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"I just had a full body cleanse. And am eating right and exercising a lot."

"I just had a full body cleanse. And am eating right and exercising a lot."

Alfre Woodard, American Actress

Body, Eating, Right

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"When I come into the theatre I get a sense of security. I love an audience. I love people, and I act because I like trying to give pleasure to people."

"When I come into the theatre I get a sense of security. I love an audience. I love people, and I act because I like trying to give pleasure to people."

Vivien Leigh, English Actress

Love, People, Act, Pleasure

56

"I just feel incredibly lucky to be employed when there are so many actors and actresses who are not employed. That's why, you know, I sometimes feel desperate, in case I'm not going to be cast again."

"I just feel incredibly lucky to be employed when there are so many actors and actresses who are not employed. That's why, you know, I sometimes feel desperate, in case I'm not going to be cast again."

Judi Dench, English Actress

56

"Often when a person can't get past stress, she will turn to overeating, drinking or smoking, which can become a greater problem than the stress itself."

"Often when a person can't get past stress, she will turn to overeating, drinking or smoking, which can become a greater problem than the stress itself."

Marilu Henner, American Actress

Drink, Drinking, Past, Smoking, Stress

56

"I know why most people never get rich. They put the money ahead of the job. If you just think of the job, the money will automatically follow. This never fails."

"I know why most people never get rich. They put the money ahead of the job. If you just think of the job, the money will automatically follow. This never fails."

Hedy Lamarr, Austrian Actress

Money, People, Job, Will

56

"That whole environment was just incompatible with my beliefs and my personality. It was a dark time for me."

"That whole environment was just incompatible with my beliefs and my personality. It was a dark time for me."

Zhang Ziyi, Chinese Actress

Time, Beliefs, Environment, Personality

56

"I try to treat people the way I would like to be treated, but I can't worry about what everyone's going to think."

"I try to treat people the way I would like to be treated, but I can't worry about what everyone's going to think."

Victoria Principal, American Actress

56

"In high school, there are so many cliques. You're never safe."

"In high school, there are so many cliques. You're never safe."

Blake Lively, American Actress

56

"I love hats, shoes, outfits, handbags, and ethnic jewelery."

"I love hats, shoes, outfits, handbags, and ethnic jewelery."

Soundarya, Indian Actress

56

"Being on Disney, a lot of young people look up to me."

"Being on Disney, a lot of young people look up to me."

Tatyana Ali, American Actress

People, Being, Disney

56

"I'm the biggest nerd - I love comic books and stuff like that! I don't have any friends who are actresses. I only had one girlfriend when I was growing up. Most of my friends were boys. I was such a tomboy. I enjoyed doing guy things."

"I'm the biggest nerd - I love comic books and stuff like that! I don't have any friends who are actresses. I only had one girlfriend when I was growing up. Most of my friends were boys. I was such a tomboy. I enjoyed doing guy things."

Megan Fox, American Actress

Love, Girlfriend, Books, Boys

56

"What do I wear in bed? Why, Chanel No. 5, of course."

"What do I wear in bed? Why, Chanel No. 5, of course."

Marilyn Monroe, American Actress

56

"The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power."

"The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power."

Mary Pickford, Canadian Actress

Power, Future, Past

56

"Living is like tearing through a museum. Not until later do you really start absorbing what you saw, thinking about it, looking it up in a book, and remembering - because you can't take it in all at once."

"Living is like tearing through a museum. Not until later do you really start absorbing what you saw, thinking about it, looking it up in a book, and remembering - because you can't take it in all at once."

Audrey Hepburn, Belgian Actress

Living, Thinking

56

"I think right now in the world we're feeling like there's no solid ground beneath our feet, you know?"

"I think right now in the world we're feeling like there's no solid ground beneath our feet, you know?"

Kelly Lynch, American Actress

Feelings, Feeling, Feet, Now, Right

56

"If only those who dream about Hollywood knew how difficult it all is."

"If only those who dream about Hollywood knew how difficult it all is."

Greta Garbo, Swedish Actress

Dream, Hollywood

56

"I went on television and I wouldn't say a word; I feel so stupid when I watch them again."

"I went on television and I wouldn't say a word; I feel so stupid when I watch them again."

Charlotte Gainsbourg, French Actress

Television, Word

56

"As a painter you're responsible yourself, 100 percent. In film, you have the editor, the director, the other actors. It has the advantage of not being solitary."

"As a painter you're responsible yourself, 100 percent. In film, you have the editor, the director, the other actors. It has the advantage of not being solitary."

Sylvia Kristel, Dutch Actress

Actor, Actors, Being, Film

56

"Glamour is what I sell, it's my stock in trade."

"Glamour is what I sell, it's my stock in trade."

Marlene Dietrich, American Actress

56

"There is less in this than meets the eye."

"There is less in this than meets the eye."

Tallulah Bankhead, American Actress

56

"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."

"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."

Camryn Manheim, American Actress

56

"There are a lot of other things in this world that can and will bring me joy. Acting is one of them."

"There are a lot of other things in this world that can and will bring me joy. Acting is one of them."

Victoria Pratt, Canadian Actress

Acting, Joy, Will, World

56

"Most awards, you know, they don't give you unless you go and get them - did you know that? Terribly discouraging."

"Most awards, you know, they don't give you unless you go and get them - did you know that? Terribly discouraging."

Barbra Streisand, American Actress

56

"I don't know how to cook and there's so much work involved you have to buy the groceries and prepare them. I like it when people cook for me, or I'll just order some take-out."

"I don't know how to cook and there's so much work involved you have to buy the groceries and prepare them. I like it when people cook for me, or I'll just order some take-out."

Famke Janssen, Dutch Actress

Work, People, Order

56

"I wanted to do a movie about being really good at something, yet being socially awkward and not as advanced in your personal life as you are in your creative life."

"I wanted to do a movie about being really good at something, yet being socially awkward and not as advanced in your personal life as you are in your creative life."

Alicia Witt, American Actress

56

"Any time you got nothing to do - and lots of time to do it - come on up."

"Any time you got nothing to do - and lots of time to do it - come on up."

Mae West, American Actress

56

"If wanted to play a sport, I played a sport. If I wanted to do things that many girls born in 1950 didn't do, I did it."

"If wanted to play a sport, I played a sport. If I wanted to do things that many girls born in 1950 didn't do, I did it."

Victoria Principal, American Actress

56

"I'm an angel compared to some of my friends."

"I'm an angel compared to some of my friends."

Lindsay Lohan, American Actress

Friendship, Friends

56

"I still have agents in France, Los Angeles and Amsterdam who call and suggest parts. I'd love to keep on doing both painting and acting until the end of my days."

"I still have agents in France, Los Angeles and Amsterdam who call and suggest parts. I'd love to keep on doing both painting and acting until the end of my days."

Sylvia Kristel, Dutch Actress

Love, Acting, End, France

56

"When I started out, I didn't have any desire to be an actress or to learn how to act. I just wanted to be famous."

"When I started out, I didn't have any desire to be an actress or to learn how to act. I just wanted to be famous."

Katharine Hepburn, American Actress

Act, Desire, Famous

56

"I love my red hair. It makes me spunkier."

"I love my red hair. It makes me spunkier."

Lindsay Lohan, American Actress

56

"If my ego was out of whack and I believed I could carry anything off, that would be a stupid risk. But so far there's been no reason not to try anything."

"If my ego was out of whack and I believed I could carry anything off, that would be a stupid risk. But so far there's been no reason not to try anything."

Kathleen Turner, American Actress

Ego, Reason, Risk

56

"The first professional play I ever saw was The Importance Of Being Earnest, and I just fell in love."

"The first professional play I ever saw was The Importance Of Being Earnest, and I just fell in love."

Kim Cattrall, English Actress

Love, Being, First, Importance

56

"There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of people you love. When you learn to tap this source, you will truly have defeated age."

"There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of people you love. When you learn to tap this source, you will truly have defeated age."

Sophia Loren, Italian Actress

Age, Life, Love, People

56

"I was on Murder She Wrote with Angela Lansbury. She was fantastic... she was lovely to everyone, she was always on time, prepared."

"I was on Murder She Wrote with Angela Lansbury. She was fantastic... she was lovely to everyone, she was always on time, prepared."

Jane Badler, American Actress

56

"I actually started, this year, doing some voiceovers. I did some radio spots, and some games."

"I actually started, this year, doing some voiceovers. I did some radio spots, and some games."

Julie Benz, American Actress

56

"I will never be satisfied. Life is one constant search for the betterment for me."

"I will never be satisfied. Life is one constant search for the betterment for me."

Jayne Mansfield, American Actress

56

"Flops are a part of life's menu and I've never been a girl to miss out on any of the courses."

"Flops are a part of life's menu and I've never been a girl to miss out on any of the courses."

Rosalind Russell, American Actress

56

"Time whizzes by when you have children. They make you aware of the passing of time, but also help keep you young."

"Time whizzes by when you have children. They make you aware of the passing of time, but also help keep you young."

Jaclyn Smith, American Actress

Time, Children, Help

56

"I love performing and pretending - it's very easy for me."

"I love performing and pretending - it's very easy for me."

Jamie Lee Curtis, American Actress

56

"My parents put everything in a trust fund for me. I won't get it until I'm 18, so I'll use it for college."

"My parents put everything in a trust fund for me. I won't get it until I'm 18, so I'll use it for college."

Heather O'Rourke, American Actress

Trust, College, Parents

56

"It's never easy with characters in these dark and grave circumstances but that's my job."

"It's never easy with characters in these dark and grave circumstances but that's my job."

Patricia Clarkson, American Actress

Circumstance, Circumstances, Grave, Job

56

"I can rock out anything. I mean, I can rock out a little 'Time After Time'. I can do a little 'Grease Lightning'. It depends on the mood, but we do go karaoke, my friends and I in Los Angeles, and it's a lot of fun."

"I can rock out anything. I mean, I can rock out a little 'Time After Time'. I can do a little 'Grease Lightning'. It depends on the mood, but we do go karaoke, my friends and I in Los Angeles, and it's a lot of fun."

Kristen Bell, American Actress

Time, Friends, Fun

56

"I'm not a risk taker. I don't do plunging necklines or really short skirts. I try to stay as classy as possible and provide a little mystery."

"I'm not a risk taker. I don't do plunging necklines or really short skirts. I try to stay as classy as possible and provide a little mystery."

Kristen Bell, American Actress

56

"You know, Lisa, for the longest time, did not sing."

"You know, Lisa, for the longest time, did not sing."

Priscilla Presley, American Actress

56

"I believe wholeheartedly in marriage. I don't exclusively mean a marriage with a legal contract, but any relationship that constitutes a marriage because of the quality of their relationship."

"I believe wholeheartedly in marriage. I don't exclusively mean a marriage with a legal contract, but any relationship that constitutes a marriage because of the quality of their relationship."

Helen Reddy, Australian Actress

Legal, Marriage, Quality

56

"The things that are really important to me are my man, my animals and my books. I don't need anything else."

"The things that are really important to me are my man, my animals and my books. I don't need anything else."

Mary Crosby, American Actress

Animals, Books, Man

56

"I learned quickly at Columbia that the only eye that mattered was the one on the camera."

"I learned quickly at Columbia that the only eye that mattered was the one on the camera."

Gene Tierney, American Actress

56

"So I just play the character, I play the lines."

"So I just play the character, I play the lines."

Fiona Shaw, Irish Actress

Character, Play

56

"The least consideration of any film I've ever worked on is who is right for it."

"The least consideration of any film I've ever worked on is who is right for it."

Kelly Lynch, American Actress

Consideration, Film, Right

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