That's why I'm an actress - escaping into a world.

I am a reader. I am a writer. People assume I do these things to escape. You couldn't be more right. I'm escaping a…

— Philip K. Dick

“Karma has to be done, there is o way of escaping the world once one is in it.”

— Aporva Kala

I think escapism is very important, certainly in my life. I love nothing more than escaping into the world of a film or a…

— Ben Barnes

Singing is a way of escaping. It's another world. I'm no longer on earth.

— Edith Piaf

“Karma has to be done, to the last moment, there is no way of escaping the world once one is in it.”

— Aporva Kala

There is a tonic strength, in the hour of sorrow and affliction, in escaping from the world and society and getting back to the…

— William George Jordan

For me, singing is a way of escaping. It's another world. I'm no longer on earth.

— Edith Piaf

My films do have characters who have trouble escaping the world around them.

— Lasse Hallstrom

I knew I wanted to be an actress as soon as I popped out.

— Dee Wallace

As a black actress you've got to work doubly hard. But it doesn't ever get me to the point where I give up on…

— Naturi Naughton

I am going to be a great actress.

— Vivien Leigh

There's certain things I try to avoid, as an actress, just to keep my world from being as narrow as it could be.

— Famke Janssen

There are a lot of great actresses out there. You learn to appreciate each one for what they offer.

— Victoria Pratt

Marilyn was a great actress, not a dumb blond bombshell. She was very smart, very astute and a good businesswoman.

— Lawrence Schiller

I've been told before, and I tend to believe it, I'm not like most actresses out there.

— Moira Kelly