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I love being a mother. I loved being a daughter, a sister, a wife. I love being a woman with men. I love having given birth.

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Jessica Lange
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: April 20
Actress
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Film Producer
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Stage Actor
Television Actor
Cloquet
Minnesota
Jessica Phyllis Lange
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I worked on my voice for 'Sweet Dreams' but only to match my speaking voice to Patsy's actual singing voice. That was my way into that character.
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Yes, and you should question your government.
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It [military action on Iraq] makes me feel ashamed to come from the United States. It is humiliating.
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I could be making a lot more money now if I had chosen a different kind of movie, but none of that matters to me... I've done the parts I wanted to do.
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I never felt like I belonged in Minnesota when I was growing up there. That's why I was out the door as soon as I turned 18.
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This idea of selfishness as a virtue, as opposed to generosity: That, to me, is unnatural.
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So much of my sense of who I am is tied to mothering. When they left home, I fell into a huge, empty, black hole. Your children are grown and your career has slowed down - all the stuff that took up so much attention is gone, and you're left with expansive time and space.
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Moments of pure happiness...come upon you unexpectedly. Don't be too preoccupied to experience them.
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I've got nothing left to lose at this point. The work I've done is out there.
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If I didn't have children I'd be a much better actress. I wouldn't be so distracted. I could pour 100 percent of my energies into it, to promote the investigation which acting is.
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I regret those times when I've chosen the dark side. I've wasted enough time not being happy.
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When you think about it there's never really been a realistic exposition of Hollywood, I mean - from the inside - showing Hollywood what it can do, what it has done, to people.
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One of the things I love about acting is that it reveals a certain something about yourself, but it doesn't reveal your own personal story.
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If Ive got a clean pair of jeans and a T-shirt, thats usually a good day for me.
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The only place I've felt was really my home is my cabin up north. There's something in the water there that connects me to that place. There's also this sense of isolation and loneliness about it that I've never been able to shake.
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I love men. I've always been drawn to poets, artists, and madmen. Sometimes all three in one
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Sometimes the odds are against you-the director doesn't know what the hell he's doing, or something falls apart in the production, or you're working with an actor who's just unbearable.
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At a certain age, death becomes familiar to you-or a loss becomes familiar-the tragedies that are more commonplace in life.
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When you learn not to want things so badly, life comes to you.
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