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Quotes by Actress

"Acting is not about being someone different. It's finding the similarity in what is apparently different, then finding myself in there."

"There are some who want to get married and others who don't. I have never had an impulse to go to the altar. I am a difficult person to lead."
Want,

"My passions were all gathered together like fingers that made a fist. Drive is considered aggression today; I knew it then as purpose."

"I'm amazed. When I was 40, I thought I'd never make 50. And at 50 I thought the frosting on the cake would be 60. At 60, I was still going strong and enjoying everything."

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

"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."

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

"One of the jobs I had was cutting out the blood clots on a side of beef."

"I believe in censorship. I made a fortune out of it."

"I've always said I want a farmer, not a hunter. Hunters go for the kill and they move on. A farmer nurtures; he watches things grow."
Want,


"The curtains would open and it would be just her standing in some ludicrous pose, like Aphrodite."
Open,

"I had the conviction that lovemaking fools you. The overpowering emotions it induces make you think you're sharing the same feelings as the other person and that they're imagining the same as you."

"There's a lot of skeletons in my closet, but I know what they're wearing. I'm not gonna act all ashamed of it."
Act,


"I think the first thing I did was several scenes from Romeo and Juliet."

"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."

"If someone is mean, harmful, or evil, they're out of my life. I cross them out."

"You need the words, you need the script, you need the material, you need the commitment, you need the passion, it's like we depend on writers, we depend on producers, directors depend on us and once things are in the divine order as they happen."

"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."


"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!"

"When you're in front of the camera, for a small budget or a big budget movie, there's no difference."

"You go through spells where you feel that maybe you're too sensitive for this world. I certainly felt that."

"Generous leaders are servant leaders. They always come with open hands and an open heart."

"When I don't know what the music is going to be for a scene, I imagine some sort of orchestration going on and damned if they don't usually come up with a similar kind of thing."
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