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" I was brought up Catholic, and my family is still very religious. "

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" Scarlett O'Hara didn't think she was manipulating. That's just the way she got what she wanted. "

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" Rita Hayworth in Gilda... there's not a shot of her in that movie that isn't gorgeous. "

" Even colors were important to me. If it was a somber scene, the colors were muted and dark. If it was a happy or seductive scene, the colors were brighter. "

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" One of my favorite movies is The Little Foxes. "

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" My message is - keep moving. If you do, you'll keep arthritis at bay. "

" I was always cutting dialogue out when we were rehearsing, and when I produced movies, too. I felt that people don't say things in life - they act, they do things. I always wanted my characters doing, rather than saying what they were doing - which was redundant. "

" I always wanted to go against hat grain because it was too restricting. "

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" There were episodes where I would wear seven or eight outfits. It took a lot of time to get those together. What the character wears is very essential to how I create the character. "

" A lot of actors just do whatever they do, and wherever the camera is, it is. They don't pay much attention, but I always did. I was always very close to the camera crew. They were my best buddies, no matter what movie or show I was doing. "

" Early on in my career, I'd go into the makeup trailer, and they'd spend an hour doing my makeup, and I would hate it. I'd go into the bathroom, wash it off and start over again, which took an enormous amount of time. So I just started doing it myself. "

" I kept bugging them about making it more upscale, because I felt Abby, through her cleverness and business sense, was a character who would move up. And that's what she did. "