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"They were very considerate, I must say. Every time I felt I was about to slip out of these fingers and would yell for help, they'd let me down and re-organize things."
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Fay Wray
"They were very considerate, I must say. Every time I felt I was about to slip out of these fingers and would yell for help, they'd let me down and re-organize things."
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"I told him that I can play it if he wanted to write it, and I would be willing to try and go there emotionally. I did not know as an actress if I would be able to get there, because when you feel really deep emotions or pain, you don't want to go back there."
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Hunter Tylo
"I told him that I can play it if he wanted to write it, and I would be willing to try and go there emotionally. I did not know as an actress if I would be able to get there, because when you feel really deep emotions or pain, you don't want to go back there."
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"I think maintaining relationships with my friends, my mother, my manager, they're all important."
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Christina Applegate
"I think maintaining relationships with my friends, my mother, my manager, they're all important."
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"I also think a Hot Mom is someone who can connect with what's current in her kids' world."
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Jami Gertz
"I also think a Hot Mom is someone who can connect with what's current in her kids' world."
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"I can never have a poker face. Anybody looking at me can tell exactly what I'm thinking."
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Gena Rowlands
"I can never have a poker face. Anybody looking at me can tell exactly what I'm thinking."
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"I'd have to say that, in general, models take themselves too seriously. Basically, they are genetic freaks who spend a couple of hours in hair and makeup."
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Rebecca Romijn
"I'd have to say that, in general, models take themselves too seriously. Basically, they are genetic freaks who spend a couple of hours in hair and makeup."
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"And I don't know what I'd do at a fraternity party. All that might be a little lost on me."
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Sarah Michelle Gellar
"And I don't know what I'd do at a fraternity party. All that might be a little lost on me."
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"I never felt like I belonged in Minnesota when I was growing up there. That's why I was out the door as soon as I turned 18."
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Jessica Lange
"I never felt like I belonged in Minnesota when I was growing up there. That's why I was out the door as soon as I turned 18."
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"Vadim was both my teacher and my husband. I placed myself entirely in his hands."
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Brigitte Bardot
"Vadim was both my teacher and my husband. I placed myself entirely in his hands."
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"Oftentimes what happens is that the writer understands one character, but they don't understand the other one, and the other one ends up not being written as well."
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Jennifer Beals
"Oftentimes what happens is that the writer understands one character, but they don't understand the other one, and the other one ends up not being written as well."
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"And it's absolutely true that male sexual behaviour and female responses to male demands change a lot when they start communicating - and the levels of the communication that I've seen on the ground in very, very poor areas are so high and I think why don't we have that here?"
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Emma Thompson
"And it's absolutely true that male sexual behaviour and female responses to male demands change a lot when they start communicating - and the levels of the communication that I've seen on the ground in very, very poor areas are so high and I think why don't we have that here?"
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"But when it really happens I'm very fascinated, I'm waiting for the moment, because the moment where life abandons you and death steps in, that moment must be fantastic, no?"
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Nastassja Kinski
"But when it really happens I'm very fascinated, I'm waiting for the moment, because the moment where life abandons you and death steps in, that moment must be fantastic, no?"
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"I want things to be the best they can be. I want greatness."
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Demi Moore
"I want things to be the best they can be. I want greatness."
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"Men are wonderful. I adore them. They always give you the benefit of the doubt."
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Gene Tierney
"Men are wonderful. I adore them. They always give you the benefit of the doubt."
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"If we were living in ancient Rome or Greece, I would be considered sickly and unattractive. The times dictate that thin is better for some strange reason, which I think is foolish."
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Gwyneth Paltrow
"If we were living in ancient Rome or Greece, I would be considered sickly and unattractive. The times dictate that thin is better for some strange reason, which I think is foolish."
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"I didn't want to do 'Casino Royale' when they told me to audition. I said no. Then they sent me the script, and I thought it was actually very interesting - and I had no other work at the time."
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Eva Green
"I didn't want to do 'Casino Royale' when they told me to audition. I said no. Then they sent me the script, and I thought it was actually very interesting - and I had no other work at the time."
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"When you have nobody you can make a cup of tea for, when nobody needs you, that's when I think life is over."
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Audrey Hepburn
"When you have nobody you can make a cup of tea for, when nobody needs you, that's when I think life is over."
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"Whoever said money can't buy happiness simply didn't know where to go shopping."
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Bo Derek
"Whoever said money can't buy happiness simply didn't know where to go shopping."
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"I want a man who's kind and understanding. Is that too much to ask of a millionaire?"
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Zsa Zsa Gabor
"I want a man who's kind and understanding. Is that too much to ask of a millionaire?"
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"They wanted Bridgette to be this extremely enigmatic character. Im about the least enigmatic person on the planet, so I just thought what I did on the show was boring."
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Margot Kidder
"They wanted Bridgette to be this extremely enigmatic character. Im about the least enigmatic person on the planet, so I just thought what I did on the show was boring."
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"I had a great time on The Shield. From working on it I have a totally different view of law enforcement."
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Glenn Close
"I had a great time on The Shield. From working on it I have a totally different view of law enforcement."
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"Two months later at a party, Bernard pulled me into a closet and proposed. I said yes."
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Shelley Duvall
"Two months later at a party, Bernard pulled me into a closet and proposed. I said yes."
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"You'll never be disappointed if you always keep an eye on uncharted territory, where you'll be challenged and growing and having fun."
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Kirstie Alley
"You'll never be disappointed if you always keep an eye on uncharted territory, where you'll be challenged and growing and having fun."
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"For me, going vegan was an ethical and environmental decision. I'm doing the right thing by the animals."
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Alexandra Paul
"For me, going vegan was an ethical and environmental decision. I'm doing the right thing by the animals."
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"In London there was an article about all these girls bending it like Beckham, and in India there's this big wave of girls playing football. Wow! I can't believe a movie's done this!"
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Parminder Nagra
"In London there was an article about all these girls bending it like Beckham, and in India there's this big wave of girls playing football. Wow! I can't believe a movie's done this!"
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"In this business, until you're known as a monster you're not a star."
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Bette Davis
"In this business, until you're known as a monster you're not a star."
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"I was born and raised in China, and my parents were missionaries."
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Jayne Meadows
"I was born and raised in China, and my parents were missionaries."
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"Sometimes it's more difficult to exist as a female lead, especially in action movies because all those men are around you. They take so much place."
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Monica Bellucci
"Sometimes it's more difficult to exist as a female lead, especially in action movies because all those men are around you. They take so much place."
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"My grandson sees me as Lois on TV every Christmas, and that scores me points."
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Margot Kidder
"My grandson sees me as Lois on TV every Christmas, and that scores me points."
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"I can't sit around having coffee. I have all these appointments, and a lot of my friends sit around having coffee talking about the jobs they didn't get."
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Eva Marie Saint
"I can't sit around having coffee. I have all these appointments, and a lot of my friends sit around having coffee talking about the jobs they didn't get."
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"We are all tied to our destiny and there is no way we can liberate ourselves."
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Rita Hayworth
"We are all tied to our destiny and there is no way we can liberate ourselves."
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"The key to life is accepting challenges. Once someone stops doing this, he's dead."
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Bette Davis
"The key to life is accepting challenges. Once someone stops doing this, he's dead."
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"The way I see it, I can either cross the street, or I can keep waiting for another few years of green lights to go by."
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Camryn Manheim
"The way I see it, I can either cross the street, or I can keep waiting for another few years of green lights to go by."
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"There's always pressure, from other people and yourself. If you're happy with the looks you're born with, then what are you going to do your whole life?. We keep thinking up new things and finding better ways of doing things because we're not happy with what we're given."
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Natalie Portman
"There's always pressure, from other people and yourself. If you're happy with the looks you're born with, then what are you going to do your whole life?. We keep thinking up new things and finding better ways of doing things because we're not happy with what we're given."
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"If the director says you can do better, particularly in a love scene, then it is rather embarrassing."
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Julie Andrews
"If the director says you can do better, particularly in a love scene, then it is rather embarrassing."
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"Well, I certainly was exposed to and learned to appreciate the work of great directors early on. As a kid, my mother used to take me to see really interesting arty films in Los Angeles."
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Jodie Foster
"Well, I certainly was exposed to and learned to appreciate the work of great directors early on. As a kid, my mother used to take me to see really interesting arty films in Los Angeles."
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"Most awards, you know, they don't give you unless you go and get them - did you know that? Terribly discouraging."
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Barbra Streisand
"Most awards, you know, they don't give you unless you go and get them - did you know that? Terribly discouraging."
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"Somebody can become a celebrity for being stupid. That is what it's turned into."
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Kate Hudson
"Somebody can become a celebrity for being stupid. That is what it's turned into."
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"I'm only realizing now that I was a child actress because I always took myself so seriously."
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Claire Danes
"I'm only realizing now that I was a child actress because I always took myself so seriously."
Now,
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"Any time you got nothing to do - and lots of time to do it - come on up."
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Mae West
"Any time you got nothing to do - and lots of time to do it - come on up."
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"But listen, I'm 29-years-old, I'm really lucky to be there and whatever happens I've been really blessed already. I have plenty of awards for this movie and if this was it for me I'd be really content."
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Reese Witherspoon
"But listen, I'm 29-years-old, I'm really lucky to be there and whatever happens I've been really blessed already. I have plenty of awards for this movie and if this was it for me I'd be really content."
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"I was very active but I was dyslexic and had a really hard time at school."
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Ashley Scott
"I was very active but I was dyslexic and had a really hard time at school."
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"I never had to pound the pavement and really struggle after college."
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Moira Kelly
"I never had to pound the pavement and really struggle after college."
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"I hole up now and then and do nothing for days but read."
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Gene Tierney
"I hole up now and then and do nothing for days but read."
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"I'm really a director's actor. I rely heavily on a director."
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Patricia Clarkson
"I'm really a director's actor. I rely heavily on a director."
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"I was always ready to leave England for some absurd reason."
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Claire Forlani
"I was always ready to leave England for some absurd reason."
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"The first professional play I ever saw was The Importance Of Being Earnest, and I just fell in love."
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Kim Cattrall
"The first professional play I ever saw was The Importance Of Being Earnest, and I just fell in love."
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"To go out with the setting sun on an empty beach is to truly embrace your solitude."
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Jeanne Moreau
"To go out with the setting sun on an empty beach is to truly embrace your solitude."
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"I'm nice, and I show up on time."
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Lauren Graham
"I'm nice, and I show up on time."
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"My father taught me how to substitute realities."
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Mira Sorvino
"My father taught me how to substitute realities."
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