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"I can't imagine going on when there are no more expectations."

"I can't imagine going on when there are no more expectations."

Edith Evans, English Actress

Expectation, Expectations

41

"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."

"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."

Sarah Polley, Canadian Actress

Change, Act, Film, World

41

"People think actors have such glamorous lives, but the truth is actors go where nobody wants to go."

"People think actors have such glamorous lives, but the truth is actors go where nobody wants to go."

Juliette Binoche, French Actress

Truth, People, Actors

41

"My desire is to let go of my ego and let in His direction."

"My desire is to let go of my ego and let in His direction."

Janine Turner, American Actress

Desire, Direction, Ego

41

"Parents are your teachers until a certain point, and if they don't give you love, you'll go somewhere else to find it."

"Parents are your teachers until a certain point, and if they don't give you love, you'll go somewhere else to find it."

Marguerite Moreau, American Actress

Love, Parents, Teachers

41

"I've never had to pretend to be having sex with somebody. I'm like the queen of the foreplay dissolve."

"I've never had to pretend to be having sex with somebody. I'm like the queen of the foreplay dissolve."

Julia Roberts, American Actress

41

"James Garner is like a peaceful river through our chaos."

"James Garner is like a peaceful river through our chaos."

Kaley Cuoco, American Actress

41

"We had four different sets and built 38 flats to use as walls, so we had a major production going on. It's so much fun when you're controlling it, but it's also so much pressure."

"We had four different sets and built 38 flats to use as walls, so we had a major production going on. It's so much fun when you're controlling it, but it's also so much pressure."

Maria Menounos, American Actress

Fun, Pressure, Production

41

"If you marry the wrong person for the wrong reasons, then no matter how hard you work, it's never going to work, because then you have to completely change yourself, completely change them, completely - by that time, you're both dead."

"If you marry the wrong person for the wrong reasons, then no matter how hard you work, it's never going to work, because then you have to completely change yourself, completely change them, completely - by that time, you're both dead."

Anne Bancroft, American Actress

Change, Time, Work, Wrong

41

"I suppose when they reach a certain age some men are afraid to grow up. It seems the older the men get, the younger their new wives get."

"I suppose when they reach a certain age some men are afraid to grow up. It seems the older the men get, the younger their new wives get."

Elizabeth Taylor, English Actress

Age, Men, Wives

41

"Because of the tension and difficulty, I remember trying to do the silliest things when we weren't rolling cameras, anything to lift the spirits. But once on set, it was important to have full concentration."

"Because of the tension and difficulty, I remember trying to do the silliest things when we weren't rolling cameras, anything to lift the spirits. But once on set, it was important to have full concentration."

Madeleine Stowe, American Actress

Difficulty, Spirits, Tension, Trying

41

"I would love to do more music, definitely. That is my true passion. Dance is first and then music."

"I would love to do more music, definitely. That is my true passion. Dance is first and then music."

Carmen Electra, American Actress

Love, Music, Dance, First

41

"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."

"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."

Eva Green, French Actress

People, Play, Want

41

"I did work out every day. I needed it to have the endurance to do what needed to be done and not get hurt. I have such a new respect for action stars now."

"I did work out every day. I needed it to have the endurance to do what needed to be done and not get hurt. I have such a new respect for action stars now."

Sanaa Lathan, American Actress

Work, Action, Day, Endurance

41

"I joke around a lot about the manic times because they're funny. We manics do outrageous things and it is part of our colorful nature."

"I joke around a lot about the manic times because they're funny. We manics do outrageous things and it is part of our colorful nature."

Patty Duke, American Actress

41

"The King and Queen made the rounds after the film. We were told how we were to respond, and we were in a semi circle in the lounge area of the cinema, they came around after the King, the Queen and both Princesses."

"The King and Queen made the rounds after the film. We were told how we were to respond, and we were in a semi circle in the lounge area of the cinema, they came around after the King, the Queen and both Princesses."

Kim Hunter, American Actress

Cinema, Film, Queen

41

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

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

Kyra Sedgwick, American Actress

41

"I really always felt that I was going to be an actress. I had a lot of confidence in the fact that I would do well from a very early age. I didn't know how tough the business is."

"I really always felt that I was going to be an actress. I had a lot of confidence in the fact that I would do well from a very early age. I didn't know how tough the business is."

Susan Lucci, American Actress

Business, Age, Confidence, Fact

41

"I'm friends with Hank Azaria. We were on a show together 800 years ago, and we laugh every single time."

"I'm friends with Hank Azaria. We were on a show together 800 years ago, and we laugh every single time."

Nicole Sullivan, American Actress

Time, Friends, Years

41

"All I know is that I've ruled out wearing fairy wings. When I was nine I wanted to get married in fairy wings, and now I realize that's not cool anymore."

"All I know is that I've ruled out wearing fairy wings. When I was nine I wanted to get married in fairy wings, and now I realize that's not cool anymore."

Isla Fisher, Australian Actress

41

"I'd rather wear jewels in my hair than anywhere else. The face should have the advantage of this brilliance."

"I'd rather wear jewels in my hair than anywhere else. The face should have the advantage of this brilliance."

Hedy Lamarr, Austrian Actress

41

"I'm a woman, a mother, a daughter, a sister. I'm a real person operating in the world. For me to discuss the most private thing feels wrong. It feels like I'm betraying myself and my children."

"I'm a woman, a mother, a daughter, a sister. I'm a real person operating in the world. For me to discuss the most private thing feels wrong. It feels like I'm betraying myself and my children."

Nicole Kidman, Australian Actress

Mother, Sister, Daughter, Children

41

"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."

"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."

Debi Mazar, American Actress

Time, Americans, Fun, Hollywood

41

"As an actress, emotions are my business, my stock-in-trade. As such, I've dealt with them nearly all my life."

"As an actress, emotions are my business, my stock-in-trade. As such, I've dealt with them nearly all my life."

Loretta Young, American Actress

Life, Business, Emotions

41

"I have not been that wise. Health I have taken for granted. Love I have demanded, perhaps too much and too often. As for money, I have only realized its true worth when I didn't have it."

"I have not been that wise. Health I have taken for granted. Love I have demanded, perhaps too much and too often. As for money, I have only realized its true worth when I didn't have it."

Hedy Lamarr, Austrian Actress

Health, Love, Money, Worth

41

"God gave us intestines for a reason. I'm not keen on surgery. It's too extreme. All it took was one of those plastic surgery shows to see how violent it is."

"God gave us intestines for a reason. I'm not keen on surgery. It's too extreme. All it took was one of those plastic surgery shows to see how violent it is."

Kirstie Alley, American Actress

God, Extreme, Reason

41

"There is a lot of strength and intelligence in Hollywood."

"There is a lot of strength and intelligence in Hollywood."

Fay Wray, American Actress

Intelligence, Strength, Hollywood

41

"When I was 34, people would say, What's going to happen to you when you're 40? What are you going to do? You don't have much time left. And I was like, what are you talking about?"

"When I was 34, people would say, What's going to happen to you when you're 40? What are you going to do? You don't have much time left. And I was like, what are you talking about?"

Melanie Griffith, American Actress

Time, People, Talking

41

"They want a lip print for their autograph books. I'm a sport; I go along."

"They want a lip print for their autograph books. I'm a sport; I go along."

Cleo Moore, American Actress

41

"I am invariably late for appointments - sometimes as much as two hours. I've tried to change my ways but the things that make me late are too strong, and too pleasing."

"I am invariably late for appointments - sometimes as much as two hours. I've tried to change my ways but the things that make me late are too strong, and too pleasing."

Marilyn Monroe, American Actress

41

"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."

"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."

Marlee Matlin, American Actress

Life, Work, Movies, Kids

41

"See into life, don't just look at it."

"See into life, don't just look at it."

Anne Baxter, American Actress

41

"Hollywood can be hard on women, but it did not cause my problems."

"Hollywood can be hard on women, but it did not cause my problems."

Gene Tierney, American Actress

Woman, Women, Cause, Hollywood, Problems

41

"I adored my birth father and constantly worried that I was being disloyal to him and his schoolteacher roots if I spent too much time performing and enjoying it."

"I adored my birth father and constantly worried that I was being disloyal to him and his schoolteacher roots if I spent too much time performing and enjoying it."

Julie Andrews, English Actress

Time, Father, Being

41

"I pray to be of service to the playwright, the audience, the other actors and my character."

"I pray to be of service to the playwright, the audience, the other actors and my character."

Lusia Strus, American Actress

Character, Actors, Service

41

"I often say the last role I played that really touched me and where I was able to access what I really am was Bonnie, which is kind of sad when you think how early in my career that was."

"I often say the last role I played that really touched me and where I was able to access what I really am was Bonnie, which is kind of sad when you think how early in my career that was."

Faye Dunaway, American Actress

41

"The designer of my Emmy gown is donating my gown to the charity for an auction."

"The designer of my Emmy gown is donating my gown to the charity for an auction."

Maria Menounos, American Actress

41

"If they have covered your face with latex, you have to control yourself mentally so you won't think. If you start thinking, you will succumb to panic. I had a bit of a cold, and frankly I didn't have a good time."

"If they have covered your face with latex, you have to control yourself mentally so you won't think. If you start thinking, you will succumb to panic. I had a bit of a cold, and frankly I didn't have a good time."

Meg Tilly, American Actress

Time, Control, Thinking, Will

41

"The cool part about working for Disney is that they've allowed me to be a change agent."

"The cool part about working for Disney is that they've allowed me to be a change agent."

Christy Romano, American Actress

41

"The first day I arrived, they told me to go home and get rid of that cold."

"The first day I arrived, they told me to go home and get rid of that cold."

June Allyson, American Actress

Home, Day, First

41

"Whatever is said about roles drying up, I intend to keep working. Certainly now the roles couldn't be more interesting - playing mothers, divorcees. I think it's going to be exciting to play a mother of teenagers. The longer your life, the deeper it gets."

"Whatever is said about roles drying up, I intend to keep working. Certainly now the roles couldn't be more interesting - playing mothers, divorcees. I think it's going to be exciting to play a mother of teenagers. The longer your life, the deeper it gets."

Naomi Watts, English Actress

Life, Mother, Mothers, Now

41

"In the next shot the cameras zoomed to the fiancee who noticed the lights in the Czarina's room go out and the camera then turned to the pond where two goldfish were making love."

"In the next shot the cameras zoomed to the fiancee who noticed the lights in the Czarina's room go out and the camera then turned to the pond where two goldfish were making love."

Pola Negri, Polish Actress

41

"If you are being weird or silly you can be excused because you are just playing a character."

"If you are being weird or silly you can be excused because you are just playing a character."

Taryn Manning, American Actress

Character, Being, Silly

41

"You know, it's not the people in Hollywood who go to see movies that will make a movie successful; it's the people all around the country; it's word-of-mouth."

"You know, it's not the people in Hollywood who go to see movies that will make a movie successful; it's the people all around the country; it's word-of-mouth."

Pia Zadora, American Actress

Movies, People, Successful, Country

41

"And you know, we did it as an independent film, and we weren't expecting it to be on television, and Lifetime ended up buying it. And the viewers responded intensely to that film."

"And you know, we did it as an independent film, and we weren't expecting it to be on television, and Lifetime ended up buying it. And the viewers responded intensely to that film."

Jenna Elfman, American Actress

Buying, Film, Television

41

"I'm calling from my car, I'm sorry, I'm like running around like crazy."

"I'm calling from my car, I'm sorry, I'm like running around like crazy."

Melissa Joan Hart, American Actress

41

"It was an amazing adventure, it was my dream to be in an American musical... I really hope you are going to love what you are going to see."

"It was an amazing adventure, it was my dream to be in an American musical... I really hope you are going to love what you are going to see."

Marion Cotillard, French Actress

Love, Dream, Hope, Adventure

41

"There are three rape scenes that I've had to act in, and none of them have gotten to film. I don't think it's something that should be promoted in any way."

"There are three rape scenes that I've had to act in, and none of them have gotten to film. I don't think it's something that should be promoted in any way."

Joan Severance, American Actress

41

"When something is truly funny, it's funny all the time."

"When something is truly funny, it's funny all the time."

Cloris Leachman, American Actress

41

"What draws me to the theatre, and what appealed to me about Too Much Light, is that you have no idea what's going to happen. That's the most exciting part of theatre, it's never the same. If it were, it would be like watching a movie."

"What draws me to the theatre, and what appealed to me about Too Much Light, is that you have no idea what's going to happen. That's the most exciting part of theatre, it's never the same. If it were, it would be like watching a movie."

Lusia Strus, American Actress

Idea, Light, Theatre

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