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"I am most proud of my integrity and least proud of my cynicism."
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Chloe Sevigny
"I am most proud of my integrity and least proud of my cynicism."
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"You know the passage where Scarlett voices her happiness that her mother is dead, so that she can't see what a bad girl Scarlett has become? Well, that's me."
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Vivien Leigh
"You know the passage where Scarlett voices her happiness that her mother is dead, so that she can't see what a bad girl Scarlett has become? Well, that's me."
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"Maybe wanting to retire is my ambition."
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Brenda Blethyn
"Maybe wanting to retire is my ambition."
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"I've stood up to producers before, and even a director. I saw them being abusive. A lot of people on the set are scared to say stuff when they're not being treated right."
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Natalie Portman
"I've stood up to producers before, and even a director. I saw them being abusive. A lot of people on the set are scared to say stuff when they're not being treated right."
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"It was exactly what was released two months later with the exception of a couple of reaction shots which we went back in to get. I liked the movie very much and asked him what the studio's problem was. I felt that he was at a point where they might have worn him down."
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Madeleine Stowe
"It was exactly what was released two months later with the exception of a couple of reaction shots which we went back in to get. I liked the movie very much and asked him what the studio's problem was. I felt that he was at a point where they might have worn him down."
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"I think everyone feels lost at times during their high school years."
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Linda Cardellini
"I think everyone feels lost at times during their high school years."
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"The kids all knew me from Wayne's World. The grown-ups knew me after True Lies."
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Tia Carrere
"The kids all knew me from Wayne's World. The grown-ups knew me after True Lies."
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"A man who envies our family is a man who needs help."
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Yeardley Smith
"A man who envies our family is a man who needs help."
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"My husband is a fall-away Catholic, but with a vengeance. He's actually more of a feminist than I am."
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Olympia Dukakis
"My husband is a fall-away Catholic, but with a vengeance. He's actually more of a feminist than I am."
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"I play Hopkins' daughter. Brad Pitt plays Death. He's a very-good looking Death. With him, dying isn't so bad."
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Claire Forlani
"I play Hopkins' daughter. Brad Pitt plays Death. He's a very-good looking Death. With him, dying isn't so bad."
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"I don't look at scripts in terms of commerciality. I just look at the part, the people involved."
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Linda Fiorentino
"I don't look at scripts in terms of commerciality. I just look at the part, the people involved."
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"I love science fiction."
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Pam Grier
"I love science fiction."
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"There has never been a female director who has won an Oscar. There has only been one woman who won at the Cannes Film Festival."
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Salma Hayek
"There has never been a female director who has won an Oscar. There has only been one woman who won at the Cannes Film Festival."
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"Plus, doing a zombie movie is quite liberating. It's fun not to take myself seriously all the time."
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Sarah Polley
"Plus, doing a zombie movie is quite liberating. It's fun not to take myself seriously all the time."
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"A smile costs about $240."
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Roma Downey
"A smile costs about $240."
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"I'd luv to kiss ya, but I just washed my hair."
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Bette Davis
"I'd luv to kiss ya, but I just washed my hair."
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"But the fact is, nobody gets off drugs unless they really want to, and I really wanted to."
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Ally Sheedy
"But the fact is, nobody gets off drugs unless they really want to, and I really wanted to."
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"I was like a race horse, just trying to get into the world."
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Joely Fisher
"I was like a race horse, just trying to get into the world."
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"Nobody gets anything for nothing."
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Gloria Swanson
"Nobody gets anything for nothing."
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"Who cares about the clouds when we're together? Just sing a song and bring the sunny weather."
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Dale Evans
"Who cares about the clouds when we're together? Just sing a song and bring the sunny weather."
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"No, I don't belong to a retirement community."
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Sally Kellerman
"No, I don't belong to a retirement community."
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"The words are ludicrous at times, but you add the reality to it and that gives it the balance it has."
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Alia Shawkat
"The words are ludicrous at times, but you add the reality to it and that gives it the balance it has."
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"I'm not really a songwriter - I'm an interpreter. So in a sense I am an actress first and foremost. I act out the songs, and I lead with my heart."
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Diana Ross
"I'm not really a songwriter - I'm an interpreter. So in a sense I am an actress first and foremost. I act out the songs, and I lead with my heart."
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"If every American donated five hours a week, it would equal the labor of 20 million full-time volunteers."
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Whoopi Goldberg
"If every American donated five hours a week, it would equal the labor of 20 million full-time volunteers."
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"Being typecast is a great thing for an actor. I was considered one of the New York mob actors."
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Debi Mazar
"Being typecast is a great thing for an actor. I was considered one of the New York mob actors."
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"I've never been married and I've no more desire to be married now than I ever have. I hate bureaucracy and I am not religious."
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Francesca Annis
"I've never been married and I've no more desire to be married now than I ever have. I hate bureaucracy and I am not religious."
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"Say what you want about long dresses, but they cover a multitude of shins."
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Mae West
"Say what you want about long dresses, but they cover a multitude of shins."
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"Yes. Otherwise I could have done a lot of Hollywood movies. After Crouching Tiger I got a lot of offers, but I turned them down because they were all victim roles - poor girls sold to America to be a wife or whatever. I know I have the ability to go deeper, to take on more original roles than that."
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Zhang Ziyi
"Yes. Otherwise I could have done a lot of Hollywood movies. After Crouching Tiger I got a lot of offers, but I turned them down because they were all victim roles - poor girls sold to America to be a wife or whatever. I know I have the ability to go deeper, to take on more original roles than that."
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"I've been playing tennis, and just whatever sport is in front of me I will do."
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Jeanne Tripplehorn
"I've been playing tennis, and just whatever sport is in front of me I will do."
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"The guy has to kill the spider and get the dead mouse outta the pool."
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Leah Remini
"The guy has to kill the spider and get the dead mouse outta the pool."
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"Acting is definitely put at the back of my mind, if it's there at all right now. It's all entertainment."
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Tina Yothers
"Acting is definitely put at the back of my mind, if it's there at all right now. It's all entertainment."
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"The pictures we saw before we got down here didn't even touch the reality of what it is like being here. We can be right on the beach with all the devastation and still not be able to imagine what it was like when the wall of water actually came up."
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Connie Sellecca
"The pictures we saw before we got down here didn't even touch the reality of what it is like being here. We can be right on the beach with all the devastation and still not be able to imagine what it was like when the wall of water actually came up."
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"I'm trying to practice owning less stuff."
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Alexandra Paul
"I'm trying to practice owning less stuff."
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"But listen, I'm 29-years-old, I'm really lucky to be there and whatever happens I've been really blessed already. I have plenty of awards for this movie and if this was it for me I'd be really content."
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Reese Witherspoon
"But listen, I'm 29-years-old, I'm really lucky to be there and whatever happens I've been really blessed already. I have plenty of awards for this movie and if this was it for me I'd be really content."
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"I was different and people made fun of me."
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Judith Light
"I was different and people made fun of me."
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"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."
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Sarah Polley
"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."
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"I don't think I would have been a good mother. Being a parent brings immense responsibility. It's a Herculean task. It would be almost too much for me."
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Julie Christie
"I don't think I would have been a good mother. Being a parent brings immense responsibility. It's a Herculean task. It would be almost too much for me."
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"I worked very hard, but I think it's unfair to make it all sound like it's all David's fault."
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Liza Minnelli
"I worked very hard, but I think it's unfair to make it all sound like it's all David's fault."
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"I think a woman's body is so much more sensual than a man's. I'm not saying strip off all your clothes, but there are certain photos I like people taking of me, where I'm comfortable. As long as it's tasteful, why not?"
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Lindsay Lohan
"I think a woman's body is so much more sensual than a man's. I'm not saying strip off all your clothes, but there are certain photos I like people taking of me, where I'm comfortable. As long as it's tasteful, why not?"
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"My goal is to just keep playing roles that are different from the roles I've played before."
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Alicia Witt
"My goal is to just keep playing roles that are different from the roles I've played before."
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"I think it's because it's so different and it takes risks. Plus, it's really smart humor. It gives the audience credit in terms of not needing to tell them when to laugh. I love that about the show. There's no laugh track."
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Sarah Chalke
"I think it's because it's so different and it takes risks. Plus, it's really smart humor. It gives the audience credit in terms of not needing to tell them when to laugh. I love that about the show. There's no laugh track."
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"If we fix a goal and work towards it, then we are never just passing time."
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Anna Neagle
"If we fix a goal and work towards it, then we are never just passing time."
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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."
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Elisabeth Shue
"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."
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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."
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Olympia Dukakis
"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."
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"I didn't care at all about losing, but I just didn't want Emerson to feel bad, You know, I didn't win, but Felicity won, and when you come to the set next time, you can give her a big congratulations."
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Teri Hatcher
"I didn't care at all about losing, but I just didn't want Emerson to feel bad, You know, I didn't win, but Felicity won, and when you come to the set next time, you can give her a big congratulations."
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"The meaning of life... I think the meaning of life is, I think it's love."
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Julie Benz
"The meaning of life... I think the meaning of life is, I think it's love."
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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."
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Marlo Thomas
"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."
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"Television could perform a great service in mass education, but there's no indication its sponsors have anything like this on their minds."
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Tallulah Bankhead
"Television could perform a great service in mass education, but there's no indication its sponsors have anything like this on their minds."
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"I don't have any blonde friends."
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Gina Gershon
"I don't have any blonde friends."
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"Well, every time I get ready to do a job I want to lose weight."
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Fran Drescher
"Well, every time I get ready to do a job I want to lose weight."
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