Being an actress wasn't a plan at all, so what's happened to me is very strange. Life isn't very normal, even though… — Gabourey Sidibe Copy Share Image
I had to come to terms with how I saw myself. I had to understand that I wasn't pretty or beautiful like… — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
Growing up, it was difficult to find role models I could relate too. Mass media told me to emulate sexy singers or… — Lynsey Dyer Copy Share Image
Being an actress has something in common with being a housewife. They both look terribly easy to someone who hasn't done them.… — Glenda Jackson Copy Share Image
I love theatre - it's where I started - and I've directed a play myself. I'm not sure if I want to… — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
When I have to do a scene where I feel vulnerable as an actress, I always grow from those experiences, so I… — Laura Prepon Copy Share Image
Sometimes you look at a movie and you can see that the actor or actress said, 'I'm taking this onboard because I'm… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
My wife, the actress Megan Mullally, was an English major at Northwestern University and loves fiction. Like so many things in my… — Nick Offerman Copy Share Image
For me, my favourite actresses are like Charlotte Rampling or Gena Rowlands... people who have always stepped outside of the restraints of… — Kirsten Dunst Copy Share Image
Sometimes I'll watch an old movie on television and, once in a while, one of mine, such as April Showers, will come… — Ann Sothern Copy Share Image
I've never been obsessed with celebrity or star-struck or anything. I met Penelope Cruz when we were in Toronto, who I think… — Carey Mulligan Copy Share Image
I know a lot of actresses who are very proud of the word 'actress' or are very proud of being an actress.… — Lily Gladstone Copy Share Image
The secret is to get a good cinematographer and a very good assistant director. If you get those and stay out of… — Lester Persky Copy Share Image
There are beauty icons that I can never be like, sorta like a Gena Rowlands - I'll never have that look. I… — Natasha Lyonne Copy Share Image
The only moment I become aware of being the only woman in a meeting is when actresses are being discussed. If someone's… — Jane Goldman Copy Share Image
On the surface, it's really easy to dismiss certain characters, but sometimes you find that the most interesting parts are disappointingly shallow.… — Jessica Brown Findlay Copy Share Image
Honestly, I was always very keen on acting in the South Indian films. I think people here have a notion that Bollywood… — Zareen Khan Copy Share Image
All of a sudden one day I was like, I'm good at this! Oh, man! People are not giving me jobs because… — Jennifer Lopez Copy Share Image
The impetus behind going to graduate school was a year after graduating from college spent in Dallas working at the dog food… — Beth Henley Copy Share Image
If you think about Audrey Hepburn, I think she became more beautiful when she stopped being an actress and started working with… — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
I made my last motion picture in March 1965 for Magna Pictures. 'Harlow,' based on the life of actress Jean Harlow... I… — Ginger Rogers Copy Share Image
I'm an actress, I live in L.A., I work in Hollywood. But I've learned that if you're too skinny, they'll say something… — Jennifer Love Hewitt Copy Share Image
I already feel a bit annoyed at myself for writing screenplays. It's a bit, I don't know, model-singer-dancer-actress that went to a… — Emily Mortimer Copy Share Image
A magazine feature can reach hundreds of thousands of potential customers for a fashion brand. The way to reach a billion? Dress… — Tamara Mellon Copy Share Image
The casting-couch routine has been going on for ages, from top directors to the lowliest agents. I had to attend a meeting… — Mariette Hartley Copy Share Image
As women, we often think we have to be all things to all people, all at the same time. As a wife,… — Niecy Nash Copy Share Image
Blair liked to think of herself as a hopeless romantic in the style of old movie actresses like Audrey Hepburn and Marilyn… — Cecily von Ziegesar Copy Share Image
Since it was too difficult to get into the Screen Actor's Guild in New York, I moved to Miami in 1982 and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
An actress reading a part for the first time tries many ways to say the same line before she settles into the… — Stella Chess Copy Share Image
Speaking as an actress, I wish all actors would be more like Duke Wayne. And speaking as a person, it would be… — Maureen O'Hara Copy Share Image
The majority of Latin actresses in Hollywood were always playing either spitfires or maids. Now here is a woman who comes in… — Rosie Perez Copy Share Image
I come to writing from hearing great stories as a child in Louisiana, where the mark of a person was his or… — Rebecca Wells Copy Share Image
Its really good to have so distinctive a name as an actress. No one ever forgets it. My sister and brother are… — Honeysuckle Weeks Copy Share Image
Helen Mirren is, I think, one of the fascinating actresses. Period. She captivates people and has tremendous power and charisma because she… — Holly Hunter Copy Share Image
As an actress, I think I really understand that stage where you think you are picking reality in order to feed the… — Ludivine Sagnier Copy Share Image
Growing older is not such a big deal for me, despite the fears that older actresses have in Hollywood. When I hit… — Halle Berry Copy Share Image
Not just as an actress, but on a human-being level, I've experienced frustration on many different levels. [With my] career, it would… — Vera Farmiga Copy Share Image
My mother was one of the most beautiful women, I have to say, of her generation. She was absolutely lovely. She was… — Angela Lansbury Copy Share Image
The character is everything that I felt really strongly against - she's superficial, materialistic, vain, amoral. She's all of these things, and… — Emma Watson Copy Share Image
As an actor and as a woman willing to step outside of her comfort zone, I admire actresses that do that, like… — Kristen Bell Copy Share Image
![“Not just as an actress, but on a human-being level, I've experienced frustration on many different levels. [With my] career, it would be more the frustration of not always finding challenging material or inspiring material ... [Acting is] therapeutic for me. I'm pretty accommodating.” quote by Vera Farmiga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/672/vera-farmiga-3068_acting_not-just-as-an-actress-but-on-a-human-be_744810.jpg)
