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Quotes by Actress

"It's said in Hollywood that you should always forgive your enemies - because you never know when you'll have to work with them."
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Lana Turner
"It's said in Hollywood that you should always forgive your enemies - because you never know when you'll have to work with them."
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"I went to work. That was a turning point. When you have to do eight shows a week and your name is on the marquee, no matter what is going on at home or what's on the cover of the newspapers, you've got to do your job."
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Marla Maples
"I went to work. That was a turning point. When you have to do eight shows a week and your name is on the marquee, no matter what is going on at home or what's on the cover of the newspapers, you've got to do your job."
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"People in independent film have a passion; they're not in it for the money."
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Gena Rowlands
"People in independent film have a passion; they're not in it for the money."
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"I think it's important to do great work."
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Kyra Sedgwick
"I think it's important to do great work."
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"I really haven't been cognitive of gas prices. It wasn't until I filled up my husband's Toyota Prius Hybrid that I had a moment of understanding of how people who drive gas cars feel."
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Alexandra Paul
"I really haven't been cognitive of gas prices. It wasn't until I filled up my husband's Toyota Prius Hybrid that I had a moment of understanding of how people who drive gas cars feel."
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"If the whole world went vegan, there would be less war. How you eat determines your mood and your outlook on life."
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Alexandra Paul
"If the whole world went vegan, there would be less war. How you eat determines your mood and your outlook on life."
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"It's one of the tragic ironies of the theatre that only one man in it can count on steady work - the night watchman."
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Tallulah Bankhead
"It's one of the tragic ironies of the theatre that only one man in it can count on steady work - the night watchman."
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"The character is close to me, except that I haven't lived through those situations, so it's not completely me."
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Charlotte Gainsbourg
"The character is close to me, except that I haven't lived through those situations, so it's not completely me."
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"I definitely enjoy being in front of people which gives me that exciting immediate rush."
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Marilu Henner
"I definitely enjoy being in front of people which gives me that exciting immediate rush."
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"I'd be quite excited to play somebody British."
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Claire Forlani
"I'd be quite excited to play somebody British."
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"I've made so many movies playing a hooker that they don't pay me in the regular way anymore. They leave it on the dresser."
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Shirley MacLaine
"I've made so many movies playing a hooker that they don't pay me in the regular way anymore. They leave it on the dresser."
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"When you're watching the news, how many days in a row can you watch that and feel good about yourself and the world?"
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Sandra Bernhard
"When you're watching the news, how many days in a row can you watch that and feel good about yourself and the world?"
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"People who know me know I'm strong, but I'm vulnerable."
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Catherine Deneuve
"People who know me know I'm strong, but I'm vulnerable."
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"He uses his good powers for evil, and that's when it gets to the dangerous side of it."
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Rosario Dawson
"He uses his good powers for evil, and that's when it gets to the dangerous side of it."
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"For Astrid, no matter what challenges they go through, they are going to face each other. It's hard for a daughter to accept that her mother is that selfish and that terrible."
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Alison Lohman
"For Astrid, no matter what challenges they go through, they are going to face each other. It's hard for a daughter to accept that her mother is that selfish and that terrible."
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"I'd much rather be a woman than a man. Women can cry, they can wear cute clothes, and they're the first to be rescued off sinking ships."
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Gilda Radner
"I'd much rather be a woman than a man. Women can cry, they can wear cute clothes, and they're the first to be rescued off sinking ships."
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"When I did small films like Lily and Buenos Vista, everyone thought my career would be ruined."
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Leslie Caron
"When I did small films like Lily and Buenos Vista, everyone thought my career would be ruined."
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"I like women who look like women. I hated grunge. No one's more feminist than me, but you don't have to look as if you don't give a - you know. You can be smart, bright, and attractive aesthetically to others - and to yourself."
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Catherine Zeta-Jones
"I like women who look like women. I hated grunge. No one's more feminist than me, but you don't have to look as if you don't give a - you know. You can be smart, bright, and attractive aesthetically to others - and to yourself."
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"If you go into a relationship expecting someone else to fill you up, you're doomed right off."
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Jennifer O'Neill
"If you go into a relationship expecting someone else to fill you up, you're doomed right off."
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"I filmed underwater for two days in the open ocean with dolphins."
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Kathleen Quinlan
"I filmed underwater for two days in the open ocean with dolphins."
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"That's the thing with sci-fi and action roles. You have to play the danger as real. If you don't, you end up with egg on your face. You have to commit. You can't think about how stupid it might look without the special effects."
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Victoria Pratt
"That's the thing with sci-fi and action roles. You have to play the danger as real. If you don't, you end up with egg on your face. You have to commit. You can't think about how stupid it might look without the special effects."
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"It would be difficult, in this day and age, to fund art that made racial slurs."
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Jane Alexander
"It would be difficult, in this day and age, to fund art that made racial slurs."
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"At the beginning it wasn't to do with the work, it was more the experience."
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Charlotte Gainsbourg
"At the beginning it wasn't to do with the work, it was more the experience."
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"I have a farm and I love it there. There's really nothing to do, but even watching the chickens, its fun."
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Salma Hayek
"I have a farm and I love it there. There's really nothing to do, but even watching the chickens, its fun."
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"There are actors who spend 20 years working and still don't achieve what I've achieved so quickly. So I think my only course of action is to work as hard as I can, not just for the sake of the film, but also to prove to these people that I do have talent."
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Zhang Ziyi
"There are actors who spend 20 years working and still don't achieve what I've achieved so quickly. So I think my only course of action is to work as hard as I can, not just for the sake of the film, but also to prove to these people that I do have talent."
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"It's much more acceptable for men to work and father kids. There's an inherent inequality, because we want to do it all, and I don't know how we can do this all."
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Julia Louis Dreyfus
"It's much more acceptable for men to work and father kids. There's an inherent inequality, because we want to do it all, and I don't know how we can do this all."
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"The press seems to love pitting women against each other."
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Jeanne Tripplehorn
"The press seems to love pitting women against each other."
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"I was also the romantic lead in The Boston Strangler - I was the only one that lived to tell the story - so I called myself the romantic lead."
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Sally Kellerman
"I was also the romantic lead in The Boston Strangler - I was the only one that lived to tell the story - so I called myself the romantic lead."
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"But it's a Broadway show, so even if you're Christine in Phantom, you're still a princess. All female leads are princesses whether they're Disney princesses or not."
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Christy Romano
"But it's a Broadway show, so even if you're Christine in Phantom, you're still a princess. All female leads are princesses whether they're Disney princesses or not."
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"I know my husband really loves me because he takes me to have ribs. He says I'm the only girl he ever took out who actually ate anything on her plate, as opposed to pushing it around."
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Julia Barr
"I know my husband really loves me because he takes me to have ribs. He says I'm the only girl he ever took out who actually ate anything on her plate, as opposed to pushing it around."
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"Looking at yourself in a mirror isn't exactly a study of life."
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Lauren Bacall
"Looking at yourself in a mirror isn't exactly a study of life."
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"Why is it that when we talk to God we're said to be praying, but when God talks to us we're schizophrenic?"
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Lily Tomlin
"Why is it that when we talk to God we're said to be praying, but when God talks to us we're schizophrenic?"
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"I'm fascinated by how Hollywood has changed since I started. Today it's about immediate delivery. There's less risk and less art."
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Diane Lane
"I'm fascinated by how Hollywood has changed since I started. Today it's about immediate delivery. There's less risk and less art."
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"One thing I've learned: You never know where life is taking you, but it's taking you."
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Hilary Swank
"One thing I've learned: You never know where life is taking you, but it's taking you."
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"I never gave away anything without wishing I had kept it; nor kept it without wishing I had given it away."
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Louise Brooks
"I never gave away anything without wishing I had kept it; nor kept it without wishing I had given it away."
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"The best smell in the world is that man that you love."
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Jennifer Aniston
"The best smell in the world is that man that you love."
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"The roles for women in theatre are much better than they are in film."
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Kim Cattrall
"The roles for women in theatre are much better than they are in film."
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"Also there is a twist to the story as I'm being haunted and driven crazy, attacked and so on. All I seem to do is run and scream and cry in every scene."
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Bo Derek
"Also there is a twist to the story as I'm being haunted and driven crazy, attacked and so on. All I seem to do is run and scream and cry in every scene."
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"People who are incapable of having any kind of intimate relationship have to turn to feeling this incredible hunger and void, have to turn to some quantifiable external product to make them feel whole."
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Jennifer Connelly
"People who are incapable of having any kind of intimate relationship have to turn to feeling this incredible hunger and void, have to turn to some quantifiable external product to make them feel whole."
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"The best part of making the movies... learning from the pros themselves."
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Michelle Rodriguez
"The best part of making the movies... learning from the pros themselves."
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"So curiosity, I think, is a really important aspect of staying young or youthful."
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Goldie Hawn
"So curiosity, I think, is a really important aspect of staying young or youthful."
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"I truly believe that God brought this, Dorothy Day script to me, because for a long time up until I was in eight grade - I wanted to be a nun."
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Moira Kelly
"I truly believe that God brought this, Dorothy Day script to me, because for a long time up until I was in eight grade - I wanted to be a nun."
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"The scene was attempted a second time, up on top of the fort, and cameras didn't even roll. Michael, though he wasn't admitting it, wasn't sure how to shoot the scene."
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Madeleine Stowe
"The scene was attempted a second time, up on top of the fort, and cameras didn't even roll. Michael, though he wasn't admitting it, wasn't sure how to shoot the scene."
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"I'm not a huge fan of my work."
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Tea Leoni
"I'm not a huge fan of my work."
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"Always be smarter than the people who hire you."
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Lena Horne
"Always be smarter than the people who hire you."
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"I'm not that girl from Freaky Friday any more! I'm a real adult. In fact, I hate children! I hate them all!"
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Lindsay Lohan
"I'm not that girl from Freaky Friday any more! I'm a real adult. In fact, I hate children! I hate them all!"
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"I'd like to do some more classical work if I do some more theatre."
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Sarah Sutton
"I'd like to do some more classical work if I do some more theatre."
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"In any profession, there's a sleazy side and an honorable side."
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Gina Gershon
"In any profession, there's a sleazy side and an honorable side."
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"So a lot of me is still a little kid, and I think that kind of helps alter my sense of reality - it makes me able to just become Belle every single night."
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Christy Romano
"So a lot of me is still a little kid, and I think that kind of helps alter my sense of reality - it makes me able to just become Belle every single night."
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"Right now, I love the fact that I have so many opportunities, but I know this privileged position cannot last. That doesn't mean that I'll stop working. I picture myself as an old actress doing cameos in films with people saying: "Isn't that that Bening woman?""
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Annette Bening
"Right now, I love the fact that I have so many opportunities, but I know this privileged position cannot last. That doesn't mean that I'll stop working. I picture myself as an old actress doing cameos in films with people saying: "Isn't that that Bening woman?""
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