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Quotes by Actress

"Not hippie - my parents were not hippies - but they were very supportive and encouraging, and that does a lot for someone, and it gives them a lot of confidence."

"Words, once they are printed, have a life of their own."

"I know the situations that we do every week are all ones that I encounter in my life or will encounter."

"To be honest, I really don't like being the sex object."

"I think that marriage is an amazing institution and should be preserved, and you can have great marriages, and you must because sharing your life with someone is like the greatest thing. And I loved being able to set a good example for that on television."

"There was my name up in lights. I said, 'God, somebody's made a mistake.' But there it was, in lights. And I sat there and said, 'Remember, you're not a star.' Yet there it was up in lights."

"So many people comment that I'm much more mature than average. In this business, you can get taken advantage of if you're not aware and you're not tough."


"The difference between working with a man and a woman... is immense."

"We need men and women to sit down and talk to each other about sex honestly and openly. That would help us fight Aids so immediately. But our lack of communication is hugely problematic."

"People might find me attractive, but it's also my job to prove that I can be intelligent."

"I think I can take responsibility for that in that I was the audience. I was the voice of sanity around whom all these crazies did their dance. And I reacted in the same way that a member of the audience would have reacted."

"Living in America, I became aware of many issues and went through a period of politicization."

"The only work I did for the next five years after splitting from Vincent was work I'd already lined up."

"I went to college in Pittsburgh at Carnegie Mellon University... studied acting there. Then I went to New York for about five years. I moved out here about 10 years ago."

"I have this sense that I didn't really start growing up until my twenties."

"For me, compatibility is a sense of humour, being able to laugh together; that is very important."

"I would roll up pennies to take the subway to work in Times Square. I was broke, but I was happy."
Work,

"I feel that I can't do certain things that have sent to me, scripts, because I think that really - I've been June Cleaver for so many years, because we went back, you know, and we did - 20-year hiatus we had - and we went back and made 105 new ones. And so I really feel very strongly that there are certain things I won't do."


"There is an anti-aging possibility, but it has to come from within."

"I felt totally released from the need to make it as an actress. I had experienced complete fulfillment in something that had nothing to do with me being in the spotlight."

"I was completely loyal and faithful to Stephen throughout this time as, indeed, he assured me he was to me."
Time,


"I was technically a Valley Girl, even though I absolutely dreaded being called that. I really hated the idea that I was a Valley Girl."

"James Stewart was so kind and considerate and had such personal integrity."

"I cannot understate the ability to handle classical texts such as Shakespeare."


"One of the best things for a woman to hear is that she is sexy."

"It sounds ideal, a sort of beach childhood. But it wasn't really. I didn't use the beach very much at all."

"We gave up having a TV last year. I am out of the loop. Life is way better than TV. I recommend it to anyone who has forgotten they have one."
Life,

"Onstage or in films, you do affect peoples' lives, and sometimes that's very gratifying. But still, there's this little voice that says you should be doing something that matters."
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