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Quotes by Actress

"I'm more of a homebody. I'm constantly asked: 'Why don't we see you out?' But that's not what drives me. I prefer to have people over - which I do a lot, because I bought a house that's way too big for me, and four of my friends live there."

"I'm the oldest 26-year-old I know. A lot of experience has been crammed into a short amount of time. Some days I feel a good 65, 70. Like I want to lie down."


"If you get enough sleep, cut back on cigarettes and red meat, you look better the next day."

"Growing up in Hollywood it seemed like every kid was the child of some star."

"It's tourists in New York. Everything is geared towards that. It's so hard on Broadway now for them to get people in there. They have to compete with so many other entertainments, so they have to bring a star in which puts people there out of work."

"You always have this fear in a movie of just being somebody's woman."

"The John Ford pictures I made are highly regarded, but at the time they didn't seem like that."
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"I was like any new bride, who said, 'I'm going to cook for my man.' In fact, once I started a small kitchen fire in a pan. Smoke was pouring from the pan, and I got really scared. Right next to our stove is a small fire extinguisher. You know, easy access."


"When I first met my agent, I said, If something comes up and it fits my age range and personality, I would like you to send me up for it, even if it specifies blonde or brunette."

"I am very proud to be British. I'm very conscious of carrying my country with me wherever I go. I feel I need to represent it well."

"Happiness isn't happiness unless there's a violin-playing goat."

"A lot of women are turned off by the physical appearance of some of the first feminists."


"Season number seven! It's been so exciting for us. When we first began, we were like the little train that could... and we did! We're terribly excited! It will be an interesting season for us, I think."

"Latins are tenderly enthusiastic. In Brazil they throw flowers at you. In Argentina they throw themselves."

"The most lasting and pure gladness comes to me from my gardens."

"I think Baywatch is such a hit here because of the weather."

"It's really important for boys to see that girls take up half of the planet - which we do."

"As an actor, your life experience is just as important as studying."

"Being a motion picture actress is the pitch of ecstasy."

"My parents were overprotective because you could get kidnapped and bombs were exploding in the streets."

"You don't have to be a wreck. You don't have to be sick. One's aim in life should be to die in good health. Just like a candle that burns out."

"It is nasty. You can think that you know someone in this business and you really don't. You can be stabbed in the back very easily. You can be praised very easily. It doesn't matter who you are or what you do."


"In a relationship, when does the art of compromise become compromising?"

"I try to be feminine, yet intellectual and smart at the same time. You don't see enough of that."
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