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Quotes by Actress

"The original Mickey Mouse Club, established in the '30s, was designed to attract children to movie theaters."

"I grew up with a lot of boys. I probably have a lot of testosterone for a woman."

"You need to change, renew, and rejuvenate yourself. Put your best foot forward in all that you do; you will develop an unmatched passion."

"I think I've become more comfortable about being a human being."

"Mike Nichols asked if I would do The Birdcage. Mike and I are dear friends but he had never offered me a feature role in a movie. My television career opened other doors for me."

"All this technology for connection and what we really only know more about is how anonymous we are in the grand scheme of things."

"I may be the girl next door, but you wouldn't want to live next to me."

"I don't call it "Life Insurance," I call it "Love Insurance." We buy it because we want to leave a legacy for those we love."

"He's my favorite! He wrote and produced, and starred in and cast all of his movies! Can you imagine? I get really excited when I talk about Charlie Chaplin."
Talk,

"I write most of my own lyrics for my album and I am helping to produce some of the songs as well."

"I thought Erica Jong's Fear of Flying was one of the biggest pieces of crap that I've ever read in my life."


"I keep waiting to meet a man who has more balls than I do."


"My mother gave me a sense of independence, a sense of total confidence that we could do whatever it was we set out to do. That's how we were raised."


"I think it's easy for people to assume that fame is equal to glory, but it can be a very isolating experience."


"A man is insensible to the relish of prosperity until he has tasted adversity."

"When the Exxon Valdez spilled in 1989, I was angry. I even wrote on the back of my car, Boycott Exxon!"
Car,


"I was a brat. It was crazy, I was very picky. In other words, I didn't take advantage of what was happening."

"He started to touch the mechanism under the keyboard, then pulled his hand back with a snap."Ah," he said. "Must deactivate the security....Turn around, please.""What?""Turn around, Claire. It's a secure password!""You have GOT to be kidding.""Why ever would I joke about that? Please turn."

"I've been in the bargain basement of the movie business."

"Instead of joyfully looking forward to my birth, my mother began systematically preparing for her own death. She was fatalistic."

"I was advised by an American agent when I was about 19 to change my surname."
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