, get a relationship, perhaps make her a lesbian."
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Lexa Doig
"I was actually a bit disappointed about the amount of sex in the show. I think Backus should get out a bit more, get a relationship, perhaps make her a lesbian."
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"Chains do not hold a marriage together. It is threads, hundreds of tiny threads, which sew people together through the years."
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Simone Signoret
"Chains do not hold a marriage together. It is threads, hundreds of tiny threads, which sew people together through the years."
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"I like a man who can run faster than I can."
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Jane Russell
"I like a man who can run faster than I can."
Man,
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"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."
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Thuy Trang
"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."
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"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."
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Mary Crosby
"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."
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"Without security it is difficult for a woman to look or feel beautiful."
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Merle Oberon
"Without security it is difficult for a woman to look or feel beautiful."
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"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."
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Sanaa Lathan
"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."
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"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."
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Heather Locklear
"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."
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"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."
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Dakota Fanning
"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."
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"Talking back and being quite aggressive about stuff and not giving a care in the world about anyone. So it was more, I think, that way and I think that's what happened in that party when I stood in between two people."
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Caroline Dhavernas
"Talking back and being quite aggressive about stuff and not giving a care in the world about anyone. So it was more, I think, that way and I think that's what happened in that party when I stood in between two people."
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"My favorite part of my appearance is my height. I'm five foot one and I feel feminine being small."
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Alanna Ubach
"My favorite part of my appearance is my height. I'm five foot one and I feel feminine being small."
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"A gentleman is simply a patient wolf."
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Lana Turner
"A gentleman is simply a patient wolf."
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"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."
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Natalie Portman
"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."
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"My heart has been stolen too - but I've gone and got it back every single time!"
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Salma Hayek
"My heart has been stolen too - but I've gone and got it back every single time!"
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"You have to be aware. Like, I'm not going to do any downhill skiing. It looks like a whole lot of fun, but I'm not going to risk breaking a leg. I want to be dancing the way I'm dancing now for 30 more years."
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Bebe Neuwirth
"You have to be aware. Like, I'm not going to do any downhill skiing. It looks like a whole lot of fun, but I'm not going to risk breaking a leg. I want to be dancing the way I'm dancing now for 30 more years."
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"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."
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Marilyn Monroe
"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."
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"I often feel like I have this spirit living inside of me, always dressing in like short mini skirts... but then I start to discover myself. So there are eight spirits, mischievous ones, sad ones, handsome ones, wise ones, and crazy ones."
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Bai Ling
"I often feel like I have this spirit living inside of me, always dressing in like short mini skirts... but then I start to discover myself. So there are eight spirits, mischievous ones, sad ones, handsome ones, wise ones, and crazy ones."
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"If you see the Sopranos, you're not going to be speaking in the Shakespearean English."
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Lucy Liu
"If you see the Sopranos, you're not going to be speaking in the Shakespearean English."
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"Kids are going to try drugs and alcohol; that's part of society."
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Jamie Lee Curtis
"Kids are going to try drugs and alcohol; that's part of society."
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"Nudity... I have to say I will never do it again."
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Moira Kelly
"Nudity... I have to say I will never do it again."
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"Nothing you wear is more important than your smile."
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Connie Stevens
"Nothing you wear is more important than your smile."
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"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."
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Audrey Hepburn
"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."
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"We've had some really good guest stars. But I have to go with Alec Baldwin as my favorite. He is so neat and such a movie star. He's handsome and quirky. I was in heaven the week he was on the set."
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Nikki Cox
"We've had some really good guest stars. But I have to go with Alec Baldwin as my favorite. He is so neat and such a movie star. He's handsome and quirky. I was in heaven the week he was on the set."
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"My desire for the part of Mammy was not dominated by selfishness for Hollywood has been good to me and I am grateful."
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Hattie McDaniel
"My desire for the part of Mammy was not dominated by selfishness for Hollywood has been good to me and I am grateful."
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"Giving birth is like taking your lower lip and forcing it over your head."
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Carol Burnett
"Giving birth is like taking your lower lip and forcing it over your head."
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"The entire race is usually judged by the actions of one man or woman."
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Hattie McDaniel
"The entire race is usually judged by the actions of one man or woman."
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"You know, I loved math. My mom was a math teacher."
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Joan Cusack
"You know, I loved math. My mom was a math teacher."
Mom,
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"Resentment is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die."
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Carrie Fisher
"Resentment is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die."
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"An actress is not a machine, but they treat you like a machine. A money machine."
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Marilyn Monroe
"An actress is not a machine, but they treat you like a machine. A money machine."
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"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."
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Audrey Meadows
"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."
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"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."
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Janet Suzman
"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."
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"Everybody wants to do something to help, but nobody wants to be first."
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Pearl Bailey
"Everybody wants to do something to help, but nobody wants to be first."
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"I've never had a career of that kind of box office power. I've always learned the hard way."
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Holly Hunter
"I've never had a career of that kind of box office power. I've always learned the hard way."
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"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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Halle Berry
"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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"I never act my characters - I am them."
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Drew Barrymore
"I never act my characters - I am them."
Act,
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"The depth of John Candy's talent did surprise me. He was one of my all-time favorite leading men."
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Maureen O'Hara
"The depth of John Candy's talent did surprise me. He was one of my all-time favorite leading men."
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