"I've been on such a losing streak that if I had been around I would have taken General Custer and given points."

Lewis, Joe E. on gambling   

"I told my doctor I get very tired when I go on a diet, so he gave me pep pills. Know what happened? I ate faster."

Lewis, Joe E. on food and eating   

"If I'm going to Hell, I'm going there playing the piano."

Lewis, Jerry Lee on hell   

"People hate me because I am a multifaceted, talented, wealthy, internationally famous genius."

Lewis, Jerry on hatred   

"You don't merely give over your creativity to making a film -- you give over your life! In theatre, by contrast, you live these two rather strange lives simultaneously; you have no option but to confront the mould on last night's washing-up."

Lewis, Daniel Day on acting and actors   

"I've given up reading books. I find it takes my mind off myself."

Levant, Oscar on selfishness
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"Roses are red, violets are blue, I'm schizophrenic, and so am I."

Levant, Oscar on psychiatry
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"There are two sides to every question: my side and the wrong side."

Levant, Oscar on pride   

"What the world needs is more geniuses with humility, there are so few of us left."

Levant, Oscar on pride
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"Fate keeps on happening."

Loos, Anita on fate
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"I really think that American gentlemen are the best after all, because kissing your hand may make you feel very good but a diamond and a sapphire bracelet lasts forever."

Loos, Anita on women   

"There is no sweeter sound than the crumbling of ones fellow man."

Marx, Groucho on envy
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"I belong to Bridegrooms Anonymous. Whenever I feel like getting married, they send over a lady in a housecoat and hair curlers to burn my toast for me."

Martin, Dick on weddings   

"Men are creatures with eight hands."

Mansfield, Jane on men   

"The difference between life and the movies is that a script has to make sense, and life doesn't."

Mankiewicz, Joseph L. on life
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"Always tell the truth -- it's the easiest thing to remember."

Mamet, David on truth
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"I only have two rules for my newly born daughter: she will dress well and never have sex."

Malkovich, John on daughters
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"Catholicism is not a soothing religion. It's a painful religion. We're all gluttons for punishment."

Madonna on catholicism   

"I wouldn't have turned out the way I was if I didn't have all those old-fashioned values to rebel against."

Madonna on rebellion
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"Listen, everyone is entitled to my opinion."

Madonna on opinions
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"It is useless to hold a person to anything he says while he is in love, drunk, or running for office."

Maclaine, Shirley on promises
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"A girl with brains ought to do something with them besides think."

Loos, Anita on mind
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"There is no greater glory than love, nor any greater punishment than jealousy"

Lope de Vega on glory   

"There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of the people you love. When you learn to tap into this source, you will truly have defeated age."

Loren, Sophia on age and aging
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"Mistakes are part of the dues one pays for a full life."

Loren, Sophia on mistakes
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"The two big advantages I had at birth were to have been born wise and to have been born in poverty."

Loren, Sophia on advantage   

"I don't know what it's like for a book writer or a doctor or a teacher as they work to get established in their jobs. But for a singer, you've got to continue to grow or else you're just like last night's cornbread -- stale and dry."

Lynn, Loretta on growth   

"A woman's two cents worth is worth two cents in the music business."

Lynn, Loretta on music   

"Acting is happy agony."

Guiness, Sir Alec on acting and actors
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"It really costs me a lot emotionally to watch myself on-screen. I think of myself, and feel like I'm quite young, and then I look at this old man with the baggy chins and the tired eyes and the receding hairline and all that."

Hackman, Gene on age and aging   

"More than in any other performing arts the lack of respect for acting seems to spring from the fact that every layman considers himself a valid critic."

Hagen, Uta on acting and actors   

"May you live as long as you want and not want as long as you live."

Hanks, Tom on life   

"A movie camera is like having someone you have a crush on watching you from afar -- you pretend it's not there."

Hannah, Daryl on acting and actors   

"Violence was almost an aphrodisiac for me."

Harrelson, Woody on violence
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"Exhilaration is that feeling you get just after a great idea hits you, and just before you realize what's wrong with it."

Harrison, Rex on exhilaration
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"Tomorrow is a thief of pleasure."

Harrison, Rex on tomorrow   

"If you stand still long enough, you'll get stuck"

Hasselhoff, David on action
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"Hell hath no fury like a liberal scorned."

Gregory, Dick on hell   

"I've always been a sucker for attention."

Gooding Jr., Cuba on praise   

"I cry every chance I get."

Gere, Richard on cries and crying