Candice Bergen

Candice Bergen: At an age when most actresses are being phased out, I am being phased in, with a vengeance.

Candice Bergen: Dreams are, by definition, cursed with short life spans.

Candice Bergen: Acting has never done anything for me except encourage my vanity and provoke my arrogance.

Candice Bergen: Hollywood has been vulgarized, mostly by television, which vulgarizes everything.

Candice Bergen: I may not be the greatest actress but I've become the greatest at screen orgasms. Ten seconds of heavy breathing, roll your head from side to side, simulate a slight asthma attack, and die a little.

Candice Bergen: People see you as an object, not as a person, and they project a set of expectations onto you. People who don't have it think beauty is a blessing, but actually it sets you apart.

Candice Bergen: I used to believe that marriage would diminish me, reduce my options. That you had to be someone less to live with someone else when, of course, you have to be someone more.

Candice Bergen: Hollywood is like Picasso's bathroom.

Candice Bergen: It's impossible to be more flat-chested than I am.

Candice Bergen: Maybe if people are getting worn out with reality shows, which they don't seem to be, comedies will start reasserting themselves.

Candice Bergen: Men say they love independence in a woman, but they don't waste a second demolishing it brick by brick.