I'm interested in being a professional actress.

I'm going to become a real professional actress.

— Ester Dean

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

— Abbas Kiarostami

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

— Edwina Findley

I can finally say I'm a professional actress.

— Rachel Brosnahan

I come to writing from hearing great stories as a child in Louisiana, where the mark of a person was his or her ability…

— Rebecca Wells

In my career as an actress, I have never got involved with anybody from the world of films. I have always kept my professional…

— Preity Zinta

And I'm proud of what I do as a professional, too.

— Lisa Guerrero

I was pursuing the arts with theater in school, and I was doing after-school activities, but not in any real movement towards a professional…

— Uzo Aduba

I came in on time, I was always a professional.

— Ryan Babel

At the end of the day, I'm a professional.

— Kamaru Usman

“The definition of a professional is one who does a job well even when they don't like it.”

— Alan Sheinwald

Since I've had a career, my hair has been more or less professional.

— Susan Rice

The professional arms himself with patience, not only to give the stars time to align in his career, but to keep himself from flaming…

— Steven Pressfield

A professional is a man who can do his job when he doesn't feel like it. An amateur is a man who can't do…

— James Agate

There was never a burning desire to be a top actress in the first place. I happily gave up my career to marry Mahesh.

— Namrata Shirodkar