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"In any of the arts, you never stop learning."

"In any of the arts, you never stop learning."

Claire Bloom, British Actress

12

"I wanted some family structure and stability, and that's what The Partridge Family afforded me, not only financially but in the fact that I could be at home with my kids."

"I wanted some family structure and stability, and that's what The Partridge Family afforded me, not only financially but in the fact that I could be at home with my kids."

Shirley Jones, American Actress

Family, Home, Fact, Kids

11

"I'm not a religious person, so I'm not a hardcore fate fan but I guess it's got me thinking about that. I was very careful, though, not to link Jaye's stories always to that."

"I'm not a religious person, so I'm not a hardcore fate fan but I guess it's got me thinking about that. I was very careful, though, not to link Jaye's stories always to that."

Caroline Dhavernas, Canadian Actress

Fate, Religious, Thinking

11

"The great equalizer is health. If you don't have it, you're screwed."

"The great equalizer is health. If you don't have it, you're screwed."

Jami Gertz, American Actress

11

"I did gymnastics when I was growing up and to this day I can still do the splits."

"I did gymnastics when I was growing up and to this day I can still do the splits."

Kristin Kreuk, Canadian Actress

Day, Growing up

11

"I got caught kissing. Like by my parents. It was so horrible. It's so embarrassing, I'm blushing."

"I got caught kissing. Like by my parents. It was so horrible. It's so embarrassing, I'm blushing."

Katie Holmes, American Actress

Kiss, Kissing, Parents

11

"You can sometimes learn more working with less talented people, because you learn to survive."

"You can sometimes learn more working with less talented people, because you learn to survive."

Jacqueline Bisset, English Actress

11

"They were very considerate, I must say. Every time I felt I was about to slip out of these fingers and would yell for help, they'd let me down and re-organize things."

"They were very considerate, I must say. Every time I felt I was about to slip out of these fingers and would yell for help, they'd let me down and re-organize things."

Fay Wray, American Actress

11

"My boyfriend keeps telling me I've got to own things. So, first I bought this car. And then he told me I oughta get a house. 'Why a house?' 'Well, you gotta have a place to park the car.'"

"My boyfriend keeps telling me I've got to own things. So, first I bought this car. And then he told me I oughta get a house. 'Why a house?' 'Well, you gotta have a place to park the car.'"

Julia Roberts, American Actress

Car, Boyfriend, First

11

"Being a housewife and a mother is the biggest job in the world, but if it doesn't interest you, don't do it - I would have made a terrible mother."

"Being a housewife and a mother is the biggest job in the world, but if it doesn't interest you, don't do it - I would have made a terrible mother."

Katharine Hepburn, American Actress

Mother, Being, Housewife, Interest

11

"I lost my mother when I was very young, and my father when I was in college."

"I lost my mother when I was very young, and my father when I was in college."

Roma Downey, Irish Actress

Mother, Father, College

11

"It was sort of that in-between area when people don't talk about their personal lives. That's the kind of life I think Kerry would be living now if it weren't for the Lopez character sort of outing her."

"It was sort of that in-between area when people don't talk about their personal lives. That's the kind of life I think Kerry would be living now if it weren't for the Lopez character sort of outing her."

Laura Innes, American Actress

Life, People, Character, Living

11

"They say I can open movies, and that's nice in that it puts into people's minds that women can do it. It's not just Kevin Costner, not just Arnold Schwarzenegger. Not just the guys."

"They say I can open movies, and that's nice in that it puts into people's minds that women can do it. It's not just Kevin Costner, not just Arnold Schwarzenegger. Not just the guys."

Julia Roberts, American Actress

Woman, Women, Movies, People, Open

11

"There are some who want to get married and others who don't. I have never had an impulse to go to the altar. I am a difficult person to lead."

"There are some who want to get married and others who don't. I have never had an impulse to go to the altar. I am a difficult person to lead."

Greta Garbo, Swedish Actress

11

"Actually, I take it as a compliment. Diva is a derivative of divine. That's quite a title to carry around."

"Actually, I take it as a compliment. Diva is a derivative of divine. That's quite a title to carry around."

Calista Flockhart, American Actress

11

"As a person, he was wonderful. He really was a great person. He was full of life. He had a great sense of humor. Very talented, of course, but very caring to his parents. There was a very endearing quality about Elvis."

"As a person, he was wonderful. He really was a great person. He was full of life. He had a great sense of humor. Very talented, of course, but very caring to his parents. There was a very endearing quality about Elvis."

Priscilla Presley, American Actress

Humor, Life, Quality, Caring

11

"It's funny when people say, 'I don't think Julia likes me.' Honey, if I don't like you, you're going to know about it."

"It's funny when people say, 'I don't think Julia likes me.' Honey, if I don't like you, you're going to know about it."

Julia Roberts, American Actress

11

"I really liked Yale, although it was extremely intimidating. When I visited the campus, I was hiding behind trees, I felt so unworthy."

"I really liked Yale, although it was extremely intimidating. When I visited the campus, I was hiding behind trees, I felt so unworthy."

Claire Danes, American Actress

Trees, Unworthy

11

"I can rock out anything. I mean, I can rock out a little 'Time After Time'. I can do a little 'Grease Lightning'. It depends on the mood, but we do go karaoke, my friends and I in Los Angeles, and it's a lot of fun."

"I can rock out anything. I mean, I can rock out a little 'Time After Time'. I can do a little 'Grease Lightning'. It depends on the mood, but we do go karaoke, my friends and I in Los Angeles, and it's a lot of fun."

Kristen Bell, American Actress

Time, Friends, Fun

11

"Combine that with the fact that we only had one week to get everything taken care of and to get to know one another, whereas most shows get two weeks. It looked like we would never have a chance."

"Combine that with the fact that we only had one week to get everything taken care of and to get to know one another, whereas most shows get two weeks. It looked like we would never have a chance."

Tatyana Ali, American Actress

Care, Chance, Fact

11

"They are amazing kids so we let them make decisions but also have discipline."

"They are amazing kids so we let them make decisions but also have discipline."

Kelly Preston, American Actress

Discipline, Decisions, Kids

11

"Giving birth is like taking your lower lip and forcing it over your head."

"Giving birth is like taking your lower lip and forcing it over your head."

Carol Burnett, American Actress

11

"There are no small parts; there are only small actors."

"There are no small parts; there are only small actors."

Melanie Griffith, American Actress

11

"It is impossible to get anything made or accomplished without stepping on some toes; enemies are inevitable when one is a doer."

"It is impossible to get anything made or accomplished without stepping on some toes; enemies are inevitable when one is a doer."

Norma Shearer, American Actress

11

"Angelina Jolie may get Antonio Banderas in bed for eight hours on a movie set, but I get him in bed everyday."

"Angelina Jolie may get Antonio Banderas in bed for eight hours on a movie set, but I get him in bed everyday."

Melanie Griffith, American Actress

11

"You have to remember that when I met Elvis, you know, it wasn't the fanfare that it is today or even when he was here in the states and I was in Germany growing up."

"You have to remember that when I met Elvis, you know, it wasn't the fanfare that it is today or even when he was here in the states and I was in Germany growing up."

Priscilla Presley, American Actress

Germany, Growing up, states, Today

11

"And in singing, what my voice lacked in quality it made up for in volume."

"And in singing, what my voice lacked in quality it made up for in volume."

Hedda Hopper, American Actress

Quality, Singing, Voice

11

"Harry Cohn did not make me. But I also feel that I probably didn't make me, either. I think it was a combination. I think that's what made it work."

"Harry Cohn did not make me. But I also feel that I probably didn't make me, either. I think it was a combination. I think that's what made it work."

Kim Novak, American Actress

11

"The thing women have yet to learn is nobody gives you power. You just take it."

"The thing women have yet to learn is nobody gives you power. You just take it."

Roseanne Barr, American Actress

Woman, Women, Power

11

"Shame is such an intense emotion. It just can drive you."

"Shame is such an intense emotion. It just can drive you."

Kyra Sedgwick, American Actress

Emotional, Emotion, Shame

11

"I think Janeane Garofalo is incredibly funny, and I love Dennis Miller."

"I think Janeane Garofalo is incredibly funny, and I love Dennis Miller."

Kristen Johnston, American Actress

11

"The thing about Canada is, you're not really considered a Canadian actor unless you do something with the CBC."

"The thing about Canada is, you're not really considered a Canadian actor unless you do something with the CBC."

Lexa Doig, Canadian Actress

11

"I'm waiting for them to make 'Thundercats'. I would love to be Cheetara."

"I'm waiting for them to make 'Thundercats'. I would love to be Cheetara."

Rachel McAdams, Canadian Actress

11

"I think Pedro understands the universe, the same vision I have, about relationships anyhow."

"I think Pedro understands the universe, the same vision I have, about relationships anyhow."

Sonia Braga, Brazilian Actress

Vision, Relationships, Universe

11

"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

11

"I am a smoker, I'm ashamed to say. I had given it up for many years, then picked it up again. It's a horrible habit. I struggle with myself all the time. And I love to smoke."

"I am a smoker, I'm ashamed to say. I had given it up for many years, then picked it up again. It's a horrible habit. I struggle with myself all the time. And I love to smoke."

Melissa Leo, American Actress

Love, Time, Habit, Struggle

11

"Conrad Hilton was very generous to me in the divorce settlement. He gave me 5000 Gideon Bibles."

"Conrad Hilton was very generous to me in the divorce settlement. He gave me 5000 Gideon Bibles."

Zsa Zsa Gabor, Hungarian Actress

11

"I'm so gullible. I'm so damn gullible. And I am so sick of me being gullible."

"I'm so gullible. I'm so damn gullible. And I am so sick of me being gullible."

Lana Turner, American Actress

11

"My desire is to walk with God every day."

"My desire is to walk with God every day."

Janine Turner, American Actress

God, Day, Desire

11

"The fundamental laws of physics do not describe true facts about reality. Rendered as descriptions of facts, they are false; amended to be true, they lose their explanatory force."

"The fundamental laws of physics do not describe true facts about reality. Rendered as descriptions of facts, they are false; amended to be true, they lose their explanatory force."

Nancy Cartwright, American Actress

Fact, Facts, Force, Laws, Physics

11

"Maybe subconsciously I've kept activism separate from acting because it's important to me in a more profound way."

"Maybe subconsciously I've kept activism separate from acting because it's important to me in a more profound way."

Blythe Danner, American Actress

Acting, Activism

11

"I love nerds. Comic-Con junkies are the tastemakers of tomorrow. Isn't that funny? The tables have turned."

"I love nerds. Comic-Con junkies are the tastemakers of tomorrow. Isn't that funny? The tables have turned."

Kristen Bell, American Actress

Love, Funny, Tomorrow

11

"I have no friends and I never leave my house."

"I have no friends and I never leave my house."

Megan Fox, American Actress

Friendship, Friends

11

"I tried to do the commercial thing. But I don't want to keep shoving Twinkies down everyone's throat. People are hungry for something of more substance."

"I tried to do the commercial thing. But I don't want to keep shoving Twinkies down everyone's throat. People are hungry for something of more substance."

Lili Taylor, American Actress

11

"I'm one of those people who figures that it will eventually sort itself out."

"I'm one of those people who figures that it will eventually sort itself out."

Daryl Hannah, American Actress

11

"Everyone is like a butterfly, they start out ugly and awkward and then morph into beautiful graceful butterflies that everyone loves."

"Everyone is like a butterfly, they start out ugly and awkward and then morph into beautiful graceful butterflies that everyone loves."

Drew Barrymore, American Actress

Butterflies, Ugly

11

"It didn't rain today, so I didn't have to work. Why don't you have to sit around and wait until it rains?"

"It didn't rain today, so I didn't have to work. Why don't you have to sit around and wait until it rains?"

Linda Fiorentino, American Actress

Work, Rain, Today

11

"When I'm depressed and I feel low thinking that good movies are not made any more, then I put on his movies and I watch them. I laugh and I cry and I have great pleasure."

"When I'm depressed and I feel low thinking that good movies are not made any more, then I put on his movies and I watch them. I laugh and I cry and I have great pleasure."

Geraldine Chaplin, American Actress

Movies, Pleasure, Thinking

11

"No matter what it is, pick yourself up and go on to the next project."

"No matter what it is, pick yourself up and go on to the next project."

Shelley Duvall, American Actress

11

"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."

"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."

Kristen Bell, American Actress

Love, Act, Caring, Day

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