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"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."
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Lusia Strus
"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."
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"Sometimes I feel limited by people's perceptions of what I can and cannot do, or what I do or don't look like."
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Mira Sorvino
"Sometimes I feel limited by people's perceptions of what I can and cannot do, or what I do or don't look like."
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"I'd been trying for all of the eight years we'd been married to have a child, and finally I did."
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Marie Windsor
"I'd been trying for all of the eight years we'd been married to have a child, and finally I did."
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"Every woman in her late 20s goes through a period where she just doesn't believe love is out there anymore, but it is. And I think the minute you stop looking for it is when it comes for you."
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Kristen Bell
"Every woman in her late 20s goes through a period where she just doesn't believe love is out there anymore, but it is. And I think the minute you stop looking for it is when it comes for you."
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"I like the sound of that, crashing Monica's party," he glanced at Michael, then quickly away. "What about you? That break some kind of vampire rules or something?""Blow me Shane.""Boys," Eve said primly. "Language. Minor at the table.""Well," Shane said, "I wasn't actually planning to do it."Claire rolled her eyes. "Not like it's the first time I've heard it. Or said it.""You shouldnt say it," Michael said, all seriousness. "No, I mean it. Girls should say 'eat me' not 'blow me'. Wouldn't recommend 'bite me' though. Not around here."
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Rachel Caine
"I like the sound of that, crashing Monica's party," he glanced at Michael, then quickly away. "What about you? That break some kind of vampire rules or something?""Blow me Shane.""Boys," Eve said primly. "Language. Minor at the table.""Well," Shane said, "I wasn't actually planning to do it."Claire rolled her eyes. "Not like it's the first time I've heard it. Or said it.""You shouldnt say it," Michael said, all seriousness. "No, I mean it. Girls should say 'eat me' not 'blow me'. Wouldn't recommend 'bite me' though. Not around here."
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"The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure they're going to have some pretty annoying virtues."
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Elizabeth Taylor
"The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure they're going to have some pretty annoying virtues."
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"You know it's love when all you want is that person to be happy, even if you're not part of their happiness."
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Julia Roberts
"You know it's love when all you want is that person to be happy, even if you're not part of their happiness."
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"You're over there in the corner either thinking about the dead dog or whatever, you're bringing up your personal life and you need the space, and then somebody throws you a joke. Especially if it's an emotional scene, you don't want the joke."
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Marcia Gay Harden
"You're over there in the corner either thinking about the dead dog or whatever, you're bringing up your personal life and you need the space, and then somebody throws you a joke. Especially if it's an emotional scene, you don't want the joke."
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"I have an enormous fondness for delicious food. It's very comforting."
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Teri Garr
"I have an enormous fondness for delicious food. It's very comforting."
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"I think London's sexy because it's so full of eccentrics."
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Rachel Weisz
"I think London's sexy because it's so full of eccentrics."
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"We all respect sincerity in our friends and acquaintances, but Hollywood is willing to pay for it."
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Hattie McDaniel
"We all respect sincerity in our friends and acquaintances, but Hollywood is willing to pay for it."
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"It sounds so trite, but my private life is mine."
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Portia de Rossi
"It sounds so trite, but my private life is mine."
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"What is free time? I'm a single mother. My free moments are filled with loving my little girl."
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Roma Downey
"What is free time? I'm a single mother. My free moments are filled with loving my little girl."
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"I regret not doing a film that I was offered with Clark Gable because the script was not good enough."
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Leslie Caron
"I regret not doing a film that I was offered with Clark Gable because the script was not good enough."
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"Amelie said, "I won't be your servant in Morganville. Nor should you be mine. Equals. She offered her hand to him, and he looked down at it, clearly taken aback. But he took it. "Now defend what is ours, my partner. He grinned, grinned! and whirled to meet Myrnin in midleap as Myrnin attacked."
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Rachel Caine
"Amelie said, "I won't be your servant in Morganville. Nor should you be mine. Equals. She offered her hand to him, and he looked down at it, clearly taken aback. But he took it. "Now defend what is ours, my partner. He grinned, grinned! and whirled to meet Myrnin in midleap as Myrnin attacked."
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"In necessary things, unity; in doubtful things, liberty; in all things, charity."
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Anne Baxter
"In necessary things, unity; in doubtful things, liberty; in all things, charity."
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"In her experience, groups of friends like that just didn't open up to include underage, undersized geeks like her. They hadn't sounded mean, they just sounded - self-confident. Something she wasn't."
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Rachel Caine
"In her experience, groups of friends like that just didn't open up to include underage, undersized geeks like her. They hadn't sounded mean, they just sounded - self-confident. Something she wasn't."
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"I did a film about the Zodiac Killer. It turned out well."
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Robin Tunney
"I did a film about the Zodiac Killer. It turned out well."
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"There is a wealth of twentieth century music that is being re-discovered by a generation that hasn't heard it."
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Helen Reddy
"There is a wealth of twentieth century music that is being re-discovered by a generation that hasn't heard it."
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"The more you are in this business, the more humbled by it you become."
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Meryl Streep
"The more you are in this business, the more humbled by it you become."
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"I've become a real housewife. Terry doesn't mind me working, in fact he loves me to be independent. But I only get an allowance of $15 dollars a week, which doesn't go very far."
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Marta Kristen
"I've become a real housewife. Terry doesn't mind me working, in fact he loves me to be independent. But I only get an allowance of $15 dollars a week, which doesn't go very far."
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"I did commercials since I was 16, and that's kind of acting, depending on what you're selling."
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Joan Severance
"I did commercials since I was 16, and that's kind of acting, depending on what you're selling."
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"I started acting when I was 13 in New York. Worked there for a couple years, then auditioned for a show there that was going to be filming here. Ended up coming out, getting the job and just staying."
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Kristanna Loken
"I started acting when I was 13 in New York. Worked there for a couple years, then auditioned for a show there that was going to be filming here. Ended up coming out, getting the job and just staying."
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"Fame an fortune are nothing if you're not happy and healthy."
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Erika Slezak
"Fame an fortune are nothing if you're not happy and healthy."
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"My training in Science of Mind had begun with my mother. She took me to a different church every Sunday, and she encouraged me to question the minister afterward."
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Esther Williams
"My training in Science of Mind had begun with my mother. She took me to a different church every Sunday, and she encouraged me to question the minister afterward."
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"Some of the best roles are for women in these independent, smaller movies."
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Kyra Sedgwick
"Some of the best roles are for women in these independent, smaller movies."
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"There are things that you cannot talk to your mother and father about, there are things that you cannot talk to your children about."
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Shirley Knight
"There are things that you cannot talk to your mother and father about, there are things that you cannot talk to your children about."
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"I have always found it difficult to wait for things - whether it was to see my father or sailor brother, Alan, again after their long sea trips, or the chance of a better job, or even new curtains."
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Anna Neagle
"I have always found it difficult to wait for things - whether it was to see my father or sailor brother, Alan, again after their long sea trips, or the chance of a better job, or even new curtains."
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"People forget we come from an embryo and we're part sperm and part ovary. We have both sides in us."
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Michelle Rodriguez
"People forget we come from an embryo and we're part sperm and part ovary. We have both sides in us."
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"The reason we shot it was that the script was geared to Las Vegas and it was something commercial that we wanted to have in the can in case Butterfly was a success and we needed a follow-up."
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Pia Zadora
"The reason we shot it was that the script was geared to Las Vegas and it was something commercial that we wanted to have in the can in case Butterfly was a success and we needed a follow-up."
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"I never read reviews at all. I'm proud of the work I did."
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Nicole Kidman
"I never read reviews at all. I'm proud of the work I did."
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"You think you can go into all those auditions not knowing who you are? The work came after I found my sense of self - when I wasn't so manic and desperate."
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Jenifer Lewis
"You think you can go into all those auditions not knowing who you are? The work came after I found my sense of self - when I wasn't so manic and desperate."
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"It's funny, I get really nervous when I audition for voiceovers."
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Julie Benz
"It's funny, I get really nervous when I audition for voiceovers."
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"I've never done a big studio film, I've only ever done little ones."
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Brenda Blethyn
"I've never done a big studio film, I've only ever done little ones."
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"The big gap between the ability of actors is confidence."
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Kathleen Turner
"The big gap between the ability of actors is confidence."
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"But I've never felt that being an actress is being in a comfortable place. It's seen from the outside that we're being driven in big cars and having these gorgeous suites and all of that. But come on, it's not about that."
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Juliette Binoche
"But I've never felt that being an actress is being in a comfortable place. It's seen from the outside that we're being driven in big cars and having these gorgeous suites and all of that. But come on, it's not about that."
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"I know as I'm taking my dying breath, the ambulance guy will ask me why they cancelled Action."
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Illeana Douglas
"I know as I'm taking my dying breath, the ambulance guy will ask me why they cancelled Action."
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"I like to take a character and develop it."
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Alison Lohman
"I like to take a character and develop it."
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"It's easy to play a bad girl: You just do everything you've been told not to do, and you don't have to deal with the consequences, because it's only acting."
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Eliza Dushku
"It's easy to play a bad girl: You just do everything you've been told not to do, and you don't have to deal with the consequences, because it's only acting."
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"I want to try everything."
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Rachael Leigh Cook
"I want to try everything."
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"I tried so hard with movies like Vertigo and Middle of the Night and others. I felt those would show me that it's only a matter of time before I'd find the right one to reach out and touch people."
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Kim Novak
"I tried so hard with movies like Vertigo and Middle of the Night and others. I felt those would show me that it's only a matter of time before I'd find the right one to reach out and touch people."
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"I don't think in my family anyone looked after anyone. It didn't matter how old they were."
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Diane Cilento
"I don't think in my family anyone looked after anyone. It didn't matter how old they were."
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"What I love about being an actress is being able to really look into myself and understand another human being."
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Phylicia Rashad
"What I love about being an actress is being able to really look into myself and understand another human being."
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"You can't manage time. You can only manage your life. You can't strategically plan time, you can only plan your life."
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Farshad Asl
"You can't manage time. You can only manage your life. You can't strategically plan time, you can only plan your life."
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"When I see someone who is starved, they don't look alert. They don't have boundless energy. If you're too skinny, it looks like you're near death."
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Kirstie Alley
"When I see someone who is starved, they don't look alert. They don't have boundless energy. If you're too skinny, it looks like you're near death."
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"One of the things I did when I was in New York, which has a wonderful deaf community, is I have worked on making Broadway more accessible to deaf people."
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Camryn Manheim
"One of the things I did when I was in New York, which has a wonderful deaf community, is I have worked on making Broadway more accessible to deaf people."
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"I think it would be hard to go the distance in this business without a sense of humor."
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Patricia Clarkson
"I think it would be hard to go the distance in this business without a sense of humor."
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"Being a working mom is not easy. You have to be willing to screw up at every level."
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Jami Gertz
"Being a working mom is not easy. You have to be willing to screw up at every level."
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"When I go home, I play with my baby dolls and strollers and diaper bags, and play with my sisters."
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Dakota Fanning
"When I go home, I play with my baby dolls and strollers and diaper bags, and play with my sisters."
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"Audiences always sound like they're glad to see me, and I'm damned glad to see them."
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Claudette Colbert
"Audiences always sound like they're glad to see me, and I'm damned glad to see them."
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