Actresses Quotes · Page 12

When I was five I think, that's when I started wanting to be an actress.

— Marilyn Monroe

As a black actress, all I was offered in British film was the best friend role, whereas in television, I was offered…

— Sophie Okonedo

Most actors and actresses are performative as people. It goes part and parcel with the profession and New York actors who are…

— Zoe Lister-Jones

It's not that difficult to find the rage or the anger. We all have that in us, and luckily, actors and actresses…

— Jessica Walter

[Winning an Oscar] was a beautiful thing that happened. It is in my house, and every time I look at, I see…

— Penelope Cruz

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

— Christine Lahti

As an actress, you're already disregarded for a lot of the parts by the people who are setting up those shows. You…

— Tia Carrere

It doesn't matter who you fall in love with, as long as you have love in your life.

— Laurel Holloman

Life as a voice actress is tough. It's not an easy career.

— Lucille Bliss

Sometimes, an actress maybe knows how to think.

— Isabelle Huppert

I think there is this thing where people are impressed - it gives you a leg up in the sense that people…

— Rashida Jones

My mom (Kate McCauley) is an actress, so I guess she's the one that taught me it was a possibility. For as…

— Anne Hathaway

So now I feel I'm lucky in the respect that I can sort of pick a little more carefully, which is tricky…

— Rachel True

There's a kind of amateurishness among French actresses, but I don't share that completely.

— Clemence Poesy

I admire Cate Blanchett and Kate Winslet. I like a lot of comedians. I like Cameron Diaz - she's funny and has…

— Catherine Deneuve

I truly, truly believe that beauty is something that comes from within.

— Emma Watson

Some people in Hollywood think of me as a model for dramatic midlife transitions: suburban housewife to Emmy-winning actress. But I never…

— Kathryn Joosten

Right now I'm the most famous silent movie actress in the world and I want to keep that for me. So I…

— Berenice Bejo

My mother was against me being an actress - until I introduced her to Frank Sinatra.

— Angie Dickinson

Now supposing I had the part of a young woman to give out, one that wanted some excellent acting. If I were…

— D. W. Griffith

Talk to them about things they don't know. Try to give them an inferiority complex. If the actress is beautiful, screw her.…

— John Huston

Christmas, my child, is love in action." ~ Dale Evans (1912-2001), American film actress, singer and songwriter. Wife of Roy Rogers.

— Dale Evans

I don't act in the way other actresses act, in terms of building or creating a character. I don't transform myself into…

— Beatrice Dalle

We wanted to hear from viewers about why they watch or participate in call-ins on C-SPAN, ... Viewers of all ages and…

— Brian Lamb

I was hired to be an actress, not a personality for the press.

— Grace Kelly