Actresses Quotes · Page 12

Except for Preity Zinta, I haven't met a single secure actress in Bollywood.

— Katrina Kaif

As an actress, you have to keep yourself fresh and new.

— Jaime Winstone

It's all about hope, kindness and a connection with one another.

— Elizabeth Taylor

As an actress, you get to basically be your character.

— Rachele Brooke Smith

To function as an actress, I have to be in love. I have to have that incentive to work.

— Jayne Mansfield

“Even the world’s greatest actor cannot fake an erection.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Being an actress, I find myself people-watching and I can be quite shy.

— Emma Watson

I think the era of the diva actress is coming to an end.

— Amanda Seyfried

My nana was an actress, my mom was an actress, and my sister, too. So because I was surrounded by it, it…

— Chris Pine

maybe a certain amount of narcissism is as essential to an actress as muscles are to a football lineman.

— Velda Johnston

I do not want actors and actresses to understand my plays. That is not necessary. If they will only pronounce the correct…

— George Bernard Shaw

I don't want everyone to think of me as just 'that kid who called Jesse Jackson a communist in middle school.' That's…

— Evangeline Lilly

I had never dreamt Id become an actress. It was destiny that put me in the right place at the right time…

— Madhuri Dixit

I acted when I was a real little kid. My mother was an actress in a Miami theater company comprised of actors…

— Yul Vazquez

You know, when you start, especially with me, I didn't really know I was going to be a movie actress. I thought…

— Ludivine Sagnier

I'm only realizing now that I was a child actress because I always took myself so seriously.

— Claire Danes

I love movies, but sometimes I think it's better for actresses not to be total cinephiles. You have to be able to…

— Greta Gerwig

That's the beauty of being an actress, is that you hopefully get to have different roles and really stretch yourself. This is…

— Eva Mendes

I never even wanted to be an actress. I studied mass communication and wanted to study law in Newcastle, for which I…

— Esha Gupta

“So here they are, a gaggle of highly skilled and utterly unique actresses whose pre-feminist strength and independence were awesome to behold.…

— Ray Hagen

I grew up as an only child, and my mother was a single mom. It's always been "us." If it weren't for…

— Edwina Findley

To be an actor or actress, you have to feel on a deep level and tap into emotions that you've never felt…

— Elle Fanning

My illusions didn't have anything to do with being a fine actress. I knew how third rate I was. I could actually…

— Marilyn Monroe

I was worried that all the corners of the earth had been explored, all the great battles fought. The famous people on…

— Eric Greitens

The first time I saw a picture of [fabled actress] Ethel Barrymore - she was on Broadway and she was wearing pearls.…

— Bette Midler

“SOME OF THE WOMEN YOU WILL MEET on these pages, you will already know. Some you’ll know by name, and others, including…

— Mick LaSalle

Everyday epiphanies encourage us to cherish everything. Today a new sun has risen. Everything lives. Everything can speak to your soul passionately…

— Sarah Ban Breathnach

Frankly speaking, I hate comparisons. Two individuals are doing two different films, playing two different characters: how can you compare them? It…

— Katrina Kaif

I don't like my voice that much. I think I'm a much better actress than singer. Singing is like going to a…

— Cher

I'm certainly not going to tell other people what they should do with their own personal lives. I think it's certainly easier…

— John Waters

“The characters so many Bollywood actresses portray are ultimately flat, uncomplicated, two-dimensional stock characters that typically range between the girl-next-door and the…

— Sharanya Haridas

It's not hard to be sexy when you're standing in front of Angelina Jolie or Robin Wright Penn. They're two of the…

— Ray Winstone

Scratch an actor and you'll find an actress.

— Dorothy Parker

As far as actresses go, I love Meryl Streep.

— Jennifer Nettles

Demi Moore is a terrific woman and a hell of an actress.

— Mark Goddard

Pretty, and you may be talented, but nobody will remember that if you're mean.

— Katie Holmes

No, actors go out with actresses as a form of self-flagellation.

— John Cusack

It's important for me to be immersed in all cultures. I'm an actress.

— Rachel

I never did pal around with actresses. Their talk usually bored me to tears.

— Bette Davis

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

— Jacqueline Susann