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Quotes by Actress

"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."

"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."

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

"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."

"My talents fall within definite limitations. I am not as versatile an actress as some think."


"And he was going to give me a song, because I'm a singer and I wanted to sing in everything."

"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."


"My first review for the TV movie The Bionic Showdown said I was as interesting as a bus ride."

"It's great being blonde - with such low expectations it's easy to impress."

"And I don't believe that women can successfully have it all. I really don't."

"I don't think I will be less good because there's less pressure on me."

"I thought my book was done, then we went to Hawaii and the whole last chapter happened."

"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."

"My clothes are predominately black and my home is predominantly white."

"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."


"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."

"Men don't want any responsibility, and neither do I."

"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."

"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."

"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."

"I am not interested in money. I just want to be wonderful."

"I am against marriage, and I don't give a fig for society."

"You know, my dear, I insured my voice for fifty thousand dollars."

"I've always had this deep and chronic sense of dissatisfaction."

"I do know that I have to work hard for every single thing that I get, really hard, and that's okay."
Work,


"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."
Mail,


"I enjoy speaking to other women about turning 50, and how we can enjoy it, and how we can explore it."


"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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