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Quotes by Actress

"There's only so much you can do, but if somebody doesn't give you a chance there is nothing you can do."


"But on the other hand, I talked to a woman who was a working woman, and it was actually great for her, because she had her husband one week of the month and the other three weeks, while he was with his other wives, she got to pursue what she wanted to do."

"If only Vivien Leigh had stayed in England, that part would have been mine."

"It felt like a very, very weird thing to go on the set on September 13th. I would never want to glorify that."
Want,

"I believe that being an actress or being involved in a movie has to be a life experience, otherwise why go for it? I have to change me, and I have to learn things, and I have to push me and my limits. By acting, I find a freedom inside of a prison in a way."


"There's a lot of conning as part of our society, I think."

"I appreciate subtlety. I have never enjoyed a kiss in front of the camera. There's nothing to it except not getting your lipstick smeared."

"My heart's in really great shape thanks to spinning classes."

"Life and death. They are somehow sweetly and beautifully mixed, but I don't know how."

"I always considered myself very successful even before the success of Secrets and Lies."

"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."

"Growing up in public is especially hard sometimes."


"I'm tired of being labelled anti-American because I ask questions."


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

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


"I used to ask Sean questions about acting. He's a brilliant actor, but I could never digest his information. I work primarily on an intuitive level."


"My favorite designers are Levi Strauss and Fruit of the Loom."

"I don't remember my mother ever playing with me. And she was a perfectly good mother. But she had to do the laundry and clean the house and do the grocery shopping."

"You know Texas is - even more now that Enron has bit the dust - it's held up on the back of small businesses."


"I've been a godmother loads of times, but being a grandmother is better than anything."

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

"I have a bag with a toothbrush and toothpaste and all the things I might need during the day. I call the bag my trailer. Sometimes you don't have a trailer, so that's my trailer."
Day,

"The most lasting and pure gladness comes to me from my gardens."

"I always feel I can play a role - just give me the time to do the preparation and I'll be it."
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