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Quotes by Actress

"Every time your picture is taken, you lose a part of your soul."
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Anna May Wong
"Every time your picture is taken, you lose a part of your soul."
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"I like food. I like eating. And I don't want to deprive myself of good food."
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Sarah Michelle Gellar
"I like food. I like eating. And I don't want to deprive myself of good food."
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"I can't belong to groups. I've tried. I behave normally, but people don't look at me normally."
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Jeanne Moreau
"I can't belong to groups. I've tried. I behave normally, but people don't look at me normally."
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"When I look back at The Judy Garland Show, I have such mixed feelings. It broke my mother's heart when they canceled it."
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Lorna Luft
"When I look back at The Judy Garland Show, I have such mixed feelings. It broke my mother's heart when they canceled it."
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"When I was a kid, I'd kneel down at the side of my bed every night before I went to sleep, and my mother and I would say a Greek prayer to the Virgin Mary."
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Olympia Dukakis
"When I was a kid, I'd kneel down at the side of my bed every night before I went to sleep, and my mother and I would say a Greek prayer to the Virgin Mary."
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"We're traditional and don't do cutting-edge styles, but after 17 years we're holding our own."
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Jaclyn Smith
"We're traditional and don't do cutting-edge styles, but after 17 years we're holding our own."
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"I think Sarah Michelle Gellar has done some brilliant work as Buffy."
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Julie Benz
"I think Sarah Michelle Gellar has done some brilliant work as Buffy."
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"In Hollywood everything is so documented. If you go for a drink with somebody, it's passed around the world so quickly."
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Catherine Zeta-Jones
"In Hollywood everything is so documented. If you go for a drink with somebody, it's passed around the world so quickly."
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"As a mom, I always feel I have to protect them. I talk about them because they are the most important things in my life but they are private people. I won't use them for my own press."
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Jami Gertz
"As a mom, I always feel I have to protect them. I talk about them because they are the most important things in my life but they are private people. I won't use them for my own press."
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"Nothing is impossible, the word itself says 'I'm possible'!"
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Audrey Hepburn
"Nothing is impossible, the word itself says 'I'm possible'!"
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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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"I'm recording an album. It's sort of techno mixed with garbage - you, know, intense in-your-face music."
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Christy Romano
"I'm recording an album. It's sort of techno mixed with garbage - you, know, intense in-your-face music."
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"I grind my teeth and keep my thumbs in so tight that I've dislocated them, just not to scream. Sometimes as an actor one is lucky enough to be asked to scream."
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Jane Birkin
"I grind my teeth and keep my thumbs in so tight that I've dislocated them, just not to scream. Sometimes as an actor one is lucky enough to be asked to scream."
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"I lay in the bed at the hospital and said, 'let's see what I have left.' And I could see, I could speak, I could think, I could read. I simply tabulated my blessings, and that gave me a start."
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Dale Evans
"I lay in the bed at the hospital and said, 'let's see what I have left.' And I could see, I could speak, I could think, I could read. I simply tabulated my blessings, and that gave me a start."
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"How many deaf people do you know in real life? Unless they live in a cave, or are 14, which seems to be true for most people in this business, what could I possibly tell them that they don't already know?"
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Marlee Matlin
"How many deaf people do you know in real life? Unless they live in a cave, or are 14, which seems to be true for most people in this business, what could I possibly tell them that they don't already know?"
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"Everyone the world over talks about British actors and British talent and I think that's because we were trained - until now - in theatre."
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Brenda Blethyn
"Everyone the world over talks about British actors and British talent and I think that's because we were trained - until now - in theatre."
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"It should be only a part of my life, but it isn't. I have only one thing: my work."
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Nastassja Kinski
"It should be only a part of my life, but it isn't. I have only one thing: my work."
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"I dainty little lass I wasn't. I looked twice my age until I turned 10 or 11."
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Maureen O'Hara
"I dainty little lass I wasn't. I looked twice my age until I turned 10 or 11."
Age,
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"Are you trying to give me a hint that I should drop it? I can lose the accent; I just have to really focus on what I'm saying. And I have to talk slowly."
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Leah Remini
"Are you trying to give me a hint that I should drop it? I can lose the accent; I just have to really focus on what I'm saying. And I have to talk slowly."
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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 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."
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Lili Taylor
"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."
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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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"My mother was the dearest, sweetest angel. She didn't talk; she sang. She was a tower of strength."
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Jayne Meadows
"My mother was the dearest, sweetest angel. She didn't talk; she sang. She was a tower of strength."
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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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"When men attempt bold gestures, generally it's considered romantic. When women do it, it's often considered desperate or psycho."
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Sarah Jessica Parker
"When men attempt bold gestures, generally it's considered romantic. When women do it, it's often considered desperate or psycho."
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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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"How do you know love is gone? If you said that you would be there at seven and you get there by nine, and he or she has not called the police yet - it's gone."
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Marlene Dietrich
"How do you know love is gone? If you said that you would be there at seven and you get there by nine, and he or she has not called the police yet - it's gone."
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"I lived in LA for a few months. It seemed like no one there had parents. Or if they did have parents, they would deny it."
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Catherine O'Hara
"I lived in LA for a few months. It seemed like no one there had parents. Or if they did have parents, they would deny it."
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"I think Operation Smile is in more than 22 countries, mostly Third World. It just happened that my schedule opened up at the time they were heading to Vietnam."
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Roma Downey
"I think Operation Smile is in more than 22 countries, mostly Third World. It just happened that my schedule opened up at the time they were heading to Vietnam."
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"I realized that I wanted to play characters and do traditional theatre. I wanted to make believe again. I like putting on a costume and pretending to be someone else for a few hours, and I have a great respect for playwrights."
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Lusia Strus
"I realized that I wanted to play characters and do traditional theatre. I wanted to make believe again. I like putting on a costume and pretending to be someone else for a few hours, and I have a great respect for playwrights."
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"I don't mind being a tourist at all, and a gawker. I just walk around."
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Ann Robinson
"I don't mind being a tourist at all, and a gawker. I just walk around."
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"I had to have a large kitchen because I look to cook."
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Traci Bingham
"I had to have a large kitchen because I look to cook."
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"Attraction is beyond our will or ideas sometimes."
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Juliette Binoche
"Attraction is beyond our will or ideas sometimes."
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"It's not that I don't want to become famous or that I'm obsessed by my work as an actress, but it's all about not limiting myself, such as putting myself in a little jail that I can escape from."
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Sarah Polley
"It's not that I don't want to become famous or that I'm obsessed by my work as an actress, but it's all about not limiting myself, such as putting myself in a little jail that I can escape from."
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"I went to a woman for advice about how to be in business, but I learned a great deal from men."
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Victoria Principal
"I went to a woman for advice about how to be in business, but I learned a great deal from men."
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"I'd like to change my butt. It hangs a little too long. God forbid what it will look like when I'm older. It will probably be dragging along on the ground behind me."
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Teri Hatcher
"I'd like to change my butt. It hangs a little too long. God forbid what it will look like when I'm older. It will probably be dragging along on the ground behind me."
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"I want to travel. Maybe I'll end up living in Norway, making cakes."
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Eva Green
"I want to travel. Maybe I'll end up living in Norway, making cakes."
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"If I dated as many people as they said I have, then I would be dead, because it's just not possible."
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Lindsay Lohan
"If I dated as many people as they said I have, then I would be dead, because it's just not possible."
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"Probably some of the projects I chose to do after that had more to do with what people thought of me. The industry was very open and probably hoping that I could do anything."
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Bo Derek
"Probably some of the projects I chose to do after that had more to do with what people thought of me. The industry was very open and probably hoping that I could do anything."
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"I think I am too old to be doing teen movies. I am just kind of annoyed, because you have all these teen movies coming out with usually either Lindsay Lohan or Hilary Duff doing four of the exact teen movies over and over again."
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Alexa Vega
"I think I am too old to be doing teen movies. I am just kind of annoyed, because you have all these teen movies coming out with usually either Lindsay Lohan or Hilary Duff doing four of the exact teen movies over and over again."
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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'm a late bloomer. Being a late bloomer is a problem when you decide at 40 you want to have children."
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Daphne Zuniga
"I'm a late bloomer. Being a late bloomer is a problem when you decide at 40 you want to have children."
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"Everyone else trains just as hard as well and that there really is no such a thing as overnight success."
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Julie Benz
"Everyone else trains just as hard as well and that there really is no such a thing as overnight success."
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"At this point, I can't say what network would be picking it up, but I know that it would be a success."
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Christy Romano
"At this point, I can't say what network would be picking it up, but I know that it would be a success."
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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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"What in heaven's name is strange about a grandmother dancing nude? I'll bet lots of grandmothers do it."
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Sally Rand
"What in heaven's name is strange about a grandmother dancing nude? I'll bet lots of grandmothers do it."
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"I do Yoga. I'd like to say I do it every morning, but I don't, I just don't have the time."
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Radha Mitchell
"I do Yoga. I'd like to say I do it every morning, but I don't, I just don't have the time."
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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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"I don't think the money people in Hollywood have ever thought I was normal, but I am dedicated to my work and that's what counts."
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Angelina Jolie
"I don't think the money people in Hollywood have ever thought I was normal, but I am dedicated to my work and that's what counts."
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