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"But the experience that I had, which was basically just feeling loved and taken care of in a room full of thousands of people I didn't know, seemed to be a pretty strong sign that what I was doing was a good thing."
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Mariel Hemingway
"But the experience that I had, which was basically just feeling loved and taken care of in a room full of thousands of people I didn't know, seemed to be a pretty strong sign that what I was doing was a good thing."
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"John Waters has certainly gotten to a place in his life where he doesn't do anything he doesn't want to do. He's always been that way, but at this point, he's greatly respected for it."
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Alicia Witt
"John Waters has certainly gotten to a place in his life where he doesn't do anything he doesn't want to do. He's always been that way, but at this point, he's greatly respected for it."
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"I try to be feminine, yet intellectual and smart at the same time. You don't see enough of that."
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Portia de Rossi
"I try to be feminine, yet intellectual and smart at the same time. You don't see enough of that."
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"We always had chocolates and my mother was careful to make sure they were unwrapped in advance so the paper wouldn't rustle in the middle of a performance."
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Penelope Keith
"We always had chocolates and my mother was careful to make sure they were unwrapped in advance so the paper wouldn't rustle in the middle of a performance."
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"My talents fall within definite limitations. I am not as versatile an actress as some think."
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Greta Garbo
"My talents fall within definite limitations. I am not as versatile an actress as some think."
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"There's no place to act in Kansas. You're supressed."
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Shirley Knight
"There's no place to act in Kansas. You're supressed."
Act,
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"And he was going to give me a song, because I'm a singer and I wanted to sing in everything."
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Sally Kellerman
"And he was going to give me a song, because I'm a singer and I wanted to sing in everything."
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"I do like the ocean wave, actually. I'm born under the sign of Cancer - the sign of the crab - so I like coastal areas and sunny beaches and such - although not the wide-open and deep seas."
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Anjelica Huston
"I do like the ocean wave, actually. I'm born under the sign of Cancer - the sign of the crab - so I like coastal areas and sunny beaches and such - although not the wide-open and deep seas."
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"I figure when you get married, it doesn't matter how much you earn or how much your husband earns, just as long as everything you do for the house is together, while still reserving some part of yourself to be yourself."
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Marta Kristen
"I figure when you get married, it doesn't matter how much you earn or how much your husband earns, just as long as everything you do for the house is together, while still reserving some part of yourself to be yourself."
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"I like breaking the rules."
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Lexa Doig
"I like breaking the rules."
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"My first review for the TV movie The Bionic Showdown said I was as interesting as a bus ride."
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Sandra Bullock
"My first review for the TV movie The Bionic Showdown said I was as interesting as a bus ride."
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"It's great being blonde - with such low expectations it's easy to impress."
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Pamela Anderson
"It's great being blonde - with such low expectations it's easy to impress."
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"And I don't believe that women can successfully have it all. I really don't."
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Lara Flynn Boyle
"And I don't believe that women can successfully have it all. I really don't."
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"I don't think I will be less good because there's less pressure on me."
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Emily Watson
"I don't think I will be less good because there's less pressure on me."
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"I thought my book was done, then we went to Hawaii and the whole last chapter happened."
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Mariel Hemingway
"I thought my book was done, then we went to Hawaii and the whole last chapter happened."
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"I think I'm going to put together a compilation under Disney's name of my songs that I've done for them - because I've done six or seven by now! The latest was for the Princess Diaries 2 soundtrack. So that's the next thing that's coming out."
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Christy Romano
"I think I'm going to put together a compilation under Disney's name of my songs that I've done for them - because I've done six or seven by now! The latest was for the Princess Diaries 2 soundtrack. So that's the next thing that's coming out."
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"You have to work hard for it, but first you have to want it, and then you have to dream on it."
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Liza Minnelli
"You have to work hard for it, but first you have to want it, and then you have to dream on it."
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"Every man I meet wants to protect me. I can't figure out what from."
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Mae West
"Every man I meet wants to protect me. I can't figure out what from."
Man,
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"I worry that the person who thought up Muzak may be thinking up something else."
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Lily Tomlin
"I worry that the person who thought up Muzak may be thinking up something else."
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"After an eternity of seeking the sudden threshold of seeing and finding leaves one filled with a strange paradox of ecstasy and grief. I was born to see."
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Joy Page
"After an eternity of seeking the sudden threshold of seeing and finding leaves one filled with a strange paradox of ecstasy and grief. I was born to see."
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"My clothes are predominately black and my home is predominantly white."
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Fran Drescher
"My clothes are predominately black and my home is predominantly white."
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"It's the first villain that I've played in a movie that has absolutely no vulnerability and no innocence, nothing whatsoever that is likeable about her other than she's so bad."
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Daryl Hannah
"It's the first villain that I've played in a movie that has absolutely no vulnerability and no innocence, nothing whatsoever that is likeable about her other than she's so bad."
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"I always knew how to cook and at one point in my career where I had done nine television pilots before Three's Company and they all failed, I just got discouraged."
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Suzanne Somers
"I always knew how to cook and at one point in my career where I had done nine television pilots before Three's Company and they all failed, I just got discouraged."
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"Men don't want any responsibility, and neither do I."
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Julie Christie
"Men don't want any responsibility, and neither do I."
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"If only I could find a guy who wasn't in his 70s to talk to me about white cranes, I'd be madly in love."
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Leelee Sobieski
"If only I could find a guy who wasn't in his 70s to talk to me about white cranes, I'd be madly in love."
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"I still feel that a movie has to attempt to say something - even if it fails miserably. But I've sort of given up on believing that I'm going to change the world with every film I choose to act in."
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Sarah Polley
"I still feel that a movie has to attempt to say something - even if it fails miserably. But I've sort of given up on believing that I'm going to change the world with every film I choose to act in."
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"And that might have led to other shows but you know what LA is like. I was in my early 30s and it wasn't going to get easier. You know, that's when you start to wonder if you might have to get lots of plastic surgery."
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Jane Badler
"And that might have led to other shows but you know what LA is like. I was in my early 30s and it wasn't going to get easier. You know, that's when you start to wonder if you might have to get lots of plastic surgery."
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"I get bored at the theatre a lot because I notice that there's not always a connection between the actors. They may be technically proficient, but they're not surprising each other. I'm thrilled by actors who make choices that are surprising."
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Lusia Strus
"I get bored at the theatre a lot because I notice that there's not always a connection between the actors. They may be technically proficient, but they're not surprising each other. I'm thrilled by actors who make choices that are surprising."
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"I am not interested in money. I just want to be wonderful."
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Marilyn Monroe
"I am not interested in money. I just want to be wonderful."
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"To say I'm the easiest person to live with would be a lie."
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Yancy Butler
"To say I'm the easiest person to live with would be a lie."
Lie,
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"I am against marriage, and I don't give a fig for society."
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Brigitte Bardot
"I am against marriage, and I don't give a fig for society."
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"You know, my dear, I insured my voice for fifty thousand dollars."
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Miriam Hopkins
"You know, my dear, I insured my voice for fifty thousand dollars."
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"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."
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Madeleine Stowe
"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."
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"In the beginning, when I first found out I had a disease that was incurable, emotionally I had to get used to the idea of being sick before I could think about making any other major decisions in my life."
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Karen Duffy
"In the beginning, when I first found out I had a disease that was incurable, emotionally I had to get used to the idea of being sick before I could think about making any other major decisions in my life."
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"I would love to do more music, definitely. That is my true passion. Dance is first and then music."
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Carmen Electra
"I would love to do more music, definitely. That is my true passion. Dance is first and then music."
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"When people say 'You're so beautiful' it makes me want to kill myself! As an actress you want to be seen for what you do, for the characters you can play, otherwise I'd be a model."
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Eva Green
"When people say 'You're so beautiful' it makes me want to kill myself! As an actress you want to be seen for what you do, for the characters you can play, otherwise I'd be a model."
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"I've always had this deep and chronic sense of dissatisfaction."
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Lusia Strus
"I've always had this deep and chronic sense of dissatisfaction."
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"I do know that I have to work hard for every single thing that I get, really hard, and that's okay."
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Kyra Sedgwick
"I do know that I have to work hard for every single thing that I get, really hard, and that's okay."
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"I live in Italy part time, and they're obsessed with what's happening in LA too. They make fun of Americans, but the world wants to know what's going on in Hollywood."
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Debi Mazar
"I live in Italy part time, and they're obsessed with what's happening in LA too. They make fun of Americans, but the world wants to know what's going on in Hollywood."
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"There seems to be a law that governs all our actions so I never make plans."
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Greta Garbo
"There seems to be a law that governs all our actions so I never make plans."
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"America has a relationship with Bobby and Whitney."
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Jenifer Lewis
"America has a relationship with Bobby and Whitney."
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"Spock was the sex symbol. A lot of people think it was Kirk. But, no, it was really Spock."
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Jolene Blalock
"Spock was the sex symbol. A lot of people think it was Kirk. But, no, it was really Spock."
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"The only thing I can't do is hear. I can drive, I have a life with four kids, I work on TV, I do movies, so the deafness question, is it that they want to know because, what? Not sure."
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Marlee Matlin
"The only thing I can't do is hear. I can drive, I have a life with four kids, I work on TV, I do movies, so the deafness question, is it that they want to know because, what? Not sure."
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"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."
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Amber Tamblyn
"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."
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"I think the measure of your success to a certain extent will be the amount of things written about you that aren't true."
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Cybill Shepherd
"I think the measure of your success to a certain extent will be the amount of things written about you that aren't true."
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"I still get so much fan mail addressed to Carol Brady, and I think a lot of it's through the Net. And I always answer it, if it's legible."
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Florence Henderson
"I still get so much fan mail addressed to Carol Brady, and I think a lot of it's through the Net. And I always answer it, if it's legible."
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"I enjoy speaking to other women about turning 50, and how we can enjoy it, and how we can explore it."
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Victoria Principal
"I enjoy speaking to other women about turning 50, and how we can enjoy it, and how we can explore it."
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"I think we're in a time when everyone's afraid to have sex. But I was raised being beautiful and healthy."
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Alyssa Milano
"I think we're in a time when everyone's afraid to have sex. But I was raised being beautiful and healthy."
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"Texting is not flirting, if you don't care about me enough to say the words than that's not love, I don't like it!"
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Lauren Graham
"Texting is not flirting, if you don't care about me enough to say the words than that's not love, I don't like it!"
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"This was all the inspiration it took: We put 100 percent of ourselves in the lines. We personally take care of everything, from fulfillment to answering the mail."
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Connie Sellecca
"This was all the inspiration it took: We put 100 percent of ourselves in the lines. We personally take care of everything, from fulfillment to answering the mail."
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