Actresses Quote by Cicely Tyson

In my early years, there were a number of experiences that made me decide I could not afford the luxury of just being an…

— Cicely Tyson

I wanted to be a prominent actress and for that I really worked hard.

— Mimi Chakraborty

I became an actress because my mom wanted me to become an actress. It took me until my mid-30s to realize I actually didn't.…

— Angelina Jolie

I wanted to stay on a career path of the likes of Natalie Portman. I didn't want to be pigeonholed into a certain genre.…

— Sami Gayle

It was not really a career choice that I had to make. It was something I knew right from the beginning. I had to…

— Christine Lahti

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

— Jean Arthur

I wanted to be an actress. In college I was a serious feminist and very political. I was determined to get one thing out…

— Christine Lahti

I clung to being an actress because I felt like it was one of the only things I had, and now that I'm in…

— Naomi Ackie

I didn't want to become an actress because the competition with my mother would have been to much to live up to.

— Isabella Rossellini

I felt reluctant accepting the very lucrative and easy life Hollywood had offered me. All of it planted a seed: If I could do…

— Sterling Hayden

When I announced that I wanted to become an actress, my parents were dead against it. I had to put up a huge fight.

— Simi Garewal

I've always wanted to be an actress. At school and in college, I did some things. But then I married, and then I had…

— Lee Radziwill