Actress Quotes

I'm an actress, not a pinup.

That's why I do what I do, and that's why I wanted to be an actress from the time I was six years old. If I can't effectively move people, then I would prefer not to do it.

It was not really a career choice that I had to make. It was something I knew right from the beginning. I had to be an actress... period.

I wanted to be an actress, and I wanted to be a model.

Now, all the movies are for teenagers. It's very difficult for an actress to find really deep, beautiful characters to play.

I don't know what would have been worse: If Mira had come home one day to say she was gay or an actress.

It has to be a very specific role for me because of my accent. I can't complain; I've been working since I got to LA. But it is hard. I have no training as an actress so I try whatever I do like school, because I'm learning.

Terry's mother worked in the film industry for many years. She always wanted him to marry an actress.

I have the insecurities of any actress, I suppose of any woman. Even the most beautiful ones feel unhappy. Look at Bardot: she was suicidal. But I like to play with the camera. I like to ham it up.

After all the work I've done, why should I suddenly be treated as a bona fide actress?

The second host that I had was an actress I didn't know named Susan St. James.

Acting is glamour but writing is hard work, so I'm going to be an actress.

Personality is the most important thing to an actress's success.

A lot of people are like, 'So you want to be famous.' And I'm like, 'No, I want to be good at my craft. I don't care about fame, I don't care if I even ever make it. As long as people know what I am as an actress in this business, I'm set for my career right now.'

Playing good girls in the 30s was difficult, when the fad was to play bad girls. Actually I think playing bad girls is a bore; I have always had more luck with good girl roles because they require more from an actress.

Dakota Fanning is my favorite actress.

I think of myself as a journeyman actress. I will attempt almost anything that I think that I can bring off. It could be almost anything.

Anne Baxter was a very good actress, Donna Reid was great. You couldn't name an actress I wasn't crazy about.

Ten years ago, it was really difficult for a young actress to walk onto a set and disagree with the director and having that be OK and have a conversation about it and everyone be cool with it.

I am going to be a great actress.

I don't think I would ever have been able to be an actress had I not started at nine years old.

The three things I said when I came out of school were I want to work consistently, I want to do good work and I want to be paid fairly, and that's happened. But I didn't become an actress for the money. I do it for other reasons.

For me, as an actress, being a dancer has helped me. I've done it with my feet bloody.

The Bollywood distribution system is so corrupt that they have trouble making money off movies. So they sell shoes that an actress stepped in. If they turned up the amps some, maybe they could sell the actresses.

I went through the process of auditioning like every other struggling actress in this town.

I don't think anyone has the right to intrude in your life, but they do. I would like people to separate the actress and the woman.

If you really want to help the American theater, don't be an actress, dahling. Be an audience.

When I told my mother that I wanted to be an actress, she said, you can't live here and do that, and so I moved out. I was determined to prove her wrong because she was so sure that I was going to go astray. And that's the juice that kept me going.

Show me a great actor and I'll show you a lousy husband. Show me a great actress, and you've seen the devil.