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Quotes by Actress

"The child gets two confusing messages when a parent tells him which is the right fork to use, and then proceeds to use the wrong one. So does the child who listens to parents bicker and fuss, yet is told to be nice to his brothers and sisters."

"My mother felt it was time that I had some parental control, so I went off to America and went to New York."

"It's really difficult for me. Language, I am sorry that I haven't. I think I just always expected that you learn a word in place of a word and when I discovered how difficult the grammar was and learning that was very discouraging for me."

"When I was at school I used to scream in trains, in those concertina things between the carriages. I used to try to be so good that sometimes I couldn't bear it any more."

"I have no interest whatsoever in being a high-fashion model, nor is it possible."

"I still have highs and lows, just like any other person. What's missing is the lack of control over the super highs, which became destructive, and the super lows, which are immediately destructive."

"I love acting, but it's much more fun taking the kids to the zoo."

"I think seeing some of the past can be helpful, especially if you're into crime solving."

"It was a struggle treating Claude Rains as my lover, but we were friendly. It was no great love affair."

"There has also been much love, joy, evidence of admiration, there has never been one without the other."


"If there's a Disney animated feature based in Hawaii, I knew I had to be part of it. I'm very proud to be from Hawaii. There was no question the role was mine."

"I hope they make a show like M*A*S*H, which dealt with a lot of difficult subject matter but was very funny."

"I am proud to be a role model for my viewers. I am finding out that helping victims is as or more rewarding the all the awards I wins."

"When child actors act well they're just reacting to situations, and they're acting very real because their life experience is so short; there's no history to fall back on."

"I'm not for gratuitous nudity, but if there's humor, I don't have a problem."


"I got even with all the bad management I had by being a good manager."

"When I meet large women who walk with confidence and are articulate and really have an understanding of how they walk in this world, I love them so deeply for being able to overcome such unbelievable odds."

"I think all industries are sexist in nature and I don't think the film industry is any different."

"I had to learn how to chop wood actually - I don't think my dad would have let me go chop wood in the backyard growing up."

"Mel is a great director because he's not just a director, he's an actor, so he knows how to direct actors. I loved working with him. He's great as a director. He's so intelligent. He's generous. I really loved him."

"Very few people run around and get amnesia and have comas and come out of them and do all the silly of people have strokes and have comas and come out of them and do all the silly things we do on soaps."
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