Actresses Quotes · Page 31

Mostly I've just worked with actors and actresses that are fun and easy to talk to and had nothing but great experiences.

— Kaitlyn Dever

I'm not a great actress, and I never thought I was. But I happen to have something the public likes.

— Jean Harlow

Anne Baxter was a very good actress, Donna Reid was great. You couldn't name an actress I wasn't crazy about.

— Richard Widmark

I didn't want to be an actress at all, or famous even. I certainly enjoy acting now, absolutely. Time will tell whether…

— Gabourey Sidibe

Ultimately, it's not your job, as an actress, to satisfy people's expectations or image of who you should be. Even in your…

— Viola Davis

I'm an actress so the amount of rejection and commentary you get right to your face is pretty rough.

— Melanie Griffith

When I was straight, I had the courage and energy to become an actress. I owe my career to my will to…

— Kirstie Alley

I have a surfboard that says 'Linda Hunt Choice TV Actress: Action.' I am an action star! I don't know what that…

— Linda Hunt

When I started off as an actress, I did at a play at the Taper Too Theatre here in Los Angeles, called…

— Anonymous

My first job now is as a mother, everything else is secondary. My kids understand that I am an actress, and they…

— Joan Cusack

It's really sad looking at people like Lindsay Lohan. She's an amazing actress, but you see what happens when people know too…

— Dianna Agron

In movies, I hope women aren't always portrayed as sex symbols. People like Drew Barrymore are paving the way for girls my…

— Kirsten Dunst

I think it was really crucial that the actress was age appropriate. There are films, such as An Education, where that wasn't…

— David Schwimmer

My mother had been an actress and we came from that world in New York, the theater world and the downtown sort…

— Martha Plimpton

My now-wife - we got together in '81, we married a few years after - she's been very good in the past…

— Tom Courtenay

When I was little, I had a feeling that I was going to end up being an actress. I spent a lot…

— Summer Glau

What we need is more women writers, writing for older women. There are some actresses who have production companies and create their…

— Kathleen Turner

American actresses have more problems than I do; I'm lucky to be able to play what I want for a smaller audience,…

— Carice van Houten

I don't like theatrical actors and actresses. I like people that talk like real human beings.

— Woody Allen

My mom's a nurse so I'd kind of grown up with, around medicine which is probably why I became an actress instead.

— Rachel McAdams

I was 11 when I first said I wanted to become an actress, and everyone looked at me as if I had…

— Penelope Cruz

People often become actresses because of something they dislike about themselves: They pretend they are someone else.

— Bette Davis

You could say I'm a character actress. Or maybe a character actress who does peculiar, interesting lead roles. Does that make sense?

— Imelda Staunton

I wanted to work with Cate Blanchett. She is one of the five greatest movie actresses of her generation.

— Alec Baldwin

I'd love to work on a real girl piece with some fabulous actresses. I feel like I've worked with so many men.

— Kelly Reilly

In high school, I wanted to be an actress. Until I got to college and took some creative writing courses. Then I…

— Meg Cabot

Look at the parts the Oscar-nominated actresses played this year: hooker, hooker, hooker, hooker, and nun.

— Nora Ephron

When you're sad, you're not sad. You are merely oblivious to the good things in your life. There is always a crack…

— Dianna Agron

I was always an actress, even as a little kid, and fantasy, horror, sci-fi stories are really all about playing make believe.…

— Virginia Madsen

And I love Jennifer Lawrence. She's a total fox. And such a good actress. It's ridiculous.

— Evan Peters

A film is a director's vision... there is, however, much input an actor or actress can have.

— Natasha Richardson

I can fill my cup up with real human interactions that allow me to be an actor. If I had no basis…

— Kristen Bell

I've never been a model, I was an actress for like a minute, but I've always been a writer. That's where I'm…

— Karrine Steffans

I feel being an actress is probably not half as difficult as being a mother, and I do not know when I…

— Freida Pinto

From the time I was twelve I was dancing for bread and butter, but in my heart I was always an actress.

— Rita Hayworth

A lot of actresses will just go, "I'm 35." And I thought, " I'm not doing that." I like being 40.

— Sharon Stone

Step through new doors. The majority of the time there's something fantastic on the other side.

— Oprah Winfrey

I have three lives: actress, model, producer. Sometimes I'm aware that there's a fourth life, which is somewhat neglected, which is living…

— Elizabeth Hurley

Earlier at 30, a girl's career was over. Now, all of our top actresses are above 30 and doing well.

— Shabana Azmi

Monica Vitti is astonishingly mobile. Few actresses have such mobile features. She has her own personal and original way of acting.

— Michelangelo Antonioni