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It's important for me as an actor to be able to make a living.

Patricia Arquette

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Patricia Arquette
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: April 8
Actor
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Film Actor
Film Actress
Television Actor
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Chicago
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When the woman is getting paid drastically less than the male, that whole family is impacted.
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When I talk to different lawmakers, I'm trying to get them to reach across the aisle. There's legislation out there that would be helpful for women and families, but like with the Paycheck Fairness Act, legislation has been on the floor many times, and voted down many times. It's something we need to get passed already.
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The way your parents try to talk to you about politics and pull you to their side, that's an exciting moment in your family.
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I grew up in a hippie commune so I have a real hippie part of me.
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I don't have a goal but I just want to work on movies that I really like.
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Hippy people had a hopeful idea of what they wanted the world to be like, then most of them changed into corporate Yuppies. But I still have that hippy thing underneath somewhere.
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As a teenager, you have so much energy and hormones and you feel powerless in your life.
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