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" Doing 'Life Without Makeup' onstage is what inspired me to do a book in the first place. "

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" There is something about sex that always brings out the funny in me. I think it's because we make such fools of ourselves over it. "

" You can never fight for a part or can't beg them to do another audition. You can try, but that rarely works. "

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" I watch 'Singin' in the Rain' at least once a year with my grandchildren, and they just adore it. "

" I played a Siamese girl from Thailand. I played an Arabian girl. I did a lot of American Indians. I never, ever was able to do a part without assuming some kind of accent. "

" I get embarrassed when I go to an actor or actress's home and it's filled with pictures of them. "

" Being the house ethnic was destroying my life and my sense of myself, because I had been consigned to play every dusky maiden you have ever seen in your life in movies. "

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" Being in service and being involved in something that is greater than you is what makes a person complete and whole. The very first thing I ever did in terms of activism was for an anti-atom bomb rally. "

" My idol when I was a kid was Elizabeth Taylor. "

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" Oh, I think Scarlett Johansson is a terrific actress. I think she's just marvelous. "

" I think lying is a bad idea. Sooner or later, someone's going to catch you. "

" It's not easy having a partnership in this business. "

" Is there a grandmother that isn't spunky on television? Is there such a creature? "

" I was not treated like a serious young actress, and that was very hard. It sent me into psychotherapy, which is one of the smartest things I ever did. It taught me that I had to find value in myself. "

" I write with my left hand even though I'm right-handed, I walk backwards in a very safe place - anything that engages your brain. "

" I'm an afternoon tea maven. I can tell you who has the best tea in every country. "

" Smell the roses. Smell the coffee. Whatever it is that makes you happy. "

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" When I was a little girl, there was no Variety Latino. When I was a little girl, there was no nothing. There were very few roles for people like myself. "

" My husband and I were very different: I'm spontaneous and emotional; I'm loud - he was exactly the opposite. But you need to be flexible. "

" I've always had this image of this strong, sprightly person who is undaunted by anything; on the contrary, I was one of the shyest, most unsure people you ever met in your life. But I have one very specific quality: I'm plucky. I really am. I would say that's a perfect description of my personality. "

" There are some fabulous treasures of photos of me during the early days of my career; there are these pin-up photos that make me laugh: I look like the poor man's Maria Montez. But there are some I look at, and I didn't realize how sexy I looked back then. "

" When I was in my teens and into my early 20s, I had acne. I used to get those big purple jobs, but not a lot of them, thank goodness, because you really couldn't see them in the films that I did. "

" I was determined that with perseverance and faith, at some point, someone would say, 'This girl has talent,' and would cast me in something meaningful. "

" Bigger than life is not difficult for me. I am bigger than life. "