Actresses Quotes · Page 30

It's nice to represent a woman who can be bigger than what you see as a typical skinny actress - being funny…

— Kether Donohue

There are a lot of pretty actresses in Hollywood who try to act tough, and the audience laughs.

— Patty Jenkins

Seemingly, the only actresses that can survive are the ones that show their cooter and I refuse to that. Excuse me, but…

— Forgetting Sarah Marshall

I will never date an actor or a model. My family will never accept her. We are a middle class family, and…

— Suresh Raina

The reality is I meet a lot of actresses. They're wonderful, beautiful ladies. It's pretty hard to stay away from them. You…

— David Sutcliffe

I think I've wanted to be an actress since the day I was born. I even asked my parents for an agent…

— Shoshannah Stern

When you're an outsider or a misfit, if you play it smart, your motto should be, 'I'll show 'em. I will show…

— Wendy Williams

After I finished 'E.R.', I wanted to concentrate on re-examining what kind of actress I am and taking time for real-life things.

— Linda Cardellini

“Florence Dempsey, played by Torchy Blane actress Glenda Farrell, goes so far as to memorably declare to her friend Charlotte in The…

— Erika Janik

Now younger actresses will have a confidence in those discussions with their agents and be able to say, "Can we make sure…

— Felicity Jones

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

— Jennifer Aniston

... actresses require protection in their art from blind abuse, from savage criticism. Their work is their religion, if they are seeking…

— Nance O'Neil

I've reached the point where I really can't care what anyone thinks. Of course, I do. I'm an actress. I'm totally insecure,…

— Paget Brewster

When I write, I picture the characters a certain way in my head, and they're not like any actor or actress. It's…

— Emily Giffin

I want to be fulfilled creatively as an actress and get to be in roles that are meaningful and impactful. I hope…

— Amandla Stenberg

I do think that I am fundamentally the same relatively simple person I've always been. I just have this flashy, wacky job…

— Julia Roberts

I understand the joy of having a female actress like Charlotte [Gainsbourg] and watching her give everything, and be able to capture…

— Jane Birkin

I am no size zero or super-thin Hollywood actress. I am built for men who like women to look like women.

— Kim Cattrall

It’s believing in those dreams and facing our fears head on that allows us to live our lives beyond our limits.

— Amy Purdy

It was not really a career choice that I had to make. It was something I knew right from the beginning. I…

— Christine Lahti

I always think of Meryl [Streep] for everything now. There really aren't many actresses around who are truly lucid the way she…

— Carrie Fisher

I'm just going to try to do the best work at whatever I'm going to be, and I don't think I'm going…

— Pam Grier

I grew up in the theater, my mother is an actress, I was always around the world of acting and theater.

— Alicia Keys

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

— Kate Winslet

Whatever good I have accomplished as an actress I believe came in direct proportion to my efforts to portray black women who…

— Cicely Tyson

Automatically everybody thinks of me as an actress who is trying to sing. And if I weren't me I'd probably think the…

— Molly Ringwald

If I wasn't an actress I'd want to be a writer or else find a job where I got to read books…

— Amber Benson

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 put my films together in Europe and it kick-starts the financing when I'm attached as an actress. It makes it easier…

— Julie Delpy

I never thought I would end up being an actress. I thought I really was going to do serious stuff like law…

— Rebel Wilson

[Victoria Clark] is one of those people who has the rarest combination of gifts. I can put her in any classical play…

— Bartlett Sher

How long an actress lives professionally depends on her stamina, the extent of her masochism, her imagination, and her yearning for recognition…

— Lauren Bacall

“People never forget two things, their first love and the money they wasted watching a bad movie.”

— Amit Kalantri

I hate how box-office failures are blamed on an actress, yet I don't see a box-office failure blamed on men.

— Ellen Page

I'm an actress, primarily. I love to write poetry. I've been writing poetry since I was 12 years old.

— Masiela Lusha

I'm not gonna become Ann Bancroft or Meryl Streep and have all the burden that being a "serious actress" entails.

— Cher

People perceive actresses in a different manner when they are portrayed glamorously. I don't want that to happen with me.

— Sai Pallavi

Actresses are defined more by the roles they say 'no' to it than the roles they say 'yes' to it.

— Andrea Jeremiah

I'd started going to acting classes at 14, played 'Medea' at 15 and really wanted to be a classical actress.

— Barbra Streisand