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" People say that when you get to a certain age that you start to mellow. I have no idea what these people are talking about. "

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" They made me use an accent, which I wasn't thrilled about because a lot of us, obviously, don't have them. "

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" The part of my personality that most irritated my husband, some of our big, big disagreements were when I got what he called 'showbiz.' He meant flamboyant or raucous. "

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" The one thing I really learned, and learned well, in group therapy was that you don't die if someone doesn't like you. "

" I was dancing for my grandpa from the time I was 4 or 5 years old in Puerto Rico. "

" Actors very often are people who think it's always about 'me,' and I can see why! No one else is going to support you or say, 'Gosh, I'm sorry about that,' or, 'Here, let me give you a job.' It doesn't happen that way. You can see why performers get very self-absorbed. "

" I grew up as a child who felt she was very inferior to everyone else. "

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" You can't, or you shouldn't, be nominated for an Oscar unless you've turned in a performance that's special. "

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" My first American experience was in the harbor of New York City when I saw that amazing big, tall lady. I remember thinking, 'Oh my goodness, a lady runs this country.' "

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" I'm a person who perseveres. You know, you fall down, you get up. "

" I never had an easy time making friends in the past, for many reasons. I didn't go into therapy for nothing. "

" Maybe it's my age, but I know I look good, so I'm not going to look like another person suddenly because I don't have makeup on - same hair, same person. "

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" My video has a lot to do with the inside of a woman. Usually, exercise videos refer to exteriors only. They never talk to a woman where she lives - in her heart and soul. I do that at the beginning and end of mine. "

" When I was nominated for the Oscar, I was absolutely positive that Judy Garland would win for 'Judgment at Nuremberg,' and then they call my name, and I was absolutely paralyzed. And I remember walking down to the stage and saying to myself, 'Don't run. It's not dignified.' "

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

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