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Quotes by Actress

"I have an education degree from the University of Minnesota, and I was a teacher for about a minute."

"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."

"We are a research center and treatment facility all under one roof."

"You tend to be afraid when someone seems foreign to you. But if you aren't careful, that can lead to bigotry."


"It's what still excites me most about acting: letting your imagination go places it's never been before. There's nothing better than that."

"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."

"In later years, I craved foods that were almost always fattening."

"Starting out in a beginner class and really understanding the fundamentals of yoga is really important."


"Being a human being is all about experiencing all of the wonders of the world and therefore as an actress, I'm open to any opportunity that may enrich my horizon."

"Having done something like The Thorn Birds gives you enormous longevity. You can keep picking and choosing the roles for a bit longer."

"If love is the answer, could you please rephrase the question?"

"The first big lead that I had on Broadway was in a show called La Strada."

"We relish news of our heroes, forgetting that we are extraordinary to somebody too."

"Many people are target people. Once when Louis B. Mayer insulted me I poured a glass of water over his head."

"When I was starting out, young actresses had the studio system to protect them. Now you have a host of sharks, from your agent to your publicist to your lawyer."
Now,

"The Howard Hughes I knew began to change after his plane crash in 1941."

"To re-live these characters would be wonderful, because I know when the show ends it will be huge mourning process."


"I was an escapee of childhood. I always wanted to grow up."

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

"I love being able to wear dresses and clothes that make me feel feminine and beautiful, and I love the fact that I don't have to all the time; I can wear a tank and jeans."

"The highest grossing films have great, moral messages - not dirty, base themes, so we're trying to get producers to make more of the uplifting movies."

"Anything where people have to work together makes me cry."

"I am deeply saddened by the death of my dear friend, Dudley Moore."


"Television could perform a great service in mass education, but there's no indication its sponsors have anything like this on their minds."


"Thus, during the winter of 2003 I ventured into a new arena as a professional photographer."

"The formula is the star. I couldn't work inside that formula."

"Censors are energetic and righteous people but they just couldn't work a room like Abbe Lane."

"I got his initials tattooed on the back of my neck, you know, since we both now have the same initials."
Now,

"I just want to live each moment, but it's kind of hard to do that when you are asked to analyze yourself constantly. But it's also good in that you are forced to think about things that you don't ordinarily think about. I think it's strange."
Want,

"A man's illness is his private territory and, no matter how much he loves you and how close you are, you stay an outsider. You are healthy."

"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."

"Mississippi Mermaid was a very special experience because we only had the dialogues for the scenes we were shooting the night before."


"Unless you're a star in this town, you're really nothing."

"Mr. Smith Goes to Washington is one of the greatest films of all time."
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