Actresses Quotes · Page 28

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

I'm really pleased with the way my career is shaping up. How many actresses get a chance to work with legends like…

— Aditi Rao Hydari

Of all the actresses ... to me, only Faye Dunaway has the talent and the class and the courage it takes to…

— Joan Crawford

Most of the people in Ghana wouldn't know me as an actress. They'd know me for my work at the U.N.

— Shirley Temple

Diana Vishneva is not only a magnificent dancer but a magnificent actress - no one works harder or understands more.

— Robert Gottlieb

An actress should never, ever, be asked to run beside a van in red disco boots for more than about half a…

— Roger Ebert

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

I've seen beautiful actresses get spat at or just someone trying to get a rise out of them so they can get…

— James McAvoy

When I was growing up, I dreamed about becoming a cowgirl, a detective, a spy, a great actress, or a ballerina. Not…

— Judy Blume

My father went to college for drama in Pittsburgh, and so did my mother, and then my mother was a steadily working…

— Ethan Suplee

I fell in love with a civilian. Not an actress and not a famous actress at that. Because then the attention doesn't…

— Matt Damon

This is what I asked for, and in this day and age that's what actually goes on. But what hurts me the…

— Lindsay Lohan

What could have been simply bizarre, sentimental or contrived here becomes an utterly absorbing love story. [...] This is early days in…

— Peter Bradshaw

Well, it is quite daunting, but I made my first appearance on the stage when I was nine, because I went to…

— Joan Collins

I was hoping to be a healthy example, because we can't all look like all of these actresses and the models you…

— Ginnifer Goodwin

I'm trying to find myself as a person, sometimes that's not easy to do. Millions of people live their entire lives without…

— Marilyn Monroe

As an actress, I get plenty of drama in my professional life. When I'm at home, I want a peaceful life.

— Lysette Anthony

When an actress takes off her clothes onscreen but a nursing mother is told to leave, what message do we send about…

— Anna Quindlen

I was 21 years and 218 days old when I received the Academy Award for Best Actress. I had just stepped into…

— Marlee Matlin

So now I feel I'm lucky in the respect that I can sort of pick a little more carefully, which is tricky…

— Rachel True

My mother was an actress. My father was an actor and a director. I am the son of filmmakers.

— Sergio Leone

It helps if you don't date other actors, but actresses are beautiful. How can you say no?

— Adam Brody

I can't imagine it if beauty was the only currency I used as an actress. It just doesn't interest me.

— Hayley Atwell

I'm a working actress able to make choices based on characters rather than what I 'should' do for my career.

— Selma Blair

I just take jobs that will have me. I'm an actress that works. I'm not an actress who's ever waited.

— Busy Philipps

My mom was incredibly supportive when she found out that I wanted to be an actress, and that certainly made things easier…

— Morena Baccarin

I don't really like dressing up. Some people probably think actresses dress up everywhere they go. I'm in sweatpants half the time…

— Selena Gomez

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

I'm proud of my wrinkles. They give my face character. As an actress, you mess with that at your peril.

— Jane Seymour

As a kid, I never thought I'd be an actress. Never, ever, ever, no way. I was really shy - bordering on…

— Rebel Wilson

As an actress, you go where the stories are. I don't really care where it's seen, at this point. I just want…

— Winona Ryder

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

— Sienna Miller

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

— Romola Garai

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 do have a lot of female friends who are stand-ups and also women who are actresses and also happen to have…

— Kate Flannery

It doesn't matter how old you are, or what you do in your life, you never stop needing your mom.

— Kate Winslet

But I'm glad I'm not one of those actresses who is just so ready to open up for everyone.

— Kristen Stewart

I know many actresses who started big but were sent packing, as they couldn't sustain the momentum. I am in this for…

— Samantha Akkineni

I can't pick one film industry over another because work is work. Actresses are targeted when say prefer one industry over another.

— Shraddha Srinath

Two of an actress's greatest assets are love and pain. A great actress, even a good actress, must have plenty of both…

— Katharine Hepburn