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22 quotes by Rebecca De Mornay

Rebecca De Mornay (born Rebecca Jane Pearch; August 29, 1959) is an American actress and producer. Her breakthrough film role came in 1983, when she played Lana in Risky Business alongside Tom Cruise. Her other notable film roles include Sara in Runaway Train (1985), Thelma in The Trip to Bountiful (1985), Helen McCaffrey in the thriller Backdraft (1991) and her portrayal of the nanny Peyton Flanders in the popular 1992 thriller The Hand That...
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I think I'm well on the way of overcoming a very big hurdle that's been in my way for several years. Which is trying to find a way to not let... →

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I love my friends. I love my love-life. I love my hobbies. I love eating.

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I hate plastic surgery. I have a horror of any kind of knife. I don't like it.

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When I was very young I wanted to be a professional horseback rider. Then I wanted to be a pop singer. Then I wanted to be a psychiatrist. Then I... →

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I don't see it as a form of healing, because if you have wounds that are bleeding I don't think acting will ever get them to stop. But I find... →

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I've made some great movies. 'Risky Business' still stands up. It's timeless. They study that film in film school.

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I have this very strange sensitive skin. If I put anything on it but this one product, it erupts into a rash.

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I think there's a knowingness in my face.

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I've never committed to a role without a script.

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Vivien Leigh was a phenomenal actress, a very complicated woman, living on the edge of mental problems, haunted by demons and angels. And though... →

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It's a very difficult thing for people to accept, seeing women act out anger on the screen. We're more accustomed to seeing men expressing... →

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Everything I thought about acting and having a movie career has changed from what I thought when I started.

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I just want to tell stories that have an impact on people. Somebody needs to have an impact because people are lost. People are really lost.

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