Actresses Quotes · Page 13

It's a great time to be an actress at this point in my life.

— Christine Baranski

Dealing with these emotions as an actress is like being a boxer put into the ring.

— Nicole Kidman

Let the world know you as you are, not as you think you should be.

— Fanny Brice

I don't see myself as having to compete with younger actresses; I don't feel that.

— Annette Bening

I guess I became an actress because I didn't want to be myself.

— Jean Arthur

I would like to remain an actress, but am very anxious to direct and produce.

— Megan Gallagher

I feel like most actresses kind of have issues in body dysmorphia.

— Lindsay Sloane

Television has always been better for actresses.

— Himani Shivpuri

I'm pretty unusual for an actress in Hollywood because I am totally unselfconscious about my body.

— Abbie Cornish

Most leading actresses have this energy, this 'Look at me. Here I am.' They're powerful; they're beautiful.

— Peter Morgan

Really good leading roles are few and far between, and there is so much competition because there are so many fantastic actresses…

— Georgina Campbell

I realised that since I was a child I wanted to be an actress just to dress up in big fabrics and…

— Clemence Poesy

There are not that many roles in comedies that are completely driven by a young actress.

— Will Gluck

I know so many people who are so much better at it than I am, and I think I'm a goofier person…

— Paget Brewster

As an actress, and as a person, I really admire Diane Keaton. She's feisty, strong, beautiful and talented, and intelligent.

— Evangeline Lilly

My advice to actresses is don't worry about your looks. The very thing that makes you unhappy in your appearance may be…

— Estelle Winwood

Sometimes your mistakes are you biggest virtues. You learn so much from the mistake. Those things that you think are the worst…

— Nicole Kidman

I'm definitely one of those actresses who comes to a set knowing how I want to do a scene, and I definitely…

— Summer Glau

“I constantly watch people like Marion Cotillard or Cate Blanchett or Kate Winslet... I have a fear of being passive, and what…

— Carey Mulligan

I did indulge myself in a lot of history reading, to inform myself as to who the real woman was. As far…

— Natalie

We wanted to hear from viewers about why they watch or participate in call-ins on C-SPAN, ... Viewers of all ages and…

— Brian Lamb

A lot of times people have you pegged for what you are, and that's what you are and need to stay in.…

— Demetria McKinney

[Princess Margaret] was loud, an extrovert, an exhibitionist, loved fashion, loved color, loved music, loved drama, loved the theater, wanted to be…

— Vanessa Kirby

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…

— Mindy Kaling

If I took perfect pictures all the time, the people standing in the room with me, or on the carpet, would think,…

— Kristen Stewart

I always say, when I work with younger actresses, "I'm here." Reese says it, too: "We've lived it. We know things. So…

— Nicole Kidman

When I'm in the studio, I write the music, I play the different instruments, I produce it, I arrange it, and it's…

— Lenny Kravitz

Sarah Jane Smith was everybody's hero when I was younger, and as brave and funny and brilliant as people only ever are…

— Steven Moffat

I'm getting so old - it's more uncomfortable to do those scenes now than when I was 20. I mean, I don't…

— Javier Bardem

For eight years I was an inmate in a state asylum for the insane. During those years I passed through such unbearable…

— Frances Farmer

“...I do not function too well on emotional motivations. I am wary of them. And I am wary of a lot of…

— John D. MacDonald

Kristen is really focused and really quiet, as an actress. She just does her thing, but she's cool. I like her. I…

— Tinsel Korey

I am not one of those actresses who loves acting.

— Michael Learned

For most of my career, I've played roles that were written for other actresses.

— Victoria Abril

Very few Bollywood films have meaty roles for actresses.

— Mallika Sherawat

I don't want my tombstone to say actress. I want it to say human being.

— Laurie Holden

I get it - there are very few black female actresses who have been given chances.

— Nicole Byer

“I know you're busy dating actresses and psychopaths.”

— Christopher Moore

I don't compete with actresses; I only compete with heroes.

— Sonam Kapoor

I really admire actresses like Meryl Streep; I would love to have a career like hers.

— Jodi Lyn O'Keefe