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"I like to be bought flowers and taken out for dinner. I like a man to be a gentleman. I don't like to be treated as if I am brainless. I like to be respected and to give respect."
"I don't believe makeup and the right hairstyle alone can make a woman beautiful. The most radiant woman in the room is the one full of life and experience."
"Women might be able to fake orgasms. But men can fake whole relationships."
"Real happiness comes from inside. Nobody can give it to you."
"The more famous and powerful I get the more power I have to hurt men."
"We Barbie dolls are not supposed to behave the way I do."
"It was not always easy because I was always an individual and found it difficult to be one of a group."
"To really achieve any level of greatness, you have to be willing to say yes no matter who says no, and to say no no matter who says yes."
"The doctor told Phil, my then husband, that my condition was really bad news. They had found an artery tearing and said I could die. They said they could try to patch it up but it could go horribly wrong. It all turned out okay in the end but it was touch and go."
"This idea that being youthful is the only thing that's beautiful or attractive simply isn't true. I don't want to be an 'ageless beauty.' I want to be a woman who is the best I can be at my age."
"Men can not stand the explosive mixture of beauty and intelligence."
"I'm very old-fashioned. Occasionally I do wear underwear."
"I've fallen in love with my horse. It's a safer bet. We all know from my illustrious past that I should be sticking to men with four legs."
"A truly beautiful woman is always good and the other women, and to people in general. She rejects rivalry, intrigue and dirty tricks."
"Peace does exist. It exists in your heart and soul."
"It felt like I'd been playing second-string football for a long time, when, suddenly, I was playing in the Super Bowl. Even when 'Basic Instinct' was a hit, I still felt like I was running with that ball toward the end zone. It took awhile for me to realize that I was already in the end zone with the ball down and the crowd screaming on its feet."
"I don't take myself very seriously. I like to make people laugh. You know, it's like, if a woman can't be happy for another woman's work, they have to go work on that."
"I tried for modelling work but it was a bit slow and that's when I took a part-time job at McDonalds. It gave me income while I was waiting for my big break and at the very least I could eat."
"I think that's why Meryl Streep is working so much, because she looks like a woman we can all relate to. I look at her and I think, 'I'm chasing my kids, I've moved my parents in with me, I'm coping with food spills - that looks like me in real life'. Meryl looks like an unmade bed, and that's what I look like. To me, that looks true."
"I could do nice, but it's just not as much fun. Being nice isn't my biggest goal in life. I'm trying to be honest about who I am, and that's not always nice. I'm not always the world's cheerleader."