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"To be in a couple, do you have to put your single self on a shelf?"

"To be in a couple, do you have to put your single self on a shelf?"

Sarah Jessica Parker, American Actress

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"There is only one issue: man's lack of experience in feeling his Divine self and his innate connection with the Divine. All other issues stem from this."

"There is only one issue: man's lack of experience in feeling his Divine self and his innate connection with the Divine. All other issues stem from this."

Lindsay Wagner, American Actress

Experience, Connection, Feeling, Man

41

"I don't have feeling in my feet to my fingertips; I also have active lesions in my bone marrow and in my eyes."

"I don't have feeling in my feet to my fingertips; I also have active lesions in my bone marrow and in my eyes."

Karen Duffy, American Actress

Eye, Eyes, Feeling, Feet

41

"It begins and ends with money. It's absurd in this day and age when we need so much money for education, health, for people, that a $100 million dollars can be spent on a film. It's obscene."

"It begins and ends with money. It's absurd in this day and age when we need so much money for education, health, for people, that a $100 million dollars can be spent on a film. It's obscene."

Kathleen Turner, American Actress

Age, Money, Education, Health

41

"There are wonderful museums with lots of photographs of 1920's musicals."

"There are wonderful museums with lots of photographs of 1920's musicals."

Julie Harris, American Actress

41

"It would be really great if people would realize that stars are only people with the same weaknesses and flaws, not immaculate idols."

"It would be really great if people would realize that stars are only people with the same weaknesses and flaws, not immaculate idols."

Meg Ryan, American Actress

People, Flaws, Idols, Stars

41

"A lot of women say that they want to get to feeling about themselves the way I feel, because when I'm on a roll, I'm hot, I'm really good. I try to tell them, I don't have a fix."

"A lot of women say that they want to get to feeling about themselves the way I feel, because when I'm on a roll, I'm hot, I'm really good. I try to tell them, I don't have a fix."

Delta Burke, American Actress

Woman, Women, Feeling, Want

41

"And the insidious thing is that people will either see a movie because it did well last weekend or won't see it because it didn't do well."

"And the insidious thing is that people will either see a movie because it did well last weekend or won't see it because it didn't do well."

Meg Ryan, American Actress

People, Weekend, Will

41

"Pianos tend to get better as they age, the more you play them. They grow into their sound."

"Pianos tend to get better as they age, the more you play them. They grow into their sound."

Alicia Witt, American Actress

Age, Play, Sound

41

"Look for someone who has a complete life without you in it. If you have a person you don't need for anything, that's ideal. You're just together because you really want to be."

"Look for someone who has a complete life without you in it. If you have a person you don't need for anything, that's ideal. You're just together because you really want to be."

Kirstie Alley, American Actress

41

"My mother and I could always look out the same window without ever seeing the same thing."

"My mother and I could always look out the same window without ever seeing the same thing."

Gloria Swanson, American Actress

41

"There are just certain realities about our world and I just happen to be creative within it."

"There are just certain realities about our world and I just happen to be creative within it."

Pam Grier, American Actress

41

"Courtney Love is really cool and funny. I would like to meet Julia Roberts and Cameron Diaz. I think I could play their daughters."

"Courtney Love is really cool and funny. I would like to meet Julia Roberts and Cameron Diaz. I think I could play their daughters."

Dakota Fanning, American Actress

Love, Funny, Daughters, Play

41

"Fame lost its appeal for me when I went into a public restroom and an autograph seeker handed me a pen and paper under the stall door."

"Fame lost its appeal for me when I went into a public restroom and an autograph seeker handed me a pen and paper under the stall door."

Marlo Thomas, American Actress

Fame, Pen, Public

41

"You shouldn't have to give things up for someone. If you love them someone, you should love them for everything they do and all that they are. I love acting and I wouldn't give it up for anything, and I don't know anyone in my life who would ask me to give it up."

"You shouldn't have to give things up for someone. If you love them someone, you should love them for everything they do and all that they are. I love acting and I wouldn't give it up for anything, and I don't know anyone in my life who would ask me to give it up."

Lindsay Lohan, American Actress

Life, Love, Acting

41

"Sometimes I read a script and it's obvious from early on that it's one where the suspension of disbelief has to develop strongly from page one. Some are more reality-based."

"Sometimes I read a script and it's obvious from early on that it's one where the suspension of disbelief has to develop strongly from page one. Some are more reality-based."

Gillian Anderson, American Actress

Obvious, Reality

41

"I feel bad about a lot of the movies I see that teach kids that if they do bad, they'll win."

"I feel bad about a lot of the movies I see that teach kids that if they do bad, they'll win."

Morgan Brittany, American Actress

41

"One way we can enliven the imagination is to push it toward the illogical. We're not scientists. We don't always have to make the logical, reasonable leap."

"One way we can enliven the imagination is to push it toward the illogical. We're not scientists. We don't always have to make the logical, reasonable leap."

Stella Adler, American Actress

Imagination, Scientists

41

"I'd like to run for office someday, but I'm afraid my ability to spell might give me an unfair advantage."

"I'd like to run for office someday, but I'm afraid my ability to spell might give me an unfair advantage."

April Winchell, American Actress

Ability, Office

41

"I can cry at the drop of the pin. But comedy is hard for me; it's the timing."

"I can cry at the drop of the pin. But comedy is hard for me; it's the timing."

Moira Kelly, American Actress

41

"And I think women have come a very, very long way, but they have a long way to go."

"And I think women have come a very, very long way, but they have a long way to go."

Lara Flynn Boyle, American Actress

41

"My hair got lighter, and I gradually went blonde. I liked it. Had more fun. But my image of myself in my head is this dark-haired person."

"My hair got lighter, and I gradually went blonde. I liked it. Had more fun. But my image of myself in my head is this dark-haired person."

Lisa Kudrow, American Actress

41

"My mother had been a country and western singer but when she moved out to Hollywood found it very difficult to get work so when I was born they put me into dance classes and singing classes as soon as I could walk actually."

"My mother had been a country and western singer but when she moved out to Hollywood found it very difficult to get work so when I was born they put me into dance classes and singing classes as soon as I could walk actually."

Morgan Brittany, American Actress

Work, Mother, Dance, Country

41

"I have witnessed the softening of the hardest of hearts by a simple smile."

"I have witnessed the softening of the hardest of hearts by a simple smile."

Goldie Hawn, American Actress

41

"My admiration for the phenomenon of Alcoholics Anonymous is boundless."

"My admiration for the phenomenon of Alcoholics Anonymous is boundless."

Mercedes McCambridge, American Actress

41

"People use location as a language in films, and Quentin uses action as a language in his films. There's really not a lot of violence. It's more of an emotional beat than it is a physical beat."

"People use location as a language in films, and Quentin uses action as a language in his films. There's really not a lot of violence. It's more of an emotional beat than it is a physical beat."

Lucy Liu, American Actress

People, Action, Language, Violence

41

"I remember laughing an inordinate amount of time. Setting up scenes that involve ooze coming out basements, or pigs' heads flying through windows is really fun. How could you not laugh?"

"I remember laughing an inordinate amount of time. Setting up scenes that involve ooze coming out basements, or pigs' heads flying through windows is really fun. How could you not laugh?"

Margot Kidder, American Actress

Time, Flying, Fun, Windows

41

"I love silence."

"I love silence."

Brenda Blethyn, English Actress

41

"I remember becoming aware of women's issues and inequality. It became glaringly clear to me when I was living in America that women are regarded as less intelligent than men."

"I remember becoming aware of women's issues and inequality. It became glaringly clear to me when I was living in America that women are regarded as less intelligent than men."

Julie Christie, British Actress

Men, Women, America, Inequality

41

"I wanted to be a theater actress, but I thought it would be easier to get to New York and the theater if I had a name than if I just walked the streets as a little girl from California."

"I wanted to be a theater actress, but I thought it would be easier to get to New York and the theater if I had a name than if I just walked the streets as a little girl from California."

Gloria Stuart, American Actress

Thought, Name, Theater

41

"Right now I'm working on the back handspring."

"Right now I'm working on the back handspring."

Ashley Scott, American Actress

41

"You won't find me in a romantic comedy. Those movies don't speak to me. People don't come to talk to me about those scripts, because they probably think I'm this dark, twisted, miserable person."

"You won't find me in a romantic comedy. Those movies don't speak to me. People don't come to talk to me about those scripts, because they probably think I'm this dark, twisted, miserable person."

Naomi Watts, English Actress

Movies, People, Comedy, Romantic

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"If we could all just laugh at ourselves, in hard times or good times, it would be an incredible world."

"If we could all just laugh at ourselves, in hard times or good times, it would be an incredible world."

Jena Malone, American Actress

41

"As an African American actress, there are people who have been staples in my life that opened a door that I can walk through. I hope that I can have that impact."

"As an African American actress, there are people who have been staples in my life that opened a door that I can walk through. I hope that I can have that impact."

Monique Coleman, American Actress

Life, People, Hope, African

41

"I always had really long swimmer's arms. The last to totally go is always my thighs and butt, but my old body is there somewhere."

"I always had really long swimmer's arms. The last to totally go is always my thighs and butt, but my old body is there somewhere."

Kirstie Alley, American Actress

41

"Actors work and slave and it is the color of your hair that can determine your fate in the end."

"Actors work and slave and it is the color of your hair that can determine your fate in the end."

Helen Hayes, American Actress

Work, Actors, End, Fate

41

"Hollywood is a suction for your confidence or your faith or your togetherness. Just walking on the street you can feel it."

"Hollywood is a suction for your confidence or your faith or your togetherness. Just walking on the street you can feel it."

Robin Wright Penn, American Actress

Faith, Confidence, Hollywood, Walking

41

"A woman's heart is a deep ocean of secrets."

"A woman's heart is a deep ocean of secrets."

Gloria Stuart, American Actress

Heart, Deep, Ocean, Secrets

41

"Anything is possible in this world. I really believe that."

"Anything is possible in this world. I really believe that."

Liza Minnelli, American Actress

World, Liza Minelli, Entertainer

41

"Let's take care of the necessities first: give people jobs, and find a way to get us out of poverty."

"Let's take care of the necessities first: give people jobs, and find a way to get us out of poverty."

Eartha Kitt, American Actress

People, Care, Jobs, Poverty

41

"I'm never sure what's coming next, but I'm an open minded person and I welcome any challenge."

"I'm never sure what's coming next, but I'm an open minded person and I welcome any challenge."

Sarah Polley, Canadian Actress

Challenge, Open

41

"I am woman, hear me roar, in numbers too big to ignore, and I know too much to go back and pretend."

"I am woman, hear me roar, in numbers too big to ignore, and I know too much to go back and pretend."

Helen Reddy, Australian Actress

41

"It will be great when it's not such a big deal when a woman gets a good job."

"It will be great when it's not such a big deal when a woman gets a good job."

Susan Sarandon, American Actress

Job, Will, Woman

41

"I think you've got to have your feet planted firmly on the ground, especially in this business, and you must not believe things that are said or written about you, because everything gets out of proportion one way or the other."

"I think you've got to have your feet planted firmly on the ground, especially in this business, and you must not believe things that are said or written about you, because everything gets out of proportion one way or the other."

Judi Dench, English Actress

41

"I get crazy in a bookstore. It makes my heart beat hard because I want to buy everything."

"I get crazy in a bookstore. It makes my heart beat hard because I want to buy everything."

Reese Witherspoon, American Actress

41

"My father was absent and he was a hero to me."

"My father was absent and he was a hero to me."

Greta Scacchi, Italian Actress

41

"I really wanted to be an opera soprano."

"I really wanted to be an opera soprano."

Maureen O'Hara, Irish Actress

41

"I have invested some money and I have a home, but people don't realise that you might only be working for a few weeks of the year and remain unemployed the rest of the time."

"I have invested some money and I have a home, but people don't realise that you might only be working for a few weeks of the year and remain unemployed the rest of the time."

Greta Scacchi, Italian Actress

Money, Time, Home, People

41

"I don't think I could ever do a network sitcom because the humor is often based on some trite circumstance. I don't want to be a part of a show where it's mostly about coming up with the jokes."

"I don't think I could ever do a network sitcom because the humor is often based on some trite circumstance. I don't want to be a part of a show where it's mostly about coming up with the jokes."

Sherilyn Fenn, American Actress

Humor, Circumstance, Jokes, Network

41

"Being a movie star, and this applies to all of them, means being looked at from every possible direction. You are never left at peace, you're just fair game."

"Being a movie star, and this applies to all of them, means being looked at from every possible direction. You are never left at peace, you're just fair game."

Greta Garbo, Swedish Actress

Peace, Being, Direction

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