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4499 Actress Quotes

It was Howard Hawks who changed my life.

Changed Hawks Life My Life
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A famous love story is hard to maintain when you both live in the spotlight.
Both Famous Hard Live
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That was my original dream, anyway, to be on stage. I think the stage is an actor's place because actors, it belongs to you.

Actor Actor Anyway Because
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I studied dancing for 13 years. And loved to dance. Always wanted to dance with Fred Astaire.

Always Astaire Dance Dancing
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God - if the press ever quoted anyone correctly, it would be brilliant.
Anyone Brilliant Correctly Ever
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It's just a fact of life that I don't think I've ever been taken particularly seriously in movies by movie makers. I don't know why.

Been Ever Fact Just
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In actual fact, I've never been one, even from childhood, to kind of analyze myself very much.

Actual Analyze Been Childhood
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I've always felt that work - learning from people who know more than I know - is what keeps you going.

Always Felt Going Keeps
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When I was a kid, it was Bette Davis. She was my idol. I used to cut school and sit in the back of the theater; of course, I would have snuck in because I couldn't afford a ticket.

Afford Back Because Bette
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I adored 'Breaking The Waves,' so when Lars von Trier wanted me in 'Dogville,' I was beside myself with joy. He works in a way that nobody I've ever worked with works.

Adored Beside Breaking Ever
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Film is not a woman's medium. If you weren't the hottest kid in town, men stayed away from you.

Away Film Hottest Kid
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My feeling about the movies is that most of them are terrible. If you don't have a decent script and a decent director, forget it.

About Decent Director Feeling
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Growing up an only child with a single parent is probably why I'm an actor.
Actor Child Growing Growing Up
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If I had a normal job and had been moving up, I'd be management level now.

Been Had Job Level
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I've made out more this season on a family-friendly show than ever in my actual life.

Actual Ever Life Made
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Some people think my father was a spy, because of working for that government agency in Vietnam, but he can't find his car keys, much less keep a national secret.

Agency Because Car Car Keys
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The parts for women, you're either like the quietly suffering wife or the wild girl.
Either Girl Like Parts
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You want the story to end when it's supposed to and not be squeezed for somebody's financial gain.

End Financial Gain Somebody
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It's great to have an acting job in the age of Reality TV.

Acting Age Great Job
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The thing I don't like on television is when somebody does something that makes absolutely no sense just for the shock of it.

Absolutely Does Just Like
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I'm nice, and I show up on time.

Nice Show Time Up
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One of the things I like about the show is it redefines the idea of what it is to be a mother, which at its most basic level is to take care of a child. It doesn't mean you have to look like the ladies in the Lysol commercials.

About Basic Care Child
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Perspective is the most important thing to have in life.

Important Important Thing Life Most
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Texting is not flirting, if you don't care about me enough to say the words than that's not love, I don't like it!

About Care Don't Care Enough
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Personally, all I ever want to be wearing are jeans.
Ever Jeans Personally Want
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I've dated people who I thought were going to be a big deal in my life, and I've also spent long periods by myself.

Also Big Big Deal Dated
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While I very much wanted to be in a relationship, I didn't want to be in the wrong one.

Much Relationship Very Want
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My mother had lived in London since I was little, so she never got to see my school plays and stuff.

Got Had Little Lived
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I would like to be part of a family, however that looks. Family is really important to me.

Family However Important Like
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When the creator of the show is gone, the actors end up being the people who have been there the longest.

Actor Been Being Creator
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None of my characters have really had jobs.

Characters Had Jobs None
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All TV shows are basically part of the same storyline.

Basically Part Same Shows
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I just don't know that a TV show demands a movie ending.

Demands Ending Just Know
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Well, it's more of a sane life to be part of an ensemble! I find that the work can be more specific too and I have to really make sure I know where I am in the story because I'm not in every scene.

Am Because Ensemble Every
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The thing you must really do in television is bring yourself to everything you do - you can't try to be anybody else.

Anybody Anybody Else Bring Else
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I think what my hope is is that the only downside of having a steady job on television is, I think for all actors, there's a piece, there's some adrenaline, and part of the love of the job is not knowing what's coming next, and the variety.

Actor Adrenaline Coming Downside
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I take the no-doughnut pledge, and then I break it.

Break Pledge Take Then
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I didn't grow up identifying with beauty. I grew up thinking I could be smart and funny - those are the things I got feedback on.

Beauty Could Feedback Funny
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Like my dad, I have a Christmas party most years. I like to celebrate and see as many people as possible.

Celebrate Christmas Dad Like
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As actors we always say that once the person in a scene gets what they want, the scene is over. It's resolved. But life is never resolved - you're always in the process.

Actor Always Gets Life
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Honestly, 'Parenthood' was not what I planned. I didn't plan to do another drama. I didn't plan to play a single mom. I didn't plan, even, to do an ensemble show. But I hadn't found anything I liked as much. I just connected to the show.

Another Anything Connected Drama
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I always saw myself as a comedic actor and wacky best friend.
Actor Always Best Best Friend
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What I remember about coming to L.A. is that suddenly work was as big a presence in my life as my life itself.

About Big Coming I Remember
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Strangers were worried about me; that's how long I was single!
About How Long Me
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If you're meeting someone for the first time after three hours of hair, makeup, and styling, you've already set the bar too high.

After Bar First First Time
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The thing about good writing is it has a music to it.
About Good Good Writing Music
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I get concerned when I see kids on their phones. They don't read enough anymore, anything longer than a tweet.

Anymore Anything Concerned Enough
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Because I have no consistent schedule as an actor, it was difficult to develop one as a writer. Ideally, I'd like to write first thing in the morning, every day. But sometimes I'm called to set before the sun comes up, or I've worked late the night before, or I'm on a plane.

Actor Because Before Consistent
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Having trees and a track to run on have become more important to me than living near cool restaurants.

Become Cool Having Important
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I've pretty much always been on a diet since I was born. And the women in my family struggle, so I find the less I think about food, in a way, the happier I am. In general, I think I eat less the less I think about it.

About Always Am Been
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