Actresses Quotes · Page 6

I don't want my tombstone to say actress. I want it to say human being.

— Laurie Holden

I get it - there are very few black female actresses who have been given chances.

— Nicole Byer

“I know you're busy dating actresses and psychopaths.”

— Christopher Moore

I don't compete with actresses; I only compete with heroes.

— Sonam Kapoor

I really admire actresses like Meryl Streep; I would love to have a career like hers.

— Jodi Lyn O'Keefe

I'm a big fan of Aamir Khan... Among actresses, I like Aishwarya Rai.

— Virat Kohli

In the U.S., with very few exceptions, actresses older than 35 are simply discarded.

— Amy Irving

I sing as an actress. Whatever I'm singing about, I just become the story.

— Dolly Parton

I studied theater in college, and I really wanted to be an actress and play a lot of different roles. Then I…

— Jenna Fischer

I don't want to be an actress, because I think that they have to be really pretty, and I'm not.

— Pam Grier

My mother and father always supported my passion for acting. I think they just kind of expected me to move to New…

— Jennifer Garner

In human years I am 29. In actress years I'm the ripe, promising age of 18 to 35. That's how it works here in Hollyweird.

— Olivia Wilde

While I am a teetotaller in real life, I would hate to pass any judgments on what actresses should do or not…

— Tamannaah

I think I'm the only 65-year-old actress in Los Angeles who hasn't had plastic surgery, so somebody's gotta play the old-lady parts!

— Anonymous

It's hard in L.A. not to go out, it gets lonely. Being an actress is lonely, and I never want to be…

— Lindsay Lohan

Toni Collette is one of my favorite. I have a passion for actresses. The list is going to be very, very long.

— Marion Cotillard

The good thing about being shy though as a child is that you become very observant because you're not really actively participating.…

— Rebel Wilson

It's a wonderful profession, and it opens lots of doors, and I think it's quite right that people can accuse actors and…

— Miranda Richardson

When I'm going to work, I often stop and wonder how I've got here. I don't mean literally, but just thinking back…

— Maxine Peake

An actress must be a woman whose emotional perceptions are true, and to make them so, she must have a fine contempt…

— Nance O'Neil

I love you because I love you, because it would be impossible not to love you. I love you without question, without…

— Juliette Drouet

Talk to them about things they don't know. Try to give them an inferiority complex. If the actress is beautiful, screw her.…

— John Huston

I always loved working as an actress, but I didn't understand why I couldn't just opt out of being famous. And then…

— Debra Winger

I think I've always sort of been on the more boyish spectrum of girls. For example, I've never been chosen as 'one…

— Julia Roberts

It's not normal for me to feel jealous. I'm competitive with myself more than anything. And anyway, all of my friends in…

— Selena Gomez

I would like to say something deeper, but for me, I saw a production of "Fences" in Rhode Island and a fabulous…

— Viola Davis

After the last screening [of "Selling Isobel" ] an 18-year-old girl came up to me and said, "Oh my God, I'm so…

— Frida Farrell

My son was staying with me, and we got up to watch it, just before they announced supporting actress, he came up…

— June Squibb

When I was young, I was always telling my parents and telling everybody that I was going to be a singer and…

— Naturi Naughton

I think everyone's dream is to be an actress, but I never really thought it was going to happen. Now that it's…

— Nina Dobrev

If I can do anything in this time of my career, I want to make it easier for other actresses and girls…

— Sandra Bullock

Kristen is really focused and really quiet, as an actress. She just does her thing, but she's cool. I like her. I…

— Tinsel Korey

I only began to sing because I couldn't get a job as an actress.

— Barbra Streisand

I always enjoyed acting. My aunt was actually an actress.

— Felicia Day

Let the world know you as you are, not as you think you should be.

— Fanny Brice

Dealing with these emotions as an actress is like being a boxer put into the ring.

— Nicole Kidman

I guess I became an actress because I didn't want to be myself.

— Jean Arthur

I don't see myself as having to compete with younger actresses; I don't feel that.

— Annette Bening

I would like to remain an actress, but am very anxious to direct and produce.

— Megan Gallagher

I feel like most actresses kind of have issues in body dysmorphia.

— Lindsay Sloane