Actresses Quotes · Page 29

All that some actresses want is for people to take them seriously instead of caring about how they look.

— Nikki Cox

It's hard in L.A. not to go out, it gets lonely. Being an actress is lonely, and I never want to be…

— Lindsay Lohan

Toni Collette is one of my favorite. I have a passion for actresses. The list is going to be very, very long.

— Marion Cotillard

I think I'm the only 65-year-old actress in Los Angeles who hasn't had plastic surgery, so somebody's gotta play the old-lady parts!

— Anonymous

I don't want to be an actress, because I think that they have to be really pretty, and I'm not.

— Pam Grier

In human years I am 29. In actress years I'm the ripe, promising age of 18 to 35. That's how it works here in Hollyweird.

— Olivia Wilde

My mother and father always supported my passion for acting. I think they just kind of expected me to move to New…

— Jennifer Garner

While I am a teetotaller in real life, I would hate to pass any judgments on what actresses should do or not…

— Tamannaah

I would absolutely love to do something with Viola Davis or Meryl Streep. I just think both of those women fall so…

— Meagan Tandy

I had this totally impossible dream of being an actress. Trust me, just because I'm lucky enough to be doing this doesn't…

— Olivia Thirlby

I really enjoyed doing that [Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2004) - "Graham Barnes"]. I got to work with Margaret Colin, who…

— Brent Spiner

I've never been difficult to anybody or with anybody on a picture. Especially when you're in that nice status of hierarchy of…

— James Caan

Hollywood sold its stars on good looks and personality buildups. We weren't really actresses in a true sense, we were just big…

— Ann Sothern

I've done a lot of serious roles, but they're, like, independent, so it's harder for them to come out. The big ones…

— Tara Reid

I met with Hitchcock when I was a very, very young actress just starting out and he was making 'Frenzy' in London…

— Helen Mirren

I've never chased fame. I came into this business to be a theatre actress. I was nine when I first appeared on…

— Joan Collins

I studied theater in college, and I really wanted to be an actress and play a lot of different roles. Then I…

— Jenna Fischer

In my head, I could never imagine that I could be an actress. I always thought actresses were meant to be perfect…

— Zareen Khan

Because I don't look like most lead actresses look, I was told that I shouldn't even come to America. That I shouldn't…

— Danielle Macdonald

Being an actress in China, Im actually a very lucky actress... Especially now that Chinese movies are becoming more diverse with more…

— Zhou Xun

All that some actresses want is for people to take them seriously instead of caring about how they look. For me, Ive…

— Nikki Cox

You have actresses like Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts, who have roles specially written for them.

— Leslie Caron

You know, acting is very fascinating. But being an actress is not, because you become so concentrated on yourself.

— Beatrice Wood

I never had a problem with my face on screen. I thought it is what it is, and I was turned off…

— Robert Redford

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

— Christine Lahti

My hard work and excellent training entitled me to be a better actress than some of my competitors

— Pola Negri

I'm a very social person and I love being out in the world, and the feeling of not having that is the…

— Elizabeth Olsen

Some actresses seem to thrive on chaos, and I've often wondered if they felt they had to be that way in order…

— Marie Windsor

My favorite question is 'What do you do?' I'm like, 'I'm a walking cliche: I'm a model and an actress.

— Dree Hemingway

My sister has decided to become an actress too. It has ruined the close-knittedness of our family life.

— Olivia de Havilland

When I was starting out, young actresses had the studio system to protect them. Now you have a host of sharks, from…

— Francesca Annis

I finally made up my mind I wanted to be an actress and I was not going to let my lack of…

— Marilyn Monroe

I'm a huge fan of Jessica Lange and 'American Horror Story.' I would love to work with her. She's been one of…

— Anna Camp

I was really conflicted. I had always planned to help the world. Instead, I was going to become an actress? That seemed…

— Maria Bello

As an actress, I'm supposed to create something from head to toes, with clues, with lines, with shapes, and even with that…

— Ludivine Sagnier

My dad is a director/producer and my mom is a dancer; she performed with Alvin Ailey, but I didn't even think about…

— Sanaa Lathan

You know what makes me feel old? When I see girls who are 20-something, or the new crop of actresses, and think,…

— Jennifer Aniston

I was not interested in what I could bring to myself by being an actress, but in what I could bring out…

— Sophia Loren

Basically, I'm living the life of an actress in L.A. And I've recently had some pretty good fortune.

— Olivia Munn

Move with the flow. Don't fight the current. Resist nothing. Let life carry you. Don't try to carry it.

— Oprah Winfrey