Actresses Quotes · Page 17

Older actresses apparently have no sense of humor about being older actresses.

— Ti West

I don't like acting and I never have liked acting and I never wanted to be an actress.

— Elsa Lanchester

If you look at my generation, there are some pretty amazing actresses.

— Geraldine James

The great actresses and actors receive awards for great roles in great films.

— Gloria Stuart

I feel like I go through cycles as an actress.

— Gillian Jacobs

You cannot win an Emmy for roles that are simply not there.

— Viola Davis

Joan Crawford is a movie star. I am an actress.

— Bette Davis

I used to go out with actresses and other female impersonators.

— Mort Sahl

I am looking for strong characters rather than being just a pretty girl. Actresses can do so much more than looking good.

— Disha Patani

I have a ships bed, which totally plays to my obsession of, if I were not an actress, I would be a…

— Zosia Mamet

Never in my life have I ever even thought about anything else [ being anything other than an actress].

— Gena Rowlands

I want to push the boundaries on the roles that have historically been given to actresses who look like me. There is…

— KiKi Layne

I would say only be an actress if you genuinely feel the calling, because it's a tough profession.

— Naomie Harris

I'll always be figuring out what parts I want to play, because I want to play all parts. I'm a very hungry…

— Kristen Bell

I saw that I could not afford the luxury of just being an actress. So I made a choice to use my…

— Cicely Tyson

I'd like to be the role model to teach other people who have Down's syndrome to be actors and actresses and to…

— Chris Burke

I don't believe athletes should be role models. . . . We're a one-shot deal, one in a million, so we should…

— Charles Barkley

The lead actress is like the host of the party, but when you're the lead actress and you're a producer, you're really…

— Shiri Appleby

I live very normally, I go out with my friends, we go to the movies, I queue, we go to restaurants. Then…

— Catherine Deneuve

A supermodel needed to be able to be on 'Sports Illustrated,' to be able to walk runways, to be able to do…

— Kim Alexis

My parents are very modern. My father is a cosmopolitan person. He always supported the fact that I will be an actress.…

— Kareena Kapoor

Most of the time actresses are just left to play the actor's wife or girlfriend so there is not much to do.…

— Lara Dutta

I wanted to be a stage actress. I wanted to be a New York actress and have a community with other actors.…

— Lily Tomlin

I don't see myself as competing with other actresses. I mean, I went through a time when I was in New York,…

— Annette Bening

I can tell you one other story about Rent Control. The lead actress in the film, her name was Elizabeth Stack, and…

— Brent Spiner

Sarah Brown is a sweetie to work with. She's a good actress. She's gutsy and she comes in and she knows her…

— Jacklyn Zeman

So I hope to stretch my acting skills. I got to a point in my dancing where I felt like I did…

— Julianne Hough

I had a Saturday job in a chemist. The pay was something ridiculous like £2 an hour - it was slave labour…

— Konnie Huq

Occasionally, on screen, Barbara [Stanwyck] had a wary, watchful quality about her that I've noticed in other people who had bad childhoods;…

— Robert Wagner

I think Gina Rowlands is an amazing actress.

— Angela Sarafyan

There are some actresses that can't do comedy; it's too heavy-handed.

— Bob Newhart

It's good to see so many actresses getting into production. It's a smart move.

— Lara Dutta

I had very little confidence in myself as an actress.

— Anonymous

“Audience can live without a movie but a movie cannot live without an audience.”

— Amit Kalantri

It's definitely an exciting time to be an actress.

— Lisa Nicole Carson

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

— Eva Gabor

My goal for Actress is to have it play more traditional theaters.

— Robert Greene

I was hired to be an actress, not a personality for the press.

— Grace Kelly

Alison Lohman is an amazing actress. I was so proud to work with her.

— Taryn Manning

I am not one of those actresses who says she has no time for love.

— Parineeti Chopra