--- title: "10 Dramatic Actress Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 10 Dramatic Actress quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Dramatic Actress sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa5/ruth-jones-5620_actress_it-s-a-huge-compliment-to-be-seen-as-a-d_529315.png" --- > [It's a huge compliment to be seen as a dramatic actress and not just a comic actress.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-jones/it-s-a-huge-compliment-to-be-seen-as-a-dramatic-actress-and-not-just/) [Ruth Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruth-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa5/ruth-jones-5620_actress_it-s-a-huge-compliment-to-be-seen-as-a-d_529315.png) > [I was this extremely dramatic actress. And then, suddenly, I was doing comedy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-kane/i-was-this-extremely-dramatic-actress-and-then-suddenly-i-was-doing/) [Carol Kane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-kane/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b4/carol-kane-8948_actress_i-was-this-extremely-dramatic-actress-an_80321.jpg) > [I wanted to be a dramatic actress. Life doesn't go the way you think it's going to go.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-coolidge/i-wanted-to-be-a-dramatic-actress-life-doesn-t-go-the-way-you-think/) [Jennifer Coolidge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-coolidge/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/278/jennifer-coolidge-4006_actor_i-wanted-to-be-a-dramatic-actress-life-d_2426447.jpg) > [I started acting young, and I was a dramatic actress.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-kane/i-started-acting-young-and-i-was-a-dramatic-actress/) [Carol Kane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-kane/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/852/carol-kane-8948_acting_i-started-acting-young-and-i-was-a-drama_1799966.jpg) > [I don't quite fit in in like a pure dramatic thing, but I still think of myself sometimes as sort of a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leslie-mann/i-don-t-quite-fit-in-in-like-a-pure-dramatic-thing-but-i-still-think/) [Leslie Mann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leslie-mann/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fea/leslie-mann-8943_actress_i-don-t-quite-fit-in-in-like-a-pure-dram_594464.png) > [I'm certainly not on a mission to be taken seriously as a dramatic actress, any more than I am just to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zoe-bell/i-m-certainly-not-on-a-mission-to-be-taken-seriously-as-a-dramatic/) [Zoe Bell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zoe-bell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee7/zoe-bell-4056_able_i-m-certainly-not-on-a-mission-to-be-tak_422220.png) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taraji-p-henson/i-think-i-m-a-better-comedic-actress-than-i-am-a-dramatic-actress-but/) [Taraji P. Henson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taraji-p-henson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f1/taraji-p-henson-8873_actresses_i-think-i-m-a-better-comedic-actress-tha_573539.jpg) > [I'm really silly. That's the thing that people don't get. I think I'm a stronger comedic actress than I am a dramatic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taraji-p-henson/i-m-really-silly-that-s-the-thing-that-people-don-t-get-i-think-i-m-a/) [Taraji P. Henson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taraji-p-henson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/81e/taraji-p-henson-8873_actresses_i-m-really-silly-that-s-the-thing-that-p_311695.jpg) > [Kelly Preston is a remarkable human being and a great dramatic actress. It was a privilege as a director to tap into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-hickenlooper/kelly-preston-is-a-remarkable-human-being-and-a-great-dramatic/) [George Hickenlooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-hickenlooper/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/16e/george-hickenlooper-26074_actress_kelly-preston-is-a-remarkable-human-bein_3005670.jpg) > [ “\[Joan Blondell\] biographer, Matthew Kennedy, quotes her as admitting, “If I had taken myself more seriously . . . if I had… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eve-golden/joan-blondell-biographer-matthew-kennedy-quotes-her-as-admitting-if-i/) [Eve Golden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eve-golden/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d38/eve-golden-25326_quote_joan-blondell-biographer-matthew-kennedy_1304055.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dramatic-actress/#itemlist", "name": "Dramatic Actress Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It's a huge compliment to be seen as a dramatic actress and not just a comic actress.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ruth Jones" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-jones/it-s-a-huge-compliment-to-be-seen-as-a-dramatic-actress-and-not-just/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa5/ruth-jones-5620_actress_it-s-a-huge-compliment-to-be-seen-as-a-d_529315.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa5/ruth-jones-5620_actress_it-s-a-huge-compliment-to-be-seen-as-a-d_529315.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa5/ruth-jones-5620_actress_it-s-a-huge-compliment-to-be-seen-as-a-d_529315.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It's a huge compliment to be seen as a dramatic actress and not just a comic actress.” — Ruth Jones", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I was this extremely dramatic actress. 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