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"That's what the holidays are for - for one person to tell the stories and another to dispute them. Isn't that the Irish way?"
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Lara Flynn Boyle
"That's what the holidays are for - for one person to tell the stories and another to dispute them. Isn't that the Irish way?"
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"I like to be treated as a lady."
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Sharon Stone
"I like to be treated as a lady."
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"I loved fencing and dancing and elocution."
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Vivien Leigh
"I loved fencing and dancing and elocution."
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"I always say if you've seen good acting on television, those actors are really good. Because there's just not enough time. You don't have any preparation."
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Sasha Alexander
"I always say if you've seen good acting on television, those actors are really good. Because there's just not enough time. You don't have any preparation."
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"When we saw our plane on TV as breaking news, it was the most surreal experience. A lot of the women were crying. There was a gentleman who was writing in his journal and crying. Seeing that isn't easy."
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Taryn Manning
"When we saw our plane on TV as breaking news, it was the most surreal experience. A lot of the women were crying. There was a gentleman who was writing in his journal and crying. Seeing that isn't easy."
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"I look at being an actress as being like a mummy: You're bandaged up and preserved as soon as you start making other people money."
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Anna Friel
"I look at being an actress as being like a mummy: You're bandaged up and preserved as soon as you start making other people money."
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"I'm from Chicago. My grandfather was a policeman, and my aunts are married to policemen."
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Robin Tunney
"I'm from Chicago. My grandfather was a policeman, and my aunts are married to policemen."
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"First of all when you're a mommy like you like the consistency of being on a show like that's just peace of mind, I know I have financial, you know stability."
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Nia Long
"First of all when you're a mommy like you like the consistency of being on a show like that's just peace of mind, I know I have financial, you know stability."
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"So I would hope they would develop some kind of habit that involves understanding that their life is so full they can afford to give in all kinds of ways to other people. I consider that to be baseline spirituality."
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Susan Sarandon
"So I would hope they would develop some kind of habit that involves understanding that their life is so full they can afford to give in all kinds of ways to other people. I consider that to be baseline spirituality."
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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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"When it comes to accepting emotional support or affection, I'm a little guarded and hardened to that."
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Patricia Heaton
"When it comes to accepting emotional support or affection, I'm a little guarded and hardened to that."
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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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"Everyone gets the feeling that they know you and they know your life, and I felt really embarrassed by that."
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Charlotte Gainsbourg
"Everyone gets the feeling that they know you and they know your life, and I felt really embarrassed by that."
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"Fidelity is a gift not a requirement."
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Lilli Palmer
"Fidelity is a gift not a requirement."
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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 most important thing for me was to never, ever, ever deny it. But I didn't really have the courage to talk about it. I was thinking, The people who need to know I'm gay know."
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Portia de Rossi
"The most important thing for me was to never, ever, ever deny it. But I didn't really have the courage to talk about it. I was thinking, The people who need to know I'm gay know."
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"I think all women in Hollywood are known as sex symbols. That's what our purpose is in this business. You're merchandised, you're a product. You're sold and it's based on sex. But that's okay. I think women should be empowered by that, not degraded."
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Megan Fox
"I think all women in Hollywood are known as sex symbols. That's what our purpose is in this business. You're merchandised, you're a product. You're sold and it's based on sex. But that's okay. I think women should be empowered by that, not degraded."
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"I've always loved a challenge."
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Lana Turner
"I've always loved a challenge."
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"There's always a side of a woman that likes a man from the other side of the tracks."
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Laura Dern
"There's always a side of a woman that likes a man from the other side of the tracks."
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"I've always been an independent person, but that independence was in the setting of security."
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Patricia Heaton
"I've always been an independent person, but that independence was in the setting of security."
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"If you get a diagnosis, get on a therapy, keep a good attitude and keep your sense of humor."
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Teri Garr
"If you get a diagnosis, get on a therapy, keep a good attitude and keep your sense of humor."
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"I sometimes truly despair at ever being meaningfully altered and affected by the things I claim are so important to me."
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Olympia Dukakis
"I sometimes truly despair at ever being meaningfully altered and affected by the things I claim are so important to me."
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"Loneliness is the universal problem of rich people."
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Joan Collins
"Loneliness is the universal problem of rich people."
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"A woman's heart is a deep ocean of secrets."
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Gloria Stuart
"A woman's heart is a deep ocean of secrets."
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"I'm wondering if they haven't reported all the people with MS, because if all of the cases were reported, the government would have to step in and give more financial aid to us."
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Teri Garr
"I'm wondering if they haven't reported all the people with MS, because if all of the cases were reported, the government would have to step in and give more financial aid to us."
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"Getting sober just exploded my life. Now I have a much clearer sense of myself and what I can and can't do. I am more successful than I have ever been. I feel very positive where I never did before, and I think that's all a direct result of getting sober."
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Jamie Lee Curtis
"Getting sober just exploded my life. Now I have a much clearer sense of myself and what I can and can't do. I am more successful than I have ever been. I feel very positive where I never did before, and I think that's all a direct result of getting sober."
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"It's just keeping what I want private, private, and the same with Charlie."
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Denise Richards
"It's just keeping what I want private, private, and the same with Charlie."
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"I want to win an Oscar. I want to be known for more than, like, going out. For being the 'party girl'. I hate that. I bust my ass when I'm filming and when I have time off, yeah, I like to go out and dance."
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Lindsay Lohan
"I want to win an Oscar. I want to be known for more than, like, going out. For being the 'party girl'. I hate that. I bust my ass when I'm filming and when I have time off, yeah, I like to go out and dance."
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"I became obsessed with all these women who die never feeling they did anything extraordinary with their lives."
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Salma Hayek
"I became obsessed with all these women who die never feeling they did anything extraordinary with their lives."
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"Men love it. They have a sense of humor, whereas a lot of women are threatened or just don't get it."
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Lara Flynn Boyle
"Men love it. They have a sense of humor, whereas a lot of women are threatened or just don't get it."
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"If you want to be a star, don't bother doing it because it ends up being very empty."
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Judith Light
"If you want to be a star, don't bother doing it because it ends up being very empty."
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"It goes back to a style of moviemaking I remember seeing as a child, in movies like The Man With The Golden Arm, which I think was shot all on a sound stage."
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Debbie Allen
"It goes back to a style of moviemaking I remember seeing as a child, in movies like The Man With The Golden Arm, which I think was shot all on a sound stage."
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"Because Buffy really has become the straight man, every once in a while it's nice to be the one that tells the joke and it's nice to be the one that is the joke and it's nice to do something that's a little bit different."
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Sarah Michelle Gellar
"Because Buffy really has become the straight man, every once in a while it's nice to be the one that tells the joke and it's nice to be the one that is the joke and it's nice to do something that's a little bit different."
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"Ibsen was Norwegian by birth, but universal in spirit."
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Liv Ullmann
"Ibsen was Norwegian by birth, but universal in spirit."
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"I knew there was something I had to do yesterday. I couldn't remember what it is. I can't figure it out. I know it's a holiday. I know I don't have a meeting. It's very confusing."
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Jennifer Beals
"I knew there was something I had to do yesterday. I couldn't remember what it is. I can't figure it out. I know it's a holiday. I know I don't have a meeting. It's very confusing."
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"I mean, I had probably an illusion of being the wife that, you know, I wanted to create a home. I wanted to have children. I wanted him to be a husband. It was never going to be that way. It couldn't be that way."
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Priscilla Presley
"I mean, I had probably an illusion of being the wife that, you know, I wanted to create a home. I wanted to have children. I wanted him to be a husband. It was never going to be that way. It couldn't be that way."
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"A crown, if it hurts us, is not worth wearing."
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Pearl Bailey
"A crown, if it hurts us, is not worth wearing."
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"It's easier in some ways being on the life raft and the other guy's in the boat and you can row alongside and be supportive. In some ways, that's an easier role."
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Kyra Sedgwick
"It's easier in some ways being on the life raft and the other guy's in the boat and you can row alongside and be supportive. In some ways, that's an easier role."
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"It doesn't matter if I don't succeed in something, what matters is that I learn from my mistakes."
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Linda Evans
"It doesn't matter if I don't succeed in something, what matters is that I learn from my mistakes."
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"You find out who your real friends are when you're involved in a scandal."
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Elizabeth Taylor
"You find out who your real friends are when you're involved in a scandal."
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"I think I would have been so much in awe of the movie set, the people and what everybody's job was, that I don't know if I would be able to concentrate on the character."
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Daisy Fuentes
"I think I would have been so much in awe of the movie set, the people and what everybody's job was, that I don't know if I would be able to concentrate on the character."
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"Judy Garland's father was gay. That seems to be the consensus. They left Minnesota and went to California because he got caught with some boy backstage."
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Judy Davis
"Judy Garland's father was gay. That seems to be the consensus. They left Minnesota and went to California because he got caught with some boy backstage."
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"My mom is going to kill me for talking about sleeping with people. But I don't want to put myself in the position where I'm in a monogamous relationship right now. I'm not dating just one person. 'Sex and the City' changed everything for me because those girls would sleep with so many people."
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Lindsay Lohan
"My mom is going to kill me for talking about sleeping with people. But I don't want to put myself in the position where I'm in a monogamous relationship right now. I'm not dating just one person. 'Sex and the City' changed everything for me because those girls would sleep with so many people."
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"I like to take afternoon naps in the nude."
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Cleo Moore
"I like to take afternoon naps in the nude."
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"We all have a childhood dream that when there is love, everything goes like silk, but the reality is that marriage requires a lot of compromise."
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Raquel Welch
"We all have a childhood dream that when there is love, everything goes like silk, but the reality is that marriage requires a lot of compromise."
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"If I'm not afraid when I'm reading a script, that means I know I've done it before. If I read something and think, Wow, I can't play this part, then I want to play it more."
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Linda Fiorentino
"If I'm not afraid when I'm reading a script, that means I know I've done it before. If I read something and think, Wow, I can't play this part, then I want to play it more."
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"We're not going to dumb down for them. They have to move up. They're the network and we're the show."
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Alia Shawkat
"We're not going to dumb down for them. They have to move up. They're the network and we're the show."
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"Most of my friends from college became dental hygienists or went into retail, a lot went into sales. They all started getting married and having kids and buying homes and I was still living like a college student."
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Patricia Heaton
"Most of my friends from college became dental hygienists or went into retail, a lot went into sales. They all started getting married and having kids and buying homes and I was still living like a college student."
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"LIfe has got all those twists and turns. You've got to hold on tight and off you go."
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Nicole Kidman
"LIfe has got all those twists and turns. You've got to hold on tight and off you go."
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