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"Choosing to be in the theatre was a way to put my roots down somewhere with other people. It was a way to choose a new family."
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Juliette Binoche
"Choosing to be in the theatre was a way to put my roots down somewhere with other people. It was a way to choose a new family."
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"I'd never been in play long enough for the flowers to die in the dressing room."
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Mercedes McCambridge
"I'd never been in play long enough for the flowers to die in the dressing room."
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"I never meant it," he was saying. "Never meant it to happen. Can't stand it,seeing her suffer. Must do something, do something... What do I do? What can I do...?"
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Rachel Caine
"I never meant it," he was saying. "Never meant it to happen. Can't stand it,seeing her suffer. Must do something, do something... What do I do? What can I do...?"
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"I started by looking everything up in a Star Trek dictionary so I knew what I was talking about, but you can't do that because they talk in circles, and half of it doesn't make sense, so you'll just end up driving yourself more insane."
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Jeri Ryan
"I started by looking everything up in a Star Trek dictionary so I knew what I was talking about, but you can't do that because they talk in circles, and half of it doesn't make sense, so you'll just end up driving yourself more insane."
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"I think anybody over 30 plays parents because it happens in your thirties and so that's kind of a natural progression. But I'm definitely drawn to it. It's probably the most intense, passionate thing that happens to you as you get older."
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Jodie Foster
"I think anybody over 30 plays parents because it happens in your thirties and so that's kind of a natural progression. But I'm definitely drawn to it. It's probably the most intense, passionate thing that happens to you as you get older."
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"I grew up on cricket and I think Australian kids are getting so Americanized, you know?"
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Rachel Griffiths
"I grew up on cricket and I think Australian kids are getting so Americanized, you know?"
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"In L.A., if you're an actor, your personal and professional lives are too intertwined."
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Jena Malone
"In L.A., if you're an actor, your personal and professional lives are too intertwined."
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"It's important to be active in the causes that are important to you... That's how we make changes in this world."
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Cameron Diaz
"It's important to be active in the causes that are important to you... That's how we make changes in this world."
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"I never work out. I think it is boring, so I run."
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Izabella Scorupco
"I never work out. I think it is boring, so I run."
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"I've been an important star and lived a full life, yet I only hve three close friends. I guess that's all anyone can expect."
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Hedy Lamarr
"I've been an important star and lived a full life, yet I only hve three close friends. I guess that's all anyone can expect."
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"So I did that for a long time in my career, and I waited for parts to play myself just physically down a little bit. But I do feel like I'm at a place in my career now where I don't necessarily fret about that too much anymore."
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Charlize Theron
"So I did that for a long time in my career, and I waited for parts to play myself just physically down a little bit. But I do feel like I'm at a place in my career now where I don't necessarily fret about that too much anymore."
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"I've always liked men better than women."
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Bette Davis
"I've always liked men better than women."
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"I like to take a character and develop it."
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Alison Lohman
"I like to take a character and develop it."
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"There are several paths one can take, but not every path is open to you."
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Claire Bloom
"There are several paths one can take, but not every path is open to you."
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"Men don't get smarter when they grow older. They just lose their hair."
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Claudette Colbert
"Men don't get smarter when they grow older. They just lose their hair."
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"I mean one of the basic rules when you're acting is that you mustn't stand in judgement on a character, you mustn't say Hitler was a bad man because you can't act in that way."
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Janet Suzman
"I mean one of the basic rules when you're acting is that you mustn't stand in judgement on a character, you mustn't say Hitler was a bad man because you can't act in that way."
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"The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you're still a rat."
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Lily Tomlin
"The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you're still a rat."
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"To be a star is to own the world and all the people in it. After a taste of stardom, everything else is poverty."
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Hedy Lamarr
"To be a star is to own the world and all the people in it. After a taste of stardom, everything else is poverty."
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"I was bookish and dorky in high school, so the best part of this movie was getting to be on the other side."
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Piper Perabo
"I was bookish and dorky in high school, so the best part of this movie was getting to be on the other side."
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"Can you really forgive if you can't forget?"
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Sarah Jessica Parker
"Can you really forgive if you can't forget?"
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"My first modeling job was Gap, and my first time in front of the camera was for a Soda Pop Girls commercial - it's one of those Bratz dolls, Barbie dolls...one of those."
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Hailee Steinfeld
"My first modeling job was Gap, and my first time in front of the camera was for a Soda Pop Girls commercial - it's one of those Bratz dolls, Barbie dolls...one of those."
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"Which is a wonderful irony, I have property there. I go back every chance I get. One of the main reasons I actually wrote the book, agreed to write it having never wanted to do that in my life, very intimidating by the way to write a book."
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Sela Ward
"Which is a wonderful irony, I have property there. I go back every chance I get. One of the main reasons I actually wrote the book, agreed to write it having never wanted to do that in my life, very intimidating by the way to write a book."
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"Lynda Carter, I think the reason I liked her was because she was so down to earth. Even though she was a big star and she was Miss America, she was very approachable."
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Thuy Trang
"Lynda Carter, I think the reason I liked her was because she was so down to earth. Even though she was a big star and she was Miss America, she was very approachable."
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"I'd never been to a prom, I had never had the whole high school experience. I think I was kind of an anomaly. I don't think they knew where to put me."
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Alicia Witt
"I'd never been to a prom, I had never had the whole high school experience. I think I was kind of an anomaly. I don't think they knew where to put me."
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"My next book is Scene by Scene: as Seen by Fay Wray. It'll be about different incidents. Just my feelings about quite a few people. Attitudes. My thoughts about the universe and simple things like that."
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Fay Wray
"My next book is Scene by Scene: as Seen by Fay Wray. It'll be about different incidents. Just my feelings about quite a few people. Attitudes. My thoughts about the universe and simple things like that."
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"I would kill the clone. That would be my first response."
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Elizabeth Perkins
"I would kill the clone. That would be my first response."
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"One fantasy is that I just do a Don Roos movie every year if that's possible. If he'd have me."
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Lisa Kudrow
"One fantasy is that I just do a Don Roos movie every year if that's possible. If he'd have me."
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"You should have trusted me. I'm really tired of people not trusting me."
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Rachel Caine
"You should have trusted me. I'm really tired of people not trusting me."
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"I know I can handle dramatic roles, but I don't think I should have to play a young mother on crack to prove it."
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Hilary Duff
"I know I can handle dramatic roles, but I don't think I should have to play a young mother on crack to prove it."
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"Honestly, people have said everything under the sun. I just want to do my work, raise my kids, and hopefully find somebody who I can share my life with again."
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Nicole Kidman
"Honestly, people have said everything under the sun. I just want to do my work, raise my kids, and hopefully find somebody who I can share my life with again."
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"I will not go on a blind date."
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Jordana Brewster
"I will not go on a blind date."
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"I had to start being aware of what I ate, what I'm planning to eat and take my twice-daily medication accordingly. That's not so difficult now, but when you're 10 years old, it's tough, let me tell you."
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Dana Hill
"I had to start being aware of what I ate, what I'm planning to eat and take my twice-daily medication accordingly. That's not so difficult now, but when you're 10 years old, it's tough, let me tell you."
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"I was forced to live far beyond my years when just a child, now I have reversed the order and I intend to remain young indefinitely."
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Mary Pickford
"I was forced to live far beyond my years when just a child, now I have reversed the order and I intend to remain young indefinitely."
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"Most beautiful dumb girls think they are smart and get away with it, because other people, on the whole, aren't much smarter."
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Louise Brooks
"Most beautiful dumb girls think they are smart and get away with it, because other people, on the whole, aren't much smarter."
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"Josie needed more of a personality than what the cartoon had to offer."
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Rachael Leigh Cook
"Josie needed more of a personality than what the cartoon had to offer."
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"I'm an actor. It's my job."
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Brittany Murphy
"I'm an actor. It's my job."
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"I have always thought of Walt Disney as my second father."
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Annette Funicello
"I have always thought of Walt Disney as my second father."
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"We're all with Friends until Friends dies. If one of us goes, we all go. One of us wouldn't leave. It wouldn't be the show it is without each of us."
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Jennifer Aniston
"We're all with Friends until Friends dies. If one of us goes, we all go. One of us wouldn't leave. It wouldn't be the show it is without each of us."
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"I was never a dangerous woman. I'm not the prissy blonde woman that could take your husband away."
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Catherine Deneuve
"I was never a dangerous woman. I'm not the prissy blonde woman that could take your husband away."
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"I'll always have a baby face."
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Tracey Gold
"I'll always have a baby face."
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"The first time, where Fox Mulder and Scully met, she stands up for herself. She stands right there and gives it to him and that was extremely attractive."
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Gillian Anderson
"The first time, where Fox Mulder and Scully met, she stands up for herself. She stands right there and gives it to him and that was extremely attractive."
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"When you become a mom you just learn how to function sleep deprived and you do get used to it. I came back to work when Finley was three months old and the first few months were rough. Then somehow you learn to exist on no sleep and now when he does upon occasion sleep through the night, which is like a full six hours, you're pretty sure he's suffocating. So you don't sleep anyway."
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Holly Marie Combs
"When you become a mom you just learn how to function sleep deprived and you do get used to it. I came back to work when Finley was three months old and the first few months were rough. Then somehow you learn to exist on no sleep and now when he does upon occasion sleep through the night, which is like a full six hours, you're pretty sure he's suffocating. So you don't sleep anyway."
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"I never want to do the same things twice. I like surprises."
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Audrey Tautou
"I never want to do the same things twice. I like surprises."
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"Everybody smokes! Models, actresses, everyone! Don't they realize that it's gross? I understand it's an addiction, but it still pains me to see my friends do it."
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Kirsten Dunst
"Everybody smokes! Models, actresses, everyone! Don't they realize that it's gross? I understand it's an addiction, but it still pains me to see my friends do it."
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"I came from poverty and was part of those circumstances."
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Pam Grier
"I came from poverty and was part of those circumstances."
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"I was an idiot in terms of career-building, but I had a great time."
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Sally Kellerman
"I was an idiot in terms of career-building, but I had a great time."
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"Parents know how to push your buttons because, hey, they sewed them on."
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Camryn Manheim
"Parents know how to push your buttons because, hey, they sewed them on."
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"I just try to take it as it comes. One autograph at a time."
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Kristanna Loken
"I just try to take it as it comes. One autograph at a time."
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"Any woman who wishes to smash into the world of men isn't very feminine."
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Ida Lupino
"Any woman who wishes to smash into the world of men isn't very feminine."
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"Cary Grant was one of the most marvelous men I've ever met."
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Jayne Mansfield
"Cary Grant was one of the most marvelous men I've ever met."
Men,
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