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Quotes by Actress


"I kind of resent this attitude of men that we somehow must always look good."

"I've seen the ticket, and I still can't believe it. When I see the money, I hope I don't hit the floor."

"What makes you different is what makes you stronger. You are a masterpiece uniquely designed by God. You can have tremendous victories, love, and abundance."

"If I were mayor, I'd invite everyone to have free boat trips on the river and free balloon rides over the city. I'd let the elderly in residential homes wander free."

"Most of us start out with a positive attitude and a plan to do our best."

"Living in America, I became aware of many issues and went through a period of politicization."

"Widowhood had done nothing to curb my smart mouth. So much for diplomacy."

"I was really tired of words like 'plus size,' 'round' and 'large.' I thought, 'Come on, we're fat.'"

"I have this sense that I didn't really start growing up until my twenties."

"All love shifts and changes. I don't know if you can be wholeheartedly in love all the time."

"Imagine if it happened to you: All of a sudden you find this thing on your wrist and people are telling you it has powers. I would be a little skeptical myself."

"I do it because I want to exercise people's compassion and I do it because I really believe that for some reason what I do is important and meaningful."

"Now I'm doing a film festival for kids and writing a script about a kidnapped journalist in Afghanistan."

"I feel that I can't do certain things that have sent to me, scripts, because I think that really - I've been June Cleaver for so many years, because we went back, you know, and we did - 20-year hiatus we had - and we went back and made 105 new ones. And so I really feel very strongly that there are certain things I won't do."


"Women complain about PMS, but I think of it as the only time of the month when I can be myself."

"As a teenager, I didn't want to be me; I wanted to be many different people. Maybe I realized that they all lived inside me and that if I managed to connect with them, they would become aspects of me."

"Why should unmarried women be discriminated against - unmarried men are not."


"You know, as long as you do everything in moderation, you don't go overboard, you don't, you know, turn your lips into guppy lips - I mean, a little zip or a little zap, that is not a big deal."

"By the first week of shooting, you know exactly where your film is heading based on the psychology of your director."

"Part of the joy of dancing is conversation. Trouble is, some men can't talk and dance at the same time."

"Also, it was a cultural moment that wasn't being represented in terms of women who were successful and had choices they didn't have before. They needed a show that they can watch that they felt like represented them."

"I don't know how you get dressed if you live in Wales, because it's pouring rain and then it's hot sunshine, and then it might hail. It's just so confusing."
Rain,

"People say that to me and I think what unites all my characters is that they are hurt; it's most accurate to say I play characters that are hurt but are responding to their environment."

"Marriage to Fernando offered shelter and security, but the shackle was the price I'd pay."

"In the movies, Bette Davis lights two cigarettes and hands the second one to James Cagney. It was just so glamorous and romantic."


"I started out doing theater and a soap in New York and that's... sort of what I got stuck in. I was blessed enough to have long runs, and it's sort of hard sometimes then to get out."

"People who know me well, call me Elizabeth. I dislike Liz."

"Please don't ask me any questions about the politics of 30 years ago."

"I'm learning to accept the lack of privacy as the real downer in my profession."


"There is a general knowledge that I am multi-dimensional, that when you are creative you do a lot of things."

"So people think I'm lying about my age all the time? It's the records that are wrong. I've never told anyone how old I am. The minute they ask me, I say 'That's none of your business.' So that means I've never once lied about my age. Now that's true!"
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