Quotes By Kim Cattrall

Theatre can't be done again and again and again and again - it's organic.

Your dressing area should be your private space.

My curiosity and my appetite for evolving as an actor is one of the main components of me still working today in the business.

I'm not a personality actress. I never have been. I have been a character actress.

It's your body, your life. Do what you want to do.

I first wanted to be an actress after seeing a play - not a movie.

My experiences in film and theatre in the States have been much more rigorous-in England there's an environment of, Let's try this.

I don't know many women who can relate to Sharon Stone and the kind of movies she does. I don't know a lot of guys who can relate to Tom Cruise's movies because they're on a kind of fantastic level.

When you're filming, you work 19-hour days and you know more about what's going on with your crew and co-workers than you do with your husband. You're away, you miss things. It's taxing. Relationships fail because of it.

The first professional play I ever saw was The Importance Of Being Earnest, and I just fell in love.

You have to be desirable. And that's why so many woman of my age or even younger are pushed to Botox and plastic surgery, all the things that people say, 'Why do women do this?' Where do you go in your 50s in your career?

If you stick with a vision, it might not all work, but some of it will be absolute genius. To me, 15 minutes worth of absolute genius in a film is so much better than two hours of mediocrity. I would rather pay to see something different like that.

The roles for women in theatre are much better than they are in film.

Being a gossip reporter just isn't a respectable job. It'll chew you up and spit you out.

Practically all the relationships I know are based on a foundation of lies and mutually accepted delusion.

Really rejoice in being yourself. Have your own drumbeat.

I'm certainly not a prude.

In my life and career I want to embrace ageing because I think that's what's interesting.

I try not to listen to the shoulds or coulds, and try to get beyond expectations, peer pressure, or trying to please - and just listen. I believe all the answers are ultimately within us.

I sort of have a love affair with my work. Many of us work far too hard and we don't put enough value in the epicurean, sensual part of life.

I like movies I can relate to.

My film career was always to support my theater career.

Since doing the show I've been so busy that I've not really had time to mope.

I prefer younger men. In some ways, they are much more open to a woman being stronger and independent then some of the men my age.

Talented people are written off once they hit their 50s and 60s, and the saddest thing is, we just get better as we get older.

I've always thought that less was a lot more.

I'm so lucky to have a career in my fifties. And to still have the desire to do it. I don't think about retirement.

There's a positive side to film and television, the sense of feeding into the theater... Your fans will follow you, hopefully, and be open-minded to see you play other things and experience other stories you want to tell.

I don't read reviews because if they're bad I'm devastated and if they're good I get a big head.

I had a great time in my youth and I still feel youthful. I've no desire to look as though I'm in my 20s.