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"I like men with some belly who are a little over the hill."

"I like men with some belly who are a little over the hill."

Victoria Abril, Spanish Actress

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"Stars didn't have to worry as they were on long term contracts and were able to enjoy their vacations without worrying about tomorrow. Few had financial worries due to large incomes and little taxes."

"Stars didn't have to worry as they were on long term contracts and were able to enjoy their vacations without worrying about tomorrow. Few had financial worries due to large incomes and little taxes."

Pola Negri, Polish Actress

Finance, Financial, Stars, Taxes, Tomorrow

54

"I'm actually the last person to ask about school. I kinda ducked out at 12, before all that stuff might have happened. I left school after sixth grade and was basically home-schooled after that."

"I'm actually the last person to ask about school. I kinda ducked out at 12, before all that stuff might have happened. I left school after sixth grade and was basically home-schooled after that."

Emma Stone, American Actress

54

"The lighting is so important. One thing that makes me nuts about the lighting now is that they spend an enormous amount of time lighting the set, the background. But the most important thing in the scene is the actor."

"The lighting is so important. One thing that makes me nuts about the lighting now is that they spend an enormous amount of time lighting the set, the background. But the most important thing in the scene is the actor."

Donna Mills, American Actress

Time, Actor, Now

54

"I'm probably the most introverted extrovert you'll ever meet. Up until I got this show I was constantly told, 'She was really good, but she's just not cute enough.'"

"I'm probably the most introverted extrovert you'll ever meet. Up until I got this show I was constantly told, 'She was really good, but she's just not cute enough.'"

Nikki Cox, American Actress

54

"My husband thinks he's compromising if we have one cook instead of three."

"My husband thinks he's compromising if we have one cook instead of three."

Ellen Barkin, American Actress

54

"They have the big ferris wheel and we've been out of town for two months, so he just was like, 'Mommy I want to go to Toys R Us and I don't care if you have a movie coming out and all that.' He was just being a kid. But I had to allow him to have that moment."

"They have the big ferris wheel and we've been out of town for two months, so he just was like, 'Mommy I want to go to Toys R Us and I don't care if you have a movie coming out and all that.' He was just being a kid. But I had to allow him to have that moment."

Nia Long, American Actress

Being, Care, Months, Want

54

"Last year my boyfriend gave me a painting - a very personal one. I really prefer personal gifts or ones made by someone for me. Except diamonds. That's the exception to the rule."

"Last year my boyfriend gave me a painting - a very personal one. I really prefer personal gifts or ones made by someone for me. Except diamonds. That's the exception to the rule."

Minnie Driver, English Actress

Boyfriend, Gifts, Painting

54

"I'm going to be 58, and I'm a woman. In this business, that seems to be a bigger crime than being mentally ill."

"I'm going to be 58, and I'm a woman. In this business, that seems to be a bigger crime than being mentally ill."

Patty Duke, American Actress

Business, Being, Crime, Woman

54

"English people don't have very good diction. In France you have to pronounce very particularly and clearly, and learning French at an early age helped me enormously."

"English people don't have very good diction. In France you have to pronounce very particularly and clearly, and learning French at an early age helped me enormously."

Vivien Leigh, English Actress

Age, People, France

54

"My parents are from Manchester but I was brought up in London, Camden Town."

"My parents are from Manchester but I was brought up in London, Camden Town."

Sadie Frost, English Actress

London, Parents

54

"There is a very large chunk of our population who firmly believe in extraterrestrials."

"There is a very large chunk of our population who firmly believe in extraterrestrials."

Jeri Ryan, American Actress

54

"I don't drink, and I don't smoke. It's a personal preference. My mom has never drunk or smoked. I look up to my mom."

"I don't drink, and I don't smoke. It's a personal preference. My mom has never drunk or smoked. I look up to my mom."

Ashley Tisdale, American Actress

54

"I've never been the sexy or the cute girl."

"I've never been the sexy or the cute girl."

Izabella Scorupco, Polish Actress

54

"I dress up for awards, but only if somebody else is going to pay for the clothes. And shop for them, too!"

"I dress up for awards, but only if somebody else is going to pay for the clothes. And shop for them, too!"

Tea Leoni, American Actress

Awards, Clothes, Dress

54

"I quit after my seven-year contract with Universal was up. I quit for 33 years."

"I quit after my seven-year contract with Universal was up. I quit for 33 years."

Gloria Stuart, American Actress

54

"There is no sexuality that is greater or lesser than another."

"There is no sexuality that is greater or lesser than another."

Jasmine Guy, American Actress

54

"Any problem, big or small, within a family, always seems to start with bad communication. Someone isn't listening."

"Any problem, big or small, within a family, always seems to start with bad communication. Someone isn't listening."

Emma Thompson, English Actress

Family, Communication, Listening

54

"That's what I hate about a lot of comedies, when you're hitting a line or making it funny."

"That's what I hate about a lot of comedies, when you're hitting a line or making it funny."

Jennifer Aniston, American Actress

54

"Ultimately, you know, I'm a grown-up, I've been in this business a long time. I've got kids. I've got to do my stuff. But I also need to keep it there so I can bring it up again the next day at work or whatever."

"Ultimately, you know, I'm a grown-up, I've been in this business a long time. I've got kids. I've got to do my stuff. But I also need to keep it there so I can bring it up again the next day at work or whatever."

Kyra Sedgwick, American Actress

Business, Work, Time, Day

54

"The story of my life is about back entrances, side doors, secret elevators and other ways of getting in and out of places so that people won't bother me."

"The story of my life is about back entrances, side doors, secret elevators and other ways of getting in and out of places so that people won't bother me."

Greta Garbo, Swedish Actress

54

"I lost a very dear friend who lived with AIDS for about 17 years. Rejecting early treatments that were iffy, he thought he saved himself. I really miss him a lot."

"I lost a very dear friend who lived with AIDS for about 17 years. Rejecting early treatments that were iffy, he thought he saved himself. I really miss him a lot."

Bernadette Peters, American Actress

Thought, Friend, Years

54

"We are all searching for some form of family or foundation - for a place we can feel safe and secure."

"We are all searching for some form of family or foundation - for a place we can feel safe and secure."

Jena Malone, American Actress

54

"Life is a jest; and all things show it. I thought so once; but now I know it."

"Life is a jest; and all things show it. I thought so once; but now I know it."

Bette Davis, American Actress

Life, Thought, Jest, Now

54

"My greatest strength is common sense. I'm really a standard brand - like Campbell's tomato soup or Baker's chocolate."

Katharine Hepburn, American Actress

Strength, Common sense

54

"If you watch the show and the characters don't look at each other while they're talking, the actors probably aren't getting along."

"If you watch the show and the characters don't look at each other while they're talking, the actors probably aren't getting along."

Victoria Pratt, Canadian Actress

Actor, Actors, Talking

54

"I can never have a poker face. Anybody looking at me can tell exactly what I'm thinking."

"I can never have a poker face. Anybody looking at me can tell exactly what I'm thinking."

Gena Rowlands, American Actress

Poker, Thinking

54

"While I'm trying to be different, I'm trying to be very conservative at this point in my career."

"While I'm trying to be different, I'm trying to be very conservative at this point in my career."

Christy Romano, American Actress

Career, Conservative, Trying

54

"The matinee audiences are different because they're mostly kids, a great percentage kids. So they respond to everything differently, but I understand what they do respond to."

"The matinee audiences are different because they're mostly kids, a great percentage kids. So they respond to everything differently, but I understand what they do respond to."

Rue McClanahan, American Actress

Audience, Audiences, Kids

54

"You know I'm an actress, not just a funny lady."

"You know I'm an actress, not just a funny lady."

Doris Roberts, American Actress

54

"The thing that I like about the way characters are written on the show these days is that nobody's perfect. Everyone has made a lot of mistakes and bad choices."

"The thing that I like about the way characters are written on the show these days is that nobody's perfect. Everyone has made a lot of mistakes and bad choices."

Crystal Chappell, American Actress

Choice, Choices, Mistakes

54

"The fact of the matter is that everybody treats me pretty much as one of the boys, which I take as a great compliment."

"The fact of the matter is that everybody treats me pretty much as one of the boys, which I take as a great compliment."

Julia Louis Dreyfus, American Actress

Boys, Compliment, Fact, Pretty

54

"I thought I would keep the first name Susan and change the last name but I picked up this book and as I opened it the lead character in it was called Morgan Brittany."

"I thought I would keep the first name Susan and change the last name but I picked up this book and as I opened it the lead character in it was called Morgan Brittany."

Morgan Brittany, American Actress

Change, Thought, Character, First

54

"There's a part of me that wants to be known and make a comfortable living but still be able to go grocery shopping. My overall idea of success is having people I want to work with want to work with me."

"There's a part of me that wants to be known and make a comfortable living but still be able to go grocery shopping. My overall idea of success is having people I want to work with want to work with me."

Lusia Strus, American Actress

Success, Work, People, Idea

54

"A couple of years ago I ran in the LA Marathon."

"A couple of years ago I ran in the LA Marathon."

Joan Van Ark, American Actress

Marathon, Years

54

"When I talk about my husband, I feel as if people roll their eyes. It's like when you're 16 and order a martini, and the waiter says, 'Do you think I'm stupid?'. They can't grasp that I'm old enough to be married."

"When I talk about my husband, I feel as if people roll their eyes. It's like when you're 16 and order a martini, and the waiter says, 'Do you think I'm stupid?'. They can't grasp that I'm old enough to be married."

Megan Fox, American Actress

People, HusbPeople, Eyes, Old, Order

54

"Brought up to respect the conventions, love had to end in marriage. I'm afraid it did."

"Brought up to respect the conventions, love had to end in marriage. I'm afraid it did."

Bette Davis, American Actress

Love, Marriage, End, Respect

54

"I was black growing up in an all-white neighborhood so I felt like I just didn't fit in. Like I wasn't as good as everybody else or as smart, or whatever."

"I was black growing up in an all-white neighborhood so I felt like I just didn't fit in. Like I wasn't as good as everybody else or as smart, or whatever."

Halle Berry, American Actress

54

"In a couple, sometimes, one or both people have to give up their personal life, dreams and ambitions for the good of the family."

"In a couple, sometimes, one or both people have to give up their personal life, dreams and ambitions for the good of the family."

Monica Bellucci, Italian Actress

Dream, Dreams, Family, Life, People

54

"I still get the kids to the doctor and dentist and plan their play dates and buy their clothes."

"I still get the kids to the doctor and dentist and plan their play dates and buy their clothes."

Patricia Richardson, American Actress

Clothes, Kids, Play

54

"Both of my parents are professors and everyone in my family has some fabulous degree of something or another and I couldn't get into college because I didn't know a language."

"Both of my parents are professors and everyone in my family has some fabulous degree of something or another and I couldn't get into college because I didn't know a language."

Camryn Manheim, American Actress

Family, College, Language, Parents

54

"In terms of soccer, it wasn't really a thing that girls did. In England it more kind of Net Ball and Hockey and stuff like that in athletics. It's to each their own, really."

"In terms of soccer, it wasn't really a thing that girls did. In England it more kind of Net Ball and Hockey and stuff like that in athletics. It's to each their own, really."

Parminder Nagra, English Actress

England, Girls, Soccer

54

"I'd love to be a voice in 'Toy Story 4.'"

"I'd love to be a voice in 'Toy Story 4.'"

Jackie Weaver, Australian Actress

54

"If you know how to do a job very well, you keep doing it."

"If you know how to do a job very well, you keep doing it."

Joan Chen, Chinese Actress

54

"Comedy is very controlling - you are making people laugh."

"Comedy is very controlling - you are making people laugh."

Gilda Radner, American Actress

54

"Playing roles that are intense and damaged has always come more easily to me than doing comedies or lighter stuff - that would be taking a huge risk for me."

"Playing roles that are intense and damaged has always come more easily to me than doing comedies or lighter stuff - that would be taking a huge risk for me."

Sarah Polley, Canadian Actress

54

"Fun wouldn't be the right word... it was the most difficult, challenging, physical, extraordinary stretch I've ever had to make, in all those wild regards."

"Fun wouldn't be the right word... it was the most difficult, challenging, physical, extraordinary stretch I've ever had to make, in all those wild regards."

Uma Thurman, American Actress

Fun, Right, Word

54

"Well, it was the beginning of my film career. It was amazing to me that I got nominated for an Academy Award."

"Well, it was the beginning of my film career. It was amazing to me that I got nominated for an Academy Award."

Sally Kellerman, American Actress

Beginning, Career, Film

54

"I am most proud of my integrity and least proud of my cynicism."

"I am most proud of my integrity and least proud of my cynicism."

Chloe Sevigny, American Actress

Cynicism, Integrity

54

"You don't need really expensive clothes to look cute."

"You don't need really expensive clothes to look cute."

Christy Romano, American Actress

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