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"In fact I have nightmares about having children. I want to carry a baby and feel the life within me and in my dream, I do. But every time after it's born, there's this incredible fear, this pounding pulse of fear. It's a real bad nightmare."
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Sharon Gless
"In fact I have nightmares about having children. I want to carry a baby and feel the life within me and in my dream, I do. But every time after it's born, there's this incredible fear, this pounding pulse of fear. It's a real bad nightmare."
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"I was obliged to stand there, holding the leash of this creature for their welcoming publicity shots, implying that this was some kind of image the decided to have of me."
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Barbara Steele
"I was obliged to stand there, holding the leash of this creature for their welcoming publicity shots, implying that this was some kind of image the decided to have of me."
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"A gay man has no business leading on a heterosexual woman."
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Lorna Luft
"A gay man has no business leading on a heterosexual woman."
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"Once you've done one style, you leave it for a while."
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Fiona Shaw
"Once you've done one style, you leave it for a while."
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"The only thing I can talk about is just forgiving yourself, because I do not have everything together. And so I tell people: No, you should see my house, it's a mess."
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Susan Sarandon
"The only thing I can talk about is just forgiving yourself, because I do not have everything together. And so I tell people: No, you should see my house, it's a mess."
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"I've been watching so many movies and they all have to do with the DVDs. It's just so much more convenient."
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Shiri Appleby
"I've been watching so many movies and they all have to do with the DVDs. It's just so much more convenient."
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"Maybe philosophy - I love talking about ideas. Or maybe art history. I was thinking about psychology, then I got really afraid because everybody says it's terribly boring."
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Claire Danes
"Maybe philosophy - I love talking about ideas. Or maybe art history. I was thinking about psychology, then I got really afraid because everybody says it's terribly boring."
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"I think on-stage nudity is disgusting, shameful and damaging to all things American. But if I were 22 with a great body, it would be artistic, tasteful, patriotic and a progressive religious experience."
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Shelley Winters
"I think on-stage nudity is disgusting, shameful and damaging to all things American. But if I were 22 with a great body, it would be artistic, tasteful, patriotic and a progressive religious experience."
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"I've been burn when it comes to my hair that it ain't no joke."
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Jenifer Lewis
"I've been burn when it comes to my hair that it ain't no joke."
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"I didn't know anything about breast cancer when I got it."
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Rue McClanahan
"I didn't know anything about breast cancer when I got it."
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"I don't believe that I should just do A-movies, I just do the work as an artist."
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Pam Grier
"I don't believe that I should just do A-movies, I just do the work as an artist."
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"When I worked with Jamie Lee Curtis in True Lies, she told me, You need a plan B, because when you have six months to a year off, you can go nuts. You need to have another focus."
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Eliza Dushku
"When I worked with Jamie Lee Curtis in True Lies, she told me, You need a plan B, because when you have six months to a year off, you can go nuts. You need to have another focus."
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"I think the more stressful our times get, the more we look for fantasy escapes."
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Jeri Ryan
"I think the more stressful our times get, the more we look for fantasy escapes."
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"I didn't get to see Predator until halfway through shooting. It was great to get an education while I was shooting because it made me excited to be part of this legacy."
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Sanaa Lathan
"I didn't get to see Predator until halfway through shooting. It was great to get an education while I was shooting because it made me excited to be part of this legacy."
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"Discussing how old you are is the temple of boredom."
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Ruth Gordon
"Discussing how old you are is the temple of boredom."
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"One time we did have 300 acres in watermelons. That was fun."
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Delta Burke
"One time we did have 300 acres in watermelons. That was fun."
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"I am leaving the town to the invaders: increasingly numerous, mediocre, dirty, badly behaved, shameless tourists."
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Brigitte Bardot
"I am leaving the town to the invaders: increasingly numerous, mediocre, dirty, badly behaved, shameless tourists."
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"I don't get angry very often. I lose my temper rarely. And when I do, there's always a legitimate cause. Normally I have a great lightness of being. I take things in a very happy, amused way."
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Julia Roberts
"I don't get angry very often. I lose my temper rarely. And when I do, there's always a legitimate cause. Normally I have a great lightness of being. I take things in a very happy, amused way."
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"I had to fight my whole life to break out."
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Hilary Swank
"I had to fight my whole life to break out."
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"I think that in some ways everybody is like Roger. Everybody thinks that when their friends have a problem, that they know the answer and that it's much easier to analyze the problems of other people than your own."
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Jennifer Beals
"I think that in some ways everybody is like Roger. Everybody thinks that when their friends have a problem, that they know the answer and that it's much easier to analyze the problems of other people than your own."
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"Children have a way of forcing you back into the present moment."
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Lorna Luft
"Children have a way of forcing you back into the present moment."
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"I chose the most explosive dress I could find. I put a ton of makeup on and some great round earrings. I looked like Jennifer Jones in Duel in the Sun."
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Victoria Abril
"I chose the most explosive dress I could find. I put a ton of makeup on and some great round earrings. I looked like Jennifer Jones in Duel in the Sun."
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"I love to ride horses, hike in the woods with Juliette and appraise Longhorns."
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Janine Turner
"I love to ride horses, hike in the woods with Juliette and appraise Longhorns."
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"Acting, to me, is about the incredible adventure of examining the landscape of human heart and soul. That's basically what we do."
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Glenn Close
"Acting, to me, is about the incredible adventure of examining the landscape of human heart and soul. That's basically what we do."
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"I'm lucky enough that directors sometimes seek me out for little projects that people don't even know about, that just surface later on."
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Laura Dern
"I'm lucky enough that directors sometimes seek me out for little projects that people don't even know about, that just surface later on."
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"My sister and I are both diagnosed with second-hand smoke syndromes. We have never smoked, but we grew up with second-hand smoke our entire lives."
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Loni Anderson
"My sister and I are both diagnosed with second-hand smoke syndromes. We have never smoked, but we grew up with second-hand smoke our entire lives."
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"Feed the dogs. I hate to hear them barking like that."
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Lillie Langtry
"Feed the dogs. I hate to hear them barking like that."
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"Without discipline, there's no life at all."
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Katharine Hepburn
"Without discipline, there's no life at all."
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"It was a challenge to be able to create a character without being able to use one's normal set of expressions. All the rubber and makeup attached to your face left you with only a modest range of facial movements."
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Helena Bonham Carter
"It was a challenge to be able to create a character without being able to use one's normal set of expressions. All the rubber and makeup attached to your face left you with only a modest range of facial movements."
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"Mystery is something that appeals to most everybody."
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Angela Lansbury
"Mystery is something that appeals to most everybody."
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"Television wasn't prestigious."
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Dorothy Malone
"Television wasn't prestigious."
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"The truth is that there is only one terminal dignity - love. And the story of a love is not important - what is important is that one is capable of love. It is perhaps the only glimpse we are permitted of eternity."
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Helen Hayes
"The truth is that there is only one terminal dignity - love. And the story of a love is not important - what is important is that one is capable of love. It is perhaps the only glimpse we are permitted of eternity."
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"I have very eclectic taste in music, but when it comes to going to concerts, I like going to rock concerts."
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Fran Drescher
"I have very eclectic taste in music, but when it comes to going to concerts, I like going to rock concerts."
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"I'm probably the most introverted extrovert you'll ever meet. Up until I got this show I was constantly told, 'She was really good, but she's just not cute enough.'"
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Nikki Cox
"I'm probably the most introverted extrovert you'll ever meet. Up until I got this show I was constantly told, 'She was really good, but she's just not cute enough.'"
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"Tired is not a word in my vocabulary."
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Brittany Murphy
"Tired is not a word in my vocabulary."
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"It's usually, my people speak to your people and then they speak around each other and trade calls for weeks."
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Mary Steenburgen
"It's usually, my people speak to your people and then they speak around each other and trade calls for weeks."
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"In many ways we are all sons and daughters of ancient Greece."
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Nia Vardalos
"In many ways we are all sons and daughters of ancient Greece."
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"Men cheat for the same reason that dogs lick their balls... because they can."
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Kim Cattrall
"Men cheat for the same reason that dogs lick their balls... because they can."
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"There is a very large chunk of our population who firmly believe in extraterrestrials."
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Jeri Ryan
"There is a very large chunk of our population who firmly believe in extraterrestrials."
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"Reality is a crutch for people who can't handle drugs."
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Lily Tomlin
"Reality is a crutch for people who can't handle drugs."
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"I don't drink, and I don't smoke. It's a personal preference. My mom has never drunk or smoked. I look up to my mom."
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Ashley Tisdale
"I don't drink, and I don't smoke. It's a personal preference. My mom has never drunk or smoked. I look up to my mom."
Mom,
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"I've discovered as I've grown up that life is far more complicated than you think it is when you're a kid. It isn't just a straightforward fairytale."
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Rachel McAdams
"I've discovered as I've grown up that life is far more complicated than you think it is when you're a kid. It isn't just a straightforward fairytale."
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"I'm at a time in my life where I'm so filled up that I don't want more."
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Jami Gertz
"I'm at a time in my life where I'm so filled up that I don't want more."
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"It may be that the race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong - but that is the way to bet."
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Cybill Shepherd
"It may be that the race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong - but that is the way to bet."
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"I said, wouldn't it be nice, instead of having these women fight with each other over men, which seems to be more of a cliche, wouldn't it be wonderful if they were the true comrades and it took these men much more time to infiltrate their friendships."
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Jennifer Beals
"I said, wouldn't it be nice, instead of having these women fight with each other over men, which seems to be more of a cliche, wouldn't it be wonderful if they were the true comrades and it took these men much more time to infiltrate their friendships."
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"Everybody likes the underdog, because everybody feels like the underdog. No matter how successful you are, you always think, No one's being nice enough to me!"
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Kate Beckinsale
"Everybody likes the underdog, because everybody feels like the underdog. No matter how successful you are, you always think, No one's being nice enough to me!"
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"You know, I like playing around with my voice and trying all different types of kooky voices."
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Moira Kelly
"You know, I like playing around with my voice and trying all different types of kooky voices."
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"I'm kind of an insomniac and watch TV late at night."
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Monica Keena
"I'm kind of an insomniac and watch TV late at night."
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"Men are very competent in their workplace - and this is going to sound sexist - women are better at running households and juggling lots of things, kids and scheduling and that kind of thing."
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Patricia Heaton
"Men are very competent in their workplace - and this is going to sound sexist - women are better at running households and juggling lots of things, kids and scheduling and that kind of thing."
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"I feel like directing is an innate talent."
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Jordana Brewster
"I feel like directing is an innate talent."
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