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"Dinah had all the class."

"Dinah had all the class."

Lorna Luft, American Actress

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"My favorite part is the preparation because you read on the page, you get this character."

"My favorite part is the preparation because you read on the page, you get this character."

Ashley Scott, American Actress

Character, Favorite, Preparation

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"I always thought the point was to have a bigger life, to meet more people. So I don't understand Hollywood."

"I always thought the point was to have a bigger life, to meet more people. So I don't understand Hollywood."

Kathleen Turner, American Actress

Life, Thought, People, Hollywood

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"I have to be asked, I guess, but I love the idea of marriage. I think it's beautiful. I'm such a romantic, and I always have been."

"I have to be asked, I guess, but I love the idea of marriage. I think it's beautiful. I'm such a romantic, and I always have been."

Portia de Rossi, Australian Actress

Love, Marriage, Idea, Romantic

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

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

Soundarya, Indian Actress

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"Now that I've got some films under my belt, I have the courage of my convictions regarding acting. It gives me a leg to stand on."

"Now that I've got some films under my belt, I have the courage of my convictions regarding acting. It gives me a leg to stand on."

Mira Sorvino, American Actress

Courage, Acting, Now

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"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

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"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

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"Right now, I love the fact that I have so many opportunities, but I know this privileged position cannot last. That doesn't mean that I'll stop working. I picture myself as an old actress doing cameos in films with people saying: "Isn't that that Bening woman?""

"Right now, I love the fact that I have so many opportunities, but I know this privileged position cannot last. That doesn't mean that I'll stop working. I picture myself as an old actress doing cameos in films with people saying: "Isn't that that Bening woman?""

Annette Bening, American Actress

Love, People, Fact, Now

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"We kinda look at this as the second or third chapter of our lives. After college, most people figure out what they want to do with their lives. But we already know what we want to do in the future and that is to continue to further our business goals."

"We kinda look at this as the second or third chapter of our lives. After college, most people figure out what they want to do with their lives. But we already know what we want to do in the future and that is to continue to further our business goals."

Mary-Kate Olsen, American Actress

Business, People, Goals, College

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"Everybody deserves a second chance in this world. That's basically all I ask."

"Everybody deserves a second chance in this world. That's basically all I ask."

Shannen Doherty, American Actress

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"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

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"If one is desperate for love, I suggest looking at one's friends and family and see if love is all around. If not, get a new set of friends, a new family."

"If one is desperate for love, I suggest looking at one's friends and family and see if love is all around. If not, get a new set of friends, a new family."

Jasmine Guy, American Actress

Family, Love, Friends

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"Being typecast is a great thing for an actor. I was considered one of the New York mob actors."

"Being typecast is a great thing for an actor. I was considered one of the New York mob actors."

Debi Mazar, American Actress

Actor, Actors, Being, Mob

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"The great actresses and actors receive awards for great roles in great films."

"The great actresses and actors receive awards for great roles in great films."

Gloria Stuart, American Actress

Actor, Actors, Awards

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"Sometimes nudity is gratuitous. We just live in a society where everything goes."

"Sometimes nudity is gratuitous. We just live in a society where everything goes."

Judi Dench, English Actress

Society, Nudity

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"Drugs made me feel more normal."

"Drugs made me feel more normal."

Carrie Fisher, American Actress

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"If you want to sacrifice the admiration of many men for the criticism of one, go ahead, get married."

"If you want to sacrifice the admiration of many men for the criticism of one, go ahead, get married."

Katharine Hepburn, American Actress

Men, Sacrifice, Admiration, Criticism

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"I have done everything I can to make sure my daughter knows her father because you form your own identity by rebelling against your parents - but first you have to know them."

"I have done everything I can to make sure my daughter knows her father because you form your own identity by rebelling against your parents - but first you have to know them."

Greta Scacchi, Italian Actress

Father, Daughter, First, Identity

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"I'm just not the glamour type. Glamour girls are born, not made. And the real ones can be glamorous even if they don't wear magnificent clothes. I'll bet Lana Turner would look glamorous in anything."

"I'm just not the glamour type. Glamour girls are born, not made. And the real ones can be glamorous even if they don't wear magnificent clothes. I'll bet Lana Turner would look glamorous in anything."

Teresa Wright, American Actress

Clothes, Girls, Glamour

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"I think that souls agree to come in and do what they're going to do and then leave when they're going to leave. So there's nothing tragic when a soul leaves. I think it was already preordained."

"I think that souls agree to come in and do what they're going to do and then leave when they're going to leave. So there's nothing tragic when a soul leaves. I think it was already preordained."

Sally Kirkland, American Actress

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"I have a friend in New York who's a stylist and I went over to her place because she's got a lot of clothes. I basically ended up wearing most of it. So it's all stuff that I brought over."

"I have a friend in New York who's a stylist and I went over to her place because she's got a lot of clothes. I basically ended up wearing most of it. So it's all stuff that I brought over."

Famke Janssen, Dutch Actress

Friendship, Friend, Clothes

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"It's a business you go into because your an egocentric. It's a very embarrassing profession."

"It's a business you go into because your an egocentric. It's a very embarrassing profession."

Katharine Hepburn, American Actress

Business, Profession

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"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

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"It's amazing how coke encompasses everything in your life. Addicts cannot confront life because they only think of their next hit. I ruined life for my parents, my sister and all my friends."

"It's amazing how coke encompasses everything in your life. Addicts cannot confront life because they only think of their next hit. I ruined life for my parents, my sister and all my friends."

Kirstie Alley, American Actress

Life, Sister, Friends, Parents

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"Old age is no place for sissies."

"Old age is no place for sissies."

Bette Davis, American Actress

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"Knots was about the relationships that were built over many years."

"Knots was about the relationships that were built over many years."

Joan Van Ark, American Actress

Relationship, Relationships, Years

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"I love Shirley Maclaine. Love that woman."

"I love Shirley Maclaine. Love that woman."

Cameron Diaz, American Actress

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"Superstitions are habits rather than beliefs."

"Superstitions are habits rather than beliefs."

Marlene Dietrich, American Actress

Belief, Beliefs, Habits

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"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

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"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

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"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

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"I understand now that the vulnerability I've always felt is the greatest strength a person can have. You can't experience life without feeling life. What I've learned is that being vulnerable to somebody you love is not a weakness, it's a strength."

"I understand now that the vulnerability I've always felt is the greatest strength a person can have. You can't experience life without feeling life. What I've learned is that being vulnerable to somebody you love is not a weakness, it's a strength."

Elisabeth Shue, American Actress

Experience, Life, Love, Strength

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"I'm going to tell stories to the world. I think there's time for me to grow. We'll see."

"I'm going to tell stories to the world. I think there's time for me to grow. We'll see."

Sasha Alexander, American Actress

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"Growing up in public is especially hard sometimes."

"Growing up in public is especially hard sometimes."

Annette Funicello, American Actress

Growing up, Public

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"God is not something I think about but something I experience as an energy, a Presence. I do find it easier to pray to a female Presence or an androgynous Presence."

"God is not something I think about but something I experience as an energy, a Presence. I do find it easier to pray to a female Presence or an androgynous Presence."

Olympia Dukakis, American Actress

Experience, God, Energy

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"My father said there were two kinds of people in the world: givers and takers. The takers may eat better, but the givers sleep better."

"My father said there were two kinds of people in the world: givers and takers. The takers may eat better, but the givers sleep better."

Marlo Thomas, American Actress

Father, People, May, Sleep

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"I love older men."

"I love older men."

Cameron Diaz, American Actress

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"Yoga's an amazing release."

"Yoga's an amazing release."

Monica Keena, American Actress

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"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

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"When I came into the business, things changed a lot, and my life was in a real state of flux."

"When I came into the business, things changed a lot, and my life was in a real state of flux."

Rachael Leigh Cook, American Actress

Life, Business, State

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"All those days of waiting on tables until I could get a role on Broadway, all that time going to school taking lessons, and all those years of being a nobody following a dream-and now here it is."

"All those days of waiting on tables until I could get a role on Broadway, all that time going to school taking lessons, and all those years of being a nobody following a dream-and now here it is."

Marcia Gay Harden, American Actress

Time, Dream, Being, Now

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"Oh, all kinds of lunacy happens in Ireland, all kinds of lunacy."

"Oh, all kinds of lunacy happens in Ireland, all kinds of lunacy."

Anjelica Huston, American Actress

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"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

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"I remember all too well the premiere of Ecstasy when I watched my bare bottom bounce across the screen and my mother and father sat there in shock."

"I remember all too well the premiere of Ecstasy when I watched my bare bottom bounce across the screen and my mother and father sat there in shock."

Hedy Lamarr, Austrian Actress

Mother, Father, Ecstasy

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"I hate the word wholesome."

"I hate the word wholesome."

Julie Andrews, English Actress

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"Sometimes it's a character you want to play or a story you want to tell. Sometimes it's just to pay the bills."

"Sometimes it's a character you want to play or a story you want to tell. Sometimes it's just to pay the bills."

Daryl Hannah, American Actress

Character, Play, Want

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"Hollywood is like Picasso's bathroom."

"Hollywood is like Picasso's bathroom."

Candice Bergen, American Actress

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"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

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"You know Texas is - even more now that Enron has bit the dust - it's held up on the back of small businesses."

"You know Texas is - even more now that Enron has bit the dust - it's held up on the back of small businesses."

Rachel Griffiths, American Actress

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