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"People in France are very intrusive when they recognize you. In New York, they are very polite, with quick words, so it's great."

"People in France are very intrusive when they recognize you. In New York, they are very polite, with quick words, so it's great."

Audrey Tautou, French Actress

People, France, Quick, Words

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"I am from Brooklyn, NY, so we could not have many pets, but I always had at least two dogs."

"I am from Brooklyn, NY, so we could not have many pets, but I always had at least two dogs."

Connie Stevens, American Actress

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"There is a reason it is called fossil fuel-it is an outdated method of getting power."

"There is a reason it is called fossil fuel-it is an outdated method of getting power."

Alexandra Paul, American Actress

Power, Fossil fuel, Reason

53

"We've got our football where no one wears anything and the guys are in little shorts and they beat the crap out of each other, and they can catch it and they can kick it, and it's the only place it's played in the world."

"We've got our football where no one wears anything and the guys are in little shorts and they beat the crap out of each other, and they can catch it and they can kick it, and it's the only place it's played in the world."

Rachel Griffiths, American Actress

Football, World

53

"I had such a great mom and I know that I'd never be that mom. I wouldn't want to bring a child into this world unless I could be."

"I had such a great mom and I know that I'd never be that mom. I wouldn't want to bring a child into this world unless I could be."

Lara Flynn Boyle, American Actress

Mom, Want, World

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"I wasn't a businesswoman, so I didn't know how to build a career."

"I wasn't a businesswoman, so I didn't know how to build a career."

Sally Kellerman, American Actress

53

"I think I need a little break. I've got a two-year old. I'll be part of The Leisure Class for a while."

"I think I need a little break. I've got a two-year old. I'll be part of The Leisure Class for a while."

Lauren Ambrose, American Actress

Class, Leisure, Old

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"There's an incredible fascination for that and that goes with violence and everything else in pictures."

"There's an incredible fascination for that and that goes with violence and everything else in pictures."

Bo Derek, American Actress

53

"If you want to live your life through to the end, you have to live dangerously."

"If you want to live your life through to the end, you have to live dangerously."

Jeanne Moreau, French Actress

Life, End, Want

53

"The thing about all good horror movies is that the fans expect a couple of inside jokes. Maybe I'm supposed to be saying how terrified I was while making it, but it was really fun."

"The thing about all good horror movies is that the fans expect a couple of inside jokes. Maybe I'm supposed to be saying how terrified I was while making it, but it was really fun."

Margot Kidder, American Actress

Movies, Fans, Fun, Horror

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"I thought I saw him for what he was-or what I thought he was. And he was talented, no doubt about that. But, he thought his talent was based on misery and that if he became happy it would just go. He believed that."

"I thought I saw him for what he was-or what I thought he was. And he was talented, no doubt about that. But, he thought his talent was based on misery and that if he became happy it would just go. He believed that."

Fay Wray, American Actress

Talent, Thought, Doubt, Misery

53

"If you can feed your family, give them an education, then you are a success."

"If you can feed your family, give them an education, then you are a success."

Jami Gertz, American Actress

Success, Education, Family

53

"I'm very close with Bob and his lovely, fabulous wife Catherine, too."

"I'm very close with Bob and his lovely, fabulous wife Catherine, too."

Sally Kellerman, American Actress

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"The money isn't a lure. I've done very well out of this business."

"The money isn't a lure. I've done very well out of this business."

Julie Walters, British Actress

Business, Money

53

"The most important thing is to enjoy your life - to be happy - it's all that matters."

"The most important thing is to enjoy your life - to be happy - it's all that matters."

Audrey Hepburn, Belgian Actress

53

"Perhaps walking is best imagined as an 'indicator species,' to use an ecologist's term. An indicator species signifies the health of an ecosystem, and its endangerment or diminishment can be an early warning sign of systemic trouble. Walking is an indicator species for various kinds of freedom and pleasures: free time, free and alluring space, and unhindered bodies."

"Perhaps walking is best imagined as an 'indicator species,' to use an ecologist's term. An indicator species signifies the health of an ecosystem, and its endangerment or diminishment can be an early warning sign of systemic trouble. Walking is an indicator species for various kinds of freedom and pleasures: free time, free and alluring space, and unhindered bodies."

Rebecca Solnit, American Actress

Freedom, Walking, Nature, Peace

53

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

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

Julie Andrews, English Actress

53

"I didn't worry about leaving the fast lane - I was just so consumed with my baby that it seemed like the right thing to do. I never felt like I left New York, though. If you've lived in a place and loved it, you never feel like you left it."

"I didn't worry about leaving the fast lane - I was just so consumed with my baby that it seemed like the right thing to do. I never felt like I left New York, though. If you've lived in a place and loved it, you never feel like you left it."

Sissy Spacek, American Actress

Baby, Right, Worry

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"I went to ballet school for nine years, and there was an agent for the whole school who happened to be there visiting one of the performances. She suggested an audition."

"I went to ballet school for nine years, and there was an agent for the whole school who happened to be there visiting one of the performances. She suggested an audition."

Sarah Sutton, British Actress

Ballet, School, Years

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"I can't believe how blessed I am! I'm married to the most wonderful man, Gene Raymond, whom I'm deeply in love with, and, my career is right where I want it to be. I can live like this forever!"

"I can't believe how blessed I am! I'm married to the most wonderful man, Gene Raymond, whom I'm deeply in love with, and, my career is right where I want it to be. I can live like this forever!"

Jeanette MacDonald, American Actress

Love, Career, Man, Right

52

"I'm a bit of a worrier, to an extreme. I'll crack a joke, then worry if I've offended someone - even when they're laughing. I have a guilt complex, always worrying."

"I'm a bit of a worrier, to an extreme. I'll crack a joke, then worry if I've offended someone - even when they're laughing. I have a guilt complex, always worrying."

Sophia Bush, American Actress

Extreme, Guilt, Worry

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"I met Donald Trump in '85. I ran into him several times throughout the years. We knew we had this connection, but it wasn't appropriate timing. So we'd spend a lot of time on the telephone. By '88, I knew I truly loved this guy."

"I met Donald Trump in '85. I ran into him several times throughout the years. We knew we had this connection, but it wasn't appropriate timing. So we'd spend a lot of time on the telephone. By '88, I knew I truly loved this guy."

Marla Maples, American Actress

Time, Connection, Years

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"We stand a chance of getting a president who has probably killed more people before he gets into office than any president in the history of the United States."

"We stand a chance of getting a president who has probably killed more people before he gets into office than any president in the history of the United States."

Susan Sarandon, American Actress

History, People, Chance, Office

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"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."

"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."

Kyra Sedgwick, American Actress

People, Compassion, Exercise, Reason

52

"You can talk about movies all you want, but I have this porcelain fetish. I've had it since I was a kid, because there were so many kids in my family, the only place I had any solace was in the bathroom."

"You can talk about movies all you want, but I have this porcelain fetish. I've had it since I was a kid, because there were so many kids in my family, the only place I had any solace was in the bathroom."

Linda Fiorentino, American Actress

Movies, Family, Kids, Talk

52

"I was married when I was 17. I knew nothing. I was full of romance."

"I was married when I was 17. I knew nothing. I was full of romance."

Gloria Swanson, American Actress

Romantic, Romance, Nothing

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"It's just different in the music world. You come more with an entourage."

"It's just different in the music world. You come more with an entourage."

Taryn Manning, American Actress

52

"I have this home in New York, I have a long-term relationship with my boyfriend, who's from Australia, and I had this business that I had maintain. Even though I wasn't actively shooting, there's a lot of peripheral work."

"I have this home in New York, I have a long-term relationship with my boyfriend, who's from Australia, and I had this business that I had maintain. Even though I wasn't actively shooting, there's a lot of peripheral work."

Claire Danes, American Actress

Business, Home, Work, Boyfriend

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"You gotta have a body."

"You gotta have a body."

Jayne Mansfield, American Actress

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"It's up to each person's parents whether they think it's too frightening or too violent, how much their kids can handle, what they want to teach them, what they want to show them."

"It's up to each person's parents whether they think it's too frightening or too violent, how much their kids can handle, what they want to teach them, what they want to show them."

Gina Philips, American Actress

Kids, Parents, Want

52

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

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

Roseanne Barr, American Actress

52

"We work hard on the show. We really believe in the show. It's an enormous privilege to work on a show that has the power to touch people's lives in such a positive way. The fan mail and the e-mail certainly reflect that."

"We work hard on the show. We really believe in the show. It's an enormous privilege to work on a show that has the power to touch people's lives in such a positive way. The fan mail and the e-mail certainly reflect that."

Roma Downey, Irish Actress

Power, Work, People, Positive

52

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

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

Dinah Shore, American Actress

52

"I began to think, The endowment has had a bad reputation in the last few years, and that's unfair."

"I began to think, The endowment has had a bad reputation in the last few years, and that's unfair."

Jane Alexander, American Actress

Reputation, Years

52

"I just like to have the ideas. Other people can help see them through."

"I just like to have the ideas. Other people can help see them through."

Amy Sedaris, American Actress

People, Ideas, Help

52

"I try to do a lot of research beforehand so I know where I want to go with a scene. I try not to get too stressed about it, because I find that's the worst thing."

"I try to do a lot of research beforehand so I know where I want to go with a scene. I try not to get too stressed about it, because I find that's the worst thing."

Jennifer Connelly, American Actress

52

"There's a certain arrogance to an actor who will look at a script and feel like, because the words are simple, maybe they can paraphrase it and make it better."

"There's a certain arrogance to an actor who will look at a script and feel like, because the words are simple, maybe they can paraphrase it and make it better."

Mary Steenburgen, American Actress

Actor, Arrogance, Will, Words

52

"I don't know if this is why everything has worked so well and I'm not sure I'd recommend this kind of thinking to anyone else, but I've always known I'd be successful in acting. I have certainly worked for it."

"I don't know if this is why everything has worked so well and I'm not sure I'd recommend this kind of thinking to anyone else, but I've always known I'd be successful in acting. I have certainly worked for it."

Jennifer Lawrence, American Actress

Success, Successful, Acting, Thinking

52

"But there's not enough time in life to go sit at a party, have a drink, and make idle conversation. There's too many important things to do. Just being together with my husband, spending time alone, which I have very little of."

"But there's not enough time in life to go sit at a party, have a drink, and make idle conversation. There's too many important things to do. Just being together with my husband, spending time alone, which I have very little of."

Pia Zadora, American Actress

Life, Time, HusbBeing, Conversation

52

"So now I feel I'm lucky in the respect that I can sort of pick a little more carefully, which is tricky because as a black actress, there aren't that many roles to pick from."

"So now I feel I'm lucky in the respect that I can sort of pick a little more carefully, which is tricky because as a black actress, there aren't that many roles to pick from."

Rachel True, American Actress

52

"I think actually what I'm going to do when I'm done and take my next vacation, is I'm going to go over and start unions in Japan. I'm going to unionize Japan. Because the way they work those crews is so criminal. There's no overtime, so they can just keep going."

"I think actually what I'm going to do when I'm done and take my next vacation, is I'm going to go over and start unions in Japan. I'm going to unionize Japan. Because the way they work those crews is so criminal. There's no overtime, so they can just keep going."

Sarah Michelle Gellar, American Actress

52

"I love to sing, so I just figured that I was going to sing or something."

"I love to sing, so I just figured that I was going to sing or something."

Tia Carrere, American Actress

52

"When it was over my daughter said, 'Oh, I felt so sorry for him - he didn't want to hurt you, he liked you.' That was Victoria. When you visualize him up there on top of the Empire State Building, you do feel sorry for him."

"When it was over my daughter said, 'Oh, I felt so sorry for him - he didn't want to hurt you, he liked you.' That was Victoria. When you visualize him up there on top of the Empire State Building, you do feel sorry for him."

Fay Wray, American Actress

Daughter, Building, Hurt, State

52

"Death is an absolute mystery. We are all vulnerable to it, it's what makes life interesting and suspenseful."

"Death is an absolute mystery. We are all vulnerable to it, it's what makes life interesting and suspenseful."

Jeanne Moreau, French Actress

Death, Life, Mystery

52

"The easiest gift to give my husband is anything to do with airlines and flying."

"The easiest gift to give my husband is anything to do with airlines and flying."

Kelly Preston, American Actress

Flying, HusbFlying

52

"The truth is that there is only one terminal dignity - love. And the story of a love is not important - what is important is that one is capable of love. It is perhaps the only glimpse we are permitted of eternity."

"The truth is that there is only one terminal dignity - love. And the story of a love is not important - what is important is that one is capable of love. It is perhaps the only glimpse we are permitted of eternity."

Helen Hayes, American Actress

Love, Truth, Dignity, Eternity

52

"I have very eclectic taste in music, but when it comes to going to concerts, I like going to rock concerts."

"I have very eclectic taste in music, but when it comes to going to concerts, I like going to rock concerts."

Fran Drescher, American Actress

52

"Instead of hating, I have chosen to forgive and spend all of my positive energy on changing the world."

"Instead of hating, I have chosen to forgive and spend all of my positive energy on changing the world."

Camryn Manheim, American Actress

Positive, Energy, World

52

"Someday perhaps change will occur when times are ready for it instead of always when it is too late. Someday change will be accepted as life itself."

"Someday perhaps change will occur when times are ready for it instead of always when it is too late. Someday change will be accepted as life itself."

Shirley MacLaine, American Actress

Change, Life, Will

52

"Julie Dryfus and I were both afraid of heights and in one scene, I had to be quite high up and I was rather terrified, but Julie was very kind, encouraging me and we got through that together."

"Julie Dryfus and I were both afraid of heights and in one scene, I had to be quite high up and I was rather terrified, but Julie was very kind, encouraging me and we got through that together."

Chiaki Kuriyama, Japanese Actress

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