Actress Quotes · Page 15

I never wished that I was a superstar. Hell, I never even wished that I was an actress.

— Diane Lane

I'm an actress but it's not fulfilling me in the way I thought it would.

— Sarah Edmondson

Given the choice between 'actor' and 'actress,' 'actor' is a non-gendered word that I use.

— Asia Kate Dillon

At the age of 16, I decided to rebel and become an actress. I wasn't happy with rules and regulations.

— Leslie Hope

I started doing theater, musical theater, because of my sister. She's a singer; she's an actress, too.

— Gaten Matarazzo

The truth is that the actresses who I look up to are either my age or a few years older or a…

— Judy Greer

I decided that I wanted to be an actress at the age of 7. This is something I've always known.

— Imani Hakim

As an actress I am always interested in the new writers.

— Donna McKechnie

I was fanatically ambitious. All I ever wanted was to be a star. I didn't want to be a singer. I didn't…

— Polly Bergen

I read an article some years back in which Emma Thompson demeaned my mother's acting ability. My mother would be the first…

— Sean Hepburn Ferrer

There are people who expect me to look the way I do on-screen, where I have a great director of photography and…

— Catherine Zeta-Jones

I would be an actress for the rest of my life just because it's really relaxing. Writing is hard work, and stand-up…

— Kristen Schaal

If there's nothing for me to do as an actress, then that's frustrating. I'd rather go work at a menial labour job,…

— Robin Wright

I consider myself to be more real-sized than most of the actresses in California and in show business. They're very small. They're…

— Jane Krakowski

As an actress who wants to sustain her career, I would like to work and experiment with different types of looks and…

— Amrita Rao

If I get too glam and polished and pretty, people are like, 'Hari, why aren't you speaking up about issues?' And if…

— Hari Nef

I'll tell you, in making film, especially when you're an actress, you're always worried about how you look on film, how they…

— Betty Buckley

I never said I wanted to be a lead actress; I never said I wanted to be a film actress. This need…

— Carey Mulligan

I grew up in the Fifties, and the majority of people in my class had fathers living at home. I was very…

— Cherie Lunghi

There's an appetite for vigour in films. The camera loves a bit of movement. Movement is usually attached to younger people and…

— Joanna Lumley

I think I have broken the mould that actresses have to be extremely thin on screen. All those who are making my…

— Sonakshi Sinha

It's sort of scary to work with your parents when you're in the same business. But there was something so very safe…

— Lily Rabe

I become an actress to do things that scare the sh*t out of me and I felt like I didn't stand a…

— Lizzy Caplan

I love to cook. I'd have a dinner party, and someone would be like, 'Can you do this at my house?' So…

— Meta Golding

I value my stardom a lot. I always wanted to become an actress and have loved every minute of it.

— Urmila Matondkar

I think everyone has different challenges as a young actress in Hollywood.

— Katie Cassidy

Usually when I write a movie, I'm lucky if I get one good actress.

— Abi Morgan

Don't expect her to play her part if you have other women auditioning for her role.

— Anonymous

I have just wanted to be an actress. That's always been my goal. I didn't want to be famous.

— Kate Winslet

When I was 8 years old, I knew what I was going to be—an actress.

— Hattie McDaniel

People don't come to New York out of resignation. They come here with a dream. Mine was to be an actress.

— Holly Hunter

I've got all the discipline as an actress, but none whatsoever as a writer.

— Jean Marsh

The thing I always thought of myself as was an actress. I never thought: 'I want to be.' It was always: 'I…

— June Squibb

For an actress who really hasn’t gotten to act for two years, it was like letting a wild dog out of its…

— Vanessa Lengies

I'd hate to lose the character actress part of me, because, by God, the parts are much more interesting.

— Sophie Okonedo

I wasn't born an actress, but I was certainly born dramatic!

— Katie McGrath

I'm out there to play my sport, to showcase my sport. I'm not an actress.

— Johanna Konta

Evan Rachel Wood is the best actress I've ever worked with, hands down.

— Mickey Rourke

I don't want to be a glamour doll. I want roles which provide me the scope to perform.

— Sridevi

I know I am known for flesh-flashing, but I am an actress, too.

— Sharon Stone