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Quotes by Actress

"Giving birth is like taking your lower lip and forcing it over your head."

"Giving birth is like taking your lower lip and forcing it over your head."

Carol Burnett, American Actress

74

"Angelina Jolie may get Antonio Banderas in bed for eight hours on a movie set, but I get him in bed everyday."

"Angelina Jolie may get Antonio Banderas in bed for eight hours on a movie set, but I get him in bed everyday."

Melanie Griffith, American Actress

74

"If you see the Sopranos, you're not going to be speaking in the Shakespearean English."

"If you see the Sopranos, you're not going to be speaking in the Shakespearean English."

Lucy Liu, American Actress

74

"Ruby in Paradise and the intensity and quality that I was able to experience on Smoke were equally as important to me as working on this movie every day for three-and-a-half months."

"Ruby in Paradise and the intensity and quality that I was able to experience on Smoke were equally as important to me as working on this movie every day for three-and-a-half months."

Ashley Judd, American Actress

Experience, Quality, Day, Paradise

74

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

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

Monica Bellucci, Italian Actress

74

"Get more women producers, writers, directors. Why should we expect men to do it for us? They can't."

"Get more women producers, writers, directors. Why should we expect men to do it for us? They can't."

Kathleen Turner, American Actress

Men, Women, Writers

74

"I know what it's like to have someone coming home who looks at you not in the way they used to in the old days, and I've seen my own face contorted with sadness and rage in the mirror."

"I know what it's like to have someone coming home who looks at you not in the way they used to in the old days, and I've seen my own face contorted with sadness and rage in the mirror."

Jane Birkin, English Actress

Home, Old, Sadness

74

"A gentleman is simply a patient wolf."

"A gentleman is simply a patient wolf."

Lana Turner, American Actress

74

"It was pretty much the way that it was when I first read it, although one exception would be that some ideas that I had were also incorporated into the script."

"It was pretty much the way that it was when I first read it, although one exception would be that some ideas that I had were also incorporated into the script."

Chiaki Kuriyama, Japanese Actress

Ideas, First, Pretty

74

"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'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."

Halle Berry, American Actress

Marriage, Men, Luck, Relationships

73

"Age is just a number. It's totally irrelevant unless, of course, you happen to be a bottle of wine."

"Age is just a number. It's totally irrelevant unless, of course, you happen to be a bottle of wine."

Joan Collins, American Actress

73

"Chains do not hold a marriage together. It is threads, hundreds of tiny threads, which sew people together through the years."

"Chains do not hold a marriage together. It is threads, hundreds of tiny threads, which sew people together through the years."

Simone Signoret, German Actress

Marriage, People, Years

73

"During the day I don't wear much makeup."

"During the day I don't wear much makeup."

Denise Richards, American Actress

73

"Resentment is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die."

"Resentment is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die."

Carrie Fisher, American Actress

Drink, Drinking, Poison, Resentment, Waiting

73

"I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it."

"I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it."

Mae West, American Actress

73

"Nudity... I have to say I will never do it again."

"Nudity... I have to say I will never do it again."

Moira Kelly, American Actress

73

"I'm aware of my body."

"I'm aware of my body."

Joanna Lumley, English Actress

73

"Theatre can't be done again and again and again and again - it's organic."

"Theatre can't be done again and again and again and again - it's organic."

Kim Cattrall, English Actress

72

"We've had some really good guest stars. But I have to go with Alec Baldwin as my favorite. He is so neat and such a movie star. He's handsome and quirky. I was in heaven the week he was on the set."

"We've had some really good guest stars. But I have to go with Alec Baldwin as my favorite. He is so neat and such a movie star. He's handsome and quirky. I was in heaven the week he was on the set."

Nikki Cox, American Actress

Favorite, Guest, Heaven, Stars

72

"When I played Leonardo DiCaprio's mother, they liked that Leo had very hooded eyes and a rounded nose with a ball. They said, They look like they could be mother and son."

"When I played Leonardo DiCaprio's mother, they liked that Leo had very hooded eyes and a rounded nose with a ball. They said, They look like they could be mother and son."

Ellen Barkin, American Actress

Mother, Son, Eyes

72

"Sex is a part of nature. I go along with nature."

"Sex is a part of nature. I go along with nature."

Marilyn Monroe, American Actress

72

"In my day, people didn't do nude scenes. I mean they didn't exist."

"In my day, people didn't do nude scenes. I mean they didn't exist."

Claire Bloom, British Actress

72

"I came to acting in a very circuitous way."

"I came to acting in a very circuitous way."

Victoria Pratt, Canadian Actress

72

"My heart has been stolen too - but I've gone and got it back every single time!"

"My heart has been stolen too - but I've gone and got it back every single time!"

Salma Hayek, Mexican Actress

71

"Yeah, some kids called me fish lips because I had these really full lips. Now I'm sure all those same girls are getting collagen injections, so I'm having the last laugh."

"Yeah, some kids called me fish lips because I had these really full lips. Now I'm sure all those same girls are getting collagen injections, so I'm having the last laugh."

Denise Richards, American Actress

Fish, Girls, Kids, Now

71

"No one ever told me I was pretty when I was a little girl. All little girls should be told they're pretty, even if they aren't."

"No one ever told me I was pretty when I was a little girl. All little girls should be told they're pretty, even if they aren't."

Marilyn Monroe, American Actress

71

"My goal is, of course, for this show to do well, and I would love it if people liked it."

"My goal is, of course, for this show to do well, and I would love it if people liked it."

Julia Louis Dreyfus, American Actress

Love, People, Goal

71

"Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th."

"Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th."

Julie Andrews, English Actress

71

"The entire race is usually judged by the actions of one man or woman."

"The entire race is usually judged by the actions of one man or woman."

Hattie McDaniel, American Actress

Action, Actions, Man, Race, Woman

71

"I smoke all the time, one after the other."

"I smoke all the time, one after the other."

Greta Garbo, Swedish Actress

71

"I was homecoming queen. I was star of my basketball team."

"I was homecoming queen. I was star of my basketball team."

Marla Maples, American Actress

Basketball, Queen

71

"People in Hollywood don't have that much sex, or at least I don't."

"People in Hollywood don't have that much sex, or at least I don't."

Rosario Dawson, American Actress

Sex, People, Hollywood

71

"In my first movie, That Night, with Juliette Lewis, I had a scene with two other girls where we applied a cream to our chests to make our breasts grow. I was 10."

"In my first movie, That Night, with Juliette Lewis, I had a scene with two other girls where we applied a cream to our chests to make our breasts grow. I was 10."

Eliza Dushku, American Actress

First, Girls, Night

71

"My favorite part of my appearance is my height. I'm five foot one and I feel feminine being small."

"My favorite part of my appearance is my height. I'm five foot one and I feel feminine being small."

Alanna Ubach, American Actress

Appearance, Being, Favorite

71

"If only we could accept that there is no difference between us where human values are concerned. Whatever sex."

"If only we could accept that there is no difference between us where human values are concerned. Whatever sex."

Liv Ullmann, Norwegian Actress

Sex, Values, Difference, Liv Ullman

70

"I could never, ever have an abortion."

"I could never, ever have an abortion."

Brooke Shields, American Actress

70

"I never act my characters - I am them."

"I never act my characters - I am them."

Drew Barrymore, American Actress

70

"I get lonely when I'm a Playstation widow."

"I get lonely when I'm a Playstation widow."

Ashley Judd, American Actress

Loneliness, Lonely

70

"The depth of John Candy's talent did surprise me. He was one of my all-time favorite leading men."

"The depth of John Candy's talent did surprise me. He was one of my all-time favorite leading men."

Maureen O'Hara, Irish Actress

Men, Talent, Favorite, Leading

70

"The whole sex symbol or babe thing doesn't bother me."

"The whole sex symbol or babe thing doesn't bother me."

Jeri Ryan, American Actress

70

"I was asked to act when I couldn't act. I was asked to sing 'Funny Face' when I couldn't sing, and dance with Fred Astaire when I couldn't dance - and do all kinds of things I wasn't prepared for. Then I tried like mad to cope with it."

"I was asked to act when I couldn't act. I was asked to sing 'Funny Face' when I couldn't sing, and dance with Fred Astaire when I couldn't dance - and do all kinds of things I wasn't prepared for. Then I tried like mad to cope with it."

Audrey Hepburn, Belgian Actress

70

"I just smoked a Cohiba the other day. It was great. You have to appreciate everything that cigar is."

"I just smoked a Cohiba the other day. It was great. You have to appreciate everything that cigar is."

Daisy Fuentes, Cuban Actress

70

"The craziest thing I did to get a guy to notice me was going out with his best friend. It worked - he did notice me - but I don't recommend it."

"The craziest thing I did to get a guy to notice me was going out with his best friend. It worked - he did notice me - but I don't recommend it."

Jennie Garth, American Actress

Friendship, Friend

70

"If you want a bourgeois existence, you shouldn't be an actor. You're in the wrong profession."

"If you want a bourgeois existence, you shouldn't be an actor. You're in the wrong profession."

Uta Hagen, German Actress

Actor, Existence, Profession, Want

70

"I don't normally look like a twig and I do eat like a pig but the weight has just dropped off me."

"I don't normally look like a twig and I do eat like a pig but the weight has just dropped off me."

Sienna Miller, American Actress

70

"How many husbands have I had? You mean apart from my own?"

"How many husbands have I had? You mean apart from my own?"

Zsa Zsa Gabor, Hungarian Actress

Husband, Husbands

70

"It's not the men in my life that count, it's the life in my men."

"It's not the men in my life that count, it's the life in my men."

Mae West, American Actress

70

"An actress is not a machine, but they treat you like a machine. A money machine."

"An actress is not a machine, but they treat you like a machine. A money machine."

Marilyn Monroe, American Actress

70

"I am both proud and honored to be on the Board of Directors for the Texas Ballet Theater."

"I am both proud and honored to be on the Board of Directors for the Texas Ballet Theater."

Janine Turner, American Actress

Ballet, Theater

70

"I have no private life at all. I am a hunted woman. I can't take a step without being questioned and surrounded."

"I have no private life at all. I am a hunted woman. I can't take a step without being questioned and surrounded."

Brigitte Bardot, French Actress

Life, Being, Woman

70

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