Actresses Quotes · Page 8

Show me an actress who isn't a personality and I'll show you a woman who isn't a star.

— Katharine Hepburn

I know Raft did have some genuine affairs with actresses.

— Cesar Romero

I blame my grandmother for encouraging me to become an actress.

— Joan Collins

When actresses play actresses, or actors play actors, they have to find another level.

— Kristen Stewart

I haven't ever felt I've had to divide my 'actress' life from the rest of my life.

— Bonnie Wright

I find it difficult to explain, but I'm quite ashamed of being an actress.

— Kristin Scott Thomas

Samantha Morton is one of the best actresses in the world.

— Spike Jonze

When you hit 40, you suddenly find that they are looking at younger actresses.

— Katharine Ross

All that some actresses want is for people to take them seriously instead of caring about how they look.

— Nikki Cox

I am learning every day to allow the space between where I am and where I want to be to inspire me…

— Tracee Ellis Ross

My oldest sister was an actress living in NYC by the time I was ten, and desperately wanted to be the one…

— Julianna Baggott

I used to think that Bollywood is a place where actresses are required to expose. I didn't want to act in films.

— Himani Shivpuri

I'm realizing, you don't need to change anything about yourself. This is who you are, and it's okay. That's daring.

— Uzo Aduba

The people I look up to most are actresses such as Kate Winslet and Amy Schumer, who have never been size zero…

— Lucy Boynton

Honestly, ever since I've been married, the part of a job as an actress where you have to kiss other people, I…

— Leelee Sobieski

As an actress, you're already disregarded for a lot of the parts by the people who are setting up those shows. You…

— Tia Carrere

Blythe Danner is somebody whose career I admire. She's a great actress and does good work, but also has a life of…

— Anna Faris

Two young actresses I admire are Emma Stone and Emma Watson, because they are intelligent, talented actresses and have a great sense…

— Kara Hayward

You hear things like, ‘People shouldn’t know about your life because you’re creating an illusion on-screen.’ But I don’t see other actresses…

— Ellen Page

[On being asked, 'Did you ever say that an actress needs to be able to laugh and to cry and that when…

— Glenda Jackson

I think my parents were worried when I said I wanted to be an actress, but they also understood what that feeling…

— Ruby Bentall

With acting, the stark reality for women is that it's nearly impossible to get older in an elegant fashion as an actress.…

— Rashida Jones

I think that as actresses - and I've definitely gone through this in a really bizarre way, because I worked so much…

— Winona Ryder

I didn't want to do a costume drama. It's a great thing to do, but I've done them, and I didn't want…

— Carey Mulligan

It's not hard to be sexy when you're standing in front of Angelina Jolie or Robin Wright Penn. They're two of the…

— Ray Winstone

“The characters so many Bollywood actresses portray are ultimately flat, uncomplicated, two-dimensional stock characters that typically range between the girl-next-door and the…

— Sharanya Haridas

If I took perfect pictures all the time, the people standing in the room with me, or on the carpet, would think,…

— Kristen Stewart

I always say, when I work with younger actresses, "I'm here." Reese says it, too: "We've lived it. We know things. So…

— Nicole Kidman

When I'm in the studio, I write the music, I play the different instruments, I produce it, I arrange it, and it's…

— Lenny Kravitz

Sarah Jane Smith was everybody's hero when I was younger, and as brave and funny and brilliant as people only ever are…

— Steven Moffat

I'm getting so old - it's more uncomfortable to do those scenes now than when I was 20. I mean, I don't…

— Javier Bardem

“SOME OF THE WOMEN YOU WILL MEET on these pages, you will already know. Some you’ll know by name, and others, including…

— Mick LaSalle

Hindi cinema hasn't moved at all in terms of roles for actresses beyond 18 years.

— Dimple Kapadia

My favorite actresses are Cameron Diaz, Julia Roberts and Julie Andrews.

— Dakota Fanning

I've been told before, and I tend to believe it, I'm not like most actresses out there.

— Moira Kelly

When I see an amazing play or movie, it inspires me as an actress and a filmmaker.

— Laura Prepon

I'm sure it's there traced along my career. I'm sure it is in most actresses' careers.

— Natalie Dormer

I'm the seagull. No, that's not it. I'm an actress. That's it.

— Anton Chekhov

As an actress, I think there is always a political consciousness there.

— Juliette Binoche

At some point we have to stop and say, There's Marlee, not, There's the deaf actress.

— Marlee Matlin