Actress Quotes

But I've never felt that being an actress is being in a comfortable place. It's seen from the outside that we're being driven in big cars and having these gorgeous suites and all of that. But come on, it's not about that.

I look to longevity. I just consider myself an actress and getting good roles. If being a 'superstar' gets me good roles, then that's a positive thing. But my goal isn't just to be a superstar. It's to act for a long time.

The only thing I like about being an actress is acting.

I'm not an actress who can create a character. I play me.

I really enjoy acting. At home I can't even finish a sentence, and here I am reading these wonderful lines. I think it must be every housewife's dream, to be an actress part-time.

Being a motion picture actress is the pitch of ecstasy.

Having been an actress before becoming a producer has helped, because I realize the needs.

What's the classical moment that every actor or actress deals with? A tragic thing. They get that blank, faraway look in their eyes. But in life, it's not that way.

I'm just a pack mule. I've played leads and I've played character roles. Any actress in Hollywood will tell you as your age climbs, the leads thin.

When I was straight, I had the courage and energy to become an actress. I owe my career to my will to stop using.

I like to look like a person. It drives me crazy when you see women in movies playing teachers, and they have biceps. It totally takes me out of the movie. I start thinking, Wow, that actress playing this part really looks great!

I didn't choose to be an actress.

An actor is something less than a man, while an actress is something more than a woman.

I didn't know whether I wanted to be an actress or a singer then.

Being an actress isn't as fun as it may seem. If I don't love something, I stop doing it. I don't love acting anymore, so I've stopped doing it.

There's something about an American soldier you can't explain. They're so grateful for anything, even a film actress coming to see them.

I came to L.A. to work and become a better actress, not to be a star.

I am a super-confident writer, and as a joke writer and as an actress, I'm like, 'I want to go head-to-head with every person.' I am an Indian woman and I'm a kind of double minority in this world.

I find it very difficult to be two different characters at the same time - actress and mother.

If you're an actress or a musician, everyone thinks you're hot.

As an actress I find the most enjoyable part of acting is really just to please the director. I just want to please my director.

Being an actress is to be in tune with the fantasies of a man. What woman never dreamt of that?

I'm not really a songwriter - I'm an interpreter. So in a sense I am an actress first and foremost. I act out the songs, and I lead with my heart.

What I love about being an actress is being able to really look into myself and understand another human being.

I'd started going to acting classes at 14, played 'Medea' at 15 and really wanted to be a classical actress.

My Mother is an actress, so it's always been a part of my life.

I was really conflicted. I had always planned to help the world. Instead, I was going to become an actress? That seemed like such a selfish thing to do.

At an early school, when I was about 5, they asked what we wanted to be when we grew up. Everyone said silly things, and I said I wanted to be an actress. So that was what I wanted to be, but what I was, of course, was a writer.

We are a very typical Spanish family - a bullfighter, an actress, a flamenco dancer and singer!

I like every single actor or actress in the world, because we never know what the conditions are like when they are working. I give everyone the benefit of the doubt and root for them like a psychotic sports fan.