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" When I was first starting out, if you were acting on television, it was a real stigma. "

Christine Lahti

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" I wanted to be an actress. In college I was a serious feminist and very political. I was determined to get one thing out of my career and that was respect. I didn't want money. I didn't care about fame. "

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" The crossover wasn't happening. TV actors were TV actors, and film and stage actors were a whole different thing. And now there's just a lot of crossover. "

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" It was not really a career choice that I had to make. It was something I knew right from the beginning. I had to be an actress... period. "

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" When I'm not working, my time is really about my children. "

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" I loved the stage and then grew to love the camera. "

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" I'm more proud of quitting smoking than of anything else I've done in my life, including winning an Oscar. "

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" I most often land up taking up the roles that I most detest. "

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" A friend of mine described it this way: When they were born it was like a meteor landed in our house and blew everything apart. We had to just put all the pieces back. "

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" Sure I faced the troubles and challenges that most actors and actresses face until they get noticed, but I was always confident of myself and my capabilities. "

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" I am an actress and acting is my passion... period! "

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" Competition is very good... as long as its healthy. It's what makes one strive to be better. "

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" I don't want to fight aging; I want to take good care of myself, but plastic surgery and all that? I'm not interested. "

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" And that's why I chose on purpose not to have a death scene. We've seen them in a million movies and it's too much like cranking the tears out. I didn't want that scene. "

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" I think all industries are sexist in nature and I don't think the film industry is any different. "

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