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title: "36 Leading Lady Quotes by 34 authors"
description: "Browse 36 Leading Lady quotes by 34 authors. Discover the best Leading Lady sayings and thoughts."
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> [I always say, my leading lady is my lola.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/coco-martin/i-always-say-my-leading-lady-is-my-lola/)

[Coco Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/coco-martin/)

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> [She is the only one I think about leading lady in my dreams.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jls/she-is-the-only-one-i-think-about-leading-lady-in-my-dreams/)

[JLS](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jls/)

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> [You can't always be a leading lady.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-bacall/you-can-t-always-be-a-leading-lady/)

[Lauren Bacall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-bacall/)

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> [Once you get into your 40s, you're no longer leading-lady age. Generally, those roles get offered to women in their 20s and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tamzin-outhwaite/once-you-get-into-your-40s-you-re-no-longer-leading-lady-age/)

[Tamzin Outhwaite](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tamzin-outhwaite/)

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> [When I was about 15... I made my first attempt as a leading lady, and was, of course, a complete failure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/when-i-was-about-15-i-made-my-first-attempt-as-a-leading-lady-and-was/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [Good films and good performances will help you go further in your career. You can't get too far by just choosing leading…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/parineeti-chopra/good-films-and-good-performances-will-help-you-go-further-in-your/)

[Parineeti Chopra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/parineeti-chopra/)

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> [I'm a character actress. It doesn't mean I can't do leading roles; I don't think of myself as a leading lady.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rena-sofer/i-m-a-character-actress-it-doesn-t-mean-i-can-t-do-leading-roles-i/)

[Rena Sofer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rena-sofer/)

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> [When I left 'Hamilton,' my goal was just to take on work that was more challenging, like, a leading lady, heavily featured…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ariana-debose/when-i-left-hamilton-my-goal-was-just-to-take-on-work-that-was-more/)

[Ariana DeBose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ariana-debose/)

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> [TV is kind of messed up in terms of stereotypes and who plays the leading man and leading lady.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lolly-adefope/tv-is-kind-of-messed-up-in-terms-of-stereotypes-and-who-plays-the/)

[Lolly Adefope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lolly-adefope/)

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> [When you live in a leading lady's body, which I do, you have to constantly prove that you are funny.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-banks/when-you-live-in-a-leading-lady-s-body-which-i-do-you-have-to/)

[Elizabeth Banks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-banks/)

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> [Even though I'm over 35, I feel like so much more of a leading lady than I did when I was 30.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cynthia-nixon/even-though-i-m-over-35-i-feel-like-so-much-more-of-a-leading-lady/)

[Cynthia Nixon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cynthia-nixon/)

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> [I'm always looking for that sense of fun and adventure and even unlikeability. I don't want to be the obvious leading lady.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/becki-newton/i-m-always-looking-for-that-sense-of-fun-and-adventure-and-even/)

[Becki Newton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/becki-newton/)

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> [I did not see myself as a leading lady. I thought I was really funny-looking and I would never be the lead,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathy-baker/i-did-not-see-myself-as-a-leading-lady-i-thought-i-was-really-funny/)

[Kathy Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathy-baker/)

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> [I had a professor in graduate school who told us, 'Know what you're good at, and do that thing.' And I thought,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruthie-ann-miles/i-had-a-professor-in-graduate-school-who-told-us-know-what-you-re/)

[Ruthie Ann Miles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruthie-ann-miles/)

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> [A lot of times, when you're the leading lady, you get to sing heartwarming songs and that's it, and people don't get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-benanti/a-lot-of-times-when-you-re-the-leading-lady-you-get-to-sing/)

[Laura Benanti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-benanti/)

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> [I'm a leading lady character actor; I don't fit in one slot simply. I've always been used to a certain amount of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/holly-hunter/i-m-a-leading-lady-character-actor-i-don-t-fit-in-one-slot-simply-i/)

[Holly Hunter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/holly-hunter/)

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> [On 'Swingtown,' I think that's when I was able to blend the character-slash-leading lady roles, and that's what I'm doing on 'Once…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lana-parrilla/on-swingtown-i-think-that-s-when-i-was-able-to-blend-the-character/)

[Lana Parrilla](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lana-parrilla/)

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> [I think of myself more as a character actor than that ingenue leading lady, who started out something like Michelle Pfeiffer, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-allen/i-think-of-myself-more-as-a-character-actor-than-that-ingenue-leading/)

[Joan Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-allen/)

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> [Richard Burton rang me up once and said, Do you know you're my only leading lady I've never slept with? I said,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julie-andrews/richard-burton-rang-me-up-once-and-said-do-you-know-you-re-my-only/)

[Julie Andrews](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julie-andrews/)

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> [After a while, Godard was going to do 'A Woman is a Woman' with Sami Frey and another actress in the leading…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-karina/after-a-while-godard-was-going-to-do-a-woman-is-a-woman-with-sami/)

[Anna Karina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-karina/)

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> [I was always the hero with no vices, reciting practically the same lines to the leading lady. The current crop of movie…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramon-novarro/i-was-always-the-hero-with-no-vices-reciting-practically-the-same/)

[Ramon Novarro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramon-novarro/)

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> [I was very obsessed with Ruth Gordon. I really didn't foresee me having any type of career as a leading lady at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winona-ryder/i-was-very-obsessed-with-ruth-gordon-i-really-didn-t-foresee-me/)

[Winona Ryder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winona-ryder/)

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> [In almost every musical ever written, there's a place that's usually about the third song of the evening - sometimes it's the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-ashman/in-almost-every-musical-ever-written-there-s-a-place-that-s-usually/)

[Howard Ashman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-ashman/)

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> [Every leading lady I work with, I'll see if I can get a song out of them and put it on an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/idris-elba/every-leading-lady-i-work-with-i-ll-see-if-i-can-get-a-song-out-of/)

[Idris Elba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/idris-elba/)

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> [Youre supposed to be the leading lady in your own life, for Gods sake!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-winslet/youre-supposed-to-be-the-leading-lady-in-your-own-life-for-gods-sake/)

[Kate Winslet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-winslet/)

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> [I guess I've never really had a great desire to be a leading lady, or be seen as an ingenue.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melanie-lynskey/i-guess-i-ve-never-really-had-a-great-desire-to-be-a-leading-lady-or/)

[Melanie Lynskey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melanie-lynskey/)

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> [I have never been an easy fit. I'm a leading lady character actor; I don't fit in one slot simply.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/holly-hunter/i-have-never-been-an-easy-fit-i-m-a-leading-lady-character-actor-i/)

[Holly Hunter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/holly-hunter/)

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> [I was supposed to be a romancer, either wooing the leading lady or competing with the leading man for her.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cesar-romero/i-was-supposed-to-be-a-romancer-either-wooing-the-leading-lady-or/)

[Cesar Romero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cesar-romero/)

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> [In Bollywood they think if a leading lady can do one free-falling kick she's achieved the unthinkable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/koena-mitra/in-bollywood-they-think-if-a-leading-lady-can-do-one-free-falling/)

[Koena Mitra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/koena-mitra/)

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> [It's good to be able to be a leading lady, to be a romantic lead, to play opposite people who are talented,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heather-graham/it-s-good-to-be-able-to-be-a-leading-lady-to-be-a-romantic-lead-to/)

[Heather Graham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heather-graham/)

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> [“Love, that elusive leading lady, plays too many parts to be typecast.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francesca-lia-block/love-that-elusive-leading-lady-plays-too-many-parts-to-be-typecast/)

[Francesca Lia Block](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francesca-lia-block/)

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> [I think I'm a character actress in a leading lady's body, but the industry doesn't really see me that way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sanaa-lathan/i-think-i-m-a-character-actress-in-a-leading-lady-s-body-but-the/)

[Sanaa Lathan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sanaa-lathan/)

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> [As the 1960s began, a new breed of Hollywood leading lady was emerging. She was elegant, international, and wonderfully comedic.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maureen-o-hara/as-the-1960s-began-a-new-breed-of-hollywood-leading-lady-was-emerging/)

[Maureen O'Hara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maureen-o-hara/)

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> [Part of me would love to have been a leading lady because there's a lot of glamour that goes with that and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/selma-blair/part-of-me-would-love-to-have-been-a-leading-lady-because-there-s-a/)

[Selma Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/selma-blair/)

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> [It's a huge change from when I started in the 1960s, but what is really impressive is that the number of ladies…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amitabh-bachchan/it-s-a-huge-change-from-when-i-started-in-the-1960s-but-what-is/)

[Amitabh Bachchan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amitabh-bachchan/)

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> [I come from the theater, and I've done a lot of character work in the theater, but Hollywood stuff in film and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sanaa-lathan/i-come-from-the-theater-and-i-ve-done-a-lot-of-character-work-in-the/)

[Sanaa Lathan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sanaa-lathan/)

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