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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."
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Charlize Theron
"There's only so much you can do, but if somebody doesn't give you a chance there is nothing you can do."
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"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."
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Jeanne Tripplehorn
"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."
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"I have spent much of my adult life flinching with pain as I tried to pull out the threads that bound the shadows of my past to me."
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Lorna Luft
"I have spent much of my adult life flinching with pain as I tried to pull out the threads that bound the shadows of my past to me."
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"If one is desperate for love, I suggest looking at one's friends and family and see if love is all around. If not, get a new set of friends, a new family."
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Jasmine Guy
"If one is desperate for love, I suggest looking at one's friends and family and see if love is all around. If not, get a new set of friends, a new family."
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"If only Vivien Leigh had stayed in England, that part would have been mine."
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Joan Bennett
"If only Vivien Leigh had stayed in England, that part would have been mine."
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"There's something that sort of weirds me out about actors who want to be rock stars, and the other way around too."
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Gwyneth Paltrow
"There's something that sort of weirds me out about actors who want to be rock stars, and the other way around too."
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"It felt like a very, very weird thing to go on the set on September 13th. I would never want to glorify that."
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Mia Kirshner
"It felt like a very, very weird thing to go on the set on September 13th. I would never want to glorify that."
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"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."
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Juliette Binoche
"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."
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"I just mean it's very difficult for me to watch my work, in some ways, because I am critical of what I didn't get across or I thought I was making one point."
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Tea Leoni
"I just mean it's very difficult for me to watch my work, in some ways, because I am critical of what I didn't get across or I thought I was making one point."
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"Drugs made me feel more normal."
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Carrie Fisher
"Drugs made me feel more normal."
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"People are never quiet. It's go, go, go. I'm a go-getter, but you need rest and silence, just to sit around and think about things."
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Dana Hill
"People are never quiet. It's go, go, go. I'm a go-getter, but you need rest and silence, just to sit around and think about things."
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"Then a year would go by and I'd realize I love the acting too much and it is my identity and I don't know how to be anything but an actress. It's who and what I am, so I always come back."
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Delta Burke
"Then a year would go by and I'd realize I love the acting too much and it is my identity and I don't know how to be anything but an actress. It's who and what I am, so I always come back."
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"Some gods may cross your path, but why should gods be beautiful? They could also be frightening."
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Jeanne Moreau
"Some gods may cross your path, but why should gods be beautiful? They could also be frightening."
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"The thing about being famous is, it's weird. The only people who get how weird it is are other famous people."
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Margot Kidder
"The thing about being famous is, it's weird. The only people who get how weird it is are other famous people."
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"There's a lot of conning as part of our society, I think."
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Sigourney Weaver
"There's a lot of conning as part of our society, I think."
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"I suspect people always thought I had a boyfriend, so nobody came after me."
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Ziyi Zhang
"I suspect people always thought I had a boyfriend, so nobody came after me."
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"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."
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Hedy Lamarr
"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."
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"The truth is I love being alive. And I love feeling free. So if I can't have those things then I feel like a caged animal and I'd rather not be in a cage. I'd rather be dead. And it's real simple. And I think it's not that uncommon."
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Angelina Jolie
"The truth is I love being alive. And I love feeling free. So if I can't have those things then I feel like a caged animal and I'd rather not be in a cage. I'd rather be dead. And it's real simple. And I think it's not that uncommon."
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"My heart's in really great shape thanks to spinning classes."
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Christine Lahti
"My heart's in really great shape thanks to spinning classes."
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"Life and death. They are somehow sweetly and beautifully mixed, but I don't know how."
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Gloria Swanson
"Life and death. They are somehow sweetly and beautifully mixed, but I don't know how."
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"I always considered myself very successful even before the success of Secrets and Lies."
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Brenda Blethyn
"I always considered myself very successful even before the success of Secrets and Lies."
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"Feminism - the word - can give us a handle, a rallying point, a common ground, and help us build a bridge. Why not claim the gift of the word as a place to begin?"
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Betty Buckley
"Feminism - the word - can give us a handle, a rallying point, a common ground, and help us build a bridge. Why not claim the gift of the word as a place to begin?"
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"I have a beautiful son, I don't regret it, I'm very proud of the way that we handle our relationship and the way that we keep our son first and that's our priority."
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Nia Long
"I have a beautiful son, I don't regret it, I'm very proud of the way that we handle our relationship and the way that we keep our son first and that's our priority."
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"Three cigarettes in, your body already craves it. It is that addictive."
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Loni Anderson
"Three cigarettes in, your body already craves it. It is that addictive."
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"As I travel across the country speaking about MS, perhaps I can offer others comfort and hope."
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Annette Funicello
"As I travel across the country speaking about MS, perhaps I can offer others comfort and hope."
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"There's just such a premium on hurrying, and the camera is the be all and end all, and the actors had better hurry up and get it right and get it done."
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Mary Steenburgen
"There's just such a premium on hurrying, and the camera is the be all and end all, and the actors had better hurry up and get it right and get it done."
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"Glorifying violence is terrible. Simulating sex is nothing - it's something so impersonal really."
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Bo Derek
"Glorifying violence is terrible. Simulating sex is nothing - it's something so impersonal really."
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"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."
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Portia de Rossi
"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."
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"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."
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Morgan Brittany
"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."
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"Growing up in public is especially hard sometimes."
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Annette Funicello
"Growing up in public is especially hard sometimes."
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"I'm tired of being labelled anti-American because I ask questions."
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Susan Sarandon
"I'm tired of being labelled anti-American because I ask questions."
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"I failed to fulfill what should have been an interesting role. I couldn't take their formula and bring what I had, my humor, my ideas, and make it my own."
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Dianne Wiest
"I failed to fulfill what should have been an interesting role. I couldn't take their formula and bring what I had, my humor, my ideas, and make it my own."
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"Thus, during the winter of 2003 I ventured into a new arena as a professional photographer."
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Janine Turner
"Thus, during the winter of 2003 I ventured into a new arena as a professional photographer."
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"There's more to life than cheek bones."
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Kate Winslet
"There's more to life than cheek bones."
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"Mississippi Mermaid was a very special experience because we only had the dialogues for the scenes we were shooting the night before."
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Catherine Deneuve
"Mississippi Mermaid was a very special experience because we only had the dialogues for the scenes we were shooting the night before."
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"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."
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Robin Wright Penn
"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."
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"I'll come and make love to you at five o'clock. If I'm late start without me."
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Tallulah Bankhead
"I'll come and make love to you at five o'clock. If I'm late start without me."
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"I hate the word wholesome."
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Julie Andrews
"I hate the word wholesome."
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"My favorite designers are Levi Strauss and Fruit of the Loom."
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Robin Wright Penn
"My favorite designers are Levi Strauss and Fruit of the Loom."
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"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."
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Patricia Heaton
"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."
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"With the Supremes I made so much money so fast all I wanted to do was buy clothes and pretty things. Now I'm comfortable with money and it's comfortable with me."
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Diana Ross
"With the Supremes I made so much money so fast all I wanted to do was buy clothes and pretty things. Now I'm comfortable with money and it's comfortable with me."
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"More yoga in the world is what we need."
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Diane Lane
"More yoga in the world is what we need."
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"You know Texas is - even more now that Enron has bit the dust - it's held up on the back of small businesses."
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Rachel Griffiths
"You know Texas is - even more now that Enron has bit the dust - it's held up on the back of small businesses."
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"I'm no model lady. A model's just an imitation of the real thing."
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Mae West
"I'm no model lady. A model's just an imitation of the real thing."
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"I've been a godmother loads of times, but being a grandmother is better than anything."
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Vivien Leigh
"I've been a godmother loads of times, but being a grandmother is better than anything."
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"Mr. Smith Goes to Washington is one of the greatest films of all time."
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Laura Dern
"Mr. Smith Goes to Washington is one of the greatest films of all time."
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"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."
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Laura Linney
"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."
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"There were so many stories about Bing's daughter living in sin. We weren't hurting anyone. We were living in love. I couldn't understand why people were trying to hurt us and hurt our families."
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Mary Crosby
"There were so many stories about Bing's daughter living in sin. We weren't hurting anyone. We were living in love. I couldn't understand why people were trying to hurt us and hurt our families."
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"The most lasting and pure gladness comes to me from my gardens."
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Lillie Langtry
"The most lasting and pure gladness comes to me from my gardens."
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"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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Mira Sorvino
"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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