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"  Photo: Getty Images &amp;quot;You are always a student in this profession,&amp;quot; Pen\u00E9lope Cruz told ELLE recently, but we can&amp;#039;t help but feel that we&amp;#039;re the ones with so much to learn from the brilliant actresses who were honored in our annual Women in Hollywood Issue. In a series of interviews with Cruz and her fellow honorees, we asked about everything from getting started in the acting biz to embodying tricky roles\u2014and these leading ladies certainly didn&amp;#039;t hold back. Watch as Melissa McCarthy talks about shucking clams for a living (yes, really), Eva Marie Saint calls Alfred Hitchcock her sugar daddy, and Reese Witherspoon brilliantly explains why Legally Blonde&amp;#039;s Elle Woods is the epitome of an ELLE girl. Next, take a look as even more stars hit the red carpet at our annual bash\u2014including hilarious host Andy Samberg, who was the odd man out\u2014and discuss the palpable power felt in an evening that celebrated some very talented women. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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