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Quotes by Actress

"The original Mickey Mouse Club, established in the '30s, was designed to attract children to movie theaters."
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Annette Funicello
"The original Mickey Mouse Club, established in the '30s, was designed to attract children to movie theaters."
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"I grew up with a lot of boys. I probably have a lot of testosterone for a woman."
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Cameron Diaz
"I grew up with a lot of boys. I probably have a lot of testosterone for a woman."
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"We say to the British government: you have kept those sculptures for almost two centuries. You have cared for them as well as you could, for which we thank you. But now in the name of fairness and morality, please give them back."
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Melina Mercouri
"We say to the British government: you have kept those sculptures for almost two centuries. You have cared for them as well as you could, for which we thank you. But now in the name of fairness and morality, please give them back."
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"A lot of people recognize me or feel that they know me. A lot of times when I speak, they recognize my voice. It's fun, it's exciting. It's always good feedback."
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Tina Yothers
"A lot of people recognize me or feel that they know me. A lot of times when I speak, they recognize my voice. It's fun, it's exciting. It's always good feedback."
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"I love boxing. There's something fierce about using your body's force that way."
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Sophia Bush
"I love boxing. There's something fierce about using your body's force that way."
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"You need to change, renew, and rejuvenate yourself. Put your best foot forward in all that you do; you will develop an unmatched passion."
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Farshad Asl
"You need to change, renew, and rejuvenate yourself. Put your best foot forward in all that you do; you will develop an unmatched passion."
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"If you're happy, if you're feeling good, then nothing else matters."
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Robin Wright Penn
"If you're happy, if you're feeling good, then nothing else matters."
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"I think I've become more comfortable about being a human being."
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Cameron Diaz
"I think I've become more comfortable about being a human being."
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"When I die, my epitaph should read: She Paid the Bills. That's the story of my private life."
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Gloria Swanson
"When I die, my epitaph should read: She Paid the Bills. That's the story of my private life."
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"I don't want to tell people what I make. It's a lot more than I ever dreamed of as a kid. I never think about it."
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Joan Chen
"I don't want to tell people what I make. It's a lot more than I ever dreamed of as a kid. I never think about it."
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"God only knows what else is on the web about me."
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Illeana Douglas
"God only knows what else is on the web about me."
God,
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"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."
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Christine Baranski
"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."
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"All this technology for connection and what we really only know more about is how anonymous we are in the grand scheme of things."
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Heather Donahue
"All this technology for connection and what we really only know more about is how anonymous we are in the grand scheme of things."
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"I may be the girl next door, but you wouldn't want to live next to me."
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Elisabeth Shue
"I may be the girl next door, but you wouldn't want to live next to me."
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"I love... anything in black and white. Just put it on the TV, I'll watch."
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Anna Chlumsky
"I love... anything in black and white. Just put it on the TV, I'll watch."
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"I'm 20 years old. I like to party as much as anyone my age. Going clubbing is my way of relaxing or releasing a lot of stress. I don't feel that I should have to justify that part of my life. I don't know that I'm necessarily an addict."
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Lindsay Lohan
"I'm 20 years old. I like to party as much as anyone my age. Going clubbing is my way of relaxing or releasing a lot of stress. I don't feel that I should have to justify that part of my life. I don't know that I'm necessarily an addict."
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"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."
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Farshad Asl
"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."
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"You shouldn't get to live in society and give nothing back. People complain about their taxes, yet they do nothing for the community. That makes me furious."
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Kathleen Turner
"You shouldn't get to live in society and give nothing back. People complain about their taxes, yet they do nothing for the community. That makes me furious."
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"I am like many of the women I have played onscreen."
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Maureen O'Hara
"I am like many of the women I have played onscreen."
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"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."
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Emma Stone
"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."
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"If you feel rooted in your home and family, if you're active in your community, there's nothing more empowering. The best way to make a difference in the world is to start by making a difference in your own life."
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Julia Louis Dreyfus
"If you feel rooted in your home and family, if you're active in your community, there's nothing more empowering. The best way to make a difference in the world is to start by making a difference in your own life."
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"I can do comedy, so people want me to do that, but the other side of comedy is depression. Deep, deep depression is the flip side of comedy. Casting agents don't realize it but in order to be funny you have to have that other side."
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Parker Posey
"I can do comedy, so people want me to do that, but the other side of comedy is depression. Deep, deep depression is the flip side of comedy. Casting agents don't realize it but in order to be funny you have to have that other side."
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"I write most of my own lyrics for my album and I am helping to produce some of the songs as well."
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Lindsay Lohan
"I write most of my own lyrics for my album and I am helping to produce some of the songs as well."
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"I thought Erica Jong's Fear of Flying was one of the biggest pieces of crap that I've ever read in my life."
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Helen Reddy
"I thought Erica Jong's Fear of Flying was one of the biggest pieces of crap that I've ever read in my life."
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"I keep waiting to meet a man who has more balls than I do."
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Salma Hayek
"I keep waiting to meet a man who has more balls than I do."
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"It was not really a career choice that I had to make. It was something I knew right from the beginning. I had to be an actress... period."
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Christine Lahti
"It was not really a career choice that I had to make. It was something I knew right from the beginning. I had to be an actress... period."
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"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."
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Robin Wright Penn
"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."
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"I think it's easy for people to assume that fame is equal to glory, but it can be a very isolating experience."
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Sophia Bush
"I think it's easy for people to assume that fame is equal to glory, but it can be a very isolating experience."
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"I existed in a world that never is - the prison of the mind."
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Gene Tierney
"I existed in a world that never is - the prison of the mind."
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"A man is insensible to the relish of prosperity until he has tasted adversity."
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Rosalind Russell
"A man is insensible to the relish of prosperity until he has tasted adversity."
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"Bad men skulking in the darkness have always been there, and always will."
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Rachel Caine
"Bad men skulking in the darkness have always been there, and always will."
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"When the Exxon Valdez spilled in 1989, I was angry. I even wrote on the back of my car, Boycott Exxon!"
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Alexandra Paul
"When the Exxon Valdez spilled in 1989, I was angry. I even wrote on the back of my car, Boycott Exxon!"
Car,
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"He was doing - Ray was designing the clothes for my mom's show from California. And one of the first appearances I ever made on television was on my mother's show and Ray and Bob did the clothes for that. It has been a long time."
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Liza Minnelli
"He was doing - Ray was designing the clothes for my mom's show from California. And one of the first appearances I ever made on television was on my mother's show and Ray and Bob did the clothes for that. It has been a long time."
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"Success is a nice by-product but what I really want is work."
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Juliette Lewis
"Success is a nice by-product but what I really want is work."
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"I was a brat. It was crazy, I was very picky. In other words, I didn't take advantage of what was happening."
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Sherilyn Fenn
"I was a brat. It was crazy, I was very picky. In other words, I didn't take advantage of what was happening."
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"I stay in tune with my family and God."
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Regina King
"I stay in tune with my family and God."
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"All I need to do to stay healthy is look at my three boys."
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Tracey Gold
"All I need to do to stay healthy is look at my three boys."
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"I want to be perfect. I don't want to fail. And you always fail."
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Robin Wright Penn
"I want to be perfect. I don't want to fail. And you always fail."
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"Being an actor, you are recognized for being somebody else, whereas these books are distilled from me."
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Jamie Lee Curtis
"Being an actor, you are recognized for being somebody else, whereas these books are distilled from me."
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"Normal is in the eye of the beholder."
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Whoopi Goldberg
"Normal is in the eye of the beholder."
Eye,
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"I believe all drunks go to heaven, because they've been through hell on Earth."
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Liza Minnelli
"I believe all drunks go to heaven, because they've been through hell on Earth."
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"I would love to re-visit Darla. I miss her. I really do."
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Julie Benz
"I would love to re-visit Darla. I miss her. I really do."
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"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."
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Rachel Caine
"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."
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"I like time off because I also have a life outside of theater."
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Estelle Parsons
"I like time off because I also have a life outside of theater."
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"I have known for some time that I can meet any man I want but that does not mean that I want to meet anyone. I certainly don't like being forced into situations."
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Sharon Stone
"I have known for some time that I can meet any man I want but that does not mean that I want to meet anyone. I certainly don't like being forced into situations."
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"I've been in the bargain basement of the movie business."
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Linda Fiorentino
"I've been in the bargain basement of the movie business."
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"Instead of joyfully looking forward to my birth, my mother began systematically preparing for her own death. She was fatalistic."
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Lorna Luft
"Instead of joyfully looking forward to my birth, my mother began systematically preparing for her own death. She was fatalistic."
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"The play is one of the very few pieces of great dramatic and comic writing that I have read in a long, long time. I was drawn to it because of the power of the writing, which gives me the actor a chance to explore many facets of myself."
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Linda Lavin
"The play is one of the very few pieces of great dramatic and comic writing that I have read in a long, long time. I was drawn to it because of the power of the writing, which gives me the actor a chance to explore many facets of myself."
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"West Hollywood is predominantly gay, so every man that came into the grocery store was shopping for his boyfriend."
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Jeri Ryan
"West Hollywood is predominantly gay, so every man that came into the grocery store was shopping for his boyfriend."
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"I was advised by an American agent when I was about 19 to change my surname."
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Rachel Weisz
"I was advised by an American agent when I was about 19 to change my surname."
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