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American - Actress Born: December 11, 1942

My message is - keep moving. If you do, you'll keep arthritis at bay.

You Moving Keep Moving Message

Even colors were important to me. If it was a somber scene, the colors were muted and dark. If it was a happy or seductive scene, the colors were brighter.

Me Happy Colors Dark

You really have to love the work. You can't look for stardom. That's a by-product.

Love Work You Look

I was tired of playing the goodie-two-shoes.

There were episodes where I would wear seven or eight outfits. It took a lot of time to get those together. What the character wears is very essential to how I create the character.

Time Character Together Wear

You know, when they called me about the role, I thought Knots Landing was a show about a houseboat with Andy Griffith!

Me You Know Thought

I kept bugging them about making it more upscale, because I felt Abby, through her cleverness and business sense, was a character who would move up. And that's what she did.

Business Character More She

I found through my fan mail that women... really wanted a role model.

Women Role Model Through Found

I thought it was very important that femininity wasn't lost.

Important Thought Lost Femininity

I was always cutting dialogue out when we were rehearsing, and when I produced movies, too. I felt that people don't say things in life - they act, they do things. I always wanted my characters doing, rather than saying what they were doing - which was redundant.

Life People Saying Movies

One of my favorite movies is The Little Foxes.

Movies Little Favorite Foxes

I also loved musicals because I was a dancer.

Loved Because Also Musicals

I always wanted to go against hat grain because it was too restricting.

Hat Go Always Against

I was brought up Catholic, and my family is still very religious.

Family Up Still Very

Scarlett O'Hara didn't think she was manipulating. That's just the way she got what she wanted.

Way Think She Just

Early on in my career, I'd go into the makeup trailer, and they'd spend an hour doing my makeup, and I would hate it. I'd go into the bathroom, wash it off and start over again, which took an enormous amount of time. So I just started doing it myself.

Myself Time Hate Makeup

I feel more comfortable in front of a camera than anywhere else.

Feel Camera More Comfortable

A lot of actors just do whatever they do, and wherever the camera is, it is. They don't pay much attention, but I always did. I was always very close to the camera crew. They were my best buddies, no matter what movie or show I was doing.

Best Matter Camera Doing

I always wanted to know what lens they were on, how close they were. I didn't do it with a plan in mind, but I would instinctively gear what I was doing toward what lenses they were using.

Mind Know Doing Always

The lighting is so important. One thing that makes me nuts about the lighting now is that they spend an enormous amount of time lighting the set, the background. But the most important thing in the scene is the actor.

Me Time Important Now

Rita Hayworth in Gilda... there's not a shot of her in that movie that isn't gorgeous.

Gorgeous Her Shot Movie

I always wore the highest heels possible, because the other women on the show were tall.

Women Tall Always Possible

My father was a middle manager at an oil company, but I never knew anything about his work. Whatever business acumen I have just got gleaned over the years.

Work Business Father Never

If there is anything I would do differently in my life, it is that I would study business more. I'm trying to teach my daughter Chloe at an early age about investing and money so she's not afraid of it.

Life Business Money Daughter

I'm back to doing everything I used to, loving life as ever.

Life Loving Doing Back

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