Me Quotes
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I had a suit made for me when I was five. It was double-breasted, mohair and purple. My mother was very particular about clothing - it always used to have to go back into the plastic and it used to drive me insane.
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There's no such thing as second class citizenship. That's like telling me you can be a little bit pregnant.
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My mom took me to see Carnal Knowledge and The Wild Bunch and all these kind of movies when I was a kid.
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I was, like, in a rap gang. I loved rap, and it was all around me.
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There are many things that keep me from getting married. But there will be a time when marriage makes sense to me.
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I'm more disturbed when people expect me to be serious.
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Fame has become this obsession for people, which kind of creeps me out.
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The movie I've watched a million times is 'A Face in the Crowd,' directed by Elia Kazan, starring Andy Griffith and Patricia Neal. I first saw this movie, I guess I was in my early 20s. I'd never heard of it, and somebody told me about it, and I watched it and was just completely jaw-droppingly shocked at how current it was.
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My history teacher was utterly terrifying, but her lessons were very inspiring. She got me interested in people and stories, which then led me to acting.
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I live in one of Judy Garland's houses. As a fan, I never much liked Judy Garland, but living here, I feel like I have come to know her. People have given me a few of her possessions, and my neighbors have told me things that I wish I didn't know.
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Mainly what I learned from Buddy... was an attitude. He loved music, and he taught me that it shouldn't have any barriers to it.
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When you make your first film at 47 and anybody but your mother goes to see it, to me, that's a miracle.
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I'm very interested to see how this new painting will go - I know I want it big and stark, and as I said, I follow the muse, and that's when it always works perfectly for me.
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I didn't want to be an actress. I wasn't trying to be in film or an art gallery for me.
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Novels taught me that history is dramatic. I wanted my students to know that, too.
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A lot of people have called me the black Bette Midler, and I regard that as a compliment.
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In terms of the movie business, being in a 'Lord of the Rings' has given me more interesting options as work.
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Outlining is like putting on training wheels. It gives me the courage to write, but we always go off the outline.
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Scrutiny has never scared me because I have had detractors all my life.
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My parents never pushed me to ski race. It was my choice and something I really wanted to do. I would have rebelled if they had pushed me, and I wouldn't have had the same passion.
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I think 30 is a big jump from your 20s, but 40 holds no fear for me.
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Well, the biggest rival I had in my career was me.
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This haunting idea of becoming a celebrity doesn't settle well with me at all.
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Here is God's purpose - for God, to me, it seems, is a verb not a noun, proper or improper.
