Actress Quote by Anna Gunn

What I love about being an actress is being able to really look into myself and understand another human being.

— Phylicia Rashad

That's one of the really cool things about being an actor. You get to explore all different parts of yourself.

— Danielle Macdonald

Everything that I play as an actress is a different aspect of me.

— Virginia Madsen

Sometimes it's nice as an actress just to keep something back about yourself so there's a little bit of mystery.

— Eleanor Tomlinson

Ultimately, it's not your job, as an actress, to satisfy people's expectations or image of who you should be. Even in your life, you…

— Viola Davis

You know, acting is very fascinating. But being an actress is not, because you become so concentrated on yourself.

— Beatrice Wood

Not to get overly psychological about this, but it's probably why I became an actress in the first place: for that kind of freedom…

— Marisa Tomei

As an actress, you get to basically be your character.

— Rachele Brooke Smith

Part of the reason of being an actor is you like playing other people's lives and exploring all the psychologies in that and the…

— Nicole Kidman

I'm not an actress, I'm a personality.

— Marlene Dietrich

There seem to be two sorts of actors. Some people play themselves marvellously, and others, like me, rather like to become someone else.

— Eileen Atkins

A really fun part of getting to be an actor is exploring those parts of yourself that you wouldn't otherwise explore.

— Miriam Shor