Actresses Quotes · Page 37

“An actress wants to be seen. An actress wants to be loved. By multitudes of people, not just one lone man.”

— Joyce Carol Oates

Obviously, I'm not a trained actress, and right now I'll come out and say I'm glad I'm not.

— Jenny McCarthy

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

— Shabana Azmi

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

As a wedding gift, Ray J gave Kim Kardashian his profits from their sex tape. It's 'Something Old' as well as 'Something…

— Joan Rivers

I think it's important to be extremely proud of one's origins, especially when you are a foreign actress with ethnic features.

— Freida Pinto

Rosemary Rodriguez directed on Rescue Me for us, and I love her. She's fantastic with actresses and she's got a great sense…

— Denis Leary

I could feel the real interaction between directing and acting, when an actor or an actress really suggests very interesting things.

— Alejandro Amenabar

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

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

— Felicity Jones

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

— Erika Janik

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 really liked the idea of playing that kind of optimistic, super-intense, go-get-'em spirit combined with being a little bit of an…

— Amy Poehler

So many little girls dream about their wedding day. But with actresses, sometimes it's the inverse, because we get to be the…

— Natalie Dormer

When actresses jump on the anti-Iraq bandwagon, they often combine down-home momism with an ignorance of Islamist intent which is truly awesome.

— Julie Burchill

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

— Michelangelo Antonioni

I feel things are changing now. Actresses are working at same pace even after getting married or having kids.

— Anushka Sharma

My Mother's an actress, and she's always told me, "Boy, you're an actor." I would look forward to seeing if I'm any…

— J. Cole

“The one thing that all the actresses I love have in common is that they have diversity in their careers.”

— Olivia Wilde

The moment anyone tries to demean or degrade you in any way, you have to know how great you are. Nobody would…

— Cicely Tyson

Actresses do glamorous roles, and then, after 10 films, they do an offbeat one. But Alia didn't do that. She picked films…

— Soni Razdan

As an actress, I was never thin enough, never pretty enough. My boobs weren't big enough.

— Felicity Huffman

Most actresses want to look their best on the screen. It's only natural. But many of my roles have called for dreary-looking…

— Agnes Moorehead

There are a lot of actresses out there who are the girl next door. I relate more to characters who have an…

— Eliza Dushku

I am who I am because of the people who influenced me growing up, and many of them were gay. No one…

— Drew Barrymore

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

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

— Brent Spiner

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'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

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

— Joan Collins

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 think that you find your own way. You have your own rules. You have your own understanding of yourself, and that's…

— Meryl Streep

Any actress will tell you - it's really hard. If you're not an A-list Hollywood movie star, if you're in the middle,…

— Martine McCutcheon

It has to be an actress like Marion Cotillard [in Allied] because there are so many levels to it. It's set in…

— Steven Knight

I became an actress because I discovered the world of the imagination when I was about 14 or so and the concept…

— Helen Mirren

I think that actresses can be in all different shapes and sizes, but it is a profession, and as an actor, your…

— Rebel Wilson