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Quotes by Actress
"People go 'You look a lot like Minnie Driver.' Once I said, 'Thanks, Minnie is a great actress.' But, it blew up in my face. This person said, 'Nah, didn't like the last movie she did.'"
80
"No one ever told me I was pretty when I was a little girl. All little girls should be told they're pretty, even if they aren't."
80
"Without security it is difficult for a woman to look or feel beautiful."
80
"I was asked to act when I couldn't act. I was asked to sing 'Funny Face' when I couldn't sing, and dance with Fred Astaire when I couldn't dance - and do all kinds of things I wasn't prepared for. Then I tried like mad to cope with it."
80
"How many husbands have I had? You mean apart from my own?"
80
"I had been gullible, naive, soft, pliable. That's why I got taken advantage of. To survive, you have to have a tough skin."
Skin,
80
"I've been working on this feature script for Master Class, a play by Terrence McNally that won a lot of Tonys."
80
"If only we could accept that there is no difference between us where human values are concerned. Whatever sex."
79
"There is more to sex appeal than just measurements. I don't need a bedroom to prove my womanliness. I can convey just as much sex appeal, picking apples off a tree or standing in the rain."
79
"I never said, 'I want to be alone.' I only said, 'I want to be left alone.' There is all the difference."
79
"I am both proud and honored to be on the Board of Directors for the Texas Ballet Theater."
79
"I don't really think about anything too much. I live in the present. I move on. I don't think about what happened yesterday. If I think too much, it kind of freaks me out."
79
"When you walk into a room, a healthy, beautiful smile is incredibly important."
78
"My first real kiss came when I was 10, and it was in an acting class. I had to do a scene from a movie where someone gets kissed under a tree, and I did not want to do it! But my acting partner wanted me to feel comfortable, so he bought a picnic basket with all these snacks. He made such an effort - and it was cute."
78
"I call everyone 'Darling' because I can't remember their names."
78
"If you ever want something badly, let it go. If it comes back to you, then it's yours forever. If it doesn't, then it was never yours to begin with."
Want,
78
"Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th."
78
"I still find it hard to push my own limits. I know where my limits are and that I always have to push myself."
78
"They are amazing kids so we let them make decisions but also have discipline."
78
"I'm singing background on one of Blondie's songs on her new album."
78
"When I look in the mirror I see the girl I was when I was growing up, with braces, crooked teeth, a baby face and a skinny body."
78
"My mother killed herself when I was 12. I won't complete that relationship. But I can try to understand her."
78
"I think I'm an actor because I have very strong imagination and empathy. I never studied acting, but those two qualities are exactly the qualities that make for an activist."
78
"The actress they'd hired had refused to appear naked in front of the camera. I didn't like to appear naked either, but the first thing I did was take off my clothes and jump into the pool completely naked."
78
"My priorities had been changing before I had Addie but after she was born they changed completely. I don't count - my daughter sort of owns me."
78
"My favorite part of my appearance is my height. I'm five foot one and I feel feminine being small."
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