Victoria Principal Quotes
I became so consumed with trying to live up to what the public expected that I lost myself. I don't know of anyone else who can say this.
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I do focus my energy on music, but it's just the way that the industry works. I kind of have to take what I can get when it comes to acting and show up so they'll hire me. And music I get to do when I have time. It's not that I focus less, it's just the way it works.
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I'm a mother of three. I don't really have the time to put very elaborate outfits together, so I keep it casual but dress it up with shoes, a bag, and jewellery.
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Anyone familiar with my work knows that I am extremely critical of all religious faiths.
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I think the best president - because he changed the whole mood of the country, the whole economy of the country, and stood up to Communism... that was continuing its causes around the world, and backed them off and caused them to collapse - and that was Ronald Reagan.
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They do not understand Islam, and I think that is one area where perhaps I hope one day I will play a role in actually making people understand what we perceive Islam to be.
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To work with children anywhere is just plain fun.
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When I did 'The Cell' - no matter what you think of that movie, because I have my opinions of it too - it was, you know, I still have nightmares from the research that I did. Not from playing the part, just from the research.
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I've sort of been an anthropologist of modern America, in a non-academic way. Whether it's Marines or Tupperware salesladies, high end audiophiles or bike couriers, I'm fascinated by the hallmarks of the American tribe.
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One has to be fully committed to one's career. Otherwise, there's no point.
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I had the story, bit by bit, from various people, and, as generally happens in such cases, each time it was a different story.
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I come from a Christian faith. I am not going to give you insight into my particular beliefs.
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I have been, and will remain, outspoken in my insistence that Israel has a right to live in peace and security.
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A novel is a great act of passion and intellect, carpentry and largess. From the very beginning, I wrote to explain my own life to myself, and I invited readers who chose to make the journey with me to join me on the high wire.
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I have to prove myself in a lot of ways - as an actor, as a person, as someone who can handle pressure.
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It's funny; people get so doctrinaire about music. It should be the last thing you don't have an open mind about.
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I love Adele; she's a timeless, classic beauty. I think she's beautiful. She's just a real woman.
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People want opportunity so they can earn security.
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The Yale group was doing the Harold. So by our senior year we were trying to do the Harold. Again, we had no idea what we were doing. We had one guy in the group who was pretty experimental; he would kind of push us to do weird things. It was really fun, a great experience.
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I'm not a person who would get up at 5 A.M. to write, but I could sacrifice my Friday night and just order in dinner, sit at home and get into it.
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Food is not a means toward resolution. It can't cure heartbreak or solve untenable dilemmas.
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When I started at the Air Force Academy, I found out that I couldn't be a fighter pilot simply because I had ovaries. That was enough to make me go for it.
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At 32, I kind of thought I was past the point where I was gonna get a break that really changed my life overnight.
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The toughest challenge I faced came right at the beginning of my career with 'Blood Knot,' which was trying to convince South African audiences that South African stories also had a place on the stage.
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I became so consumed with trying to live up to what the public expected that I lost myself. I don't know of anyone else who can say this.
