Faye Dunaway Quotes

• Fear is a pair of handcuffs on your soul.

  Faye Dunaway

  Soul, Pairs, Anticipation

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• You are not an extra in somebody else's film. You are the star in your own life.

  Faye Dunaway

  Stars, Film, Extras

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• I am desperate and vulnerable. ... I am always terrified.... Beauty can sometimes be so very troublesome.

  Faye Dunaway

  Sometimes, Vulnerable, Desperate

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• You can't take responsibility for everything. You can't have that kind of control. At some point, it's all out of our hands.

  Faye Dunaway

  Responsibility, Hands, Kind

  "Faye Dunaway: What I've Learned" by Mike Sager, www.esquire.com. April 28, 2015.

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• I often say the last role I played that really touched me and where I was able to access what I really am was Bonnie, which is kind of sad when you think how early in my career that was.

  Faye Dunaway

  Thinking, Careers, Roles

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Years are not important, my dear.

  Faye Dunaway

  Years, Important, Dear God

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• It's interesting as one grows older to keep in touch with the cutting edge.

  Faye Dunaway

  Cutting, Interesting, Grows

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• So many people are called but few serve as actors, you know what I mean?

  Faye Dunaway

  Mean, People, Actors

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• I'm still the little southern girl from the wrong side of the tracks who really didn't feel like she belonged.

  Faye Dunaway

  Girl, Track, Southern

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• Success is a relative quotient, and fame can be ephemeral. An Oscar is something that becomes a part of your record, a tangible acknowledgement that your efforts have made a difference.

  Faye Dunaway

  Differences, Effort, Records

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• I like being very busy. I think that's the definition of stardom, really. It's energy. It really is.

  Faye Dunaway

  Thinking, Energy, Actors

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• You are an athlete when you're onstage. You can't get tired.

  Faye Dunaway

  Tired, Athlete

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• I still have, I hope, a lot of years and there are still a lot of things I want to do.

  Faye Dunaway

  Years, Want, Stills

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• I would like a partner but I can see myself without a marriage. I'd love to have someone to sit and talk with and walk on the beach with at 80.

  Faye Dunaway

  Relationship, Beach, Partners

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• Since Star Wars, that film's success led to bigger budgets, more hardware, that the great movies like the ones I did, which were studio movies, are now independent movies. They range from half a million to several million, and a lot of those have very interesting roles.

  Faye Dunaway

  Stars, War, Independent

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• When I think of Peter Wolf I always remember the Portuguese proverb: 'Never say you will not drink from that glass again.'

  Faye Dunaway

  Thinking, Glasses, Remember

  "Looking for Gatsby". Book by Faye Dunaway, 1995.

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• My mother's passion for something more, to write a different destiny for a dirt-poor farmer's daughter, was to shape my entire life.

  Faye Dunaway

  Daughter, Mother, Passion

  Faye Dunaway, Betsy Sharkey (1998). “Looking for Gatsby”, p.12, Simon and Schuster

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• You just sort of let them go for a while, but it was time to have something done to my teeth. I'm glad. It's going to be good. Tom Cruise has braces now, too. I'm right in style.

  Faye Dunaway

  Style, Teeth, Done

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I'm kind of a recluse.

  Faye Dunaway

  Kind, Recluse

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• It's true, I did a lot of great movies, and I'm happy. It was what it was, and now I think all of that has fed into where I am now, and I think it has taught me a lot.

  Faye Dunaway

  Thinking, Taught, Feds

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• I've been working on this feature script for Master Class, a play by Terrence McNally that won a lot of Tonys.

  Faye Dunaway

  Class, Play, Scripts

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• Do you know what I'm working on now? My first feature as a director.

  Faye Dunaway

  Directors, Firsts, Knows

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• I mean, I was always interested in people like Lenny Bruce, people who are breaking the old rules and making new ones.

  Faye Dunaway

  Mean, People, Breaking Promises

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