Actress Quotes · Page 19

The word actress has always seemed less a job description to me than a title

— Gene Tierney

Being an actress, I find myself people-watching and I can be quite shy.

— Emma Watson

I always wanted to be an actress. I think that is something that I could be pretty good at.

— Victoria Azarenka

Oh, she didn't schlep me. I schlepped her, actually. I was the one who wanted to be an actress.

— Ellen Muth

I am in a visual medium and should be able to compete with every good-looking actress.

— Parineeti Chopra

“Even the world’s greatest actor cannot fake an erection.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

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

— Ti West

By rights, I should be an out-of-work actress because I just don't want it as badly as some people want it.

— Evangeline Lilly

I feel like there's this great balance between me being an actress and traveling around and doing all this great stuff but,…

— Storm Reid

When I was young, I was very blessed to have this insight that my best work would be when I was an…

— Betty Buckley

Being an actress isn't as fun as it may seem. If I don't love something, I stop doing it. I don't love…

— Amanda Bynes

Ultimately I'll probably end up going out with an actress again. But an architect would be cool. They need to do something…

— Douglas Booth

I made a commitment to myself; that I wanted to be an actress, and I wanted to do films that make a…

— Laura Dern

I'm not a classically beautiful person, but hopefully it increases my longevity as an actress that my career isn't dependent on my…

— Holly Hunter

I hope I'm thought of as not just a showbiz personality, but as someone who has lived a life and who has…

— Lauren Bacall

I finally feel like I'm becoming somebody. I really think like I can do something. I just know I'm going to be…

— Anna Nicole Smith

I went to NYU drama school, so I was a very serious actress. I used to do monologues with a Southern accent,…

— Molly Shannon

For someone, success is to be the highest paid actress. For some, it might be the number of awards, and for some,…

— Aditi Rao Hydari

Well, I don't know anything about television. I'd never done it before. Initially, it was quite daunting to take on so much…

— Diane Kruger

“ 'Reedlike, that’s what Hedy Kiesler is, sweet and reedlike, and when she wants to talk to you she doesn’t lean over…

— Richard Rhodes

You can't be perceived as 'the black actress who doesn't get the same kind of roles as the white actress.' You gotta…

— Viola Davis

I was never a glamour puss whose career was really based on a look or an attitude. I've been basically playing the…

— Jane Kaczmarek

Carey Mulligan is completely self-possessed. She knows what she's doing, and again, quite like the big-hitters I was talking about, my job…

— Olivia Williams

The longer you live, the smarter you get because you've been around. You've seen things. You've gone through different emotional experiences in…

— Eva Marie Saint

I want to be an actress when I'm on set, not just a model. Those are the moments I live for.

— Crystal Renn

And I think that motherhood has made me a better actress as well.

— Mahima Chaudhry

There was no way I could live in Hollywood and not become an actress.

— Eva Gabor

Having a baby helped me. It's about getting to a place where I am unafraid as an actress.

— Elizabeth Mitchell

I am as attached to my career as a producer as I was to my career as an actress.

— Saira Banu

I mainly feel excited but also grateful to be recognised by Bafta. It makes me feel like a legit actress.

— Jessica Barden

I'm such a fan of Shailene Woodley, so I'm super excited to see all her stuff. She's an awesome actress.

— Zoey Deutch

People connect me with intense roles and performances; a thinking actress who only does serious work.

— Shefali Shah

Being a model and an actress, I feel we a have a responsibility towards society.

— Urvashi Rautela

It may sound very cliched but seriously, since childhood I always wanted to be an actress.

— Wamiqa Gabbi

It's much easier to do a TV series because an actress can stay put.

— Mariette Hartley

There's so much pressure for actresses to constantly work or constantly be desired in terms of a value.

— Stacy Martin

I realized that good looks is not enough to be an actress for a long time.

— Payal Rohatgi

I get embarrassed when I go to an actor or actress's home and it's filled with pictures of them.

— Rita Moreno

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

— Elsa Lanchester

As an actress, emotions are my business, my stock-in-trade. As such, I've dealt with them nearly all my life.

— Loretta Young