What the public expects to encounter in an actress passed 70 is the sum of her experience, not her beauty. — Leslie Caron Copy Share Image
I'd like to keep exploring comedy. I didn't necessarily think of myself as a comedic actress, but it's a lot of fun. — Mamie Gummer Copy Share Image
I don't sit around and wait for great parts. I'm an actress, and I love being one, and I'll probably be doing… — Suzanne Pleshette Copy Share Image
There are fewer and fewer new roles for actresses as they get older. And that's not right. — Michelle Fairley Copy Share Image
Being an actress in Hollywood and being a celebrity tend to feed into one another, but just being a celebrity wouldn't really… — Demi Moore Copy Share Image
I read something about, "Why do actresses get plastic surgery," we like to look at pretty people, but I don't. I like… — Rosemarie DeWitt Copy Share Image
“Life is beautiful mess...and I am tangled...though I am the spider but a stupid one. Cheap I am by name, views and… — Anum Aforz Copy Share Image
I think as a young actress, it's very rare that you read something where you're not either 'the girl' or there to… — Sienna Miller Copy Share Image
I was cast in a movie [originally] called Mr. Spreckman's Boat, starring Marcia Gay Harden and Jennifer Connelly. I felt like an… — Tracee Ellis Ross Copy Share Image
At hotels, you are an actress. Absolutely. You can do what you want. Go where you want. I love my home too.… — Sonia Rykiel Copy Share Image
"Fish Tank" [my favorite woman-directed film] by Andrea Arnold. The film is so beautifully shot, and I love the raw energy of… — Nicole Nielsen Horanyi 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
I have been sitting around waiting for an opportunity to get to do something that matters for so long. Not just that… — Sarah Paulson Copy Share Image
I've been fortunate in that I've been able to have that balance as an actress to be able to do the wild,… — Angelina Jolie 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
I think I'm a better comedic actress than I am a dramatic actress, but everybody believes I'm this dramatic actress and I'll… — Taraji P. Henson Copy Share Image
As most actors/actresses, I don't like to watch my own movies, either, and I never look at the dailys while filming. — Cameron Bright Copy Share Image
I was always a performing arts kid in general - but I felt like my ultimate goal was to be an actress… — Mary Elizabeth Winstead Copy Share Image
I really wanted to go back to the theater, the live theater. That was the thing I had never had a chance… — Angela Lansbury Copy Share Image
I may be the only actress in Hollywood who won't need a face lift, because when I take off my makeup, I… — Lin Shaye Copy Share Image
Well, I was lucky in that my being an actress totally overshadowed my having some kind of a... legacy at Yale, so… — Jordana Brewster Copy Share Image
I always felt that I was more of an actress than a - I can't tell a joke to save my soul,… — Carol Burnett Copy Share Image
You want to take some responsibility for you choices so that it sets the groundwork for that next generation of actresses. — Nicole Kidman Copy Share Image
I want to tell human stories not solely based on race. There are so many great actresses and actors that are out… — Jurnee Smollett-Bell Copy Share Image
What's the classical moment that every actor or actress deals with? A tragic thing. They get that blank, faraway look in their… — Skeet Ulrich Copy Share Image
I was always a character actress and never a sex symbol. Even when I was the leading lady, I was a character… — Shirley MacLaine 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
My whole life, when I was growing up, not one race has ever accepted me, ... So I never felt connected or… — Jessica Alba Copy Share Image
I think it is kind of important to direct someone so the character is appealing, but, as an actress, I find it… — Romola Garai Copy Share Image
I think there is this thing where people are impressed - it gives you a leg up in the sense that people… — Rashida Jones Copy Share Image
When you're kissing on camera, it becomes an issue visually. It looks like a skinny dinosaur creature is trying to kiss someone.… — David Walton Copy Share Image
Mother of three; divorcee; American. Twenty years experience as an actress in motion pictures. Mobile still and more affable than rumour would… — Bette Davis Copy Share Image
Because I'm a woman, because I'm a character actress, because I'm over 40, I'll be very interested to see, not just for… — Kathy Bates Copy Share Image
Women I admired growing up - Debra Winger, Diane Keaton, Meryl Streep - were all beautiful and thin, but not too thin.… — Zooey Deschanel Copy Share Image
Cher's great, she's incredible. She is an enormous, enormous star, who goes anywhere and crowds follow her...and yet she's a disciplined actress… — Greg Kinnear Copy Share Image
I used to pride myself on being impervious to the sentimentalities of soap opera, but when that loveliest of actresses, Rachel Gurney,… — S. J. Perelman Copy Share Image
I barely slept during high school because I was too busy dancing and acting all the time. The plan was to go… — Rachele Brooke Smith Copy Share Image
I think as an actress before I was on Twitter I thought, I'm only doing drama [and dramatic roles]... but then as… — Jenny Mollen Copy Share Image
![“I was cast in a movie [originally] called Mr. Spreckman's Boat, starring Marcia Gay Harden and Jennifer Connelly. I felt like an "actress." Both of them have won Oscars - maybe that means I might one day.” quote by Tracee Ellis Ross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/931/tracee-ellis-ross-8946_actresses_i-was-cast-in-a-movie-originally-called_270326.png)
![“"Fish Tank" [my favorite woman-directed film] by Andrea Arnold. The film is so beautifully shot, and I love the raw energy of Katie Jarvis, who plays the main character, Mia. She is not a professional actress and she provides the film with a sense of realism. To me, the film feels so complete and…” quote by Nicole Nielsen Horanyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/222/nicole-nielsen-horanyi-85210_actresses_fish-tank-my-favorite-woman-directed-fil_731388.jpg)
![“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/i/672/vera-farmiga-3068_acting_not-just-as-an-actress-but-on-a-human-be_744810.jpg)
![“I think as an actress before I was on Twitter I thought, I'm only doing drama [and dramatic roles]... but then as soon I started tweeting it was like, "Oh you're the funny girl!"... but that was never how I saw myself. It's changed how I seem in other people's eyes.” quote by Jenny Mollen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/143/jenny-mollen-13187_actresses_i-think-as-an-actress-before-i-was-on-tw_545801.jpg)
