Faye Dunaway Quotes

#1. Since Star Wars, that film's success led to bigger budgets, more hardware, that the great movies like the ones I did, which were studio movies, are now independent movies. They range from half a million to several million, and a lot of those have very interesting roles.

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#2. Well, softness and femininity like yours people don't expect of me; so when they find me emotional and capable of real vulnerability, they're surprised.

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#3. I am desperate and vulnerable ... I am always terrified ... Beauty can sometimes be so very troublesome.

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#4. I still have, I hope, a lot of years and there are still a lot of things I want to do.

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#5. When you're younger they always try to get you to do every ninny role that's going.

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#6. Do you know what I'm working on now? My first feature as a director.

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#7. I'm still the little southern girl from the wrong side of the tracks who really didn't feel like she belonged.

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#8. You are an athlete when you're onstage. You can't get tired.

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#9. Years are not important, my dear.

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#10. I like being very busy. I think that's the definition of stardom, really. It's energy. It really is.

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#11. You can't take responsibility for everything. You can't have that kind of control At some point, it's all out of our hands.

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#12. You are not an extra in somebody else's film. You are the star in your own life.

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#13. God bless McNally, it's got some fantastic stuff in it, but it's no easy task to make a movie out of.

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#14. I've been working on this feature script for Master Class, a play by Terrence McNally that won a lot of Tonys.

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#15. Success is a relative quotient, and fame can be ephemeral. An Oscar is something that becomes a part of your record, a tangible acknowledgement that your efforts have made a difference.

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#16. I mean, I was always interested in people like Lenny Bruce, people who are breaking the old rules and making new ones.

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#17. You just sort of let them go for a while, but it was time to have something done to my teeth. I'm glad. It's going to be good. Tom Cruise has braces now, too. I'm right in style.

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#18. So Liam and movies are obviously big passions, and I read and write.

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#19. I'm kind of a recluse.

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#20. I would like a partner but I can see myself without a marriage. I'd love to have someone to sit and talk with and walk on the beach with at 80.

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#21. My mother's passion for something more, to write a different destiny for a dirt-poor farmer's daughter, was to shape my entire life.

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#22. It's true, I did a lot of great movies, and I'm happy. It was what it was, and now I think all of that has fed into where I am now, and I think it has taught me a lot.

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#23. I often say the last role I played that really touched me and where I was able to access what I really am was Bonnie, which is kind of sad when you think how early in my career that was.

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#24. When I think of Peter Wolf I always remember the Portuguese proverb: 'Never say you will not drink from that glass again.'

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#25. Fear is a pair of handcuffs on your soul.

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#26. It's interesting as one grows older to keep in touch with the cutting edge.

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#27. So many people are called but few serve as actors, you know what I mean?

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