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Herbert Beerbohm Tree: He is an...

Herbert Beerbohm Tree: He is an...

He is an old bore; even the grave yawns for him.

Source: Referring to Israel...

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Mae West: To err is...

Mae West: To err is...

To err is human, but it feels divine.

Source: The Wit and Wisdom of Mae West.
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Ava Gardner: What's the point?...

Ava Gardner: What's the point?...

What's the point? My face, shall we say, looks lived in.

Source: On not lying about...

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Ruth Draper: He said I...

Ruth Draper: He said I...

He said I was the most sensitive person he had ever seen -- that I belonged to the hyper-hyper type and we rarely...

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Sally Field: It took me...

Sally Field: It took me...

It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else's eyes.

Source: In...

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Glenda Jackson: Acting provides the...

Glenda Jackson: Acting provides the...

Acting provides the fulfillment of never being fulfilled. You're never as good as you'd like to be. So there's always...

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Jeanne Moreau: Some people are...

Jeanne Moreau: Some people are...

Some people are addicts. If they don't act, they don't exist.

Source: In...

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Elizabeth Taylor: When people say,...

Elizabeth Taylor: When people say,...

When people say, She's got everything, I've got one answer: I haven't had tomorrow.

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Shelley Winters: I think on-stage...

Shelley Winters: I think on-stage...

I think on-stage nudity is disgusting, shameful and damaging to all things American. But if I were 22 with a great...

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Debra Winger: I don't believe...

Debra Winger: I don't believe...

I don't believe in careers. I believe in work. I'm not interested in some 'big picture that would be really good for...

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Minnie Maddern Fiske: The great actors...

Minnie Maddern Fiske: The great actors...

The great actors are the luminous ones. They are the great conductors of the stage.

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Michelle Pfeiffer: I like being...

Michelle Pfeiffer: I like being...

I like being prepared. When things are going on and I have to learn my lines at the last minute, I'm never quite...

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Jacqueline Bisset: The thing about...

Jacqueline Bisset: The thing about...

The thing about anything in life is you have to get ready for it. Study, learn and in terms of acting, there's a lot...

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Eleonora Duse: When we grow...

Eleonora Duse: When we grow...

When we grow old, there can only be one regret -- not to have given enough of ourselves.

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Betty Grable: The woman's vision...

Betty Grable: The woman's vision...

The woman's vision is deep reaching, the man's far reaching. With the man the world is his heart, with the woman the...

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Dorothy Gish: I mean what...

Dorothy Gish: I mean what...

I mean what good does it do anyone to kill themselves working, because the worms will get you in the...

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Dorothy Gish: We do not...

Dorothy Gish: We do not...

We do not get paid the exorbitant salaries folk believe, but because of our wealthy reputation we are made to suffer...

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Helen Gahagan Douglas: I never felt...

Helen Gahagan Douglas: I never felt...

I never felt I left the stage.

Source: On being a politician; Center Stage,...

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Rosalind Russell: When something [an...

Rosalind Russell: When something [an...

When something [an affliction] happens to you, you either let it defeat you, or you defeat...

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Shirley Jones: The musicals had...

Shirley Jones: The musicals had...

The musicals had a good, happy feeling, saying that the world is a better place. They say it's not reality, but who...

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