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"I'm terrified about the day that I enter the gates of heaven and God says to me, just a minute."
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Maureen O'Hara
"I'm terrified about the day that I enter the gates of heaven and God says to me, just a minute."
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"There is nothing better than playing a bad girl for two months, then turning around and playing someone sweet. Films give you this opportunity."
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Amy Weber
"There is nothing better than playing a bad girl for two months, then turning around and playing someone sweet. Films give you this opportunity."
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"I was born in Texas and I lived there 'till I was 8. Then I moved to the Dominican Republic with my mom, lived there for two years and forgot every word of English I knew."
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Michelle Rodriguez
"I was born in Texas and I lived there 'till I was 8. Then I moved to the Dominican Republic with my mom, lived there for two years and forgot every word of English I knew."
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"But inside, I'm going, 'Oh my God, is my zipper up? Do I have a booger in my nose?' That's my inner monologue."
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Leah Remini
"But inside, I'm going, 'Oh my God, is my zipper up? Do I have a booger in my nose?' That's my inner monologue."
God,
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"I think hidden underneath a lot of teachers are very sexy women."
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Andie MacDowell
"I think hidden underneath a lot of teachers are very sexy women."
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"There is only one secret. To love what you are doing."
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Jayne Meadows
"There is only one secret. To love what you are doing."
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"Every person is so different and I don't think there is an exact match for every person. If you meet someone and they have 20 of the 25 things you want in a person, then you're pretty lucky."
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Amanda Bynes
"Every person is so different and I don't think there is an exact match for every person. If you meet someone and they have 20 of the 25 things you want in a person, then you're pretty lucky."
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"A lot of women are turned off by the physical appearance of some of the first feminists."
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Helen Reddy
"A lot of women are turned off by the physical appearance of some of the first feminists."
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"I think that, as with marriage, you just know when it's time to have kids."
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Ashley Judd
"I think that, as with marriage, you just know when it's time to have kids."
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"Every one of us is different in some way, but for those of us who are more different, we have to put more effort into convincing the less different that we can do the same thing they can, just differently."
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Marlee Matlin
"Every one of us is different in some way, but for those of us who are more different, we have to put more effort into convincing the less different that we can do the same thing they can, just differently."
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"Also everyone's hearts are in the right place when you do a small movie. You're not doing it for the money; you're not doing it for the possibility of an Oscar nomination. You are doing it because you love the material."
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Kyra Sedgwick
"Also everyone's hearts are in the right place when you do a small movie. You're not doing it for the money; you're not doing it for the possibility of an Oscar nomination. You are doing it because you love the material."
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"I don't believe you should make fun of anyone but yourself."
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Cameron Diaz
"I don't believe you should make fun of anyone but yourself."
Fun,
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"My vintage Levi's are my favorite on the show, 'cause they really fit."
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Laura Prepon
"My vintage Levi's are my favorite on the show, 'cause they really fit."
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"I've come to believe that whoever I am didn't start on December 14, 1946, and isn't going to end on whatever that mysterious date is in the future."
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Patty Duke
"I've come to believe that whoever I am didn't start on December 14, 1946, and isn't going to end on whatever that mysterious date is in the future."
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"I believe that behind both the person who weighs 400 pounds and the one who weighs 85 there is a lot of baggage, and it has nothing to do with their bodies."
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Kirstie Alley
"I believe that behind both the person who weighs 400 pounds and the one who weighs 85 there is a lot of baggage, and it has nothing to do with their bodies."
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"Sometimes when you're just thrown into something, you are more ready for it than when you have time to think it over and get nervous about it."
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Lara Flynn Boyle
"Sometimes when you're just thrown into something, you are more ready for it than when you have time to think it over and get nervous about it."
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"My senior year I was basically supporting myself, so it was like, Do you want to eat and pay the rent, or do you want to go to school? I wanted to eat and pay the rent."
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Clea Duvall
"My senior year I was basically supporting myself, so it was like, Do you want to eat and pay the rent, or do you want to go to school? I wanted to eat and pay the rent."
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"I have a certain curiosity for life that drives me and propels me forward."
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Rachel McAdams
"I have a certain curiosity for life that drives me and propels me forward."
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"Sean's a better person when he's directing. He becomes a queen when he's an actor. And he's so unhappy when he's acting."
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Robin Wright Penn
"Sean's a better person when he's directing. He becomes a queen when he's an actor. And he's so unhappy when he's acting."
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"Apart from being Jennifer Lewis. The name pulls people in."
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Jenifer Lewis
"Apart from being Jennifer Lewis. The name pulls people in."
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"There's no praise or acknowledgment paid to women who raise the babies."
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Sharon Gless
"There's no praise or acknowledgment paid to women who raise the babies."
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"Sometimes when you play a character, you can feel it in your body. And I felt like I had characteristics of my dog: the way Webster moves, the way he holds his head. I kind of adapted it into this part unconsciously."
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Calista Flockhart
"Sometimes when you play a character, you can feel it in your body. And I felt like I had characteristics of my dog: the way Webster moves, the way he holds his head. I kind of adapted it into this part unconsciously."
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"All I want to do is make sure that art is available to all Americans in a participatory way, whether you engage in the art process yourself or you're an audience member."
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Jane Alexander
"All I want to do is make sure that art is available to all Americans in a participatory way, whether you engage in the art process yourself or you're an audience member."
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"Oh, definitely and I talk about all the things that I really needed to make me happy at that point in time were outside of Mississippi, and now all the things that I need to make me happy are back there."
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Sela Ward
"Oh, definitely and I talk about all the things that I really needed to make me happy at that point in time were outside of Mississippi, and now all the things that I need to make me happy are back there."
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"Being a motion picture actress is the pitch of ecstasy."
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Norma Shearer
"Being a motion picture actress is the pitch of ecstasy."
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"The only other thing that interested me as a kid was being a bricklayer. So if I hadn't become an actress, I would probably be a bricklayer."
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Nikki Cox
"The only other thing that interested me as a kid was being a bricklayer. So if I hadn't become an actress, I would probably be a bricklayer."
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"I love that feeling of being in love, the effect of having butterflies when you wake up in the morning. That is special."
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Jennifer Aniston
"I love that feeling of being in love, the effect of having butterflies when you wake up in the morning. That is special."
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"After I learn more English, I'll work hard and make more films."
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Zhang Ziyi
"After I learn more English, I'll work hard and make more films."
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"When people divorce, it's always such a tragedy. At the same time, if people stay together it can be even worse."
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Monica Bellucci
"When people divorce, it's always such a tragedy. At the same time, if people stay together it can be even worse."
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"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."
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Jeanne Moreau
"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."
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"I don't think when I make love."
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Brigitte Bardot
"I don't think when I make love."
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"I always felt Jimmy was trapped in Hollywood. He felt it himself. He loved aviation so much and he wanted to be able to do more of that. He somehow just got stuck here."
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Kim Novak
"I always felt Jimmy was trapped in Hollywood. He felt it himself. He loved aviation so much and he wanted to be able to do more of that. He somehow just got stuck here."
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"I like to run, to go down the stairs, I'm one of those kind of people."
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Jill Clayburgh
"I like to run, to go down the stairs, I'm one of those kind of people."
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"In the beginning it was all black and white."
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Maureen O'Hara
"In the beginning it was all black and white."
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"I began thinking I would do musical theater because in high school that was really the only sort of curriculum they had as far as getting onstage and doing anything that anybody would see. So that's what I did."
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Gretchen Mol
"I began thinking I would do musical theater because in high school that was really the only sort of curriculum they had as far as getting onstage and doing anything that anybody would see. So that's what I did."
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"It is something actresses need to go through and I think they look forward to being naked in a movie. I don't know why, but it is something you need to exhaust from yourself."
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Sophie Marceau
"It is something actresses need to go through and I think they look forward to being naked in a movie. I don't know why, but it is something you need to exhaust from yourself."
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"I don't want to be famous as a movie star and have the whole world love me, I want to be a creative actress."
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Juliette Lewis
"I don't want to be famous as a movie star and have the whole world love me, I want to be a creative actress."
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"I'm most comfortable in my birthday suit."
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Amanda Seyfried
"I'm most comfortable in my birthday suit."
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"I have friends who wear Star Wars costumes and act like the characters all day. I may not be that deep into it, but there's something great about loving what you love and not caring if it's unpopular."
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Kristen Bell
"I have friends who wear Star Wars costumes and act like the characters all day. I may not be that deep into it, but there's something great about loving what you love and not caring if it's unpopular."
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"There was a sense of all the things that go on on the street, particularly in New York, that you are just completely unaware of, that that conversation could be happening at any time. I loved the instability of the camera. It's just an unstable world."
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Jennifer Beals
"There was a sense of all the things that go on on the street, particularly in New York, that you are just completely unaware of, that that conversation could be happening at any time. I loved the instability of the camera. It's just an unstable world."
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"I had a head start in acting. Because of my parents, I had a SAG card, an agent and a recognizable name. But I knew if I screwed up, people would never forget. I'd be dead."
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Mary Crosby
"I had a head start in acting. Because of my parents, I had a SAG card, an agent and a recognizable name. But I knew if I screwed up, people would never forget. I'd be dead."
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"The Sunday School teacher talked too much in the way our grade school teacher used to when she told us about George Washington. Pleasant, pretty stories, but not true."
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Frances Farmer
"The Sunday School teacher talked too much in the way our grade school teacher used to when she told us about George Washington. Pleasant, pretty stories, but not true."
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"The greater your capacity to love, the greater your capacity to feel the pain."
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Jennifer Aniston
"The greater your capacity to love, the greater your capacity to feel the pain."
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"In a relationship, when does the art of compromise become compromising?"
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Sarah Jessica Parker
"In a relationship, when does the art of compromise become compromising?"
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"Jim Carrey is a consummate actor and professional. He comes on set, knows his lines and knows his moves."
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Christine Baranski
"Jim Carrey is a consummate actor and professional. He comes on set, knows his lines and knows his moves."
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"You can't show me an ad on TV with hard bodies and say I have to buy that car. You have to tell me why that car is better and safer than another car."
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Doris Roberts
"You can't show me an ad on TV with hard bodies and say I have to buy that car. You have to tell me why that car is better and safer than another car."
Car,
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"For the first time, I lived alone... in a luxury apartment on Sunset Strip. For a few days I loved the idea, but I got lonely and restless."
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Patty Duke
"For the first time, I lived alone... in a luxury apartment on Sunset Strip. For a few days I loved the idea, but I got lonely and restless."
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"The thing I noticed about Jack was when we did a reading of the script, just to warm up."
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Amanda Peet
"The thing I noticed about Jack was when we did a reading of the script, just to warm up."
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"I love the hip-hop nation."
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Pam Grier
"I love the hip-hop nation."
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"I have married thriteen couples. I'm about to do a marriage next month."
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Sally Kirkland
"I have married thriteen couples. I'm about to do a marriage next month."
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