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I look like a duck. It's the way my mouth curls up, or my nose tilts up. I should have played Howard the Duck.

- Michelle Pfeiffer

Look, Nose, Like, Duck

It's harder to live the way I live. There are certain places I like to shop and eat where I simply don't go. The paparazzi follow you.

- Michelle Pfeiffer

Go, Like, Shop, Paparazzi

First of all, plain and simple, you have no real idea of what it means to be famous until you become famous. It's a double-edged sword. Obviously there are a lot of amazing things about fame, but there are also a lot of challenging things about it.

- Michelle Pfeiffer

Simple, Idea, About, Sword

I act for free, but I demand a huge salary as compensation for all the annoyance of being a public personality. In that sense, I earn every dime I make.

- Michelle Pfeiffer

Sense, Annoyance, Being, Dime

I said, going into acting, 'I'm never moving to L.A.,' because it scared me. But there was no way you could build an acting career in Orange County.

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Career, Going, Could, Orange County

Like all parents, my husband and I just do the best we can, hold our breath and hope we've set aside enough money for our kid's therapy.

- Michelle Pfeiffer

Like, Therapy, Set, Enough Money

And I'm a really happy person, I enjoy life. I think you see that on people. I think there's nothing more aging than misery.

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Think, More, I Think, Aging

People make a lot of jokes about the empty nest. Let me tell you, it is no laughing matter. It is really hard.

- Michelle Pfeiffer

Matter, Tell, About, Nest

This is the thing I've learned, after a lot of couch time: There are always red flags. You need to look for those red flags along the way so you don't continue to make the same mistakes with another person.

- Michelle Pfeiffer

Couch, Another, Flags, Same Mistakes

Well, I'm very stubborn. I think I have common sense; I'm probably at times a bit tunnel-visioned, but I'm strong.

- Michelle Pfeiffer

Strong, Think, Very, Common Sense

For me, getting comfortable with being famous was hard - that whole side of it, the loss of anonymity, the loss of privacy. Giving up that part of your life and not having control of it.

- Michelle Pfeiffer

Giving Up, Famous, Side, Anonymity

I do think that, at one time, being an actress was the equivalent almost of being a prostitute. It garnered roughly the same respect. That's changed a lot, thank goodness.

- Michelle Pfeiffer

Think, Actress, Equivalent, Roughly

My kids would probably say that I'm too strict. They probably would say that, and I try not to be, but I'm probably more on the conservative end of that. At the same time, I know full well that ultimately I don't really have control over them.

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Conservative, Same, Would, Strict

The value of a good education has never left me.

- Michelle Pfeiffer

Education, Never, Left, Good Education

I say really stupid things sometimes. When I go back and watch some of my old interviews from when I was younger, I just cringe.

- Michelle Pfeiffer

Stupid, Some, Younger, Cringe

I used to smoke two packs a day and I just hate being a nonsmoker... but I will never consider myself a nonsmoker because I always find smokers the most interesting people at the table.

- Michelle Pfeiffer

Always, Interesting People, Table

I don't know if it's naivete or just narcissism, but I start out with this notion that I can do anything. It's not until I get into it that I realize what I've thrown myself into, and then I will do anything not to humiliate myself. And that, I think, is the secret to my success.

- Michelle Pfeiffer

Secret, I Think, Naivete, Narcissism

I was kind of surprised to learn how controlling I am. I never thought of myself in that way. I think the root of the control issues is usually fear, because you want to know what's going to be happening at any given moment.

- Michelle Pfeiffer

Thought, I Think, Issues, Controlling

Just when you think you've got your kids figured out, they change on you. For somebody who's controlling, you can't control it. Of course, I don't think I'm controlling, but that's what I've been told!

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Change, Think, Been, Controlling

I'm good at disguising my feelings.

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Good, Feelings

Ultimately, I believe the only secret to a happy marriage is choosing the right person. Life is a series of choices, right?

- Michelle Pfeiffer

Happy, Right Person, Believe, I Believe

Somewhere along the line I made the switch and was able to look at the bight side rather than the dark side all the time. Now I look at everything I have and think how lucky I am.

- Michelle Pfeiffer

Think, Lucky, Side, Switch

I like understanding what's underneath, what's really motivating people. When I was younger, I wanted to be a psychiatrist, so I think it has to do with that.

- Michelle Pfeiffer

Think, Motivating, I Think, Underneath

I do find comedy difficult. I don't know why. Maybe I think about it too much. There's a tremendous amount of pressure to be funny.

- Michelle Pfeiffer

Think, I Think, Amount, Tremendous Amount

My grandmother raised five children during the Depression by herself. At 50, she threw her sewing machine into the back of a pickup truck and drove from North Dakota to California. She was a real survivor, so that's my stock. That's how I want my kids to be too.

- Michelle Pfeiffer

Truck, North Dakota, North, Stock

I do portraits. I usually do live models in a class environment, but I've been painting at home more. I really love the human form, and I love faces. I've tried to do landscapes a few times.

- Michelle Pfeiffer

Love, Landscapes, Models, Faces

Everybody is vulnerable to being in relationships where they get fooled. I'm no different. It's just human nature.

- Michelle Pfeiffer

Nature, Everybody, Being, Human Nature

Acting's an odd profession for a young person; it's so extreme. You work, and the conditions are tough and the process is so immersive, and then it stops, and then there's nothing. So you have to find ways of making you feel productive when you're not actually producing anything. For a young person, that's really challenging.

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Young, Feel, Challenging, Odd

I'm a perfectionist, so I can drive myself mad - and other people, too. At the same time, I think that's one of the reasons I'm successful. Because I really care about what I do.

- Michelle Pfeiffer

Think, Other, I Think, Perfectionist

Where I came from, the idea of going into show business was just ridiculous; in fact I didn't tell anybody because I knew people would laugh at me. So I sort of snuck around and got some pictures and got a resume together and, of course, lied and said I did all kinds of things I didn't do.

- Michelle Pfeiffer

Fact, Some, Idea, Lied

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