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Bo Derek turned down the role of Helen Keller because she couldn't remember the lines.

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Joan Rivers
Age: 81 †
Born: 1933
Born: June 8
Died: 2014
Died: September 4
Comedian
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Joan Alexandra Molinsky
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In life the only thing that you can expect is the unexpected the only surprise is a day that has none.
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Because I'm the only performer who comes out and says I've had plastic surgery, I've become the plastic surgery poster girl, which is hilarious, because everybody has done it and they all deny it. They stand there, like the Bride of Frankenstein, they've all got stitches, and they all say, 'I've done nothing.' I talk about it.
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My earliest childhood memory was watching my parents loosen the wheels on my stroller.
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You don’t marry for love. What does love got to do with marriage? I spit on love and marriage. You marry for money.
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I succeeded by saying what everyone else is thinking.
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If you're saying the same line 10 times and making it look like you just came up with it, that's acting.
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