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"My desire is to walk with God every day."

"My desire is to walk with God every day."

Janine Turner, American Actress

God, Day, Desire

57

"I became very successful at a young age... I had lots of opportunities and lots of power and had no idea how to focus it."

"I became very successful at a young age... I had lots of opportunities and lots of power and had no idea how to focus it."

Claire Danes, American Actress

Power, Age, Idea, Successful

57

"Film people are coming into TV, because they can't get any work."

"Film people are coming into TV, because they can't get any work."

Delta Burke, American Actress

Work, People, Film

57

"You just sort of let them go for a while, but it was time to have something done to my teeth. I'm glad. It's going to be good. Tom Cruise has braces now, too. I'm right in style."

"You just sort of let them go for a while, but it was time to have something done to my teeth. I'm glad. It's going to be good. Tom Cruise has braces now, too. I'm right in style."

Faye Dunaway, American Actress

Time, Now, Right, Style

57

"I have a really great relationship with God. I pray. I read the Bible."

"I have a really great relationship with God. I pray. I read the Bible."

Hunter Tylo, American Actress

57

"Myrnin was silent for a beat, and then he said, "Bob would be very disappointed in you."

"Myrnin was silent for a beat, and then he said, "Bob would be very disappointed in you."

Rachel Caine, Canadian Actress

Emotion, Disappointment, Judgment, Silence

57

"Doing cinema is not about watching yourself."

"Doing cinema is not about watching yourself."

Charlotte Rampling, French Actress

57

"As an Independent, she has no party backing... Her being the first Independent president trumps the fact that she's a woman. It causes even more upheaval in Washington than her being female."

"As an Independent, she has no party backing... Her being the first Independent president trumps the fact that she's a woman. It causes even more upheaval in Washington than her being female."

Geena Davis, American Actress

Being, Causes, Fact, First

57

"In time, she learned to develop her own opinion of the people that she worked for, and she got stronger. Think she's now much stronger. In the beginning she wanted to believe she was strong but sometimes she faltered."

"In time, she learned to develop her own opinion of the people that she worked for, and she got stronger. Think she's now much stronger. In the beginning she wanted to believe she was strong but sometimes she faltered."

Gillian Anderson, American Actress

Time, People, Beginning, Now

57

"I have a woman's body and a child's emotions."

"I have a woman's body and a child's emotions."

Elizabeth Taylor, English Actress

Body, Emotions, Woman

57

"Yeah, I've always sung, and I always try to find a way for music to be in my life."

"Yeah, I've always sung, and I always try to find a way for music to be in my life."

Lauren Ambrose, American Actress

57

"I used to be Snow White, but I drifted."

"I used to be Snow White, but I drifted."

Mae West, American Actress

57

"Sayles could pull a performance out of a dog. I'm serious. He was just amazing. The world could fall apart and he remained on neutral."

"Sayles could pull a performance out of a dog. I'm serious. He was just amazing. The world could fall apart and he remained on neutral."

Elizabeth Pena, American Actress

Performance, World

57

"My mother was an artist and highly strung, whereas my father was much calmer."

"My mother was an artist and highly strung, whereas my father was much calmer."

Liza Minnelli, American Actress

Mother, Father, Artist, Liza Minelli

57

"I am really not interested in the cinema. I loathed it when I started six years ago, and I don't enjoy it even now."

"I am really not interested in the cinema. I loathed it when I started six years ago, and I don't enjoy it even now."

Brigitte Bardot, French Actress

Cinema, Now, Years

57

"Tell him I mind having to look pretty, that's what I mind, because it is so much more of an effort."

"Tell him I mind having to look pretty, that's what I mind, because it is so much more of an effort."

Emma Thompson, English Actress

Effort, Mind, Pretty

57

"The story about me, apocryphal or not, is that I could sing before I spoke. My parents went into bedroom one day and there I was standing in the crib singing God Bless America."

"The story about me, apocryphal or not, is that I could sing before I spoke. My parents went into bedroom one day and there I was standing in the crib singing God Bless America."

Linda Lavin, American Actress

God, America, Day, Parents

57

"Elaine is just in pain. I think Elaine has become very, very sad woman. She is someone who is in deep need of many hours of analysis and I like to think that I'm not that type of person."

"Elaine is just in pain. I think Elaine has become very, very sad woman. She is someone who is in deep need of many hours of analysis and I like to think that I'm not that type of person."

Julia Louis Dreyfus, American Actress

Deep, Pain, Woman

57

"The hardest years in life are those between ten and seventy."

"The hardest years in life are those between ten and seventy."

Helen Hayes, American Actress

57

"I ended up buying a restaurant. Already we had invested in a gas station and a metal products plant."

"I ended up buying a restaurant. Already we had invested in a gas station and a metal products plant."

Esther Williams, American Actress

57

"You know, when they called me about the role, I thought Knots Landing was a show about a houseboat with Andy Griffith!"

"You know, when they called me about the role, I thought Knots Landing was a show about a houseboat with Andy Griffith!"

Donna Mills, American Actress

57

"I don't think you learn how to act. You learn how to use your emotions and feelings."

"I don't think you learn how to act. You learn how to use your emotions and feelings."

Marion Cotillard, French Actress

Feelings, Act, Emotions

57

"My memory of my mom is a wine glass in one hand and a cigarette in the other. She was a runway fashion model, and she was quite a glamorous woman."

"My memory of my mom is a wine glass in one hand and a cigarette in the other. She was a runway fashion model, and she was quite a glamorous woman."

Loni Anderson, American Actress

Mom, Fashion, Memory, Wine

57

"I wouldn't want them to feel lonely or outcast ever in any way. And no matter where they were in the world, I'd want them to always feel incredibly confident about who they were and proud."

"I wouldn't want them to feel lonely or outcast ever in any way. And no matter where they were in the world, I'd want them to always feel incredibly confident about who they were and proud."

Jennifer Beals, American Actress

Loneliness, Lonely, Want, World

57

"Laughter is much more important than applause. Applause is almost a duty. Laughter is a reward."

"Laughter is much more important than applause. Applause is almost a duty. Laughter is a reward."

Carol Channing, American Actress

Applause, Duty, Laughter, Reward

57

"I'm so glad you're okay.""So, how do we celebrate my okayness? It's my day off. Let's go crazy. Glow-in-the-dark bowling?""No""I'll let you use the kiddie ball.""Shut up. I do NOT need the kiddie ball.""The way you bowl, I think you might."He grabbed her in an exaggerated formal dance pose and whirled her around, backpack and all, which didn't make her any more graceful. "Ballroom dancing?""Are you INSANE?""Hey, girls who tango are hot.""You think I'm not hot because I don't tango?"He dropped the act. Shane was a smart boy. "I think you are too hot for ballroom or bowling. So you tell me. What do you want to do? And don't say study."

"I'm so glad you're okay.""So, how do we celebrate my okayness? It's my day off. Let's go crazy. Glow-in-the-dark bowling?""No""I'll let you use the kiddie ball.""Shut up. I do NOT need the kiddie ball.""The way you bowl, I think you might."He grabbed her in an exaggerated formal dance pose and whirled her around, backpack and all, which didn't make her any more graceful. "Ballroom dancing?""Are you INSANE?""Hey, girls who tango are hot.""You think I'm not hot because I don't tango?"He dropped the act. Shane was a smart boy. "I think you are too hot for ballroom or bowling. So you tell me. What do you want to do? And don't say study."

Rachel Caine, Canadian Actress

Humor, Love, Romance, Fun

57

"If we don't empower ourselves with knowledge, then we're gonna be led down a garden path."

"If we don't empower ourselves with knowledge, then we're gonna be led down a garden path."

Fran Drescher, American Actress

Knowledge, Garden

57

"Claude Rains was what we call an actor's actor. He was very involved with himself and his performance."

"Claude Rains was what we call an actor's actor. He was very involved with himself and his performance."

Gloria Stuart, American Actress

Performance, Actor

57

"What I love about theatre is that it disappears as it happens."

"What I love about theatre is that it disappears as it happens."

Lusia Strus, American Actress

57

"Well, that's the old story I heard about the Jackie Chan films. That, like, Jackie Chan will just keep going and when crew members drop he just replaces them. I don't know if that's true but after having worked in Japan I believe it might be true."

"Well, that's the old story I heard about the Jackie Chan films. That, like, Jackie Chan will just keep going and when crew members drop he just replaces them. I don't know if that's true but after having worked in Japan I believe it might be true."

Sarah Michelle Gellar, American Actress

57

"In school the kids thought I was freaky because I made straight A's and daydreamed a lot."

"In school the kids thought I was freaky because I made straight A's and daydreamed a lot."

Shelley Duvall, American Actress

Thought, Kids, School

57

"A film based on a jolly good John Grisham book is fine, but I like to get a bit under the skin."

"A film based on a jolly good John Grisham book is fine, but I like to get a bit under the skin."

Charlotte Rampling, French Actress

57

"Since I had the baby I can't tolerate anything violent or sad, I saw the Matrix and I had my eyes closed through a lot of it, though I didn't need to. I would peek, and then think, oh OK, I can see that."

"Since I had the baby I can't tolerate anything violent or sad, I saw the Matrix and I had my eyes closed through a lot of it, though I didn't need to. I would peek, and then think, oh OK, I can see that."

Lisa Kudrow, American Actress

57

"I've figured out what to do so far, but it's always the next thing you come to where the man with the bucket of ice cold water is waiting - whoosh! in your face. That's why you work with directors who know what to tell you to do."

"I've figured out what to do so far, but it's always the next thing you come to where the man with the bucket of ice cold water is waiting - whoosh! in your face. That's why you work with directors who know what to tell you to do."

Judi Dench, English Actress

Work, Man, Waiting, Water

57

"I'm okay in my skin, you know... I'm okay with who I am."

"I'm okay in my skin, you know... I'm okay with who I am."

Dana Plato, American Actress

57

"You kind of think people get sick of you after a while, but apparently not."

"You kind of think people get sick of you after a while, but apparently not."

Patricia Heaton, American Actress

57

"When you call upon a Thoroughbred, he gives you all the speed, strength of heart and sinew in him. When you call on a jackass, he kicks."

"When you call upon a Thoroughbred, he gives you all the speed, strength of heart and sinew in him. When you call on a jackass, he kicks."

Patricia Neal, American Actress

Heart, Strength

57

"Sometimes I miss the spirit of London, but it's a very gray place."

"Sometimes I miss the spirit of London, but it's a very gray place."

Claire Forlani, English Actress

57

"I'm desperate to work again. I've often had those periods, but two years was the longest."

"I'm desperate to work again. I've often had those periods, but two years was the longest."

Charlotte Gainsbourg, French Actress

57

"I do still get the odd fan letter about The Good Life, clearly written by somebody aged 18, who says: Will you send a photograph? And I think: Maybe it's kinder not to. I'm deeply into my 50s now."

"I do still get the odd fan letter about The Good Life, clearly written by somebody aged 18, who says: Will you send a photograph? And I think: Maybe it's kinder not to. I'm deeply into my 50s now."

Felicity Kendal, English Actress

Life, Now, Will

57

"It's difficult to understand why people don't realize that pets are gifts to mankind."

"It's difficult to understand why people don't realize that pets are gifts to mankind."

Linda Blair, American Actress

People, Gifts, Mankind, Pets

57

"I don't worry whether the period is contemporary or three hundred years ago. Human beings are all alike."

"I don't worry whether the period is contemporary or three hundred years ago. Human beings are all alike."

Genevieve Bujold, Canadian Actress

57

"A good painting to me has always been like a friend. It keeps me company, comforts and inspires."

"A good painting to me has always been like a friend. It keeps me company, comforts and inspires."

Hedy Lamarr, Austrian Actress

Friendship, Friend, Company, Painting

57

"I moved to LA and decided to do films and television, mainly because the theater in New York is totally dead."

"I moved to LA and decided to do films and television, mainly because the theater in New York is totally dead."

Shirley Knight, American Actress

Television, Theater

57

"I feel like I'm a stay-at-home mom, which I was for the five years before this. She's absolutely been my focus. That's the choice I made. Desperate Housewives is perfect for me. I get to go back to work and still be able to take my daughter to school and pick her up."

"I feel like I'm a stay-at-home mom, which I was for the five years before this. She's absolutely been my focus. That's the choice I made. Desperate Housewives is perfect for me. I get to go back to work and still be able to take my daughter to school and pick her up."

Teri Hatcher, American Actress

Work, Mom, Daughter, Choice

57

"I know a lot of Americans in Paris who have married Frenchmen. They keep bringing up their experience, the clash of civilizations, the clash of personalities."

"I know a lot of Americans in Paris who have married Frenchmen. They keep bringing up their experience, the clash of civilizations, the clash of personalities."

Leslie Caron, French Actress

Experience, Americans, Paris

57

"Tune in to Kids and Family Week is perfect for me."

"Tune in to Kids and Family Week is perfect for me."

Melissa Joan Hart, American Actress

57

"Like it or not, the world evolves, priorities change and so do you."

"Like it or not, the world evolves, priorities change and so do you."

Marilu Henner, American Actress

Change, Priorities, World

57

"I got back into the position of taking care of my husband, which is what I'd learned that I couldn't really do: you can love and make things okay to a certain extent, but you can't fix. I didn't quite learn that until the kayaking incident. It became so clear then."

"I got back into the position of taking care of my husband, which is what I'd learned that I couldn't really do: you can love and make things okay to a certain extent, but you can't fix. I didn't quite learn that until the kayaking incident. It became so clear then."

Mariel Hemingway, American Actress

57

"When you are well, your own body is a sealed country into which you need not explore far, but when you are unwell, there is no denying that you are made up of organs and fluids and chemistry and that the mechanisms by which your body operates are not invincible."

"When you are well, your own body is a sealed country into which you need not explore far, but when you are unwell, there is no denying that you are made up of organs and fluids and chemistry and that the mechanisms by which your body operates are not invincible."

Rebecca Solnit, American Actress

Health, Awareness, Body, Sensitivity

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