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Quotes by Actress

"I see myself on the cover of a magazine and I don't think that it looks like me at all. My first-ever photo shoot was for the cover of a lads' magazine."

"In the early '90s, New York was a pretty depressing place."

"Yet thousands of slaves throughout the southern states are thus handed over by the masters who own them to masters who do not; and it does not require much demonstration to prove that their estate is not always the more gracious."

"The biggest place I look for validation is from my mother. That's the little girl in me that will never grow up."

"But I was sure of one thing. If God were a father, with children, that cleanliness I had been feeling wasn't God."

"I was brought up Catholic, and my family is still very religious."

"But I don't begrudge anybody, because I know how hard it is to have that dream and to make it happen, whether or not it's just to put a roof over your head and food on the table."

"Keep fighting for animals by making compassionate, cruelty-free choices every day and encouraging those around you to do the same."

"I like to cook, walk on the beach, go to concerts and look at fine art."

"Lorna was quite young when her mother died, and I think she's blocked out some of the memories. I talked to her a little bit about that, but I wasn't prepared to go around and poke and hurt her."

"Simplicity is a great element of good breeding."

"It's so bizarre, I'm not scared of snakes or spiders. But I'm scared of butterflies. There is something eerie about them. Something weird!"

"That's just the way this business works. You're a reliable commodity."


"I have some great stories and I will get around to writing a book."

"What we women need to do, instead of worrying about what we don't have, is just love what we do have."

"I am invariably late for appointments - sometimes as much as two hours. I've tried to change my ways but the things that make me late are too strong, and too pleasing."

"I dated dozens of young men, had fun with all, made commitments to none."

"I'd like us to deliver a little message to all the men still out there who think it's the '50s, and coming home simply means watching television with a beer."

"I talk about acting to students making the transition from high school to UCLA. Kids going into this profession really need to know the reality of it."

"There were episodes where I would wear seven or eight outfits. It took a lot of time to get those together. What the character wears is very essential to how I create the character."

"Any time I break up with Dawson or question him, viewers turn against me."

"There's this unspoken club where you say to each other: Oh God, if they only knew how ordinary I was, they wouldn't be interested. That includes movie stars and politicians."

"I have the most lovely, healthy bouncing baby, she was all very compact and the right size."

"The kitchen may not get cleaned, and I have to accept that. I do the important things."

"Suddenly, you are very much in the present, and you learn it's really the place where you should always live."

"I'm actually developing a project so that I can have a lead."
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