Actresses Quotes · Page 8

We should try to hold on to the Christmas spirit, not just one day a year, but all 365.

— Mary Martin

It took a lot to get attention in my family. No wonder I'm an actress.

— Elisabeth Shue

When I was five I think, that's when I started wanting to be an actress.

— Marilyn Monroe

The only thing that separates women of color from everyone else is opportunity.

— Viola Davis

Before I did 'How I Met Your Mother,' I was not considered a comedic actress.

— Cobie Smulders

I am very close to a number of actresses who are trans and hungry for parts.

— Amy Landecker

The only thing I like about being an actress is acting.

— Elizabeth Ashley

Adversity is just change that we haven't adapted ourselves to yet.

— Aimee Mullins

Normally as an actress you're constantly worried that people think you don't look good enough. It's just like an unnecessary stress that's…

— Mary Elizabeth Winstead

Don't associate me with comedy. And please don't say actress. I would never call myself any of those things. I hate it…

— Amy Sedaris

Having been an actress before becoming a producer has helped, because I realize the needs

— Shelley Duvall

It is something actresses need to go through and I think they look forward to being naked in a movie. I don't…

— Sophie Marceau

Increasingly, it's actresses doing the big fashion advertising campaigns, and now there's no distinction between actresses and models.

— Romola Garai

As an actress I feel that if you start to impose your own inhibitions, then you are not doing your job.

— Sienna Miller

I just don't want to be known as the actress who can sing. I want to be known as the singer who…

— Mandy Moore

I would have liked to have worked with Carrie Preston. I think Carrie Preston is one of the most talented actresses I've…

— Robert Kazinsky

Actresses fall back, because they lack better scripts. But then if you have something like a 'Mary Kom,' 'Kahaani,' 'NH 10' or…

— Pooja Batra

I love being a mum, but it's much more intensive work than being an actress - going to work feels like you've…

— Natalie Portman

I started off when I was seven years old doing musicals. I was in ‘Les Miserables’ and ‘The Sound of Music,’ and…

— Alicia Vikander

I admire Cate Blanchett and Kate Winslet. I like a lot of comedians. I like Cameron Diaz - she's funny and has…

— Catherine Deneuve

The major adventure is to claim your authentic, true being, which is not culturally given to you. The culture will not explain…

— Terence McKenna

Even though I was performing all the time as an actress and I was doing all of these plays as a kid,…

— Lola Kirke

As soon as you meet him [james Corden], within five minutes you'll want to sleep with him. He presented me with my…

— Joanna Page

Marion Cotillard is one of my favorite actresses. Not only is she so supremely elegant, but her choices are remarkable. I also…

— Danielle Campbell

At some point she just doesnt want to deal. Doesnt want to be bothered with these people who are coming in, who…

— Callie Khouri

There are many actresses that are working longer, because until you change the playing field and make it economically stronger for women,…

— Susan Sarandon

It's not that difficult to find the rage or the anger. We all have that in us, and luckily, actors and actresses…

— Jessica Walter

It was great and I had fun that day even though I was so sort of pleased when it was over to…

— Gemma Arterton

I like the way [Marcus Lemonis] thinks. He's made me think about things in a different way. He's made me want to…

— June Diane Raphael

I would love to win an Oscar one day. That would be a very wonderful thing. But in the meantime, I really…

— Selena Gomez

Something you discover as a writer is that actresses who are successful are incredibly smart. For some reason, there's this myth that…

— Liz W. Garcia

I grew up on Bond, and it is part of my culture, especially in Britain. Just to be known as a Bond…

— Gemma Arterton

In Sweden, only exceptional actresses get major film parts.

— Maud Adams

I forget about the relationship between myself and any actress when working with her.

— Michelangelo Antonioni

There are lots of moments that are great for an actress.

— Ruth Wilson

I want to grow up as an actress and as a woman. Be independent.

— Pom Klementieff

Success takes communication, collaboration and, sometimes, failure.

— Jessica Alba

As an actress I really like exploring and doing new experiences.

— Violante Placido

Actresses are mental on the whole. But I think I'm pretty normal.

— Alexandra Roach

I go out with actresses because I'm not apt to marry one.

— Henry A. Kissinger