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"The entire race is usually judged by the actions of one man or woman."

"The entire race is usually judged by the actions of one man or woman."

Hattie McDaniel, American Actress

Action, Actions, Man, Race, Woman

13

"Our ultimate goal is to stay in business. We are not here with a specific plan. That's kind of how our entire career has evolved. We will figure things out as we go along."

"Our ultimate goal is to stay in business. We are not here with a specific plan. That's kind of how our entire career has evolved. We will figure things out as we go along."

Mary-Kate Olsen, American Actress

Business, Goal, Career, Will

13

"I contend that every woman has the right to feel beautiful, no matter how scrambled her features, or how indifferent her features."

"I contend that every woman has the right to feel beautiful, no matter how scrambled her features, or how indifferent her features."

Marie Dressler, American Actress

13

"Saving Milly was a break from this effort because I felt that it was time to be part of something that could shed light on a disease everyone feels they know, when most know so little."

"Saving Milly was a break from this effort because I felt that it was time to be part of something that could shed light on a disease everyone feels they know, when most know so little."

Madeleine Stowe, American Actress

Time, Disease, Effort, Light

13

"I feel as though my career really hit its high point when I was cast as a supporting actress in 'American Wedding'. I thought the script had a lot of depth and intelligence, and it really just jumped off the page."

"I feel as though my career really hit its high point when I was cast as a supporting actress in 'American Wedding'. I thought the script had a lot of depth and intelligence, and it really just jumped off the page."

January Jones, American Actress

Intelligence, Wedding, Thought, Career

13

"The best thing I have is the knife from Fatal Attraction. I hung it in my kitchen. It's my way of saying, Don't mess with me."

"The best thing I have is the knife from Fatal Attraction. I hung it in my kitchen. It's my way of saying, Don't mess with me."

Glenn Close, American Actress

Kitchen, Saying

13

"Our show is less about a girl who is doing miracles and more about the domino effect of this girl's life, and how everyone else is affected. Our show seems to be a questioning show as opposed to an action sort of fairy tale."

"Our show is less about a girl who is doing miracles and more about the domino effect of this girl's life, and how everyone else is affected. Our show seems to be a questioning show as opposed to an action sort of fairy tale."

Amber Tamblyn, American Actress

Life, Action, Effect, Miracles

13

"Don't peak in high school."

"Don't peak in high school."

Lizzy Caplan, American Actress

13

"When you have to play a character that seems to be a relatively decent person and seems to be like yourself, I think the trick in that kind of character, so that you don't become a cliche, is to find where their weaknesses are."

"When you have to play a character that seems to be a relatively decent person and seems to be like yourself, I think the trick in that kind of character, so that you don't become a cliche, is to find where their weaknesses are."

Jennifer Beals, American Actress

Character, Play

13

"The mind can also be an erogenous zone."

"The mind can also be an erogenous zone."

Raquel Welch, American Actress

13

"I have no problem with nudity. I can look at myself. I like walking around nude. It doesn't bother me. I see all the people walking around nude; it doesn't bother me."

"I have no problem with nudity. I can look at myself. I like walking around nude. It doesn't bother me. I see all the people walking around nude; it doesn't bother me."

Ursula Andress, Swiss Actress

People, Nudity, Walking

13

"I really, really love Hilary Clinton. I think she's very cool. She's out there and she's involved."

"I really, really love Hilary Clinton. I think she's very cool. She's out there and she's involved."

Sandra Bernhard, American Actress

13

"My mother's passion for something more, to write a different destiny for a dirt-poor farmer's daughter, was to shape my entire life."

"My mother's passion for something more, to write a different destiny for a dirt-poor farmer's daughter, was to shape my entire life."

Faye Dunaway, American Actress

Life, Daughter, Mother, Destiny

13

"I wouldn't have thought of myself as a person who could guide anybody and then it turned out that I can."

"I wouldn't have thought of myself as a person who could guide anybody and then it turned out that I can."

Meg Ryan, American Actress

13

"Where is this Hollywood scene, where is it? I'd like to find it one day... If I want to go out and have a good time, I go to New York."

"Where is this Hollywood scene, where is it? I'd like to find it one day... If I want to go out and have a good time, I go to New York."

Natasha Henstridge, Canadian Actress

Time, Day, Hollywood, Want

13

"A woman in love can't be reasonable - or she probably wouldn't be in love."

"A woman in love can't be reasonable - or she probably wouldn't be in love."

Mae West, American Actress

13

"I adore people who ask questions and who cause others to share in their search."

"I adore people who ask questions and who cause others to share in their search."

Anne Parillaud, French Actress

People, Cause, Questions

13

"I like people trying to do two things at once."

"I like people trying to do two things at once."

Allison Janney, American Actress

13

"Well, when I was growing up it was Ozzie and Harriet on TV - nobody's parents were like that."

"Well, when I was growing up it was Ozzie and Harriet on TV - nobody's parents were like that."

Liza Minnelli, American Actress

Growing up, Parents, Liza Minelli

13

"Running is a great way to relieve stress and clear the mind."

"Running is a great way to relieve stress and clear the mind."

Joan Van Ark, American Actress

Mind, Running, Stress

13

"In 1993 my birthday present was a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame."

"In 1993 my birthday present was a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame."

Annette Funicello, American Actress

Birthday, Fame, Hollywood, Present

13

"I've triumphed over addiction."

"I've triumphed over addiction."

Tatum O'Neal, American Actress

13

"I have health. I have a wonderful support system. I have the admiration of millions of strangers, which I do not underestimate."

"I have health. I have a wonderful support system. I have the admiration of millions of strangers, which I do not underestimate."

Kathleen Turner, American Actress

Health, Admiration, Strangers, Support

13

"I go into work and get my hair and makeup done, go into wardrobe. I have to do three hours of school a day."

"I go into work and get my hair and makeup done, go into wardrobe. I have to do three hours of school a day."

Alia Shawkat, American Actress

Work, Day, Hair, Makeup

13

"Once in high school, I completely over plucked my left eyebrow all the way up to where you're not supposed to. I had no idea what I was doing and it looked terrible! My mom was like "What did you do to yourself?" I was so embarrassed."

"Once in high school, I completely over plucked my left eyebrow all the way up to where you're not supposed to. I had no idea what I was doing and it looked terrible! My mom was like "What did you do to yourself?" I was so embarrassed."

Ashley Tisdale, American Actress

Mom, Idea, School

13

"I didn't get along with Lindsay Lohan on 'Confessions Of A Teenage Drama Queen', but you have to consider that we were 16-year-old girls. I haven't seen Lindsay since then, but I imagine she's grown and become a different person. I know I have."

"I didn't get along with Lindsay Lohan on 'Confessions Of A Teenage Drama Queen', but you have to consider that we were 16-year-old girls. I haven't seen Lindsay since then, but I imagine she's grown and become a different person. I know I have."

Megan Fox, American Actress

Drama, Girls, Queen, Teenage

13

"You're not going to live your life unscathed."

"You're not going to live your life unscathed."

Kirstie Alley, American Actress

13

"People in Hollywood don't have that much sex, or at least I don't."

"People in Hollywood don't have that much sex, or at least I don't."

Rosario Dawson, American Actress

Sex, People, Hollywood

13

"I'm close with my parents. I have a lot of acquaintances, but my very good close friends are few I can count my very good friends on one hand. And that's how I like it to be."

"I'm close with my parents. I have a lot of acquaintances, but my very good close friends are few I can count my very good friends on one hand. And that's how I like it to be."

Calista Flockhart, American Actress

Friendship, Friends, Parents

13

"Cruelty might be very human, and it might be cultural, but it's not acceptable."

"Cruelty might be very human, and it might be cultural, but it's not acceptable."

Jodie Foster, American Actress

13

"We all need to take a deep breath and think about being a Bush daughter and having that cross to bear. I'd go out and have a couple of drinks too."

"We all need to take a deep breath and think about being a Bush daughter and having that cross to bear. I'd go out and have a couple of drinks too."

Julia Roberts, American Actress

Daughter, Being, Deep, Drinks

13

"Fear makes strangers of people who would be friends."

"Fear makes strangers of people who would be friends."

Shirley MacLaine, American Actress

People, Fear, Friends, Strangers

13

"My father was a diplomatic officer. As a diplomat's daughter, you have to learn to present yourself very early on."

"My father was a diplomatic officer. As a diplomat's daughter, you have to learn to present yourself very early on."

Kathleen Turner, American Actress

Father, Daughter, Present

13

"I've made mistakes, and I know why I made them, but I made that choice. Nobody's ever made a choice for me."

"I've made mistakes, and I know why I made them, but I made that choice. Nobody's ever made a choice for me."

Sandra Bullock, American Actress

Choice, Mistakes

13

"A gentleman is simply a patient wolf."

"A gentleman is simply a patient wolf."

Lana Turner, American Actress

13

"I want good and different parts, different from what I've done."

"I want good and different parts, different from what I've done."

Joan Severance, American Actress

13

"I just think that it's such a good show and timeless and still very funny, and that just makes me happy to have that whole first season in one concentrated space for people to enjoy so that it's not hit and miss trying to find it in syndication always."

"I just think that it's such a good show and timeless and still very funny, and that just makes me happy to have that whole first season in one concentrated space for people to enjoy so that it's not hit and miss trying to find it in syndication always."

Jenna Elfman, American Actress

Funny, People, First, Space

12

"I remember when I first started in the business, I lost a lot of friends. Some were jealous, some were annoyed at the fact that I was an actress."

"I remember when I first started in the business, I lost a lot of friends. Some were jealous, some were annoyed at the fact that I was an actress."

Amber Tamblyn, American Actress

Business, Fact, First, Friends

12

"I'm going to Columbia University but I'm trying to keep that low-profile because I don't want weird people following me there. I want the experience of normal college life."

Julia Stiles, American Actress

Experience, Life, People, College

12

"So we do have our exits and our entrances and we are perhaps mere, but I think if one keep a certain joyousness in life which should be in playing, then good for one, but it's slightly more serious than that."

"So we do have our exits and our entrances and we are perhaps mere, but I think if one keep a certain joyousness in life which should be in playing, then good for one, but it's slightly more serious than that."

Janet Suzman, South African Actress

12

"I want my world to get bigger and not end up in a small corner."

"I want my world to get bigger and not end up in a small corner."

Sarah Polley, Canadian Actress

End, Want, World

12

"Even now I can't trust life. It did too many awful things to me as a kid."

"Even now I can't trust life. It did too many awful things to me as a kid."

Clara Bow, American Actress

Trust, Life, Now

12

"I think maintaining relationships with my friends, my mother, my manager, they're all important."

"I think maintaining relationships with my friends, my mother, my manager, they're all important."

Christina Applegate, American Actress

Management, Manager, Mother, Friends, Relationships

12

"I've never had a career of that kind of box office power. I've always learned the hard way."

"I've never had a career of that kind of box office power. I've always learned the hard way."

Holly Hunter, American Actress

Power, Career, Office

12

"People go 'You look a lot like Minnie Driver.' Once I said, 'Thanks, Minnie is a great actress.' But, it blew up in my face. This person said, 'Nah, didn't like the last movie she did.'"

"People go 'You look a lot like Minnie Driver.' Once I said, 'Thanks, Minnie is a great actress.' But, it blew up in my face. This person said, 'Nah, didn't like the last movie she did.'"

Minnie Driver, English Actress

12

"I guess because I pay so much attention to the physical part of the character, I don't look upon it as like Charlize Theron up there. I don't think of them as like Charlize Theron films."

"I guess because I pay so much attention to the physical part of the character, I don't look upon it as like Charlize Theron up there. I don't think of them as like Charlize Theron films."

Charlize Theron, South African Actress

Character, Attention

12

"My last son is leaving to go to college; my grandchildren are being born. My mother is living with me."

"My last son is leaving to go to college; my grandchildren are being born. My mother is living with me."

Sally Field, American Actress

Mother, Son, Being, College

12

"I needed to move, but I haven't had the time to find a place to go."

"I needed to move, but I haven't had the time to find a place to go."

Elisabeth Rohm, American Actress

12

"Do not make the mistake of treating your dogs like humans or they will treat you like dogs."

"Do not make the mistake of treating your dogs like humans or they will treat you like dogs."

Martha Scott, American Actress

Mistake, Dogs, Will

12

"Hollywood needs to recognise all shades of African American beauty."

"Hollywood needs to recognise all shades of African American beauty."

Gabrielle Union, American Actress

Beauty, African, Hollywood

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