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Anjelica Huston

Profession : Actress

Birth : July 8, 1951

I'm not all that big on rides. I sort of like bumper cars but I don't really go to Disneyland all that much unless if have nieces and nephews or people to take.

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I think it is easier to hear my voice than see myself onscreen, particularly as the years progress. Watching myself onscreen becomes less and less enthralling.

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During the four years I had spent in New York, I had achieved top status as a model and had worked for the best photographers and designers in the world. I had grown used to hearing that I was exotic and high-fashion.

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I had one nanny who made me sit in front of a bowl of porridge for three or four days running when I refused to eat it. I remember being very unhappy about that.

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I know certainly, when one job draws to a close, that I feel I'm simply never going to work again. No one will ever want me for anything ever again. I think that's a vulnerable moment in every actor's life, and it happens every time you finish a film.

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I don't believe in privacy. I mean, I like the idea of privacy, but I don't believe that it happens anymore. I think privacy is something, I am afraid, we seem to be waving goodbye to.

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When you don't have a nine-to-five job, and you're with somebody who gets a tremendous amount of attention, it's not that you resent it - it's that you have all that extra time to think about it.

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It was great to work in Ireland because it's such a beautiful country, but it's not particularly easy to film in because the weather changes all the time.

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I was an avid reader as a child because we didn't have television in Ireland until the mid-'60s.

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I think women like to conquer hearts. Men like to conquer countries.

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I loved working with Stephen Frears. He's a really fantastic director. He knows what he wants and how to get it.

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I have two new nephews and a new niece this year, so I have plenty of kids that I can spend time with.

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People often think that looking in the mirror is about narcissism. Children look at their reflection to see who they are. And they want to see what they can do with it, how plastic they can be, if they can touch their nose with their tongue, or what it looks like when they cross their eyes.

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I like it when you read a script and there's the part that you show to the other characters and then there's the part that only the audience knows.

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I think all actors - they'll hate me for saying this - but we are babies. We like to be loved, and we'll do anything if we're loved.

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I think most actors like to be liked.

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It's still possible to find pockets of old Dublin - but its becoming more and more rarified.

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Some people had fathers who were bankers or farmers, my father made films, that's how I saw it. As for the movie stars, they were just around, some of them were friends, others weren't, it was all just a part of my everyday life.

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If you're in a situation where someone's mistreating you, I think it's your duty to speak out.

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I wanted to be like Jo March in 'Little Women.' I wanted to be married to a man who would give me lots of sons.

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