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Donna Mills
American
Actress
About the author
Scarlett O'Hara didn't think she was manipulating. That's just the way she got what she wanted.
Donna Mills,
American
Actress
I always wanted to go against hat grain because it was too restricting.
Donna Mills,
American
Actress
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.
Donna Mills,
American
Actress
#Attention
#Actors
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.
Donna Mills,
American
Actress
#Time
#Career
#Makeup
#Hate
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.
Donna Mills,
American
Actress
#Colors
I also loved musicals because I was a dancer.
Donna Mills,
American
Actress
I was tired of playing the goodie-two-shoes.
Donna Mills,
American
Actress
You know, when they called me about the role, I thought Knots Landing was a show about a houseboat with Andy Griffith!
Donna Mills,
American
Actress
#Thought
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.
Donna Mills,
American
Actress
#Character
#Time
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.
Donna Mills,
American
Actress
#Time
#Now
#Actor
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.
Donna Mills,
American
Actress
#Mind
Rita Hayworth in Gilda... there's not a shot of her in that movie that isn't gorgeous.
Donna Mills,
American
Actress
One of my favorite movies is The Little Foxes.
Donna Mills,
American
Actress
#Movies
#Favorite
My message is - keep moving. If you do, you'll keep arthritis at bay.
Donna Mills,
American
Actress
You really have to love the work. You can't look for stardom. That's a by-product.
Donna Mills,
American
Actress
#Love
#Work
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.
Donna Mills,
American
Actress
#Life
#Study
#Daughter
#Money
#Trying
#Age
#Business
I'm back to doing everything I used to, loving life as ever.
Donna Mills,
American
Actress
#Life
I was brought up Catholic, and my family is still very religious.
Donna Mills,
American
Actress
#Family
#Religious
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.
Donna Mills,
American
Actress
#Life
#People
#Saying
#Act
#Movies
I thought it was very important that femininity wasn't lost.
Donna Mills,
American
Actress
#Thought
#Femininity
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.
Donna Mills,
American
Actress
#Character
#Sense
#Business
#Cleverness
I found through my fan mail that women... really wanted a role model.
Donna Mills,
American
Actress
#Women
#Mail
I feel more comfortable in front of a camera than anywhere else.
Donna Mills,
American
Actress
I always wore the highest heels possible, because the other women on the show were tall.
Donna Mills,
American
Actress
#Women
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.
Donna Mills,
American
Actress
#Work
#Years
#Business
#Father
#Oil
#Company
#Manager