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"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."
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Jenna Elfman
"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."
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"Words, once they are printed, have a life of their own."
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Carol Burnett
"Words, once they are printed, have a life of their own."
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"I like being in movies that have a great story. I'm not so interested in being a Hollywood star. It's a job, you know. When you wake up at six in the morning every day for a week, it feels like hard work."
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Kristen Stewart
"I like being in movies that have a great story. I'm not so interested in being a Hollywood star. It's a job, you know. When you wake up at six in the morning every day for a week, it feels like hard work."
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"I know the situations that we do every week are all ones that I encounter in my life or will encounter."
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Patricia Heaton
"I know the situations that we do every week are all ones that I encounter in my life or will encounter."
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"To be honest, I really don't like being the sex object."
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Izabella Scorupco
"To be honest, I really don't like being the sex object."
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"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."
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Jenna Elfman
"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."
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"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."
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Marilyn Monroe
"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."
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"I never get scared making these kinds of movies because it's all make-believe, but I did cry when I saw the finished version of Man On Fire because it is so sad."
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Dakota Fanning
"I never get scared making these kinds of movies because it's all make-believe, but I did cry when I saw the finished version of Man On Fire because it is so sad."
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"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."
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Amanda Bynes
"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."
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"We are so lucky Americans are impressive with what they're willing to give. We get bashed too much. And, so many young people in this country give so much. They're not all gang bangers."
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Jami Gertz
"We are so lucky Americans are impressive with what they're willing to give. We get bashed too much. And, so many young people in this country give so much. They're not all gang bangers."
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"The difference between working with a man and a woman... is immense."
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Sherilyn Fenn
"The difference between working with a man and a woman... is immense."
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"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."
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Emma Thompson
"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."
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"People might find me attractive, but it's also my job to prove that I can be intelligent."
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Portia de Rossi
"People might find me attractive, but it's also my job to prove that I can be intelligent."
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"We all have levels of performance."
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Angela Lansbury
"We all have levels of performance."
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"The women's movement hasn't changed my sex life. It wouldn't dare."
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Zsa Zsa Gabor
"The women's movement hasn't changed my sex life. It wouldn't dare."
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"Bambi has a profound effect on children because it's about losing your mother."
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Christine Baranski
"Bambi has a profound effect on children because it's about losing your mother."
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"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."
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Mary Tyler Moore
"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."
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"Living in America, I became aware of many issues and went through a period of politicization."
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Julie Christie
"Living in America, I became aware of many issues and went through a period of politicization."
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"The only work I did for the next five years after splitting from Vincent was work I'd already lined up."
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Greta Scacchi
"The only work I did for the next five years after splitting from Vincent was work I'd already lined up."
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"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."
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Laura San Giacomo
"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."
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"If you haven't cried, your eyes can't be beautiful."
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Sophia Loren
"If you haven't cried, your eyes can't be beautiful."
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"I'm gonna give them the advice that I always took myself, that it's better to get to know somebody before you jump into the sack with them. Because then if you jump into the sack and fall in love, and you liked them already, you're home free."
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Pia Zadora
"I'm gonna give them the advice that I always took myself, that it's better to get to know somebody before you jump into the sack with them. Because then if you jump into the sack and fall in love, and you liked them already, you're home free."
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"The theme of the party was Neverland Ranch, so guests were asked to come as anyone or anything associated with Michael Jackson. It was all very disturbing."
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April Winchell
"The theme of the party was Neverland Ranch, so guests were asked to come as anyone or anything associated with Michael Jackson. It was all very disturbing."
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"I have this sense that I didn't really start growing up until my twenties."
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Winona Ryder
"I have this sense that I didn't really start growing up until my twenties."
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"For me, compatibility is a sense of humour, being able to laugh together; that is very important."
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Felicity Kendal
"For me, compatibility is a sense of humour, being able to laugh together; that is very important."
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"To me, celebrity doesn't mean a whole lot unless you're willing to use it. So I wanted to use it in a different way, with my AIDS work, the human rights stuff for the gay and lesbian community and the speaking I do."
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Judith Light
"To me, celebrity doesn't mean a whole lot unless you're willing to use it. So I wanted to use it in a different way, with my AIDS work, the human rights stuff for the gay and lesbian community and the speaking I do."
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"A man has every season while a woman only has the right to spring."
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Jane Fonda
"A man has every season while a woman only has the right to spring."
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"It doesn't bother me that Seven has such an overtly sexual presence, because she has no concept of what effect that physical package would have on some male member of the crew. That's what's fun, her innocence."
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Jeri Ryan
"It doesn't bother me that Seven has such an overtly sexual presence, because she has no concept of what effect that physical package would have on some male member of the crew. That's what's fun, her innocence."
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"For a long time, I really struggled with the idea of being an actor because I really felt that I should be in the Peace Corps."
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Camryn Manheim
"For a long time, I really struggled with the idea of being an actor because I really felt that I should be in the Peace Corps."
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"I would roll up pennies to take the subway to work in Times Square. I was broke, but I was happy."
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Jennifer Garner
"I would roll up pennies to take the subway to work in Times Square. I was broke, but I was happy."
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"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."
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Barbara Billingsley
"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."
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"Actors, after all, dream."
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Nastassja Kinski
"Actors, after all, dream."
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"People have a hard time making me dress up to look like a classy gal."
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Judy Holliday
"People have a hard time making me dress up to look like a classy gal."
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"There is an anti-aging possibility, but it has to come from within."
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Susan Anton
"There is an anti-aging possibility, but it has to come from within."
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"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."
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Patricia Heaton
"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."
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"I was completely loyal and faithful to Stephen throughout this time as, indeed, he assured me he was to me."
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Elizabeth Hurley
"I was completely loyal and faithful to Stephen throughout this time as, indeed, he assured me he was to me."
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"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."
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Robin Wright Penn
"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."
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"And the insidious thing is that people will either see a movie because it did well last weekend or won't see it because it didn't do well."
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Meg Ryan
"And the insidious thing is that people will either see a movie because it did well last weekend or won't see it because it didn't do well."
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"James Stewart was so kind and considerate and had such personal integrity."
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Brigitte Bardot
"James Stewart was so kind and considerate and had such personal integrity."
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"I cannot understate the ability to handle classical texts such as Shakespeare."
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Louise Jameson
"I cannot understate the ability to handle classical texts such as Shakespeare."
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"I try to live my life every day in the present, and try not to turn a blind eye to injustice and need."
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Susan Sarandon
"I try to live my life every day in the present, and try not to turn a blind eye to injustice and need."
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"One of the best things for a woman to hear is that she is sexy."
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Scarlett Johansson
"One of the best things for a woman to hear is that she is sexy."
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"It sounds ideal, a sort of beach childhood. But it wasn't really. I didn't use the beach very much at all."
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Miranda Richardson
"It sounds ideal, a sort of beach childhood. But it wasn't really. I didn't use the beach very much at all."
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"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."
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Jasmine Guy
"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."
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"My dream is to eventually open a children's theatre."
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Moira Kelly
"My dream is to eventually open a children's theatre."
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"People talk worse about people than they talk good about people, because a lot of people like drama."
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Hilary Duff
"People talk worse about people than they talk good about people, because a lot of people like drama."
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"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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Blythe Danner
"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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"It's also very painful, because I feel, and I know, probably all women my age and older feel like we're better and have more to give and are more fun now."
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Barbara Hershey
"It's also very painful, because I feel, and I know, probably all women my age and older feel like we're better and have more to give and are more fun now."
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"Then in came this script with another very low offer, and another drug addict and a depressing and difficult part to play. I thought, 'Why should I put myself through that for hardly any money?'"
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Ellen Burstyn
"Then in came this script with another very low offer, and another drug addict and a depressing and difficult part to play. I thought, 'Why should I put myself through that for hardly any money?'"
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"I don't think kids have a problem with death. It's us older ones who are nearer to it, that start being frightened."
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Helena Bonham Carter
"I don't think kids have a problem with death. It's us older ones who are nearer to it, that start being frightened."
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