Actresses Quotes · Page 29

There's nothing better than being in an asylum, if you're going to have a bunch of crazy people in an asylum, and…

— John Carpenter

I admire actresses who are good to women. I don't like the ones who just don't like women. You can feel it.…

— Sandra Bullock

As an English actress constantly playing Americans, you already had to step way out of your box in that way.

— Minnie Driver

What actresses do today when they appear on the screen is what they did once upon a time for getting to appear…

— George Burns

I'm writing a novel about two actresses who go to New York, because that's what I know about. One has lost touch…

— Julie Walters

A lot of the actresses who were around when I started, I don't know where they are. Comics stick around.

— Margaret Cho

Bette Davis taught Hollywood to follow an actress instead of the actress following the camera, and she's probably the best movie actress…

— Elaine Stritch

I made the mistake early in my career, when I moved to Hollywood, of being attracted to actresses. I used to go…

— Mort Sahl

I think there is a major difference between actors and actresses. All of the men I've worked with have been really difficult,…

— Michelle Pfeiffer

Men grow up expecting to be the hero of their own story. Women grow up expecting to be the supporting actress in…

— Laurie Penny

I am not interested in being a Barbie doll and turning myself into a sausage for the next 20 years. I want…

— Kim Cattrall

I think something that I've learned from other actresses is to really take the time to get to know yourself, especially because…

— Rowan Blanchard

I never wanted to be a model. I never wanted to be a serious actress. I started off doing comedy. I did…

— Amanda Bynes

I've seen other actresses refuse to be ugly. Even if the story line calls for it or the character calls for it,…

— Andrea Navedo

One thing I've noticed is that I can tell when a young actor or a young actress is going to become a…

— David Carradine

There are actresses who've had expensive work done and look great, so I'm not holier-than-thou about it. But it wouldn't be for…

— Celia Imrie

I began my career in the arts as a model, before adding my hats as an actress, a photographer, a journalist and…

— Garth Kravits

I have a theory that self-made, first-generation actresses don't feel entitled to success.

— Natasha Lyonne

The white actresses I have known have been allowed to do 10 times more than I shall ever do.

— Ruby Dee

I've been getting my reel together. I think they are looking at me more as an actress because I have a lot…

— Serena Williams

I'm definitely one of those actresses who comes to a set knowing how I want to do a scene, and I definitely…

— Summer Glau

I've worked with acting coaches, I've been going out on auditions and meeting with casting directors. But I'm not known as an…

— Cassie Ventura

Young Black actresses were not necessarily given the space in Hollywood to fully see ourselves.

— Lexi Underwood

I grew up in Manhattan and, since my father was a playwright, all I ever wanted to be was a stage actress.

— Laura Linney

I am looking for strong characters rather than being just a pretty girl. Actresses can do so much more than looking good.

— Disha Patani

I love Joan Collins. She's a wonderful lady. She has such courage. She's such a good actress.

— Robert Wagner

Never in my life have I ever even thought about anything else [ being anything other than an actress].

— Gena Rowlands

I have a ships bed, which totally plays to my obsession of, if I were not an actress, I would be a…

— Zosia Mamet

I want to push the boundaries on the roles that have historically been given to actresses who look like me. There is…

— KiKi Layne

As a mother, you feel much more vulnerable. And when you're vulnerable, you're a much better actress.

— Kate Beckinsale

Education is huge for me. I went to public school until I turned thirteen, and was lucky enough to afford college once…

— Julia Stiles

It's crazy, because you see these famous actors or actresses and I'm like, 'Oh, I want a picture with you!' and they're…

— Danilo Gallinari

I don't have any regrets. When I quit college and moved to Los Angeles to become an actress, it was so that…

— Amy Weber

I'm from a generation of fantastic actresses. It's a big pool of really wonderful actresses, and so many of them we never…

— Karen Allen

Hitch suggested a name actress to play Marion because the bigger the star the more unbelievable it would be that we would…

— Joseph Stefano

maybe a certain amount of narcissism is as essential to an actress as muscles are to a football lineman.

— Velda Johnston

My nana was an actress, my mom was an actress, and my sister, too. So because I was surrounded by it, it…

— Chris Pine

I don't want everyone to think of me as just 'that kid who called Jesse Jackson a communist in middle school.' That's…

— Evangeline Lilly

I had never dreamt Id become an actress. It was destiny that put me in the right place at the right time…

— Madhuri Dixit

I do not want actors and actresses to understand my plays. That is not necessary. If they will only pronounce the correct…

— George Bernard Shaw