Actresses Quotes · Page 30

I put my films together in Europe and it kick-starts the financing when I'm attached as an actress. It makes it easier…

— Julie Delpy

I never thought I would end up being an actress. I thought I really was going to do serious stuff like law…

— Rebel Wilson

I'm a very social person and I love being out in the world, and the feeling of not having that is the…

— Elizabeth Olsen

My hard work and excellent training entitled me to be a better actress than some of my competitors

— Pola Negri

My favorite question is 'What do you do?' I'm like, 'I'm a walking cliche: I'm a model and an actress.

— Dree Hemingway

Some actresses seem to thrive on chaos, and I've often wondered if they felt they had to be that way in order…

— Marie Windsor

You know, acting is very fascinating. But being an actress is not, because you become so concentrated on yourself.

— Beatrice Wood

You have actresses like Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts, who have roles specially written for them.

— Leslie Caron

It's really sad looking at people like Lindsay Lohan. She's an amazing actress, but you see what happens when people know too…

— Dianna Agron

When I was little, I had a feeling that I was going to end up being an actress. I spent a lot…

— Summer Glau

I loved character actresses like Julie Walters and Alison Steadman, films like 'Nuts in May' and 'Educating Rita.' And I never get…

— Ruth Jones

As an actress, I think it’s important to look back and realize that we aren’t always quite as original as we think…

— Natalie Dormer

I loved Cookie [Mueller]. She was a much better writer than actress. She shouldn't have stuck with me in the beginning; she…

— John Waters

I thought that choosing a non-professional was a condition for me, because it would allow Juliette to have a less-professional way of…

— Abbas Kiarostami

When I went to Los Angeles right after high school, I got some acting jobs, and I never, ever wanted to be…

— Kelly Clarkson

I had this totally impossible dream of being an actress. Trust me, just because I'm lucky enough to be doing this doesn't…

— Olivia Thirlby

I never had a problem with my face on screen. I thought it is what it is, and I was turned off…

— Robert Redford

Sure I faced the troubles and challenges that most actors and actresses face until they get noticed, but I was always confident…

— Christine Lahti

When I was starting out, young actresses had the studio system to protect them. Now you have a host of sharks, from…

— Francesca Annis

My sister has decided to become an actress too. It has ruined the close-knittedness of our family life.

— Olivia de Havilland

My dad is a director/producer and my mom is a dancer; she performed with Alvin Ailey, but I didn't even think about…

— Sanaa Lathan

I was not interested in what I could bring to myself by being an actress, but in what I could bring out…

— Sophia Loren

You know what makes me feel old? When I see girls who are 20-something, or the new crop of actresses, and think,…

— Jennifer Aniston

I finally made up my mind I wanted to be an actress and I was not going to let my lack of…

— Marilyn Monroe

As an actress, I'm supposed to create something from head to toes, with clues, with lines, with shapes, and even with that…

— Ludivine Sagnier

I'm a huge fan of Jessica Lange and 'American Horror Story.' I would love to work with her. She's been one of…

— Anna Camp

I was really conflicted. I had always planned to help the world. Instead, I was going to become an actress? That seemed…

— Maria Bello

There are a lot of pretty actresses in Hollywood who try to act tough, and the audience laughs.

— Patty Jenkins

Seemingly, the only actresses that can survive are the ones that show their cooter and I refuse to that. Excuse me, but…

— Forgetting Sarah Marshall

Basically, I'm living the life of an actress in L.A. And I've recently had some pretty good fortune.

— Olivia Munn

It's nice to represent a woman who can be bigger than what you see as a typical skinny actress - being funny…

— Kether Donohue

Move with the flow. Don't fight the current. Resist nothing. Let life carry you. Don't try to carry it.

— Oprah Winfrey

In high school, I wanted to be an actress. Until I got to college and took some creative writing courses. Then I…

— Meg Cabot

I was always an actress, even as a little kid, and fantasy, horror, sci-fi stories are really all about playing make believe.…

— Virginia Madsen

When you're sad, you're not sad. You are merely oblivious to the good things in your life. There is always a crack…

— Dianna Agron

Look at the parts the Oscar-nominated actresses played this year: hooker, hooker, hooker, hooker, and nun.

— Nora Ephron

My mom's a nurse so I'd kind of grown up with, around medicine which is probably why I became an actress instead.

— Rachel McAdams

I was 11 when I first said I wanted to become an actress, and everyone looked at me as if I had…

— Penelope Cruz

You could say I'm a character actress. Or maybe a character actress who does peculiar, interesting lead roles. Does that make sense?

— Imelda Staunton

I wanted to work with Cate Blanchett. She is one of the five greatest movie actresses of her generation.

— Alec Baldwin